Mr. Specter. Have you had an opportunity to examine the autopsy report?
Dr. Perry. I have.
Mr. Specter. And are the facts set forth in the autopsy report consistent with your observations and views or are they inconsistent in any way with your findings and opinions?
Dr. Perry. They are quite consistent and I noted initially that they explained very nicely the circumstances as we observed them at the time.
Mr. Specter. Could you elaborate on that last answer, Dr. Perry?
Dr. Perry. Yes. There was some considerable speculation, as you will recall, as to whether there were one or two bullets and as to from whence they came. Dr. Clark and I were queried extensively in respect to this and in addition Dr. Carrico could not determine whether there were one or two bullets from our initial examination.
I say that because we did what was necessary in the emergency procedure, and abandoned any efforts of examination at the termination. I did not ascertain the trajectory of any of the missiles. As a result I did not know whether there was evidence for 1 or 2 or even 3 bullets entering and at the particular time it was of no importance.
Mr. Specter. But based on the additional factors provided in the autopsy report, do you have an opinion at this time as to the number of bullets there were?
Dr. Perry. The wounds as described from the autopsy report and coupled with the wounds I have observed it would appear there were two missiles that struck the President.
Mr. Specter. And based on the additional factors which I have provided to you by way of hypothetical assumption, and the factors present in the autopsy report from your examination of that report, what does the source of the bullets seem to have been to you?