Mr. Mandella.

Yes; it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you say what portion of the left index finger of Lee Harvey Oswald that is?

Mr. Mandella.

It is the bulb of the finger, a little to the right.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is, by bulb you mean the central portion of the distal phalanx?

Mr. Mandella.

The central portion to the right.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Of the distal phalanx?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes; the flesh joint; yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And 659-A?

Mr. Mandella.

Commission Exhibit No. 659, as I call it, photo No. 2, is a palmprint and I identified this as the right side of the right palm of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mr. Eisenberg.

The right side would again be the ulnar?

Mr. Mandella.

It would be the ulnar side, yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

The little finger side?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That also has writing on the back of it, does it?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes; it does.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you read that to us?

Mr. Mandella.

"Right palm, Oswald brown bag wrapping paper."

Mr. Eisenberg.

And that is in your own handwriting?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes; it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Was there any handwriting when you got any of these prints, by the way?

Mr. Mandella.

No; there wasn't.

Mr. Eisenberg.

All the prints were blank on the reverse side?

Mr. Mandella.

They were blank on the reverse side. There was handwriting within the photographs but not----

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is on the face of the photographs?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Would you proceed, Mr. Mandella?

Mr. Mandella.

Box A, photo No. 25.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is Commission Exhibit 656, and I will hand you photo from?

Mr. Mandella.

What was that number, 656? Numbers 25 and 34.

Mr. Eisenberg.

I now hand you Nos. 25 and 34. Could you identify No. 25 first Mr. Mandella?

Mr. Mandella.

No. 25, Commission Exhibit No. 656, contains three identifiable fingerprints, one of which, located in the center in a whorl-type pattern, is the No. 2 finger or the right index finger of Lee Harvey Oswald. The fingerprints on the right and the left do not belong to Lee Harvey Oswald but the one in the center, the whorl-type pattern, is his No. 2 finger.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Which is that now again, the right-hand index finger?

Mr. Mandella.

The No. 2 finger, which is the right index finger, and again the first joint, the bulb of the finger.

Mr. Eisenberg.

The bulb of the distal phalanx?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Of the right index finger?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes.

Mr. Dulles.

For clarity, where were these taken? What were these taken from?

Mr. Eisenberg.

This was taken from box A----

Mr. Dulles.

Box A?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Which I believe is a 10 rolling reader carton. Is there printing or handwriting on the back of that photograph 25?

Mr. Mandella.

Yes; there is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you read it to us?

Mr. Mandella.

"Center impression No. 2 finger Oswald from Box A photo--latent on left unidentified Photo Nos. 25 and 27 identical--Negative with Oswald unidentified."