Mr. DULLES. I was absent, I am sorry, at that time.
Dr. CARRICO. Yes, sir. Medically, I suppose you would have to say he
was alive when he came to Parkland. From a practical standpoint, I
think he was dead then.
The CHAIRMAN. Congressman Ford?
Representative FORD. When did you say that he arrived, when you first
started working on the President?
Dr. CARRICO. It would only be a guess. Probably about 12:35. It was
about 12:30 when I got in the emergency room, and I was there 2 or 3
minutes when we were called, and he was there within 2 or 3 minutes.
Representative FORD. So approximately from 12:35 until 1 the President
was examined and treatment was given by you and others?
Dr. CARRICO. Yes.
Representative FORD. Have you read and analyzed the autopsy performed
by the authorities at Bethesda?
Dr. CARRICO. I have not read it carefully. I have seen it. Mr. Specter
showed me parts of it, and I had seen a copy of it earlier, briefly.
Representative FORD. Is there anything in it that you have read that
would be in conflict with your observation?
Dr. CARRICO. Nothing at all in conflict. It certainly adds to the
observations that we made.
Representative FORD. Have you been interviewed by the press and, if so,
when?
Dr. CARRICO. I think I have talked to the press twice.
Mr. Burrus, a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, talked to me about
5 minutes, probably 3 or 4 days after the President's death, and then
a reporter from Time called about 3 or 4 weeks after the President's
death, and I talked to him for a very few minutes.
Representative FORD. Did you make any statements in either of these
interviews that are different from the observations you have made here
this morning?
Dr. CARRICO. Not that I recall.
Representative FORD. That is all.
Mr. DULLES. Mr. Chief Justice, could I--off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
The CHAIRMAN. Well, Doctor, thank you very much. We appreciate your
help.
Dr. CARRICO. Certainly. Glad to be here.