Mr. SPECTER. Back to front or front to back?
Mr. FRAZIER. From back towards the front.
Mr. SPECTER. How about the same question as to the Governor's shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. I would say it was approximately the same angle or
slightly less. I think we measured approximately 30 degrees.
Mr. SPECTER. Was that from the front to back or from the back to front
of the Governor's shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. That would be from the back towards the front. Downward
from back towards the front.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Dulles, those questions complete the ones which we
have to ask, sir.
Mr. Frazier, one additional question: Do you have any knowledge through
any source whatsoever of any bullets or bullet fragments found anywhere
in the vicinity of the assassination other than those which you have
already testified to, which were in the car, or the whole bullet from
the Connally stretcher or the fragments from Governor Connally's wrist?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; I have never heard of any nor have any been
submitted to me.
Mr. SPECTER. During the regular processing of the FBI examination in
this case, would all such bullets or bullet fragments be brought to
you for examination in accordance with your assignment to this matter
generally?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they would.
Mr. SPECTER. Were any metallic fragments brought to you which were
purported to have been found in the head of President Kennedy?
Mr. DULLES. Or body?
Mr. SPECTER. Or body of President Kennedy?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they were.
On November 23, 1963, at 1:35 a.m., the two metal fragments in this
container were delivered to me in the FBI laboratory by Special Agent
James W. Sibert, and Special Agent Francis O'Neill of the Baltimore
office of the FBI who stated they had obtained these in the autopsy
room at the Naval Hospital near Washington, D.C., where they were
present when they were removed from the head of President Kennedy.
Mr. SPECTER. Is there any specification as to the portion of the
President's head from which they were removed?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; they told me that there had been numerous
particles in the head but only these two had been removed, the others
being very small.
Mr. SPECTER. May it please the Commission I would like to have those
marked and admitted into evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 843.
Mr. DULLES. It shall be so marked and admitted under those numbers.
(Commission Exhibit No. 843 was marked for identification and received
in evidence.)
Mr. SPECTER. In the event we have not already had 842 admitted into
evidence, I move, Mr. Dulles, for the admission into evidence of 842
which was the fragment from Governor Connally's arm.
Mr. DULLES. That shall be admitted.
Mr. SPECTER. Moving back to 843 will you describe those fragments
indicating their weight and general composition?
Mr. FRAZIER. These fragments consisted of two pieces of lead, one
weighed 1.65 grains. The other weighed .15 grain. They were examined
spectrographically so their present weight would be somewhat less since
a very small amount would be needed for spectrographic analysis.
Mr. SPECTER. Was a comparison made between or among these two fragments
with the other metal from the bullets heretofore identified as
Commission Exhibits 399, 567, 569, 840, and 842?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they were.
Mr. SPECTER. What did that examination disclose?
Mr. FRAZIER. Possibly my numbers do not agree with those you have.
These two particles from the President's head were compared with the
lead of Exhibit 842.
Mr. SPECTER. Which is the fragment from the arm of Governor Connally?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; they were compared with the lead scraping from
the inside of the windshield.
Mr. SPECTER. Which is Exhibit 841.
Mr. FRAZIER. And with the three lead fragments found on the rear
floorboard carpet of the limousine.
Mr. SPECTER. Which is Exhibit 840.
Mr. FRAZIER. And they were found to be similar in metallic composition.