Testimony of John Raymond Hall

The testimony of John Raymond Hall was taken at 4 p.m., on March 24, 1964 in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Wesley J. Liebeler, assistant counsel of the President's Commission.

Mr. Liebeler.

Would you rise, please, and I will swear you in. Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in the testimony that you are about to give?

Mr. Hall.

I do.

Mr. Liebeler.

Mr. Hall, my name is Wesley J. Liebeler. I am a member of the legal staff of the President's Commission to investigate the assassination President Kennedy. I have been authorized to take your testimony by the Commission pursuant to authority granted to it by Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, and Joint Resolution of Congress 137.
Copies of those two documents and also of the Commission's Rules of procedure governing the taking of testimony have been sent to you, I believe, in a letter from Mr. Rankin in which he indicated that I would contact you this week to take your testimony.
Have you received copies of those documents?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

We want to examine you briefly concerning whatever knowledge you might have of Lee Harvey Oswald as a result of contacts that you had with him after his return from the Soviet Union.

Mr. Hall.

So that this doesn't overlap what my wife would say, would you like for me to just completely eliminate anything except when just he and I were together, or would you, if it overlaps, does it make any difference?

Mr. Liebeler.

I think I want you to tell generally the contacts that you had with Oswald, but I will bring that out. What is your full name?

Mr. Hall.

John Raymond Hall.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is your address?

Mr. Hall.

4760 Trail Lake Drive, Fort Worth.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is your employment?

Mr. Hall.

Self-employed. Dental laboratory.

Mr. Liebeler.

In Fort Worth?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is the name of your company?

Mr. Hall.

Crown & Bridge Prosthesis.

Mr. Liebeler.

You are a native born American?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Where were you born?

Mr. Hall.

Birmingham, Ala.

Mr. Liebeler.

When did you move to Dallas?

Mr. Hall.

I was born in 1928 and moved in approximately 1931.

Mr. Liebeler.

When did you move to Dallas?

Mr. Hall.

I beg your pardon, I moved to Garland. From Birmingham to Garland in 1931. And in 1946, we moved to Dallas.

Mr. Liebeler.

Then did you move to Fort Worth?

Mr. Hall.

Then I went into the service after going to college in 1948. And then in 1956--in 1955, the latter part of 1955, I moved to Fort Worth.

Mr. Liebeler.

When were you born?

Mr. Hall.

1928.

Mr. Liebeler.

1928?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Are you married?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is your wife's name?

Mr. Hall.

Elena Hall.

Mr. Liebeler.

When were you married to Mrs. Hall?

Mr. Hall.

In 1959. September the 11th, 1959.