The testimony of Curtis LaVerne Crafard was taken at 9:15 a.m., on
April 9, 1964, at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C., by Messrs.
Burt W. Griffin, Leon D. Hubert, Jr., and Albert E. Jenner, Jr.,
assistant counsel of the President’s Commission.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I want to start out by stating for the record, for your
purposes, also, Larry, that we are continuing this deposition under the
same authority which it was commenced yesterday morning, and I know
that there is no mistake on your part that the oath which you took
before is still in effect.
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What we propose to do today is to go through in some
detail some of the papers which have come into our possession. The
first thing I want to ask you to look at is a notebook, which is a
blue cover spiral notebook entitled, “Penway Memo Notebook” and it has
Commission Document No. 717, but for the record I will clarify this
that this is not the same number as the numbers that we are using in
the deposition. I will give it a deposition number in just a minute. I
am going to mark this for identification on the front cover—I am going
to mark this on the inside of the front cover at the bottom in pen,
“Washington, D.C., April 9, 1964, Exhibit 5202, Deposition of C. L.
Crafard,” and I am going to sign it with my signature, Burt W. Griffin.
Mr. HUBERT. For the purpose of the record, count the number of pages
and half pages. Perhaps it is a good idea to initial the bottom of each
page with your initials.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. In addition to the front cover, what I am going
to do is number the pages at the bottom, and I will put my initials on
each. I will make it clear that I am numbering only the separate sheets
of paper. I am not numbering each side of the paper. We can refer to
these pages as the numbered side and the reverse side for purposes of
discussion.