Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, I would like that box admitted as 653.

Mr. Dulles.

It shall be admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 653 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

How many identifiable prints did you find on this carton?

Mr. Latona.

There were seven fingerprints and two palmprints developed on Commission Exhibit 653.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is, identifiable prints?

Mr. Latona.

Identifiable prints.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you identify any of those prints as belonging to a specific person?

Mr. Latona.

I did not.

Mr. Eisenberg.

May I have 654 marked, Box C, Mr. Chairman? Did you also examine Box C?

Mr. Latona.

Box C, yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

May I have that admitted as 654?

Mr. Dulles.

It shall be admitted as Commission Exhibit 654.
(Commission Exhibit No. 654 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you find any latent identifiable prints on 654?

Mr. Latona.

I found two fingerprints and one palmprint.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you identify them as belonging to a specific individual?

Mr. Latona.

I did not identify them.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, did you attempt to identify them with Lee Harvey Oswald's known prints?

Mr. Latona.

Yes; and they are not Lee Harvey Oswald's print.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When did you receive cartons 653 and 654?

Mr. Latona.

I received cartons 653 and 654 November 27.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is, with the earlier cartons, Boxes A and D, which have received Commission exhibit numbers?

Mr. Latona.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Had they been processed? Could you tell whether they had been processed for latent fingerprints?

Mr. Latona.

I couldn't tell whether they had been or not.

Mr. Eisenberg.

You could not tell?

Mr. Latona.

Could not tell. They had the appearance of not having been processed.

Mr. Eisenberg.

How did you process them in your laboratory, Mr. Latona?

Mr. Latona.

Iodine fumes and chemicals.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did the prints react to the iodine fumes at all?

Mr. Latona.

No.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Just to the chemicals?

Mr. Latona.

The silver nitrate prints which were developed.

Mr. Dulles.

Do you mean that the prints were of such a caliber and character that you couldn't make anything out of them, or that you couldn't identify them with any known----

Mr. Latona.

They are not identical with those that they have been compared with.

Mr. Dulles.

But the prints themselves were perfectly good prints?

Mr. Latona.

Oh, yes; the prints are good but they are not Lee Harvey Oswald's.

Mr. Eisenberg.

At any subsequent time have you attempted to identify any of these prints on the boxes as belonging to any person other than Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Latona.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And how did you proceed with this attempt?

Mr. Latona.

An effort was made to locate the fingerprints of all people employed in that building in which these cartons were found, on the basis of the names and birth dates which were furnished, and we located the fingerprints of 16 of those people who work in that building.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Yes?

Mr. Latona.

And the fingerprints of those 16 employees were compared with all of the latent prints which were developed on these boxes. They do not belong to any of those 16 people.