Mr. Liebeler. And he was told to check that story?
Mr. Lehrer. That's right.
Mr. Liebeler. And he proceeded to do it?
Mr. Lehrer. He proceeded to do it. He dialed a number and got somebody on the line and started talking and when he got through, he said, "That's right." I looked at his notes—I don't have a specific recollection of what the notes said, but I remember that he had some quotes there, I mean, he had some information in the notes that verified the story, and at that time—one of the reasons I was interested in it—I was working on the story we finally ran the next day on the FBI looking for where Oswald might have possibly test fired this rifle, so that was one of the reasons I was particularly interested in it, because I wasn't coordinating our assassination coverage, but I was vitally involved in it, I would say, at that time, and I was working on this, and I think he gave the notes to a rewrite man. I'm not sure, but I don't know what happened after that.
Mr. Liebeler. In any event, you have the specific recollection that Schmidt engaged in a conversation over the telephone for some period of time at a time when he was supposed to be checking out this story of the gunsmith in Irving?
Mr. Lehrer. That's right.
Mr. Liebeler. After this conversation was over, he indicated to you that the story checked out?
Mr. Lehrer. That's right.
Mr. Liebeler. Subsequently that day the story, in fact, appeared in the newspaper, indicating that there was evidence to show that Oswald had taken his rifle to this particular gunshop.
Mr. Lehrer. Right.