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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 529« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Bernard William Weissman Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
And that is a shorthand description or summary of the contents of the envelope?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
On Commission Exhibit No. 1048, which is also an envelope, there appears to be written on the face "NIC Infiltration." Whose handwriting it that?
Mr. Weissman.
That's mine.
Mr. Jenner.
And you put it on there under the circumstances you have now related?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Weissman, I will show you Commission Exhibit No. 996. Have you ever seen a counterpart of that exhibit which is entitled "Wanted for Treason"?
Mr. Weissman.
Never directly.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell us about your first acquaintance with that, with the circumstances, if you know, of how it came into existence, and who had anything to do with it.
Mr. Weissman.
Well, I can only go by hearsay on this--what I have seen and what I have heard from other individuals.
Mr. Jenner.
Did this come to your attention before November 22, 1963, or after?
Mr. Weissman.
After.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell what you know, please.
Mr. Weissman.
I had heard that these handbills were distributed somewhere in North Dallas, I believe, on the university campus I believe it was, the University of Dallas campus.
Mr. Jenner.
From what source did you hear this?
Mr. Weissman.
Now, I think it was---I am not sure I think it might have been Larrie or his brother Bob. I am not sure. Larrie declaimed any knowledge of this. I know he had nothing to do with this particular handbill.
Mr. Jenner.
How do you know that?
Mr. Weissman.
He would have told me.
Mr. Jenner.
That's the basis for your supposition?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes; and I saw this handbill, or something similar to it, in the back of a station wagon used by Larrie's brother Bob in transporting----
Mr. Jenner.
When?
Mr. Weissman.
This was several days after the assassination. There was one crumpled up in the back. And I happened to look through the window and see it. This was in front of the Ducharme Club, as a matter of fact. It was one night. And I saw this. And I saw something "Treason"--I had heard about the handbills.
Mr. Jenner.
From whom?
Mr. Weissman.
Excuse me?
Mr. Jenner.
From whom, sir?
Mr. Weissman.
I think it was Larrie. I cannot be hundred percent sure. I did not take too much interest in it at the time. But in any case, I did see something resembling this, only it seemed to be a larger picture of President Kennedy. But in any case, it was in the back of a station wagon owned by General Walker, Edwin Walker, or by what---if incorporated, by the corporation he is with, chairman of.
Mr. Jenner.
How did you know that?
Mr. Weissman.
Well, I know that Bob was General Walker's chauffeur, and by seeing this crumpled up in the back, behind the front seat on the floor of the car, I naturally assumed that it had something to do with General Walker. Exactly what or how, or if he had distributed it, I have no idea. I do not have the faintest idea. 1 did not go into it any further, because I felt that everything was past, and I was leaving Dallas anyway. I had made up my mind.
(At this point. Senator Cooper entered the hearing room.)
Mr. Jenner.
When you say you had heard about this matter, that is the handbill, or handbill similar to it, had you heard about that before November 22, 1963?
Mr. Weissman.
Not to my recollection, no.
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