Mr. DULLES. May I ask you, Mr. Hoover, was this house arrest based on
names you had furnished the Secret Service and they furnished the local
authorities?
Mr. HOOVER. Yes, sir.
Representative BOGGS. That brings me back to the question I think I
heard Congressman Ford ask you as I came into the room, because I
think this is the crux of our investigation.
I read the FBI report very carefully and the whole implication of the
report is that, number one, Oswald shot the President; number two,
that he was not connected with any conspiracy of any kind, nature or
description.
Mr. HOOVER. Correct.
Representative BOGGS. Do you still subscribe to that?
Mr. HOOVER. I subscribe to it even more strongly today than I did at
the time that the report was written. You see, the original idea was
that there would be an investigation by the FBI and a report would be
prepared in such form that it could be released to the public.
Representative BOGGS. Surely.
Mr. HOOVER. Then a few days later, after further consideration,
the President decided to form a commission, which I think was very
wise, because I feel that the report of any agency of Government
investigating what might be some shortcomings on the part of other
agencies of Government ought to be reviewed by an impartial group such
as this Commission. And the more I have read these reports, the more I
am convinced that Oswald was the man who fired the gun; and he fired
three times, killed the President, and wounded Governor Connally.
And I also am further convinced that there is absolutely no association
between Oswald or Ruby. There was no such evidence ever established.
Mr. DULLES. Or Oswald and anybody else? Would you go that far?