Captain Talbert. No, sir; I don’t know that they were given.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know of any orders to the effect that the news media were to be kept behind the railing? That is to say, on the east side of the railing that divided the ramp from the garage area?
Captain Talbert. No, sir. Although I was in and out of the basement, it might have occurred, but it didn’t occur while I was in the basement. Now Chief Batchelor did rearrange the news media, I think, on two different times. He was trying to arrange them in a better situation for us.
Mr. Hubert. Did you observe that?
Captain Talbert. No, sir; I wasn’t in the basement when either move was made. May I inject here that I was operating a patrol platoon, and this was extracurricular.
Mr. Hubert. What you say is that you believe, or have learned that Chief Batchelor made two efforts, to your knowledge, to change the press position?
Captain Talbert. I have been told that; yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Do you remember a conversation by telephone that you had with Lieutenant Pierce at Parkland Hospital after the shooting of Oswald?
Captain Talbert. Not with Lieutenant Pierce; no, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Did you have any with anyone else?