(Testimony of Lt. Jack Revill)
Mr. Rankin.
What?
Mr. Revill.
I asked him why he had not told us this, and the best, my recollection is that he said he couldn't. Now, what he meant by that I don't know. Because in the past our relations had been such that this type of information, it surprised me they had not, if they had such information he had not brought it or hadn't made it available to us.
Mr. Rankin.
And you are certain you went up there on the elevator together?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir; took him to the third floor and introduced him to Lieutenant Wells.
Mr. Rankin.
Are you sure you didn't go up the stairs together.
Mr. Revill.
No, sir; we went to the third floor on the elevator.
Mr. RANKIN,. You are positive?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir; because we caught the elevator in the basement, and there would have been no reason to walk up the stairs.
Mr. Rankin.
If Agent Hosty said you went up the stairs rapidly together, that would be untrue?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir; this would be untrue.
Mr. Dulles.
Did you go in that same driveway that the car went in that was to take Oswald out?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
That driveway; and you took that elevator right to the left as you went in there?
Mr. Revill.
No, sir; we go straight into the doors into the elevator that goes up to the third floor.
Mr. Dulles.
Yes.
Mr. Revill.
Third and fourth floor.
Representative Ford.
May I ask a question to reconstruct this a bit? Both Detective Brian and yourself came in one car?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
And you had two other officers with you?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
More or less the same time Mr. Hosty came in?
Mr. Revill.
We followed Mr. Hosty into the basement.
Mr. Dulles.
Each in a car?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir; he was in a car and we were in mine.
Representative Ford.
Your first contact with Mr. Hosty was in the basement there?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
What did he say there?
Mr. Revill.
He come running up to me, and he said, "Jack, a Communist killed President Kennedy." I said, "What? What are you talking about?'' He said, "Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy," and at that I said, "Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?" And then he told me about him having him in their security files, and then that, "We had information that he was capable of this." By "we" I assumed he meant the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Representative Ford.
Then Brian, Hosty, and yourself walked to the elevator?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
And the three of you took the elevator up to the third floor?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
It is about 10 feet as I remember it.
Mr. Revill.
No, sir; it is more than that.
Mr. Dulles.
It is a different elevator. It is not the one that take prisoners down?
Mr. Revill.
No, sir; it is the swinging doors, you go through the swinging doors.
Mr. Dulles.
It is another elevator?
Mr. Revill.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
At what point in the sequence did you blow up, as you say?
Mr. Revill.
When he told me about the capability. By blowing up----
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