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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XV - Page 483« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William Glenn , Jr. Duncan)

Mr. Duncan.
That's correct.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember the date of that letter?
Mr. Duncan.
No; I got it the 23d, but I don't remember the date of it.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, the rules of the Commission provide that every witness is entitled to a 3-day written notice prior to the taking of his deposition, commencing from the date of the request, so that the rule has probably been complied with here, but at any rate, the rule also provides that the witness may waive that 3- day notice if he wishes.
Mr. Duncan.
Well, I'm sure they were complied with, and if not, I will waive that.
Mr. Hubert.
Then, will you stand up and take the oath, please, sir.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give in this matter will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. Duncan.
I do.
Mr. Hubert.
Mr. Duncan, I have previously shown you a document which I have marked for identification by placing in the right-hand margin the following: "Dallas, Texas, June 26, 1964, Exhibit No. 1 of the Deposition of Glenn Duncan" and under which I have signed my name. The exhibit consists of one page. It purports to be a report of an interview of you by FBI Agents Neeley and Rice on November 29, 1963.
I ask you if you have read Exhibit No. I and whether it is correct or whether there is anything wrong or something which should be modified or expanded?
Mr. Duncan.
Now, the exhibit is basically correct. The only possible discrepancy would be the matter of the two telephone calls from Jack Ruby, which is still a matter of some confusion in my mind, as to the exact number. The time on this exhibit shows probably between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. I think it would actually be between midnight and 1 a.m. Ruby's visit came over the 2 o'clock hour and the telephone calls preceded that. Aside from that the exhibit is correct.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, you place the visit by Ruby between the hours of 1 and 2, is that correct?
Mr. Duncan.
No; the visit was actually about 30 minutes long and hinged somewhere over the 2 o'clock hour.
Mr. Hubert.
That is to say it was somewhere between a quarter of 2 and a quarter past 2, or 5 minutes of 2 and 25 minutes after 2?
Mr. Duncan.
I would say--somewhere between that.
Mr. Hubert.
How much before the beginning of the actual personal interview did the phone calls occur?
Mr. Duncan.
Well, they would be another haft hour to 45 minutes. I would say about that---45 minutes would probably be the most solid--from the last telephone call to his arrival.
Mr. Hubert.
So that your thought is that the phone calls could not have been earlier than 1 o'clock?
Mr. Duncan.
It was---could not have been later than 1 o'clock.
Mr. Hubert.
Could not have been later than I o'clock.
Mr. Duncan.
Correct--I would like to allow myself a--
Mr. Hubert.
It's incorrect to say that the calls were between i and 2 a.m. when actually the latest time in your mind that the calls could have been, would have been 45 minutes before he came or about 1 o'clock.
Mr. Duncan.
About 1 o'clock; yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Can you tell us why it is that you have that recollection now and are Changing another recollection, or is it your opinion that the FBI agents misunderstood you? In other words, we have here a discrepancy in time, and I would like some way to have it explained to us.
Mr. Duncan.
Well, the only time I can pin down definitely is that his visit hinged over the 2 o'clock hour, because at 2 o'clock I did a 2 o'clock newscast and he was there during that newscast, and I would judge his visit to be about a haft hour, and I was guessing he arrived 10, 15, perhaps 20 minutes before that, but at least hinging over that. I would put the telephone calls between 12 and 1 because of the time preceding that, and as to the discrepancy with the report, I would have no idea.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, it may well be and I suggest to you the possibility that it is,
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