On page 26 you state:
“One writer has recently suggested that it was the CIA that arranged the assassination of President Kennedy; I know of no evidence to support that opinion. But obviously Mr. Dulles’ CIA is open to suspicion.”
Who is the writer to which you have reference?
Mr. Oliver (conferring with counsel). I do not recall. I wrote this, of course, in December, I wouldn’t want to recall now who said it. I have the impression that this was in some one of the innumerable magazine articles about the assassination of the President but I would not want to say which one.
Mr. Jenner. All right. Did I gather from your response that your article was written in December of 1963?
Mr. Oliver. It was—I did most of the work in that during the Christmas vacation which, of course, would run into January.
Mr. Jenner. Well, except for the runover into January the article was prepared by you in December, in the Christmas holiday period, school holiday period which commences, well, usually around December 20 and runs over into New Year’s Day?
Mr. Oliver. Yes; I very unwillingly sacrificed my holiday which I needed for a quite different purpose. I do not exclude the possibility that I might possibly have made some changes by telephone, but I do not recall any. I wouldn’t want to swear that I did not, however.
Mr. Jenner. I take it then that after you prepared the article during the Christmas holidays you submitted it to American Opinion for publication?
Mr. Oliver. Yes; sent it in.