A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination (90 page)

Belin conducted another:
Ibid., pp. 261–63.

“I could hardly believe”:
Ibid., p. 42.

“I heard this crack”:
Testimony of Howard Brennan, March 24, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 3, pp. 140–211.

At about the time:
Belin,
You Are the Jury
, p. 136.

Holland’s testimony was:
Stern interviews. Also see testimony of S. M. Holland, April 8, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 6, pp. 239–48.

If Howard Brennan was:
Belin,
You Are the Jury
, p. 69.

Warren passed a handwritten:
The undated, handwritten note is found in Ford’s congressional correspondence files, identified as having been written by the chief justice and handed to Ford during Markham’s testimony.

Markham admitted that she:
Testimony of Helen Markham, March 26, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 3, pp. 304–22.

Could Lane have impersonated:
Belin,
You Are the Jury
, pp. 340–42.

In late February,
Life
:
Ibid., pp. 302–5.

CHAPTER 27

Of the ninety-three:
Specter interviews; Specter,
Passion
, p. 107.

He divided them into:
Memo from Specter to Rankin, “Outline of Suggested Questions for Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy,” March 31, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“The Chief Justice had taken”:
Specter interviews. Also see Specter,
Passion
, passim.

Kellerman struck Specter:
Specter interviews; Specter,
Passion
, pp. 66–69.

When Jacqueline Kennedy learned:
Gallagher,
My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 341. Mary Barelli Gallagher had been Mrs. Kennedy’s personal secretary in the White House.

Later, when William:
Manchester,
Death
, p. 290.

Specter thought:
Specter,
Passion
, pp. 63, 69. Also see Hill, Clint, and McCubbin,
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
, p. 281.

Hill offered Specter a convincing:
Testimony of Clint Hill, March 9, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 2, pp. 132–43.

An alarmed reporter from:
Manchester,
Death
, p. 222.

No news organization:
Ibid., pp. 165, 345.

“He was very suspicious”:
Specter,
Passion
, p. 77.

An FBI report issued in December:
The initial FBI report on the autopsy, the source of the essential information republished in the reports in December and January, was prepared by agents Francis X. O’Neill and James W. Sibert, who observed the autopsy. The full report, dated November 26, 1963, was released by the ARRB and is available online at
http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/md44/html/Image0.htm
.

It was then, Specter:
Specter,
Passion
, p. 78. Also see Humes Testimony, Humes interview.

Specter later remembered:
Specter,
Passion
, p. 80.

“I see that Governor Connally”:
Testimony of James J. Humes, March 16, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 2, pp. 347–76.

“It was dangerous”:
Belin,
You Are the Jury
, pp. 345–46.

The Kennedy family:
Specter,
Passion
, p. 84.

CHAPTER 28

“The Chief Justice did not”:
Specter interviews; Specter,
Passion
, pp. 90–99.

The error had been:
Testimony of Dr. Ronald Coy Jones, March 24, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 6, pp. 51–57.

The key testimony:
Testimony of Darrell Tomlinson, March 20, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 6, pp. 128–34.

One strong possibility:
Warren Report, pp. 111–112.

The clothes were:
Specter interviews; Specter,
Passion
, pp. 69–75.

“I couldn’t bear”:
Nellie Connally,
From Love Field
, p. 119.

Nellie Connally found it:
Ibid., pp. 120–21.

Specter recalled that:
Specter interviews; Specter,
Passion
, p. 72.

Mrs. Connally had the film:
Belin,
You Are the Jury
, pp. 308–9.

“Even ‘magic’ bullets”:
Connally,
From Love Field
, p. 120.

“Russell was immaculately dressed”:
Specter interviews.

“I heard a noise”:
Testimony of Governor John Connally, March 16, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 4, pp. 131–46.

The scene produced:
Specter interviews.

Connally, Warren decided:
Warren interview with Alfred Goldberg, March 26, 1974, as found in Warren Commission files, Warren papers, LOC.

CHAPTER 29

“I must have watched”:
Pollak interviews.

“There he was”:
Goldberg interviews.

“The Chief Justice was”:
Pollak interviews.

Mosk’s first assignment:
Mosk interviews.

