Mr. DULLES. Could I just see that?
Mr. RANKIN. Could we make a copy of that?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; I put another piece in there because it is on
onion skin.
Mr. RANKIN. We could make a photostatic copy quickly and return this to
you.
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Chief Justice, I would like to number this in the next
order of exhibits and offer it in evidence, if I may, this copy, the
photostatic copy.
The CHAIRMAN. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. Just as a security matter, would you kindly look in the
file and see if by any chance your original longhand notes could have
been put in the file, at this place in the file?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; I can, but I am sure they were not, because this
was not made at my office. You see, we are removed physically from the
police department, the intelligence unit, and this was made at the
special service bureau office.
Mr. DULLES. I see, not in your own office.
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; we are an integral part of the special service
bureau office but our files are maintained elsewhere, and this was made
at the special service bureau office.
Representative FORD. When you sat down to write out this statement,
just describe where you did it and how you did it, what kind of paper
you used and so forth.
Mr. REVILL. Well, we use the white pads like this, and I wrote it out
on the pad, and in the special service bureau office and it was made in
Lieutenant Dyson's office, he was out, and I used his desk, and then I
took it to Mrs. Robertson, and she typed it.
Representative FORD. Did you consult with Detective Brian?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir.
Representative FORD. During the time you were preparing it?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir.
Representative FORD. Or subsequent to its preparation?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; I did not. At the time I couldn't have told you
who was with me or who overheard this thing because there was so much
confusion in the elevator and going to the elevator.
Representative FORD. But Brian was with you on the elevator?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; he was with me in the automobile and on the
elevator.
Representative FORD. Was he up in Gannaway's office with you, too?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; he works for me.
Representative FORD. He was with you at the time you went to Gannaway's
office?
Mr. REVILL. The special service bureau office; yes, sir.
Representative FORD. But he didn't see this at anytime?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; I say he didn't, I don't know whether he ever saw
it or not. He might have seen it when I was working on it and I gave
both of the copies to the captain.
The CHAIRMAN. Lieutenant, did that entire Oswald file that you have
just told us about come to the Commission, do you know?
Mr. REVILL. I don't know. Now what we did, we made up several large
books, and it is my understanding that a copy of one of these was given
to the Attorney General Waggoner and he was in turn to furnish it to
this Commission, this I was told by Captain Gannaway.
Mr. RANKIN. When was that?
Mr. REVILL. This was a month or two ago.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes; but not when you first gave the files.
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; because this happened on the same day.
The CHAIRMAN. Should that file have included this?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; it didn't. There were only two pieces made of it,
one copy and the original made of this.
The CHAIRMAN. I see. What I am getting at, when the department sent
their reports to us, did they send copies of this file that Exhibit 709
is in?
Mr. REVILL. The Lee Harvey Oswald file?
The CHAIRMAN. Yes.
Mr. REVILL. I don't believe they did, because much of this is, pertains
to newspaper articles, and information that we picked up such as leads
where Ruby and Oswald were seen together, we ran all these things down,
and then we would make a report of the lead, or the findings, and a
copy of it would go in their files.
The CHAIRMAN. I see.
Mr. REVILL. But this one here, was not placed in that book?
Mr. DULLES. In the original of Commission Exhibit No. 709 that you have
just given us prior to the notary public's inscription, subscription to
it, there is red ink underlining of Lee Harvey Oswald and James Hosty.
When was that put on this copy?
Mr. REVILL. I don't know, sir. Captain Gannaway must have done that
because he had the thing and then later gave it to me. Now, the reason
for it being underlined, I don't know. On the original--yes; I do.
Mr. DULLES. Would that be for filing purposes?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; I do. Normally we retain the original copy of
every report for our file copy, but I did not have the file copy or the
original report so our clerk in indexing this underscored the name and
the address and she made cards for the index files.
Mr. DULLES. That was a card, also, under the file of James Hosty?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. His name is also underlined in red?
Mr. REVILL. His name indexed; yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. In your original copy of Exhibit 709?