Commission in this deposition proceeding will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mrs. Hill.

I do.

Mr. Specter.

Will you be seated, please, Mrs. Hill? And would you state your full name for the record?

Mrs. Hill.

Jean Lollis Hill.
Mr.-SPECTER. Mrs. Hill, have you received a letter request?

Mrs. Hill.

Yes, sir; I have.

Mr. Specter.

Under date of March 18, 1964?

Mrs. Hill.

I have it here.

Mr. Specter.

Well, when did you see that letter request?

Mrs. HILL Well, I guess I got it 2 or 3 days afterward--March 18--so I must have gotten it Monday---no; I couldn't have gotten it yesterday---I got it Saturday.

Mr. Specter.

That would have been March 21?

Mrs. Hill.

That's right.
Mr. SPECTER. All right. May the record show that a court reporter is present and is taking verbatim transcript of the deposition of Mrs. Hill, with the court reporter, Mrs. Hill, and myself being present, and that all of the report is being transcribed and has been transcribed from the time Mrs. Hill arrived, is that correct, Mrs. Hill?

Mrs. Hill.

That is correct.
Mr. SPECTER Where were you on the day of November 22, 1963, at about noontime?

Mrs. Hill.

I was standing directly across from the Texas School Depository Building on a grassy slope. and the triangle toward the underpass.

Mr. Specter.

And that would have been Dealey Plaza?

Mrs. Hill.

If that's what the name of it is.

Mr. Specter.

Now, would that be on the---

Mrs. Hill.

It was to the left of the motorcade.
Mr. SPECTER. To the left of the motorcade as the motorcade proceeded forward?

Mrs. Hill.

That's right.

Mr. Specter.

So, you would have been on the south side of Elm Street?

Mrs. Hill.

That's right.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, what had you done immediately before noontime, Mrs. Hill?
Mrs. HILL. We had been there for about an hour and a half and had been walking up and down and back and forth.

Mr. Specter.

When you say "we" whom do you mean by that?

Mrs. Hill.

My friend, Mary Moorman, that took the picture.

Mr. Specter.

She had a camera with her?

Mrs. Hill.

Yes; a Polaroid. We had been taking pictures all morning.

Mr. Specter.

And did you have a camera with you?

Mrs. Hill.

No.
Mr. SPECTER. And tell me what you observed as the President's motorcade passed by?

Mrs. Hill.

You mean---
Mr. SPECTER. Start any place that you find most convenient and just tell me in your own way what happened.
Mrs. HILL. Well, as they came toward us, we had been taking pictures with this Polaroid camera and since it was a Polaroid we knew we. had only one chance to get a picture, and at the time she had taken a picture just a few minutes before and I had grabbed it out of the camera and wrapped it and put it in my pocket. Just about that time he drew even with us.

Mr. Specter.

And when you say "he" you mean?

Mrs. HILL. The President's car. We were standing on the curb and I jumped to the edge of the street and yelled, "Hey, we want to take your picture," to him and he was looking down in the seat---he and Mrs. Kennedy and their heads were turned toward the middle of the car looking down at something in the seat, which later turned out to be the roses, and I was so afraid he was going to look the other way because there were a lot of people across the street and