Mr. Sorrels. Oh, I think that would have been probably—it is just hard to estimate the time, but it was before the trial of Ruby had ever even begun. It would just be a guess on my part, but I would say it was probably maybe 2 or 3 weeks, or maybe even more.
Mr. Hubert. Well, can you fix for us—put it this way: Can you fix for us whether the Curry conversation was closer to the time you met Wade at Love Field than it was to the time you interviewed Wade, or Wade interviewed you?
Mr. Sorrels. I just don’t believe I can. It seems to me like it was shortly after I had seen Mr. Wade. I may be wrong about that. But I know the thought occurred to me, well, if I am going to be called down on that thing, I don’t think they are going to be able to accept my testimony, because of the fact that Ruby wasn’t warned. And so it was that time that I thought about maybe getting the names of these other two officers who could possibly remember the conversation, and they were standbys and were not the ones actually in the questioning.
Mr. Hubert. Do you remember telling Mr. Griffin here that you would call the Dallas Police Department—I think that was in a telephone conversation he had with you—to find out the names of the people?
Mr. Sorrels. It seems that I did mention to Mr. Griffin, when he was talking to me on the phone, that there were others present, and that I could possibly find out their names, and it seems to me that Mr. Griffin said something about, “Well, no; don’t do that,” or “It is not necessary.”
Mr. Hubert. Well, let me ask you this: Would that have been before you called Curry, or afterwards?
Mr. Sorrels. Let me see now. I think that would have been before.
Mr. Hubert. Well, perhaps it is this. Perhaps it was that when you had a personal conversation with Mr. Griffin in Dallas that you told him that you had made a call to ascertain the names of these people.
Mr. Sorrels. It could have been.
Mr. Hubert. Did you make such a call?