In late April, Mosk wrote a memo:
Memo from Mosk to Slawson, April 23, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

Two years earlier:
See obituary of Ely in
New York Times
, October 27, 2003.

Ely had been assigned:
Memo from Ely to Jenner and Liebeler, “Lee Harvey Oswald’s Marine Career,” April 22, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

The seemingly prudish:
Memo from Ely to Rankin, May 5, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

CHAPTER 30

Dean had told a number of seemingly:
Testimony of Patrick T. Dean, March 24, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 12, pp. 415–49. Also see
Dallas Morning News
, March 25, 1979.

Griffin was not the only:
Aynesworth,
JFK: Breaking
, pp. 176–79. Also see Huffaker,
When the News Went Live
, passim.

When Griffin took Dean’s:
Testimony of Patrick T. Dean, March 24, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 12, pp. 415–49.

Dean said later:
Dallas Morning News
, March 25, 1979.

“No member of our staff”:
Testimony of Patrick T. Dean, June 8, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 5, pp. 254–58.

Immediately after a staff:
Memo from Griffin to Willens, April 4, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“We do not think”:
Ibid.

“We should proceed as”:
Memo from Willens to Rankin, April 6, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“We believe that”:
Memo from Hubert and Griffin to Rankin, “Adequacy of Ruby Investigation,” May 14, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

The memo essentially:
Memo from Willens to Griffin, “Re: Adequacy of Ruby Investigation,” June 1, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

He told Rankin he needed:
Memo from Hubert to Rankin, June 1, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

According to David Belin:
Belin,
Final Disclosure
, p. 46.

On April 26:
Letter from Dr. Louis West to Henry Wade, May 7, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

Ruby readily acknowledged:
Letter from Dr. Robert Stubblefield to Judge Joe B. Brown, May 15, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

CHAPTER 31

“Duran could be”:
Slawson interviews.

The day before their departure:
Memo from Slawson for the record, “Trip to Mexico City,” April 22, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“The CIA told me”:
Slawson interviews. Also see testimony of W. David Slawson, HSCA, November 15, 1977.

The commission lawyers:
Memo from Slawson for the record, “Trip to Mexico City,” April 22, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“We still have the”:
Slawson interviews.

Coleman added to the confusion:
Coleman interviews.

On Saturday night:
Slawson interviews.

CHAPTER 32

“Mr. Manchester”
:
Manchester,
Controversy
, pp. 11–15.

Four days after:
Manchester,
Death
, pp. x–xiii.

The chief justice raised:
Statement of President Lyndon B. Johnson, July 10, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 5, pp. 561–64.

“I think it would have been”:
Oral history of Chief Justice Earl Warren, September 21, 1971, LBJ Library, p. 12.

“I cast one last”:
Statement of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, July 16, 1964, Warren Appendix, Vol. 5, pp. 564–65.

Warren agreed to be interviewed:
Manchester,
Death
, pp. x–xi.

Manchester was given a tour:
Manchester,
Controversy
, p. 10.

“Jackie has been reigning”:
Pearson diaries, November and December 1963, Pearson papers, LBJ Library.

“TV viewers of the Kennedy”:
Washington Merry-Go-Round, December 10, 1963, available in the Drew Pearson archives maintained by American University. The actual column can be found at
http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bitstream/2041/50094/b18f09–1210zdisplay.pdf#search=”
.

The column produced:
Pearson diaries, November and December 1963, Pearson papers, LBJ Library.

Under his contract:
Manchester,
Controversy
, p. 8.

Warren always felt:
Goldberg interviews.

Much of the report:
Memo from Goldberg to Rankin, “Proposed Outline of Report,” April 13, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

On March 16:
Memo from Goldberg to Rankin, March 16, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

“They had all been”:
Goldberg interviews.

“From an overall standpoint”:
Letter from Belin to Willens, March 19, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

On April 24, he:
Memo from Goldberg to Rankin, April 28, 1964, staff files, Warren Commission, NARA.

CHAPTER 33

He heard that:
Slawson interviews.

Warren, for his part:
Warren interview with Alfred Goldberg, March 26, 1974, as found in Warren Commission files, Warren papers, LOC.