Mr. O'Brien. I believe it was in the context of the death of the President, what steps, if any, were necessary for the Vice President to assume the responsibility of the office forthwith, and our great concern about the situation in which Mrs. Kennedy was being left in this corridor, without any plan for taking care of her. So I think the basic idea was to leave the hospital.
Mr. Adams. Was there any discussion as to whether there might or might not be some general conspiracy?
Mr. O'Brien. Not with me.
Mr. Adams. Now——
Mr. O'Brien. I must add, however, that during the course of this, that none of us had any knowledge of actually what had occurred. And I am sure that some of us gave thought to what might still occur. We just had no idea. And we felt that certainly the first step was the protection of the new President and the taking care of Mrs. Kennedy as best we could. We tried to give some clarity of thoughts to the steps that were necessary.
Mr. Adams. Now, you discussed these problems with Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Powers, I suppose.
Mr. O'Brien. Yes.
Mr. Adams. And anyone else?
Mr. O'Brien. I don't believe so.
Mr. Adams. I will take you back to the point where the coffin arrived. What happened then?