General Watts. This is off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. Liebeler. The last question was, has your counsel attempted to talk to Mr. Coleman and Mr. Coleman refused to talk to him?
General Walker. No; I have no knowledge of my counsel trying to speak to him, but I was told by others that tried to get to him that he has been advised and wasn't talking, and that he had been advised not to talk.
Mr. Liebeler. When was that, General Walker, do you remember?
General Walker. Oh, it's been at least 3 or 4 months ago.
Mr. Liebeler. Do you know who told him he wasn't supposed to talk to anybody?
General Walker. No; I don't. It is my understanding some law enforcement agency in some echelon. But the important thing we would like to find out is who is responsible for the open case, if it is back in the hands of the city police or if it is still held under advisement, and as soon as it got back into their hands, we can go to dealing with them. Until it does, under your requirements, if there are such requirements, the question becomes when can we get into this further?
Mr. Liebeler. I want the record to indicate that the Commission, to my knowledge at least, and I think I would know about it, has never told anybody not to talk to you about the attack on you in any way, shape or form whatsoever, and has no intention of doing so. That is point 1.
Point 2 is that the Commission is conducting its own investigation into this matter, and has requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an investigation into the matter, which it has done at the request of the Commission, and the report will include a finding one way or the other as to whether Oswald was the man who was involved in this attack on you.