Mr. Senator. Because the waitress who waited on me was the one who said it.
Mr. Griffin. Did she say it to you?
Mr. Senator. No. She was behind the counter. Not specifically to me. It was pretty loud.
Mr. Griffin. Did they have a TV set on?
Mr. Senator. No; I don’t think so. I don’t know. She got her information through either the phone, or they may have had a little radio. I don’t remember just what it was, because I wasn’t looking directly where she was walking around, or what she was doing, but she was behind the counter, and I was sitting.
Mr. Griffin. How much time elapsed between the time you learned that Oswald had been shot and the time you learned that Ruby had been the person who shot him?
Mr. Senator. I would probably say within 5 to 10 minutes, something like that. It was a short while I know. It wasn’t long.
Mr. Griffin. I’m going to mark a document which I have before me in the following manner: “Washington, D.C., April 23, 1964, George Senator, Deposition Exhibit 5401,” and I am going to sign my name to it.
This document which I have marked as a copy of an interview report prepared by Special Agent Kenneth C. Howe of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of an interview on November 24, 1963, with you, Mr. Senator. It consists of five pages, typewritten pages, and they are numbered 296 to 300. I have marked on page 296, and I have not marked the succeeding pages. I want to hand you this and ask you now to take the time to read it over, and then I want to know if that is an accurate report of what you told the FBI at that time.
I am not asking you whether, on further reflection, you would change what you said in there, but merely whether that accurately reflects what you told them at that time. If it doesn’t, why, will you point out the parts that are not accurate, and we will see if we can’t correct it.