anything. That may not be the direct information, but I think you will find it about what the situation is.
General WATTS. This is off the record. (Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Liebeler.

The last question was, has your counsel attempted to talk to Mr. Coleman and Mr. Coleman refused to talk to him?
General WALKER. No; I have no knowledge of my counsel trying to speak to him, but I was told by others that tried to get to him that he has been advised and wasn't talking, and that he had been advised not to talk.

Mr. Liebeler.

When was that. General Walker, do you remember?
General WALKER. Oh, it's been at least 3 or 4 months ago.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you know who told him he wasn't supposed to talk to anybody?
General WALKER. No; I don't. It is my understanding some law enforcement agency in some echelon. But the important thing we would like to find out is who is responsible for the open case, if it is back in the hands of the city police or if it is still held under advisement, and as soon as it got back into their hands, we can go to dealing with them. Until it does, under your requirements, if there are such requirements, the question becomes when can we get into this further?

Mr. Liebeler.

I want the record to indicate that the Commission, to my knowledge at least, and I think I would know about it, has never told anybody not to ,talk to you about the attack on you in any way, shape or form whatsoever, and has no intention of doing so. That is point 1. Point 2 is that the Commission is conducting its own investigation into this matter, and has requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an investigation into the matter. which it has done at the request of the Commission, and the report will include a finding one way or the other as to whether Oswald was the man who was involved in this attack on you.
General WALKER. It will have such a finding?

Mr. Liebeler.

It certainly will, and will be a complete disclosure.
General WALKER. Then it must be handling the case, because we have information that the city police turned all the information over to the FBI and there was nothing for us to deal with them about.
My counsel went to the city police on this. Then the FBI definitely said that they had turned it over to the Commission, and then they were under whatever wraps there were, but wraps that kept them from carrying on any development of the cases.

Mr. Liebeler.

No activity of this Commission has ever foreclosed any other law enforcement agency from doing anything that they saw fit to do. The FBI conducts its investigation in any way it sees fit, and the Dallas Police Department does the same thing.
General WALKER. I think we should have a round robin discussion with the city police, FBI, and yourself, if you all have what you have stated, so that we will understand this too, and place this case and the Warren Reynolds case back where they should be. I would think that we should get together to establish who is responsible for the open cases in the city of Dallas.

Mr. Liebeler.

Well, the President's Commission on the investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy is certainly not responsible for open cases in the city of Dallas. That your counsel will tell you. That is perfectly obvious.
General WALKER. Then I want to go on the record that the city police has misused the Commission and also the FBI.

Mr. Liebeler.

I have no knowledge of that.
General WALKER. I think it is--I can't straighten it out and neither can my counsel. I think it is perfectly obvious that somebody is misusing somebody, the fact that we have no starting point and this is an open case, and this is true with Warren Reynolds as well as myself.

Mr. Liebeler.

I am glad you brought that subject up. Tell us what you know about that.
General WALKER. I certainly will.

Mr. Liebeler.

Before you do, I think I did hear the witness come in out here. Go ahead.

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