| Page |
| LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL | vii |
| FOREWORD | ix |
| Chapter I. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | 1 |
| Narrative of Events | 1 |
| Conclusions | 18 |
| Recommendations | 25 |
| Chapter II. THE ASSASSINATION | 28 |
| Planning the Texas Trip | 28 |
| Advance Preparations for the Dallas Trip | 29 |
| Preventive Intelligence Activities | 29 |
| The Luncheon Site | 30 |
| The Motorcade Route | 31 |
| Dallas Before the Visit | 40 |
| Visits to Other Texas Cities | 42 |
| Arrival at Love Field | 42 |
| Organization of the Motorcade | 43 |
| The Drive Through Dallas | 46 |
| The Assassination | 48 |
| The Time | 48 |
| Speed of the Limousine | 49 |
| In the Presidential Limousine | 49 |
| Reaction by Secret Service Agents | 50 |
| Parkland Memorial Hospital | 52 |
| The Race to the Hospital | 52 |
| Treatment of President Kennedy | 53 |
| Treatment of Governor Connally | 56 |
| Vice President Johnson at Parkland | 56 |
| Secret Service Emergency Security Arrangements | 57 |
| Removal of the President’s Body | 58 |
| The End of the Trip | 59 |
| Swearing in of the New President | 59 |
| Return to Washington, D.C. | 59 |
| The Autopsy | 59 |
| Chapter III. THE SHOTS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY | 61 |
| The Witnesses | 61 |
| Near the Depository | 63 |
| On the Fifth Floor | 68 |
| At the Triple Underpass | 71 |
| The Presidential Automobile | 76 |
| Expert Examination of Rifle, Cartridge Cases, and Bullet Fragments | 79 |
| Discovery of Cartridge Cases and Rifle | 79 |
| Discovery of Bullet at Parkland Hospital | 79 |
| Description of Rifle | 81 |
| Expert Testimony | 84 |
| The Bullet Wounds | 444 |
| Recommendations | 454 |
| Assassination a Federal Crime | 454 |
| Committee of Cabinet Officers | 456 |
| Responsibilities for Presidential Protection | 457 |
| General Supervision of the Secret Service | 460 |
| Preventive Intelligence | 461 |
| Liaison With Local Law Enforcement Agencies | 465 |
| Inspection of Buildings | 466 |
| Secret Service Personnel and Facilities | 466 |
| Manpower and Technical Assistance From Other Agencies | 467 |
| Conclusion | 468 |
| Appendix I. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11130 | 471 |
| Appendix II. WHITE HOUSE RELEASE | 472 |
| Appendix III. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 137 | 473 |
| Appendix IV. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 475 |
| Members of Commission | 475 |
| General Counsel | 476 |
| Assistant Counsel | 476 |
| Staff Members | 477 |
| Acknowledgments | 481 |
| Appendix V. LIST OF WITNESSES | 483 |
| Appendix VI. COMMISSION PROCEDURES FOR THE TAKING OF TESTIMONY | 501 |
| Resolution Governing Questioning of Witnesses by Members of the Commission Staff | 501 |
| Appendix VII. A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION | 504 |
| Before the Civil War | 504 |
| Lincoln | 505 |
| The Need for Protection Further Demonstrated | 507 |
| Development of Presidential Protection | 510 |
| Appendix VIII. MEDICAL REPORTS FROM DOCTORS AT PARKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, DALLAS, TEX. | 516 |
| Appendix IX. AUTOPSY REPORT AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT | 538 |
| Appendix X. EXPERT TESTIMONY | 547 |
| Firearms and Firearms Identification | 547 |
| General Principles | 547 |
| The Rifle | 553 |
| Rifle Cartridge and Cartridge Cases | 555 |
| The Rifle Bullets | 557 |
| The Revolver | 558 |
| Revolver Cartridges and Cartridge Cases | 559 |
| Revolver Bullets | 559 |
| The Struggle for the Revolver | 560 |
| The Paraffin Test | 560 |
| The Walker Bullet |
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