Mr. O'Brien. It appeared to be friendly.
Mr. Adams. Now, getting to the motorcade, what was its organization, as you recall it, in terms of what cars at what places?
Mr. O'Brien. As I recall it, following the usual police grouping in the front and sides, the President's car, Secret Service car, the Vice President's car, additional Secret Service car, wire service cars—I would think there probably were two—the VIP cars followed, and then following those cars, which was rather a long line of them, as I recall, were, I believe, one or two buses containing the press, traveling press.
Mr. Adams. When you refer to the VIP cars, those would include the Congressmen and the other gentlemen you referred to before?
Mr. O'Brien. That is right. Senator Yarborough was in the car with the Vice President and Mrs. Johnson. The members of the congressional delegation traveling with us at that point were then in open cars—I would think there were perhaps four open cars to accommodate them.
Mr. Adams. Which one were you in?
Mr. O'Brien. I was in one of those open cars—specifically, I don't remember the order of the car, but I remember the passengers I joined. And as I pointed out, this was rather a quick hop into the car that I made at that point. Congressman Mahon was in the front seat with the driver. Congressman Rogers of Texas, now Judge Homer Thornberry of Texas, and me in the back seat.
Mr. Adams. Do you know who the driver was?
Mr. O'Brien. I do not.
Mr. Adams. Now, would you say that between you and the Vice President's followup car, there was more than one open car? As I get it—to put it another way to perhaps refresh your recollection—there was the Vice President's car, then there was a followup car behind that, and then came, as you have recalled, the open cars, in which you were seated in one of them.