Mr. Lawson. Approximately a month before the Dallas trip, we changed the reports, if there was time, of course, on all these. In Washington, D.C., for an on-the-record movement we have a report made up like this final one, only it isn't called final. It is a survey report, and it has everything in the introduction, PRS, and everything right in it, and then a supplemental report. For our out-of-town trips they had a preliminary survey report, and then a final survey report, so that if the report had been done in September, let's say, that would have been in it, because it is in the regular format under PRS. You put in under the PRS section anything containing any untoward incident, any information that you receive from PRS or anything that developed later.
Representative Ford. This report I have here, final survey report, Commission Exhibit 768, does include that information?
Mr. Lawson. Yes, sir; it does.
Representative Ford. Do you know whether or not Mr. Kellerman had this preliminary report prior to his departure for Dallas?
Mr. Lawson. Yes, sir; I prepared this Tuesday, late afternoon, and Tuesday evening, the 19th, and made arrangements to have it flown by airline to Washington, and then have an agent from the White House detail pick it up from the airplane, which is normal procedure both on the preliminary report, and when we use it to send the complete report ahead of time.
Then I called to make sure that it arrived, which it had.
Representative Ford. This was prior to Mr. Kellerman's departure with the President?
Mr. Lawson. Yes, sir; it had to be done that early because they were gone out of Washington the day before they got to me.
Representative Ford. Are your current regulations for preliminary report different now than they were at this time?
Mr. Lawson. I believe for out-of-town trips we have a preliminary report and a final survey report.