Mr. Stombaugh.

Yes, sir; I am. My mark is here on the blanket, and when this was received in the FBI laboratory this string was around a portion of it.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you tell us what your mark is exactly, Mr. Stombaugh?

Mr. Stombaugh.

Due to the fact this was a piece of fabric and hard to mark, I put a piece of evidence tape on the blanket, stapled it to the blanket, and put my initials "PMS" with the date 11-23-63 thereon.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When did you receive this blanket, Mr. Stombaugh?

Mr. Stombaugh.

This was approximately 7:30 a.m., on the morning of November 23, 1963.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you describe the shape of the blanket and the position of the string, Paine Exhibit 2, when you received it?

Mr. Stombaugh.

May I use this?

Mr. Eisenberg.

What you are holding up is a piece of paper which--will you describe it, please?

Mr. Stombaugh.

This is a piece of kraft paper approximately the same shape as this blanket. When I received the blanket, it had been folded together with both ends even; a slight triangle had been folded into one corner of the blanket, and another fold had been taken into the blanket thus.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When you say "thus," you are folding the piece of kraft paper, and is the paper now folded into approximately--in a manner approximating the way the blanket was folded when you received it?

Mr. Stombaugh.

That is correct.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may I have permission to introduce the piece of paper which the witness has so folded?

The Chairman.

It may be so admitted.

Mr. Eisenberg.

That will be Commission Exhibit 663.
(Commission Exhibit 663 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

There is a safety pin inserted into Exhibit 663, Mr. Stombaugh. Was there an equivalent safety pin on the blanket?

Mr. Stombaugh.

Yes, sir; there was a much larger safety pin attached to the blanket in approximately the same place as the small pin in the piece of paper.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, the blanket is folded so as to approximate approximately a right angle triangle, and the safety pin is at one angle of that triangle opposite the right angle, is that correct?

Mr. Stombaugh.

The safety pin would be at the vertex of the right angle----

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now----

Mr. Stombaugh.

Of the triangle.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Were there any distinctive creases in the blanket?

Mr. Stombaugh.

Yes; there were. There was one crease at the base, which would be the base of the right triangle, a very slight crease.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you mark that with the letter "A" please, on the Exhibit 663?

Mr. Stombaugh.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

This is opposite this is the side facing the angle at which the safety pin is inserted, is that correct?

Mr. Stombaugh.

That is correct. It would be the base of the triangle.

Mr. Eisenberg.

The base of the triangle----

Mr. Stombaugh.

There was also another crease I found upon removing the safety pin and opening the blanket; I found that one end of the blanket had been folded in approximately 7 inches.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What is the relationship between that and the end which you have Just marked "A," is that the opposite side?

Mr. Stombaugh.

That would be the opposite side of the blanket.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you mark that "B"?
What was the relationship between the amount which the blanket was folded on the side "A" and the amount which it was folded on side "B," that is, were the folds approximately equal, or if different, how different, in length?

Mr. Stombaugh.

The one, the fold marked "A" was not as great as the fold marked "B." The fold marked "B" was approximately 7 inches, the fold marked "A" was less than 7 inches.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Proceed.