The testimony of Dr. Paul Conrad Peters was taken at 4 p.m., on March 24, 1964, at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. Specter. May the record show that Dr. Paul Peters is present, having responded to a request to have his deposition taken in connection with the investigation of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, which is investigating all aspects of the assassination, including the medical treatment of President Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and for the latter sequence of events we have asked Dr. Peters to appear and testify what he knows, if anything, concerning that medical attention.
With that statement of purpose in calling you, Dr. Peters, may I ask you to rise and raise your right hand?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give before the President's Commission in this deposition proceeding will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Dr. Peters. I do.
Mr. Specter. Now, will you state your full name for the record, please?
Dr. Peters. Paul Conrad Peters.
Mr. Specter. And what is your profession, sir?
Dr. Peters. Doctor of medicine.
Mr. Specter. And will you outline for me briefly your educational background?