Mr. Beers. I wish I could help you a lot more.
Mr. Griffin. This is rather a methodical process we have to go through talking to people, but you are all finished.
Mr. Beers. Thank you very much.
TESTIMONY OF ROBERT LEONARD HANKAL
The testimony of Robert Leonard Hankal was taken at 10:25 a.m., on April 17, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Leon D. Hubert, Jr., assistant counsel of the President’s Commission.
Mr. Hubert. This is the deposition of Robert Leonard Hankal.
Mr. Hankal, my name is Leon Hubert. I’m a member of the advisory staff of the general counsel of the President’s Commission created under the provisions of Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, and the Joint Resolution of Congress No. 137, and rules of procedure adopted by the Commission in conformance with the Executive order and the joint resolution and I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you.
I state to you now Mr. Hankal that the general nature of the Commission’s inquiry is to ascertain, evaluate and report upon facts relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of Lee Harvey Oswald.
In particular as to you, Mr. Hankal, the nature of the inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about the death of Oswald and any other pertinent facts you may know about the general inquiry.