Mr. Jenner. Do you have the letter on which you relied?
Mr. Oliver. Probably. I have such a mass of undigested correspondence that I probably have it some place in that mass. On the other hand, I may not, because I recently searched for an entirely different letter and wasn’t able to find it. Possibly I just overlooked it.
Mr. Jenner. The letter was, I take it, from a person with whom you had not sufficient contact so that you can recall his or her name.
Mr. Oliver. So far as I know, it was a name unknown to me. It could conceivably have been somebody that I met some time but, as I recall, there was no allusion to such a meeting. It was simply offering information.
Mr. Jenner. Did that—I take it from what you said that the letter made reference to the item that was about to be published which is now identified as Oliver Exhibit No. 8?
Mr. Oliver. So far as I know, the writer of the letter had no knowledge of that interview at all.
Mr. Jenner. What did the writer of the letter say as you now recall?
Mr. Oliver. The writer of the letter implied that the Army had rehearsed for the funeral of Kennedy—that was the implication in the letter—as I say, more than a week either before the funeral or the assassination, I am not quite sure which word was used.
Mr. Jenner. Did you attempt to verify the statement made by a source which was therefore unknown to you?
Mr. Oliver. As I say, I simply put the letter aside and for all practical purpose, I should say I forgot it until I received this clipping.