Executive Action Page #6

...who represents a threat

to the president's security?

I'd believe it.

Also there will be no search

of the buildings in Dealey Plaza.

And there will be no Secret Service men

stationed in Dealey Plaza.

Not one.

Good.

The lead car will carry

the chief of police, the county sheriff...

...and the two top-ranking

Secret Service agents.

It'll be a closed car.

- They won't be able to see a thing.

- Oh, well.

Soon be over.

Then there'll be...

...nothing we can call our own

but death.

That small model of the barren earth...

...which serves as paste

and cover to our bones.

For God's sake,

let us sit upon the ground...

...and tell sad stories

of the death of kings.

The president John F. Kennedy is getting

a warm welcome here in Fort Worth...

...the third stop in his whirlwind trip

through our state.

After this meeting with the Fort Worth

Chamber of Commerce...

...the president and first lady

will fly to Dallas.

This is from one of our people

in Fort Worth.

"Last night in Fort Worth,

nine Secret Service agents...

...went to the Fort Worth Press Club

for drinks.

Seven of the nine remained

till 2 in the morning.

All three night guards left the hotel

and went to the Cellar House.

Secret Service rules state

that use of intoxicating liquor...

...is strictly prohibited

while agents are on travel status"...

...as these agents were.

Four of the nine

who violated rules last night...

...have key responsibilities

in the Dallas motorcade.

Air Force Number 1,

ladies and gentlemen...

...carrying the president

of the United States.

With the seal on the side.

Beautiful sight. Beautiful sight.

Did you hear those shots?

- What are you doing here?

- It's all right.

- What happened?

- Secret Service.

Hey, you. Come here.

- Who are you?

- Hell, I work here.

- He work here too?

- Yeah.

Okay.

We have just arrived

here at Parkland Hospital.

It's hard to tell what's really going on.

People here with dazed looks

on their faces.

Police are keeping everybody out.

Very difficult to believe

this has happened.

We understand they're giving

the president blood transfusions...

...and fighting very hard

to save his life.

Word just came through

on Secretary Rusk's news ticker.

The president's been shot.

Get me Defense.

Something's happened

to my codebook.

Hello? Hello?

Defense Department? Is this the...?

Hello?

- Hello?

- Have you called him yet?

There's no answer, senator.

The line went dead.

I'm sorry, our lines

are temporarily out of order.

I'm sorry, our lines are out of order.

Sorry, sir, our lines

are temporarily out of order.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the president is dead.

We've just been given word

that President John Kennedy is dead.

They've administered the last rites

of the Catholic Church...

...to President John F. Kennedy.

Nothing about Oswald.

Dallas police have arrested a man

whom they suspect of being involved...

...in the assassination

of President Kennedy.

He was apprehended

in the Oak Cliff area...

...after allegedly killing a policeman.

This side.

- Did you shoot the president?

- I didn't shoot anybody, no, sir.

I'm just a patsy.

I'm just a patsy.

Oh, knock it off, bub.

This wasn't in the scenario,

was it, Mr. Farrington?

No scenario's perfect, Tim.

Probably realized

the position he'd been placed in...

...slipped out of the depository,

stopped by his room for the gun...

...and then ran into the policeman

and panicked.

- Find out what's happened to him.

- Okay, Mr. Farrington.

Identified as Lee Harvey Oswald,

an employee...

I'll have to leave Dallas.

...of the Texas Book Depository

overlooking Dealey Plaza...

...where the president was shot.

So far, the police are releasing no...

It's terrible, Hymie, terrible.

No, you don't understand.

I gotta get out of this town.

I'm thinking of coming back to Chicago.

One thing I can tell you:

This case is cinched.

That this man killed the president.

There is no question in my mind about it.

Chief, can you tell us in summary...

...what directly links Oswald

to the killing of the president?

Well, he was on the floor

where the shots were fired from...

...immediately before

the shots were fired.

He was seen carrying a package

to the building.

Ballistic tests,

we haven't had a final report.

But it is-

I understand will be favorable.

If we can put his prints on the rifle...

...I am certain

that we can connect him.

Are there any other suspects

linked with Oswald?

No.

Thank you.

Is there any indication

that this was an organized plot...

- ... or was it one man?

- There's no one else but him.

Stuttgart, Gate 12.

Thank you. Let's go.

Jack. Where is everybody?

The joint's closed.

Didn't you see the sign?

No, I came through the back way.

What's wrong?

What's wrong? You stupid b*tch,

don't you read the newspapers?

They killed Kennedy this afternoon.

Sure, I know that, Jack,

but why are we closing down?

Because it looks good, that's why.

Now get out of here.

Go on home.

Okay.

Hey, wait a minute.

I gave your number to a guy.

A guy named Burger. Henry Burger.

He's a new cop.

He may get lonesome,

give you a call tonight.

If he does, you fix him up, huh?

Sure, I'll fix him up.

May I bring you a drink, sir?

Drink, sir?

Yeah, vodka rocks.

I really don't know

what this situation is about.

Nobody has told me anything

except that I'm accused...

...of murdering a policeman.

I know nothing more than that.

I do request

someone to come forward...

...to give me legal assistance.

Did you kill the president?

No. I have not been charged

with that.

In fact,

nobody has said that to me yet.

The first thing I heard about it...

...was when the newspaper reporters

in the hall asked me that question.

How did you hurt your eye,

Mr. Oswald?

A policeman hit me.

- You okay?

- Considering I hit the wrong guy, yes.

- Here he comes.

- Here he comes.

Here comes Oswald

down the hall again.

Did you buy that rifle?

Dispatches you people have been given,

but I emphatically deny these charges.

- What will he tell them?

- Very little.

Police revealed no further information

since their first statement.

Sergeant Nelson, you say he was

interrogated yesterday at 4:30, right?

- And again at 6:20, right?

- Yes.

And once more at 7:40.

How many hours of interrogation

did that come to?

I don't rightly know, because I'm not sure

when the last interrogation ended.

Was the interrogation

taped or recorded?

No, sir.

Was it taken down by a stenotypist?

No, sir.

Was it taken down by a secretary

in shorthand?

No, sir.

Well, has Captain Fritz

had any of his notes transcribed?

- No, sir.

- Well, why not?

No, sir, didn't keep any notes.

How do you know what he said

in those three interrogations?

Oh, we got a pretty good idea

what he said, all right.

What time are you transferring him

to the county jail tomorrow?

We haven't decided

on what time yet...

...but when we do,

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