Mr. Specter. Will you state your full name for the record, please?
Governor Connally. John Bowden Connally.
Mr. Specter. What is your official position with the State of Texas, sir?
Governor Connally. I am now Governor of the State of Texas.
Mr. Specter. Did you have occasion to be in the automobile which carried President John F. Kennedy through Dallas, Tex., back on November 22, 1963.
Governor Connally. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Specter. Will you outline briefly, please, the circumstances leading up to the President's planning a trip to Texas in November of last year?
Governor Connally. You want to go back to—how far back do you want to go, a few days immediately prior to the trip or a month before, or all of the circumstances surrounding it?
Mr. Specter. Well, just a very brief picture leading up to the trip, Governor, starting with whatever point you think would be most appropriate to give some outline of the origin of the trip.
Governor Connally. Well, it had been thought that he should come to Texas for a period of many months, as a matter of fact. There was some thought given to it during 1962. The trip kept being delayed.