Dr. CARRICO. Right.
Mr. SPECTER. Which was made available to you by me.
Dr. CARRICO. Right.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, who, if any one, has talked to you representing the
Federal Government in connection with the treatment which you assisted
in rendering President Kennedy at Parkland on November 22?
Dr. CARRICO. We have talked to some representatives of the Secret
Service, whose names I do not remember.
Mr. SPECTER. On how many occasions, if there was more than one?
Dr. CARRICO. Two occasions, a fairly long interview shortly after the
President's death, and then approximately a month or so afterwards a
very short interview.
Representative FORD. When you say shortly after the President's death,
you mean that day?
Dr. CARRICO. No, sir. Within a week maybe.
Mr. SPECTER. And what was the substance of the first interview with the
Secret Service which you have described as occurring within 1 week?
Dr. CARRICO. This was a meeting in Dr. Shires' office, Dr. Shires, Dr.
Perry, Dr. McClelland and myself, and two representatives of the Secret
Service in which we went over the treatment.
They discussed the autopsy findings as I recall it, with Dr. Shires,
and reviewed the treatment with him, essentially.
Mr. SPECTER. And what questions were you asked specifically at that
time, if any?
Dr. CARRICO. I don't recall any specific questions I was asked. In
general, I was asked some questions pertaining to his treatment, to the
wounds, what I thought they were, and et cetera.
Mr. SPECTER. What opinions did you express at that time?
Dr. CARRICO. Again, I said that on the basis of our initial
examination, this wound in his neck could have been either an entrance
or exit wound, which was what they were most concerned about, and
assuming there was a wound in the back, somewhere similar to what you
have described that this certainly would be compatible with an exit
wound.
Mr. SPECTER. Were your statements at that time different in any respect
with the testimony which you have given here this morning?
Dr. CARRICO. Not that I recall.
Mr. SPECTER. Were your views at that time consistent with the findings
in the autopsy report, or did they vary in any way from the findings in
that report?
Dr. CARRICO. As I recall, the autopsy report is exactly as I remember
it.
Mr. SPECTER. Were your opinions at that time consistent with the
findings of the autopsy report?
Dr. CARRICO. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Will you identify Dr. Shires for the record, please?
Dr. CARRICO. Dr. Shires is chief of the surgery service at Parkland,
and chairman of the Department of Surgery at Southwestern Medical
School.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, approximately when, to the best of your recollection,
did the second interview occur with the Secret Service?
Dr. CARRICO. This was some time in February, probably about the middle
of February, and the interview consisted of the agent asking me if I
had any further information.