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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XV - Page 704« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Alwyn Cole)

Mr. Eisenbert.
Exhibit No. 802, which is a Selective Service System registration certificate in the name of Lee Harvey Oswald; Commission Exhibit No. 811, which is a retouched negative of a registration certificate; Commission Exhibit No. 812, which consists of two retouched negatives of a certificate of service in the U.S. Marine Corps; Commission Exhibit No. S03, which colonists of a retouched nega-tire of the face of a Selective Service System notice of classification; Commission Exhibit No. 804, which consists of a retouched negative of the face of a Selective Service System notice of classification; Commission Exhibit No. 805, which consists of a retouched negative of a portion of the face of a Selective Service System notice of classification; and a certificate of service in the U.S. Marine Corps in the name of Lee Harvey Oswald, which I am labeling Cole Exhibit No. 1.
(Cole Exhibit No. 1 was marked for identification.)
I ask you whether these are the items you have considered in connection with your previous testimony?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, beginning with Exhibit No. 795, which is--at least as to its face a Selective Service System notice of classification in the name of Alek James Hidell, can you tell us whether the face of this Exhibit was produced from the negatives 803, 804, and 805?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir. Exhibit No. 795 is in fact a photographic print from the negative, Exhibit No. 804, as to the face. Prior to that photographic negative, however, other negatives were made, the first one being the negative 803, and then another negative involved in the production of Exhibit No. 795 is 805, which gives that part of the text of the card beginning "The law requires" and ending "for advice see your Government appeal agent."
In other words, the negatives just described finally culminated in the production. of the photographic print, Exhibit No. 795.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, Mr. Cole, have you yourself made prints of these negatives, 803, 804, and 805?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir; I have.
Mr. Eisenberg.
That is by transmitted light, the normal way of printing a negative?
Mr. Cole.
I have made them in that manner; yes, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, I now hand you Cole Exhibits Nos. 2, 3, and 4, and I ask you whether those are the prints you have made from Commission Exhibits Nos. 803, 804, and 805?
(Cole Exhibits Nos. 2, 3, and 4 were marked for identification.)
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir. Cole Exhibit No. 2 is a photographic print from negative 805. Cole Exhibit No. 3 is a photographic print from negative 804. Cole Exhibit No. 4 is a photographic print from negative 803.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Have you also made photographs of these negatives by reflected light, Mr. Cole?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Eisenberg.
I now hand you Cole Exhibits Non. 5 and 6 and ask you whether the photographs on these Exhibits labeled 803, 804, and 805 are the photographs of the negatives which you made by reflected light.
(Cole Exhibits Nos. 5 and 6 were marked for identification.)
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir. These prints are from photographic negatives made by reflected light, and I should point out that the prints are enlarged somewhat over the original size of the negatives, about 1.25 diameters.
Mr. Eisenberg.
And what is the difference between Cole Exhibit No. 5 and Cole Exhibit No. 6?
Mr. Cole.
Cole Exhibit No. 6 shows that side of the negatives to which the opaquing medium or retouching medium was applied, whereas Cole Exhibit No. 5 shows the opposite side of the negative.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, Mr. Cole, did you attempt to determine whether the negatives, 803, 804, and 805, had been made from the Selective Service notice in the name Oswald, which is Commission Exhibit No. 801--that is, from the face of that card ?
Mr. Cole.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Eisenberg.
And what was your conclusion ?
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