After the assassination the President ordered us into an investigation of the assassination which changed the picture as far as this particular case was concerned.
Mr. Dulles. You mean President Johnson, immediately after the assassination?
Mr. Belmont. Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles. And there was a period there, there was a period though, after the assassination and before President Johnson took the oath of office—did this order come to you during that period or after he had taken the oath of office?
Mr. Belmont. It was very rapid, probably within a day.
Mr. Dulles. I see. It wasn't immediately after.
Mr. Belmont. No.
Mr. Dulles. It wasn't this period I am speaking of.
Mr. Belmont. You see, Mr. Dulles, the Federal Government still has no jurisdiction over the assassination of the President. That was a murder and was within the province of the local police who immediately took hold of it and started the investigation.
Mr. Dulles. I realize that.