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"THE BULLET WAS CLEAN " cont. 47 ground even then was very much in doubt -- such deliberate alteration of a suspect piece of evidence would constitute a shocking breach of duty. The impression one gets from Frazier's lengthy and highly profes- sional testimony is that he would not be guilty of such a breach; and there- fore it is likely that he indeed was thinking of the fragments when responding to Eisenberg's stupefying statement/question. That Frazier's testimony did nothing to enhance the dubious repu- tation of 399 is finally illustrated by his answer to the following question: Mr. Eisenberg: How material would you call that defacement (of 399)? Mr. Frazier: It is hardly visible unless you look at the base of the bullet and notice it is not round. and by the failure of Eisenberg to ask "the next obvious question";** i.e., whether or not Frazier believed a bullet could have fractured Governor Connally's rib and wrist, leaving numerous fragments, and emerge as intact and with such "hardly visible" defacement as bullet 399. * * * Penn Jones, Jr., editor of the Midlothian (Texas) Mirror, so characterizes the Commission's persistent failure to press obvious leads in testimony before it.

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