Mr. Liebeler. Did you receive yourself from Mr. Lane the statement just described?
Mr. Wilcox. Yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler. Let me mark it as Exhibit 3017 on this deposition.
Would you initial the statement of Mr. Lane which we have marked 3017?
Mr. Wilcox. Yes, sir. [Initials.]
Mr. Liebeler. Thank you.
You previously testified, Mr. Wilcox, that you had a meeting on or about December 4, 1963, with Mr. Hamblen, Mrs. McClure, and Mr. Lewis in regard to the meeting we have been discussing, and you also testified that you thought you had an additional meeting on December 9, 1963, at which Mr. Semingsen was present. Would you care to elaborate on that?
Mr. Wilcox. The meeting as you have outlined—the meetings on the dates you have outlined are correct. The meeting on December 9, at which Mr. Semingsen attended was for the purpose of confronting Mr. Hamblen with the messages that we had extracted that were going to Washington, or those which were in peculiar print, that had been accepted by Mrs. McClure during the period of 1st of November until about November 22. Mr. Hamblen, of course, could not identify any of these telegrams as having been the message he described in his statement of December 2 and December 5.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you form a conclusion at that time as to the accuracy of Mr. Hamblen's recollection concerning the events which he had related to you and to the press?
Mr. Wilcox. Yes.