Mr. Specter.

taken yesterday that you have some information of value to provide to us so that the regular procedure has not been followed of sending you a copy of the Executive order or of the resolution concerning the procedures of the taking of testimony.
Permit me to make those documents available to you. (Handed instruments to the Witness Henchliffe.)
Let me say that since yesterday I have contacted Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel, in Washington and he has authorized the taking of this deposition by letter, which I received today, so that it has been authorized, and the real question I have with you is whether it is all right with you to provide us with the information you have today, as opposed to sometime next week after you have had the 3 days' notice which you are entitled to if you want it?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. It is all right with me.
Mr. SPECTER. Is it all right with you to proceed and have your deposition taken today ?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you shall give before this Commission as it is holding deposition proceedings now will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes.

Mr. Specter.

Will you state your full name, please?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Margaret M. Henchliffe.

Mr. Specter.

What is your occupation or profession?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. I am a nurse, registered nurse.

Mr. Specter.

And where are you employed?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Specter.

And where were you employed on November 22, 1963?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Mr. SPECTER. And were you notified on that date that the President was on his way to the hospital?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. No, sir; I didn't know it at the time until later.

Mr. Specter.

When did you first learn about it. if at all?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. I found out who it was when I went out to get blood.

Mr. Specter.

About what time of day was that?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Well, I guess it was about 2 ,minutes after he came in.

Mr. Specter.

Did you observe him at some place in the hospital?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. I was working with him in the emergency room.

Mr. Specter.

Had he arrived in the emergency room when you first arrived at the site of the emergency room?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Do what?

Mr. SPECTER. Were you in the area of the emergency room before he came there?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes.

Mr. Specter.

Did you see him actually wheeled into the emergency room?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes; in fact, I helped wheel him on into trauma room 1.

Mr. Specter.

And, where was he when you first saw him?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. He was between trauma rooms 1 and 2.

Mr. Specter.

Did you see him when he was brought into the hospital itself?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. At the emergency entrance---no. It was after he came into the emergency room.

Mr. Specter.

He came into the emergency area?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes.

Mr. Specter.

And then you saw him and helped wheel him, you say, into the emergency room No. 1?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes.

Mr. SPECTER. And who else was present at the time you first saw him when he had just come into the emergency area?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Let me see, I think Dr. Carrico was there-he was there very shortly after--afterwards.

Mr. Specter.

He was there when you arrived? Or arrived shortly after you did?