Assassination Records Review Board
3-24-95 Boston Public Hearing transcript
Corrections by Martin Shackelford from the videotape
TESTIMONY OF STEVE TILLEY
p. 12, line 4 and that continuing
p. 15, line 23 of December of '92 on that day we also distributed data
p. 26, line 6 Oswald, David Ferrie and Clay Shaw.
p. 27, line 23 events, people like Edward Lansdale and Robert McNamara
and
p. 31, line 15 in on a periodic basis, and we are dealing with those
as
p. 32, line 2 agreements, donations, deeds of gifts,how they operate,and
p. 39, line 23 So, that process is about to begin, and you can expect
TESTIMONY OF PHILIP MELANSON
p. 41, line 18 it's crucial that these be released as part of the record
p. 53, line 16 information is there? How do you assess that information
that's
p. 54, line 3 kind of thing that helps fill in the picture and
fill in
p. 55, line 17 there are researchers who do and should be kept open.
TESTIMONY OF PRISCILLA JOHNSON McMILLAN
p. 56, line 16 on Oswald's personality that was written by Wesley
Liebeler
p. 56, line 17 and in the National Archives, I was able to read
Liebeler's
p. 57, line 13 there were some gaps in the Robert Kennedy material.
p. 57, line 18 Then, I think the bulk of my remarks have to do, again,
p. 58, line 7 provided the Poles with material on the Katyn
massacre. It
p. 58, line 20 intervention in that archive by Yeltsin's assistant
Felatov has not
p. 59, line 5 get help from the KGB right now. There are two places
to look in
p 59, line 7 building on the Lubyanka. The others are located
outside Moscow
p. 59, line 11 forgot that the present government of Byeloruss might
be
p. 60, line 1 Igor Yurfemoff, and he may be knowledgeable about
sources in
p. 60, line 15 The last matter I wanted to bring up are my own
p. 61, line 2 was being told or could reconcile, various versions.
p. 61, line 16 have these written notes, and I will give those to
whomever, perhaps to Mr. Samoluk.
p. 62, line 24 MS. McMILLAN: I hope my answer will be
p. 63, line 4 MS. McMILLAN: Nosenko, Oswald, but they do seem to be
p. 63, line 7 in the U.S. government, as my preceding witness, it
will be
p. 63, line 10 top, you will get cooperation to the extent that those
p. 63, line 13 Byelorussian bureaucracy now, I would think no. I
would
p. 64, line 19 DR. HALL: Could you, in the course of those
p. 64, line 14 say that he wished to pay me fair use for quotations,
though I had just
p. 67, line 21 Jameson, who I thought was named Mr. James McDonald,came
p. 68, line 3 with that matter. That is, Carl Kayzen--he had Kayzen
p. 68, line 8 service knew and that their files were inter-penetrated
p. 68, line 12 couldn't hurt them, but otherwise I gave him the
mood--I don't
p. 68, line 25 of either side, I avoided them. It was just a
demimonde--and I
p. 69, line 12 John Abt.
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Abt's name appears on lines 16 and 17; p.
71, line 4; and p. 117, lines 8 and 10} p. 69, line 22
the various notes have been made are remarkably confluent but
p. 70, line 13 from our hotel, and that he had bought an ice cream
cone there,
p. 70, line 14 and he seemed so proud that he had done anything--he
didn't
p. 70, line 17 pretty sorry for him, and I felt somewhat a sense of
p. 70, line 20 with the Soviet bureaucracy, and I did speak the
language, I
TESTIMONY OF RICHARD TRASK
p. 71, line 19 ended, and no one from within the research community
will
p. 72, line 15 pursued by you. It should, in many cases, lay to rest
old
p. 72, line 19 years a previously lackadaisical government performance
as
p. 72, line 25 others having a hand in the creation and custody of
p. 74, line 5 facts, half-truths, innuendos, self-serving
statements, and
p. 76, line 1 House photographers Cecil Stoughton and Thomas Atkins,
were
p. 77, line 7 Similas, James Hankin, Gary Field, Jack Weaver, and
James
p. 80, line 3 NBC and CBS television networks, and the Sherman
Grinberg
p. 80, line 10 by Don Cook of KTTV and Tom Alyea of WFAA, is also
possibly
p. 80, line 25 original coverage by staff photographer Art Rickerby,
as well
p. 81, line 8 Nix and Muchmore. UPI Bettman News Photo now has
p. 81, line 11 Atgens and Henry Burrows, AP Wide World now possessing
p. 81, line 13 those made by Jim Atgens.
