Proceed.
Dr. GREGORY. The first of these was evidence of clothing, bits of thread and cloth, apparently from a dark suit or something of that sort which had been carried into the wound, from the skin into the region of the bone.
The second of these were two or three small fragments of metal which presumably were shed by the missile after their encounter with the firm substance which is bone.

Mr. Specter.

As to the bits of cloth which you describe, have you had an opportunity earlier today to examine a coat, heretofore identified and marked by a picture bearing Commission Exhibit No. 683, which we will have later testimony on as being Governor Connally's coat?
Dr. GREGORY. I have.

Mr. Specter.

And what, if anything, did your examination disclose with respect to the wound of the right wrist?
Dr. GREGORY. Well, the right sleeve of the coat has a tear in it close to the margin at a point which is, I think, commensurate with the location of the dorsal surface, the back side of the wrist, forearm where the two may have been super imposed and both damaged by the same penetrating body.

Mr. Specter.

Is the nature of the material of the suit coat the same as that which you found in the wound of the wrist?
Dr. GREGORY. It is. As a matter of fact, at the time that the wound was treated, and the cloth was found, the speculation was made as to the kind the color of the suit the Governor was wearing and moreover the thread was almost identifiable as mohair or raw silk or something of that nature and entirely consistent with this fabric.

Mr. Specter.

Was the color, which you speculated about, the same as which you see in this Jacket?
Dr. GREGORY. Yes; it was my impression it was black or either dark blue.

Mr. Specter.

You say there was something in the X-ray work which led you to further conclude that that was the wound of entrance?
Dr. GREGORY. Yes.

Mr. Specter.

Will you proceed now to show the Commission those X-rays, please?
Dr. GREGORY. This is an X-ray made in the lateral view of the Governor's wrist at the time he was brought to the hospital prior to any surgical intervention.

Mr. Specter.

As to the first X-ray, Dr. Gregory, would you identify the date when it was taken?
Dr. GREGORY. Yes; this film was made on November 22, 1963, as indicated by a pencil marking on that film, and it further hears the assigned X-ray number of 219-992, which was that of the patient, Governor John Connally.

Mr. Specter.

May it please the Commission we shall reserve number 690 and 691 for later identification of those photographs and X-rays.
Senator COOPER. So ordered.
Dr. GREGORY. If you will notice in addition to the apparent fracture of this, the radial bone here.

Mr. Specter.

Are you now describing a second X-ray?
Dr. GREGORY. No; these are two taken at right angle of the Governor's wrist prior to attention. These are diagnostic film, one made with the hand palm down and one with the hand turned 90°.

Mr. Specter.

Do they bear identical numbers then?
Dr. GREGORY. They do.

Mr. Specter.

Is there any mark on them at the present time which distinguishes them by way of marking or number?
Dr. GREGORY. Other than the pencil markings on each of these two films and my own which I attached last evening for convenience.

Mr. Specter.

Can you mark one of them as "A" and one as "B," so that when you describe them here we will know which you are referring to?
Dr. GREGORY. Very well. Let the record show that "A" stands for the anteroposterior

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