Mr. SENATOR. Yes. When I heard that Oswald was shot, but nothing
mentioned. There was no name or no club mentioned, Oswald was shot—that
is when I called him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Directing your attention to the FBI’s report on November
24, that you said you learned that Oswald was shot just as you walked
in the door.
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What makes you now remember that you were seated and had a
cup of coffee whereas apparently you didn’t remember that on November
24?
Mr. SENATOR. Because the waitress who waited on me was the one who said
it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did she say it to you?
Mr. SENATOR. No. She was behind the counter. Not specifically to me. It
was pretty loud.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did they have a TV set on?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I don’t think so. I don’t know. She got her
information through either the phone, or they may have had a little
radio. I don’t remember just what it was, because I wasn’t looking
directly where she was walking around, or what she was doing, but she
was behind the counter, and I was sitting.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How much time elapsed between the time you learned that
Oswald had been shot and the time you learned that Ruby had been the
person who shot him?
Mr. SENATOR. I would probably say within 5 to 10 minutes, something
like that. It was a short while I know. It wasn’t long.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I’m going to mark a document which I have before me in the
following manner: “Washington, D.C., April 23, 1964, George Senator,
Deposition Exhibit 5401,” and I am going to sign my name to it.
This document which I have marked as a copy of an interview report
prepared by Special Agent Kenneth C. Howe of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, of an interview on November 24, 1963, with you, Mr.
Senator. It consists of five pages, typewritten pages, and they are
numbered 296 to 300. I have marked on page 296, and I have not marked
the succeeding pages. I want to hand you this and ask you now to
take the time to read it over, and then I want to know if that is an
accurate report of what you told the FBI at that time.
I am not asking you whether, on further reflection, you would change
what you said in there, but merely whether that accurately reflects
what you told them at that time. If it doesn’t, why, will you point out
the parts that are not accurate, and we will see if we can’t correct it.
Mr. SENATOR. Shall I make little notations here?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Are there some places you want to change?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.