p. 82, line 14 materials which will benefit the potential donors,the
TESTIMONY OF DICK RUSSELL
p. 89, line 21 research and led me to the unescapable conclusion that a
p. 89, line 25 Richard Case Nagell, a former military intelligence
officer
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Mr. Nagell's name appears on p. 90, lines 5,
10, 17 and 22; p. 91, lines 1, 9, and 16; p. 92, lines 19 and 23; page
93, line 8; page 94, lines 14 and 23; page 95, line 7; page 96, line 15;
page 101, line 3; p. 102, line 16; and p. 103, lines 7 and 13]
p. 91, line14 other statements which would lead you to perhaps
seeking out
p. 92, line 4 He said "I furnished a complete and accurate
p. 92, line 8 "I disclosed sufficient data about the conspiracy,
p. 92, line 9 citing an overt act which constituted a violation of
Federal
p. 92, line 12 "I signed the letter with the name Joseph Kramer,
p. 92, line 16 "I am willing to undergo a polygraph examination
p. 92, line 17 relative to any and all statements made herein."
p. 94, line 12 these records will indicate otherwise and that any
release
p. 98, line 1 John Thomas Masen, I believe, is still alive in
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Masen's name occurs in lines 5 and 11;
and on p. 114, lines 13 and 15]
p. 99, line 11 Oswald was stationed then at Atsugi, of course, in
p. 99, line 17 Bill Alexander, who was the Assistant DA in Dallas
p. 101, line 22 DR. HALL: Can you better inform us on those, those
p. 103, line 11 agent himself. He was an infiltrator on the Garrison
staff
p. 104, line 21 Rolando Cubela, who was involved in the assassination
p. 105, line 8 know that, during the course of the "Frontline"
p. 106, line 2 be a fertile area for pursuit.
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE MICHAEL EVICA
p. 106, line 25 and Groden, of course, but also Martin Shackelford would
be
p. 107, line 2 was a production editor at Hearst Metrotone News for
five years
p. 107, line 23 I've delivered 12 major papers since 1985 at
p. 109, line 5 services division--that would be officer Revill's
division--the
p. 109, line 7 division; the CIA, especially its Office of Security,
the Office of
Security, I
p. 109, line 8 think, as you know, is the CIA inside the CIA--and the
p. 110, line 23 Austin and communicated, apparently, directly and
indirectly
p. 111, line 6 is--finally, we'll get at the heart of the problem and
the
p. 112, line 1 Now, FBI Special Agent Robert Frazier is
still
p. 115, line 8 time that I interviewed Francis X. O'Neill, former FBI
agent,
p. 115, line 14 --we know that at least two Secret Service agents saw an
p. 115, line 20 Secret Service Agent Hill reports as he stayed at
Bethesda
TESTIMONY OF EDGAR TATRO
p. 117, line 14 Here at home here, Harold Isaacs was a MIT
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Isaacs appears on
line 18]
p. 117, line 16 to the Aunt Lillian, Dorothy Murrett from New Orleans,
and
p. 119, line 3 John Currington and Paul Rothermel are
alive
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Rothermel's name
appears
on line 4}
p. 119, line 7 Okay. I have a record that came through
Emory
p. 119, line 25 case up there. They would be glad to help you, and I
can hook
you
p. 120, line 6 man they call a travel agent, Spas Raikin, but
actually he
[NOTE: the same misspelling of Raikin appears on
lines 9 and
10]
p. 120, line 21 There's a sidewalk scar down here that was
stolen
[NOTE: the Texas researcher in line 23 is Gary
Mack]
p. 122, line 16 be of value to you.