Mr. Cole. With respect to Cole Exhibit No. 1, as compared with the negative, Exhibit No. 812, that one representing the face of the document, it is observed that the opaquing medium which was used to block out the name Lee Harvey Oswald and the number 1653230 still makes it possible to read that name and number from the face of the negative, and it is observed that this typewritten material has precisely the same relationship on the negative as observed on the card, Cole Exhibit No. 1. Now there are no intersections of the opaquing with the original printed material of the card, Cole Exhibit No. 1. However, this negative gives an exact reproduction of all of the printed material on the card, including the form number which is DD Form 217 MC 1 January 1951. Now, this amount of connection, of course, is not as conclusive as one where an imperfection resulting in the application of an opaquing medium is observable, but yet as far as a comparison can be made, there is a perfect agreement and there are no differences.
Now, with respect to the reverse side of Cole Exhibit No. 1, it is observed that the original signature, Lee Harvey Oswald, intersected a part of the printing of the word “signature” just above that signature mentioned. The intersection affects chiefly the left side of the letter “u” of the word “signature.” In other words, a part of the opaquing medium affected that particular letter and this imperfection is also shown in the final photographic print which is the reverse of Commission’s Exhibit No. 806.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, I hand you Commission Exhibit No. 810, Mr. Cole. Is this a side-light photograph you took of the reverse side of Hidell certificate of service, that is, Commission Exhibit No. 806.
Mr. Cole. Yes; it is.
Mr. Eisenberg. Did you find any traces of a signature or letters in the box for signature of individual?
Mr. Cole. I did find some indentations in that area.
Mr. Eisenberg. Could you describe to us what you believe those indentations might represent?
Mr. Cole. Yes, sir; just below the printed word “of” in the line “signature of individual,” there are two vertical indentations which fill about three-fourths of the space available, and there is a diagonal mark slanting from the base of the left vertical to about the midpoint of the right vertical, the total effect being of a printed letter “H,” capital “H.” I also observe just below the second “i” of the printed word “individual” a vertical indentation and just below the third “i” of the word “individual” another vertical indentation. These could be the vertical parts of “d’s” or “l’s.” However, with respect to mention of the letter “d”, I do not observe any corresponding oval or circular part of that letter which would be required for a printed form.
Mr. Eisenberg. You mean a hand-printed form?
Mr. Cole. Yes.