Mrs. Cheek. Yes, I did.
Mr. Griffin. I might tell you that under—I don’t know when you received this letter, but under the rules of the Commission, you are entitled to have 3 days’ written notice, a letter from us 3 days before you appear here to testify, and I presume that the letter arrived in time so that you have had that notice?
Mrs. Cheek. Saturday.
Mr. Griffin. Saturday. Now, also the Commission’s rules provide that if you would like an attorney, that you may be accompanied here by an attorney, and I notice that you don’t have one.
I did want to acquaint you with this fact, and I presume that since you don’t have one, that you felt you didn’t need one. But if you do feel you would like a personal attorney, and many of the people who appear do have an attorney, that is perfectly proper, and in fact it is encouraged by the Commission. But I take it by your presence without an attorney, that you don’t feel you want one at the present time.
Mrs. Cheek. I don’t think that I would need one. I don’t know anything.
Mr. Griffin. Well, I am not suggesting that you would, but I wanted you to be acquainted.
Mrs. Cheek. I am not going to tell anything that is not the truth.
Mr. Griffin. Let me say this to you, that the Commission has been set up for the purpose of investigating and evaluating and reporting back to President Johnson about the assassination of President Kennedy, and about the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. We are interested in finding out from you, in particular, anything you might know in connection with any one of these events.
Of course you have been interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation so that that is somewhat of a starting point for us. I have had a chance to read over the reports and I know generally what they have talked to you about. I will ask you if you have any questions of us before I ask you to be sworn, and then we can start the deposition.