Mr. Hubert. Well, are you conveying to me that you really were positive, but that——
Mr. Litchfield. In my mind.
Mr. Hubert. You were scared off of it?
Mr. Litchfield. No, sir; no, sir. I said in my mind I was positive that it looked like him, but I’m just as fallible as anybody else. I could be 100 percent wrong. I said, “In my mind, the man that I saw looked just like him,” but then again, I can’t say 100 percent.
Mr. Hubert. And that is still your opinion?
Mr. Litchfield. I said it bears a close resemblance, but not having come in contact with Oswald at all or having never met him or anything, and just seeing him for a fleeting glance, the back of his head and when he walked by me; no, I can’t be 100 percent pure positive.
Mr. Hubert. But you knew all of that the first time you told it to Green?
Mr. Litchfield. Well, like I said, “It sure does look like him—the man I saw there sure does look like Oswald,” those are my words.
Mr. Hubert. But, what has caused you to weaken in your opinion it was Oswald, as you tell it to me, is the fact that you got the impression that if you gave a positive identification and it proved to be false, that it would be a Federal offense, is that correct?
Mr. Litchfield. Yes; they said, giving false information to the FBI, and I’m not 100 percent pure positive. I say, “It bears a close resemblance,” and this is all I can say.