Mr. CADIGAN. Front and back.
Mr. EISENBERG. And Cadigan Exhibit No. 30, representing respectively
the back and front of Commission Exhibit No. 1.
(The documents referred to were marked Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 29 and 30.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, by use of photographs Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 25
through 30, could you explain some of the reasons which led you to your
conclusion?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes; and I would point out that in addition to the four
enlargements written in Russian, I also used Cadigan Exhibits or the
documents represented by Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 4 through 10, the known
standards of Oswald, since there are English letters interspersed with
the Russian writing on Commission Exhibit No. 1. Thus, for example, in
the second line in Cadigan Exhibit No. 29 appears the word "to" which
is directly comparable to the same word appearing in Cadigan Exhibits
Nos. 4 through 10. This is characterized by a long sweeping upstroke,
and the recurving downstroke cuts the staff about in half. And the "o"
is without any tail, and it is relatively small and set fairly close
into the staff. The "t" crossing is rather long and fairly high.
I noted these same characteristics in Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 4 through
10.
Further, there is the wording in English, "Red Cross" appearing about
two-thirds of the way down the side of the page beginning with the
numeral 6, and here, again, I noted the same characteristics in the
English hand printing in Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 4 through 10. Again, the
use of the small "e" and the small "d" in conjunction with the capital
"R," and then in the word "cross" he has used the capital letters. On
the face of the Commission Exhibit No. 1 appear the printed English
letters "ERVAY" which are almost directly comparable with the name "Lee
Harvey Oswald" in Cadigan Exhibit No. 10. The E here is characterized
by the little loop at the base of the staff. The "R" has a flat closed
loop on the left side of the staff. The "Y" is constructed of two
strokes, almost a perfect "V" shape for the body and a tail slanting
back away from it.
The letter "p" or what appears to be the letter "p," indicated by
the roman numeral 2 and a red arrow, is similar to the English "p,"
characterized by a long narrow staff without much of a loop. The body
of the letter extends above the staff and the base is open. The bottom
of the letter is not closed in.
The numeral "1" on the chart Cadigan Exhibit No. 29 points to a Russian
character which resembles somewhat the English letter "G," the capital
letter G. This is characterized by a rather large elongated loop along
the left side of the upstroke, and the finishing stroke is short and
straight.
The numeral "3" in red on Cadigan Exhibit No. 29 points to the Russian
word which resembles the English word "tbi." The "t" has a very long
beginning upstroke. The crossing of the "t" is high and is at the top
of the letter. The b is formed with a straight staff on the back side,
and there is a well spaced connection to the following letter which
resembles the English letter "i."
I further noted that on this same side of the document shown in Cadigan
Exhibit No. 29 in the second to the last line from the bottom appears
the combination "exa," which is directly comparable with the "exa" in
"Texas" appearing on the photograph Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 6, 4, and
9, among others. Again this characteristic way of making the "x" is
almost like a "u" or an open "o." There is a little extra stroke that
breaks off of the "x" so that instead of looking like "exa" it has the
appearance of "eva" with a diagonal stroke through the "v."
The number "6" in red on Cadigan Exhibit No. 29 points to the
combination which looks like the English letters "Ha," where the same
two letters appear on the photographs, Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 25 and 26,
the "H" being made in two roughly parallel straight strokes. The "a"
is almost in the form of a circle, and the tail of the "a" runs out
horizontally to the line of writing.
On Cadigan Exhibit No. 30, the number "8" in red with an arrow points
to the combination of letters which resemble the English letters "tak,"
and this same combination or the same letters appear on Cadigan Exhibit
No. 27. Again, the "t" has a rather long beginning stroke. The crossing
is high and long, and I noted that the "k" in both instances is made in
a similar manner.
The figure "9" on Cadigan Exhibit No. 30 also points to a different
style of k, or what resembles the English letter "k," in that it is
composed of a straight staff and the body or the right portion of the
letter is almost the shape of a v tilted on its side.
Because of this combination of characteristics, as well as many others,
I reached the opinion that Government's Exhibit No. 1 was written by
Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. EISENBERG. Commission Exhibit No. 1, that is?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes, of which Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 30 and 29 are
photographic enlargements.
Mr. EISENBERG. I have no further questions, Mr. Cadigan. Thank you very
much. You have been extremely helpful.