Commander Humes. 389, in fact at this point shows the President's head in a slightly inclined forward position, and I am not enough aware of the geography of the ground over which the vehicle was traveling to know how much that would affect it.
Mr. Specter. If you were to be told that there was a distance traversed of approximately 150 feet from the time of Point "C" on 385 to Point "A" on 388, and you would assume the additional factor that there was a slight angle of decline on the street as well, would those factors, assuming them to be true, help in the explanation of the differences in the angles?
Commander Humes. I think that they would make the figure as depicted in 388 quite understandably different from 385.
Mr. Dulles. Was it possible, in view of the condition of the brain to point with absolute accuracy to the point of exit there? I can see that the point of exit in 385 can be clearly determined. Is it equally possible to determine the point of exit in 388?
Commander Humes. No, sir; it was not, other than through this large defect because when——
Mr. Dulles. Therefore, that angle might be somewhat different.
Commander Humes. Might be somewhat different, sir. I think we made reference to that somewhat earlier. The fragments were so difficult to replace in their precise anatomic location——
Mr. Dulles. That is what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
Commander Humes. That is correct.
Mr. McCloy. I would like to ask a question in regard to 385 similar to that I asked as to 388. In your opinion, was the 385 wound lethal?