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    "ocrText": "November 27, 1963\nMr. J. E. Curry\nChief of Police\nSir:\nThis is a statement of facts relating to my activity as a Reserve Officer\nSunday, November 24, 1963, to the best of my knowledge and recollection.\n1. Approximate time I .reported to duty. 9:00 A. M.\n2. I reported to Lt. Merrell in Assembly Room.\n3. I was assigned to - My first act was to request transportation for\nfive Reserves to the Elm-Houston Area. Request was through Chief\nLunday and Lt. wiggins. A stuad transferred these men. Sgt. Dean\nrequested some men to assist in searching the basement. I summoned\nall the men we had on call in the assembly room at this time (approxi-\nmately 10 men) and went with Sgt. Dean to the basement. Sgt. Dean\nand Sgt. Putnam directed the Reserves to other regular officers that\nwere in process of searching the basement. when the search was com-\npleted and men assigned to a post, I took a position where the cars\nwould enter the parking area from the ramp.\nI remained in this position until Reserve J. C. Hunt took this position.\nI then took a position at the base of the North ramp where it levels\noff. I remained at this position until after the shooting. Persons\nwho were at this same position just prior to and at the time of the\nshooting were: A newsman with a microphone next to the west wall, then\nmyself, then another newsman with a pencil and paper, then Capt. King,\nthen another person to the east of Capt. King. Officer Blackie Harrison\nalong with others I did not know the names of were directly ahead of the\ngroup I was with.\nAfter men had been assigned, Police Supervisors were requesting men, if\nwe could spare them, and several were taken to other positions outside\nthe basement. Some Reserve Supervisors who had no particular assignment\ntook these positions that were being vacated.\nI\nsaw Capt. Fritz entering the basement from the jail office, approximately\nfour or five feet behind were the detectives with Oswald. Just as they\nentered the driveway I saw a man lunge (from beside the TV Camera that was\non the east side of the drive where you enter the parking area) twward\nOswald. I did not see the gun until after the shooting.\n4. Names of other officers in the same area that I can recollect are:\nCapt. King, Sgt. Dean & Putnam, Capt. Talbert, Det. Beaty, Harrison,\nLt. Wiggins, Officer Slack, Chief Batchelor.\nReserves - Lts. McCoy, Kriss, Suits, Sgt. Croy, J. C. Hunt, H. H. Hatley,\nR. A. Cox, J. R. Hopkins, G. E. Worley, Kasten.\npaptic\ngoving"
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