Mr. Griffin. The notes which start on the page which said “JFK died at approximately 1 p.m.” Where was that notation made?
Mr. Kantor. It was made in the makeshift pressroom of the second floor where Malcolm Kilduff led us.
Mr. Griffin. So there is one page you refer to here which starts out, “Yarborough—third car back” and winds up with some notes at the bottom of page—which I won’t attempt to read, not because your writing is any worse than mine but just to save time here for the moment, those notes were all made before the press conference but were made at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. Kantor. Yes, sir.
Mr. Griffin. Now, do they—do all of these notes represent things which were told you while you were at Parkland Hospital or do they represent things that you might have learned even before arriving at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. Kantor. No. I am reading this as you were talking, and everything here was gained in conversation with Senator Yarborough standing outside the emergency area of the hospital. That is true, that is right.
Mr. Griffin. Having had a chance to look at those notes again and thinking about our conversation during the last couple of days—is there any indication from those notes that you knew or had a strong idea prior to the time Kilduff gave this press conference that President Kennedy was not going to survive?
Mr. Kantor. No. I don’t know whether it was a matter of not wanting to accept the strong possibility, but really until I went into the hospital and saw the priest in the hallway and the look on Lady Bird Johnson’s face, I had no strong premonition about it.
Mr. Griffin. But did you see the priest and Lady Bird Johnson before the press conference?
Mr. Kantor. Yes; I did, while I was on the telephone talking to my office in Washington.