Mr. GRAVES. If you mean--he is sharp when it comes to talking to the
men. He listened to everything, everybody he saw, and he had an answer
by the time you got through asking him. That would make him attentive.
Mr. BELIN. This could be helpful. In other words, if he were asked a
question, did he pause before he answered the question, or did he just
shoot an answer straight back?
Mr. GRAVES. Just answered right back.
Mr. BELIN. Were there any exceptions to this, that you could remember,
or was this almost invariably the case?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, that was the case in everything that I heard him say.
He didn't hunt for words, didn't hesitate at all.
Mr. BELIN. Detective Graves, is there anything else you can think of
that might be relevant to this area of inquiry which involves anything
to do with Lee Harvey Oswald or the investigation of the assassination,
or the shooting of Officer Tippit, that we haven't discussed here?
Mr. GRAVES. At this point, I don't recall anything else.
Mr. BELIN. Well, we certainly appreciate your cooperation, doubly so,
because we know you have been down here once before, and I want to tell
you that you have a right, if you would like, to read the transcript of
this deposition and sign it and make any corrections that you wish, or
you can just have the reporter ship it to us directly in Washington,
and waive the signing, whatever you want to do? Do you have any
preference at all?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, if I don't sign it, it won't make any difference
anyway.
Mr. BELIN. You can waive it if you would like to.
Mr. GRAVES. I will waive it. It don't make any difference to me.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. GRAVES. In the interest of time and everything.
Mr. BELIN. Thanks a lot.