Mr. Specter. Well, we are going to examine clothing if at all possible.
Dr. Shaw. Because, I think it would have been almost impossible—I think if you examine the clothing and if you had a hole here in his coat and no hole on this side——
Mr. Specter. Indicating a hole on the femur side——
Dr. Shaw. That would almost clear that thing up.
Mr. Specter. Yes; it would be very informational in our analysis of the situation.
Dr. Shaw. I doubt if there is a hole in both sides of the sleeve—the sleeve wouldn't be quite that long, I don't think.
Mr. Specter. Dr. Shaw, my next question involves whether you have ever had a conversation with Governor Connally about the sequence of events of the day he was shot?
Dr. Shaw. Yes, we have talked on more than one occasion about this. The Governor admits that certain aspects of the whole incident are a bit hazy. He remembers hearing a shot. He recognized it as a rifle shot and turned to the right to see whether President Kennedy had been injured. He recognized that the President had been injured, but almost immediately, he stated, that he felt a severe shock to his right chest. He immediately experienced some difficulty in breathing, and as he stated to me, he thought that he had received a mortal wound.
Mr. Specter. Did he tell you why he thought the wound was mortal?
Dr. Shaw. He just knew that he was badly hit, as he expressed it.