Mr. SMART. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About the moving?
Mr. SMART. No, sir; he said have the men stand by and he would notify
me when to have them report to the basement.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About how long was this before Oswald was actually moved,
would you estimate?
Mr. SMART. I couldn’t say for sure, but I think I must have talked to
him between--it must have been around 9 o’clock in the morning or maybe
earlier. I am not sure. I didn’t make a note of the time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And were there other department heads or bureau heads in
there at the time that you got this information?
Mr. SMART. In and out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have any information as to whether Stevenson made a
general request to all bureaus to have their men stand by or was this
just specifically directed toward you?
Mr. SMART. I think it was general.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is, do you have any confirmation of that, have you
talked to other bureau heads, for example, to find out?
Mr. SMART. Captain Jones.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What bureau is he connected with?
Mr. SMART. Forgery.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What about the other bureau heads there? Did you talk to
them?
Mr. SMART. Captain Martin, we discussed it among ourselves about having
our men stand by.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, when did you discuss it with those gentlemen?
Mr. SMART. Shortly after I talked with Stevenson.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. SMART. It was general knowledge around that all of the men were
supposed to stand by. You know how those things get out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. I see. Now, when was the next time that you got any
information about the movement of Lee Oswald?
Mr. SMART. In the neighborhood of 11 o’clock, it could have been before
or after a little bit, Chief Stevenson told me to have my men report to
the basement.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, what did you do when you took your men down to the
basement?
Mr. SMART. I instructed the men to go down to the basement and I went
with them.