(Testimony of Sebastian F. Latona)
Mr. Eisenberg.
Can you identify by number, Mr. Latona, the photographs of box A which contain prints of Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. Latona.
I will have to do it in a negative fashion and tell you that it is not 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, or 35.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Then it would be No. 25 which is in that sequence?
Mr. Latona.
Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
And did you mention 34?
Mr. Latona.
I did not.
Mr. Eisenberg.
So 34 would also be an identified print in that sequence?
Mr. Latona.
That is right.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Did you print anything on the back of these photographs, Mr. Latona?
Mr. Latona.
At the time I gave you the photographs I marked nothing on them.
Mr. Eisenberg.
So that any printing here would have been put on subsequent to the time you prepared them?
Mr. Latona.
That is correct.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Referring specifically to a photograph I take at random, is No. 35, is this your handwriting?
Mr. Latona.
It is not.
Mr. Eisenberg.
None of the printing appearing on the back of that photograph?
Mr. Latona.
It is not.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Let the record state that, as will be dealt with later, this printing was put on by Mr. Mandella of the New York Police Department. Now in the case of box D, of which there are two photographs, 7 and 13, could you state which was the photograph of Oswald's print?
Mr. Latona.
Thirteen.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Just to reiterate, in no case did you put writing on the back of these photographs?
Mr. Latona.
I did not.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Mr. Latona, did anyone else in the FBI examine the objects which you have been discussing today----
Mr. Latona.
Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
To determine whether the fingerprints of Lee Harvey Oswald appeared on them?
Mr. Latona.
Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
What was that person's name?
Mr. Latona.
His name is Ronald G. Wittmus.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Was his examination conducted independently of yours?
Mr. Latona.
It was.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Who conducted the examination first?
Mr. Latona.
In the case of the wrapping paper, I did. In the case of the boxes I believe he did.
Mr. Eisenberg.
And the rifle?
Mr. Latona.
I conducted the examination of the rifle.
Mr. Eisenberg.
The lift from the rifle?
Mr. Latona.
Yes; directly.
Mr. Eisenberg.
And the----
Mr. Latona.
Brown wrapping paper.
Mr. Eisenberg.
In any case when you conducted your examination first did you tell Wittmus of your conclusions?
Mr. Latona.
I did not.
Mr. Eisenberg.
When Mr. Wittmus conducted his examination first did he tell you of his conclusions?
Mr. Latona.
No.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Were his conclusions the same as yours?
Mr. Latona.
Ultimately, yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
When you say, "ultimately"?
Mr. Latona.
When the whole thing was completed.
Mr. Dulles.
There was no difference of views between you at any stage?
Mr. Latona.
No, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Did anyone who examined these various objects--as to which
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