Mr. Specter. How long were you with President Kennedy altogether?
Dr. Giesecke. Approximately 5 minutes.
Mr. Specter. Have you now described everything which was done during the time you were there?
Dr. Giesecke. No—after having assisted Dr. Jenkins in establishing a ventilation, I then hooked up a cardiotachioscope or an electronic electrocardiographic monitor to the President by putting needles in the skin and plugging the thing in the wall, plugging the monitor in the wall. Before the machine had sufficient time to warm up to see if there were any electrical activity, then I was called out of the room.
Mr. Specter. And did you have any occasion to return to the room where the President was?
Dr. Giesecke. No.
Mr. Specter. And where were you called to?
Dr. Giesecke. I was called across the hall where Governor Connally was being moved out of the emergency treatment room and toward the operating room.
Mr. Specter. And what action did you take at that time, if any?
Dr. Giesecke. I had my equipment with me—I had taken my equipment with me from the room where the President was, having ascertained that Dr. Jenkins didn't need anything that I had, and so I proceeded to the elevator. We moved the equipment and the Governor—the Governor went on the first elevator and I caught the second one.