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and left the scene.
Q.
So you mean to say that if you walked into Clay Bertrand
right now you wouldn't know him?
A.
Instinct only. I'd really be as baffled as I am now. .
He is like the Holy Grail to me, you know you can see it
and you can never get it. The picture I get from looking
at you - I guess in 3 or 4 days I could describe you -
its that kind of problem. The interest and emphasis
placed on Clay Bertrand I have never associated with the
man. In other words, the emphasis placed today and at
the time I met this man the first time I saw him, the
second time I saw him, and the transactions I have had
with him - I never placed any particular emphasis on him.
Q.
When you told the Warren Commission there were 3 people
you wanted to find and he was one of them, did you think at
that time that if you found him you could have recognized
him at that time?
A.
I would have to say you are right, I would doubt if I
could, but I would have tried. Because it was my
impression from Regis that they felt that this man played
an important part in its value or perspective in the over-
all investigation of Oswald, but he never guaranteed
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