TESTIMONY OF GEORGE WILLIAM FEHRENBACH
The testimony of George William Fehrenbach was taken at 9:30 a.m., on July 22, 1964, at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C., by Mr. Burt W. Griffin, assistant counsel of the President’s Commission.
Mr. Griffin. Our normal procedure in these hearings is for me, for the examiner, to identify himself and explain to you the nature of the proceeding we are going through and then to give you a chance to ask any questions before I actually swear you in.
My name is Burt Griffin, and I am a member of the staff of the general counsel of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy.
This Commission was established pursuant to an Executive order signed by President Johnson in late November of last year, and also pursuant to a joint resolution of Congress.
The Commission has been directed by virtue of those official acts to investigate into and to evaluate the facts and report back to President Johnson upon the assassination of President Kennedy and the death of Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Commission has been authorized to promulgate a set of rules and regulations and which I believe were mailed to you.
Under the rules and regulations of the Commission I have been given the authority to take your deposition here today.
Our purpose in calling you in particular, Mr. Fehrenbach, is to inquire into what you may know about Jack Ruby, but also I might say, generally to obtain any information that you would have pertaining to the death of Lee Oswald or the assassination of President Kennedy.
I believe you received a letter from us?