Mr. Rea. That is correct.
Mr. Hubert. Other than that, is Exhibit No. 1 correct?
Mr. Rea. Not exactly. It says here that I recall seeing Jack Ruby sitting in Don Campbell’s chair “which chair is directly in front of the desk of Miss Georgia Mayor.” That is not correct. He was sitting in Don Campbell’s chair all right, but that chair is directly in front of the desk occupied by John Newnam. I don’t know how this got in here. I don’t recall anything other than that, except that it’s just a technicality, I presume—that is.
Now, also, he was there and I do recall him sitting in the seat directly in front of Georgia Mayor, however, that seat is occupied and assigned to Dick Saunders, who was here previously. He sits right directly in front of Georgia.
Mr. Hubert. What time did you first see Jack Ruby on that day?
Mr. Rea. Well, you see, I had attended a funeral of a very close friend of mine that day and had gotten into the office late. I had a lot of things to do that I had postponed and I was in quite a bit of a hurry, and consequently that kept me from going to or attending the parade. I had planned to and wanted to. I got into the office just before noon, so I had to go eat to get with my business—I was running far behind, so we went to eat—I went to eat with a friend of mine and we got back into the office about between 12:30 and 12:40, I would say.
I don’t recall seeing Jack Ruby at that time. He could have been there but I don’t remember seeing him, whether he was in the office at that time or not. About that time—we hadn’t been in the office over a couple of minutes until these boys, the men I work with, some of them were actually at the scene of the assassination—they ran up there and told us that President Kennedy had been shot.
Mr. Hubert. Who in particular do you remember telling you that?
Mr. Rea. Jim Willmon told me—he’s the one that told me.
Mr. Hubert. Had he been to the parade?