No number -- Truly's missing deposition(s)
Jul 3, 2019 11:49:55 GMT -5
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Post by Tom Sorensen on Jul 3, 2019 11:49:55 GMT -5
The index in Volume XV lists these entries for Roy Truly testifying:
Truly, Roy Sansom:
Testimony, vol. III, 212-241; vol.
VII, 380-386, 591
Testimony, vol. III, 212-241; vol.
VII, 380-386, 591
In Vol. III 212-241 he appears before the commission,
In Vol. VII 380-386 BALL takes his deposition,
In Vol. VII 591 we have his affidavit regarding the door closing mechanism on the door to the vestibule on the 2nd floor.
However, something is missing. This happened in the beginning of his Vol. VII deposition:
Mr. BALL. Now, Mr. Truly, this is a continuation of your deposition. I took the last one and you have been sworn and I don't know that it is exactly necessary for you to take the oath again, since this is a continuation of the deposition. I took the last one, didn't I?
Mr. TRULY. Oh, no; I gave a statement that was under oath.
Mr. TRULY. Oh, no; I gave a statement that was under oath.
[BALL refers to a previous deposition taken by him that is now being continued. TRULY disagrees, so what statement under oath is he referring to?]
Mr. BALL. Oh, no; this is a deposition. You appeared before the Commission--that's right.
Mr. TRULY. Mr. Belin took my sworn deposition also about a week before I went up there when you both were in Dallas and he also took a recorded deposition.
Mr. TRULY. Mr. Belin took my sworn deposition also about a week before I went up there when you both were in Dallas and he also took a recorded deposition.
[BALL brushes him off saying the statement he refers to was his appearance before the commission (March 24th) but Truly will not keep quiet: "Went up there" must be referring to DC meaning that BELIN, not BALL, took the recorded deposition he's referring to.]
Mr. BALL. Yes; but that was just an investigation, an inquiry. We didn't record that. You weren't under oath then. Will you stand up and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give before this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. TRULY. I do.
[Wow. Note how BALL cuts him off, basically telling him to STFU! But it's too late...even if BALL is correct in stating their little inquiry was not recorded, the first part of the current deposition is still missing]
So we seem to have two serious discrepancies:
1/ A first part of a TRULY deposition taken by BALL missing
2/ Possibly another deposition taken be BELIN which BALL claims was actually an inquiry, and not recorded and not taken under oath.
Was TRULY's memory really that bad?
BTW, we also have this weird reference:
Mr. BALL. You testified before the Commission in Washington, you say, on the 24th of March 1964; did you not?
Mr. TRULY. That's right.
Mr. BALL. Your testimony is filed in volume 28, I believe, of the Commission here. There are certain matters which have come to the attention of the Commission since then that I would like to inquire about, and that's the reason we are taking your deposition, which will be in addition to the testimony you have already given.
Do you recall anytime that you saw any guns in the Texas School Book Depository Building?
Mr. TRULY. Yes; I did.
Mr. BALL. Your testimony is filed in volume 28, I believe, of the Commission here. There are certain matters which have come to the attention of the Commission since then that I would like to inquire about, and that's the reason we are taking your deposition, which will be in addition to the testimony you have already given.
Do you recall anytime that you saw any guns in the Texas School Book Depository Building?
Mr. TRULY. Yes; I did.
