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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 362« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Troy Eugene West)

Mr. Belin.
Who was the first person or persons that you saw coming through there while you were eating your lunch?
Mr. West.
Well, that was police.
Mr. Belin.
A police officer?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Anyone else?

Mr. WEST. I guess it was a bunch of them, I guess, FBI men, and just a crowd of them coming in there.
Mr. BELIN. Did you see Roy Truly coming in at all that time? Do you know Mr. Truly?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir; that is the boss, the superintendent.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever see him, do you remember, while you were eating your lunch, come in the building?
Mr. West.
Yes, sir; I think he came in with the police.
Mr. BELIN. Was he one of the first people in, or did other people come ahead of him, if you remember?
Mr. West.
Really, I just don't know.
Mr. Belin.
That is okay if you don't remember. That is all I want you to say if you don't remember.
Did you hear anyone yelling to let the elevator loose or anything like eat?
Mr. West.
I can't remember.
Mr. Belin.
Were you working when you were eating your lunch? Were you facing the elevator or not when you were eating your lunch? Were you facing any of the elevators back there?

Mr. WEST. No, sir; I was always--I mean I would always be with my back kind of, you know, towards the elevators and facing the front side over on the side.
Mr. Belin.
The Elm Street side?
Mr. West.
Toward Elm Street side.
Mr. Belin.
So you don't know whether anyone was using the elevators?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Belin.
Do you know whether anyone was going up and down the stairs?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Belin.
Do you know anything else about what happened on November 22, that might be helpful or relevant here?

Mr. WEST. No, sir; I don't really.
Mr. Belin.
Were you ever on the second. floor on November 22?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I never did. hardly ever leave the first floor. That is just I stayed there where all my work was, and I just stayed there.
Mr. Belin.
On November 22, did you ever leave the first floor?
Mr. West.
No, sir; I never did leave the first floor.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else that you can think of, whether I have asked it or not?
Mr. West.
Well, I don't know anything else. I know of nothing else.
Mr. Belin.
Well, we thank you very much for coming down here, Mr. West. If you want, you can come back down again and read your deposition and sign , or else you can just waive coming down here. You don't have to come down. You can tell the court reporter to send it directly to us, if you want to.
Mr. West.
You mean when I get ready to sign it?
Mr. Belin.
Now you do not have to sign it if you don't want to. You can just tell the court reporter to type it up and send it directly to us, or you can tell the court reporter you would like to read it and sign it before she sends it to us in Washington.
You don't have to sign it. Or if you want to sign it, you can come back and sign it, whichever you want to do.
Mr. West.
Well, I think--I don't know.

Mr. BELIN. Do you want to come down here again and. read it and sign it, or do you want to waive?
You can waive and tell the court reporter that she can just send it after she types it up, directly to us in Washington without your reading it and signing it.
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