The Chairman.

Have you anything further, or you?

Mr. Dulles.

Tippit was not under your jurisdiction, was he?

Mr. Revill.

No, sir; he was not.

The Chairman.

Lieutenant, I am not familiar with the newspaper report that you are speaking of. What, in substance, did it say?

Mr. Revill.

There were several articles written. The Dallas papers carried articles on it and the Sacramento, Calif., paper carried an article on it. In essence it had to do with this conversation that Hosty and I had and about this report and somewhere, someplace some newspaper reporter must have seen a copy of this because he knew how many paragraphs they had in it and he quoted, I believe, the last paragraph of the report verbatim, and this is what concerned me, that a report such as this would fall into their hands.
Now, who the reporter is, there were several reporters that were curious about the thing, and I don't even recall which newspaper carried the verbatim paragraph about Agent Hosty's conversation.

The Chairman.

And that is what caused you and Lieutenant Hopkins to have a discussion?

Mr. Revill.

Yes, sir.

The Chairman.

Did he bring the matter up to you or did you bring it up to him?

Mr. Revill.

I might have brought it up to him because I was concerned that this thing had been released.

The Chairman.

What was your conversation concerning that?

Mr. Revill.

That I had received these calls, the first one must have been around 2 o'clock in the morning, California time, from the Associated Press. It was a lady writer, and she asked about this and I told her that any statement would have to be made by Chief Curry, and she trapped me really. She made a false statement that Hosty was supposed to have said something else and I said no, that is not so. He did not make a statement, and then there was my comment. From that it looked like I had written them out a press release.

The Chairman.

Looks like what?

Mr. Revill.

It appears as if I had written out a press release from the comment in the newspapers but that was the only statement I made that Hosty had not made such statement, it was a fabrication, he knew he was capable, but he did not make such a statement. Hosty did not make such a statement.

The Chairman.

Then you discussed that with Mr. Hopkins?

Mr. Revill.

Yes, sir.

The Chairman.

Do you recall just what Mr. Hopkins asked you and what you told him about this report?

Mr. Revill.

Well, when I received the first call, I was in the coffee shop, it was 2 o'clock in the morning, we had been out with two of the Sacramento County Sheriff's officers and I got the call and after getting the call I went to the room and Hopkins had been awakened by this phone call, and I told him about the call, and then from there on, I had numerous long-distance calls, and I answered the one with the UPI, and then I decided I would not talk to people. Because I couldn't see where it would help anything.

The Chairman.

Did he ask you if the substance of this report was true, I am speaking now of Exhibit 709, the one we have been talking about.

Mr. Revill.

Mr. Hopkins had never seen this report. I just told him what had transpired between Hosty and I and told him that a report had been made, and this is what they were calling on.

The Chairman.

Did you at any time in talking to him repudiate anything that was in this report?

Mr. Revill.

No, sir. The only thing I repudiated was the fact that this reporter had said that Hosty had made a statement and I said no, this is not true, about them not believing that he would do it, and I think I told Hopkins that.

The Chairman.

Yes. Anything more?

Mr. Dulles.

I have nothing more.

The Chairman.

Lieutenant, thank you very much, sir, for your help here.

Mr. Revill.

Thank you, sir. I am just sorry it happened.