Mr. Pizzo. All right.
Mr. Jenner. Do you solemnly swear that in the testimony you are about to give, you will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Mr. Pizzo. I do.
Mr. Jenner. Mr. Pizzo, I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., a member of the legal staff of the President's Commission. You received a letter from Mr. Rankin, the general counsel, or did you?
Mr. Pizzo. No, I didn't.
Mr. Jenner. All right. Then, I'll tell you about it. The Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy was appointed by President Johnson under Executive Order 11130, which in turn was pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 137 of the Congress, and the Commission was authorized and appointed for the purpose of investigating the assassination of the late President, John F. Kennedy, on the 22d of November, 1963, and to report all the facts that are pertinent to that tragic event that we can discover.
We are particularly interested in persons who did or might have had some contact with Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald, and it is our understanding that you may have some information in that area and in the course of conducting your business back in the fall of 1963, and pursuant to my telephone call to you this morning, you have kindly come down here, voluntarily, have you?
Mr. Pizzo. I have.
Mr. Jenner. You have heretofore been interviewed by the FBI, haven't you?
Mr. Pizzo. Yes.