Mr. LIEBELER. This statement was apparently taken on December 5, 1963.
Do you recall the circumstances under which it was given?
Mr. WILCOX. This was following a meeting and discussion that we held on
December 4, at which time we discussed the money orders and messages
with Mr. Hamblen, Mrs. McClure, and Mr. Lewis.
Mr. LIEBELER. Who was present at this discussion other than the
individuals you just mentioned and yourself?
(Mr. Wilcox phoned his office re: correct date of meeting.)
Mr. WILCOX. I did hold this meeting.
Mr. LIEBELER. Let the record indicate that Mr. Wilcox has just
conferred telephonically with Mr. Semingsen and wishes now to clarify
the statements concerning the time on which certain meetings were held
with the employees.
Mr. WILCOX. I did hold the meetings with these people on December 4,
and did obtain these statements, including the statement from Mrs.
McClure, Mr. Lewis, both indicated as December 4, and the statement
from Mr. Hamblen which is dated December 5.
Following this meeting I endeavored to find the message or messages
that Mr. Hamblen was referring to, which he insisted Mrs. McClure had
accepted from Mr. Oswald. I did extract from our files all messages
matching the message numbers on the cash sheet prepared by Mrs. McClure.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did the FBI ask you to do this because Mr. Hamblen said
that a message with which Mrs. McClure had difficulty was given to her
by a man who Hamblen thought was Oswald, and that the message was one
to Washington, D.C., specifically to the Secretary of the Navy----
Mr. WILCOX. Yes, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. And that it was accounted for on Mrs. McClure's sheet as
a night letter that was set forth on her cash sheet; is that correct?
Mr. WILCOX. That's right.
Mr. LIEBELER. So you then got all of the telegrams that were listed on
Mrs. McClure's cash sheets; is that correct?
Mr. WILCOX. From the 1st of November through the November 22. We could
not find any such messages. However, we did extract all messages going
to Washington, D.C., regardless of the names to whom they were sent, or
signed, including some messages going to other points, because of their
peculiar type of printing.
Now, would you like to see those messages?
Mr. LIEBELER. Yes, sir; I would. Let me ask you specifically if the
period covered in terms of this extraction was from October?
Mr. WILCOX. From November 1.
Mr. LIEBELER. From November 1?
Mr. WILCOX. Yes, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. You picked that period because Mr. Hamblen said that he
thought the event occurred about 10 days prior to the assassination; is
that correct?
Mr. WILCOX. That's right. Now, I think you have the only thermofax of
Mrs. McClure's. Would you want the original?
Mr. LIEBELER. Yes; I do want to mark the original statement of Mrs.
McClure, dated December 4, 1963, which has been previously referred to
by Mr. Wilcox. I will mark it as Exhibit 3008 on the deposition of Mr.
Laurance R. Wilcox at Dallas, Tex., on March 31, 1964.
I have initialed that exhibit, Mr. Wilcox, and would like to have you
do the same.