(Testimony of James Patrick , Jr. Hosty)
Mr. Stern.
Did you see Oswald again after the interview that Captain Fritz conducted?
Mr. Hosty.
No.
Mr. Stern.
What did you do when this interview concluded?
Mr. Hosty.
As I stated here, he was removed from Captain Fritz' office at 4:05 p.m. Here again I checked my wristwatch, so I am certain the time is correct.
I then went to the outer office of Capt. Will Fritz and remained there until approximately 8 p.m. that evening.
Mr. Stern.
You did not attend any of the lineups?
Mr. Hosty.
No, sir.
Mr. Stern.
Did you talk to any member of the Secret Service at this time?
Mr. Hosty.
Yes, sir; at approximately 6 p.m. on the 22d of November 1963, Special Agent in Charge Forrest V. Sorrels of the United States Secret Service entered Captain Fritz' office with about five or six Secret Service agents. He then proceeded to interview Lee Harvey Oswald, I was not present during this interview.
I did see him take Lee Oswald to the rear of Captain Fritz' outer office and interview Lee Oswald. It appeared to me that Forrest Sorrels of the Secret Service had appeared for the purpose of representing the United States Secret Service in this investigation. I was aware at this time that the FBI did not have Jurisdiction over this matter, that is, the assassination of the President of the United States, and that if any Federal agency did have jurisdiction, it would be the United States Secret Service. As I later determined, no Federal agency had jurisdiction over this assassination.
When Forrest Sorrels concluded his interview with Lee Oswald, I called him aside and advised him that there was some additional information on Lee Oswald which the FBI headquarters in Washington could furnish to the headquarters of the Secret Service in Washington, and that there were two items, and that I did not feel that I could give them to him directly since they were secret in nature.
Mr. Stern.
Was anyone else present during this conversation?
Mr. Hosty.
As I said, this took place in the outer office of Capt. Will Fritz. There were about 30 or 40 people milling around out there. There were three or four Texas Rangers. There were perhaps a dozen Dallas police officers. There were, as I said, five or six Secret Service agents.
There were three other FBI agents besides myself, various clerical personnel from the police department who were assigned to the homicide division. I recognized two postal inspectors. I directed this conversation to Mr. Sorrels. I called him to one side and directed this to him directly.
Mr. Stern.
Did you repeat the same information to anyone else later on?
Mr. Hosty.
No, sir.
Mr. Stern.
What did you have in mind? What were the two pieces of information?
Mr. Hosty.
The two pieces of information I had in mind were the contacts that Lee Oswald had with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, and the contact that he had had with the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Stern.
Were you in touch with your Dallas office from the police headquarters regularly during the evening of the 22d?
Mr. Hosty.
Yes. I went out and made phone calls to them, advised them of my interview and how things were going.
Mr. Stern.
Did you make any calls directly to Bureau headquarters in Washington?
Mr. Hosty.
I didn't; no, sir.
Mr. Stern.
Were you advised at any time on the 22d after you left your office of other information, any other information with regard to Lee Harvey Oswald that had been supplied by Bureau headquarters in Washington through your Dallas office?
Mr. Hosty.
No; that was all, just what I previously related.
Mr. Stern.
Just what you mentioned, nothing else came through?
Mr. Hosty.
Nothing else.
Mr. Hosty.
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