(Testimony of Mrs. Robert A. Reid)
Mr. Belin.
You are pointing to what number there?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, it is 29.
Mr. Belin.
29. And then about where were you when you actually passed him or had this exchange?
Mrs. Reid.
Right along here. I passed my desk.
Mr. Belin.
Why don't you put on Exhibit 496 an "X" as to where you were when you thought you passed him.
Mrs. Reid.
Here.
Mr. Belin.
I wonder if you would put the initial "R" which we will put for Mrs. Reid.
Mrs. Reid.
All right.
Mr. Belin.
By the "X" and that is where you were when you passed him.
On March 20 you and I met for the first time, didn't we, Mrs. Reid?
Mrs. Reid.
That is right.
Mr. Belin.
We sat down and I asked you to tell me what happened and, you related the story. Did I keep on questioning you or did you tell me what happened?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, I more or less told you what had happened.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Then we went out on the street, did we not, in front of the building, with a stopwatch, do you remember that?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes; I surely do. It was kind of cool.
Mr. Belin.
It was kind of cool wasn't it, and a little bit windy.
Mrs. Reid.
Yes; it was; yes.
Mr. Belin.
And when in Dallas, we started the stopwatch from the time that the last shot was fired, is that correct?
Mrs. Reid.
That is right.
Mr. Belin.
And then you went through your actions, what you saw, your conversations that you had, and your actions in going back into the building and up to the point that you saw Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. Reid.
That is right.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember how long by the stopwatch it took you?
Mrs. Reid.
Approximately 2 minutes.
Mr. Dulles.
I didn't hear you.
Mrs. Reid.
Two minutes.
Mr. Belin.
From the time of the last shot the time you and Oswald crossed?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes; I believe that is the way we timed it.
Mr. Belin.
When you--you saw me start the stopwatch and you saw me stop it there, right?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
When you met in the lunchroom--
Mrs. Reid.
I didn't meet him in the lunchroom.
Mr. Belin.
Pardon me, when you met in the office, which direction were you going, looking toward Exhibit 497, as you look on it, which direction were you going toward the left or right?
Mrs. Reid.
You mean as I came in the office? I turned in and turned to my left.
Mr. Belin.
That would be heading in a westerly direction is that right?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
What direction was Oswald walking?
Mrs. Reid.
He was going east.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see him actually walk through or coming through the door there?
Mrs. Reid.
He had just gotten to the door, was stepping in as I glanced up.
Mr. Belin.
He was stepping in as you glanced up?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Had you ever--you said, I will put it this way, had you ever seen Oswald in that second floor office space before apart from the time of getting his pay?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, one other time he came in, now he might have been in to get that change for this time but I didn't see him going up there, and he made
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