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| LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL | Page vii |
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| FOREWORD | Page ix |
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| CHAPTER I. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | Page 1 |
| Narrative of Events | Page 1 |
| Conclusions | Page 18 |
| Recommendations | Page 25 |
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| CHAPTER II. THE ASSASSINATION | Page 28 |
| Planning the Texas Trip | Page 28 |
| Advance Preparations for the Dallas Trip | Page 29 |
| Preventive Intelligence Activities | Page 29 |
| The Luncheon Site | Page 30 |
| The Motorcade Route | Page 31 |
| Dallas Before the Visit | Page 40 |
| Visits to Other Texas Cities | Page 42 |
| Arrival at Love Field | Page 42 |
| Organization of the Motorcade | Page 43 |
| The Drive Through Dallas | Page 46 |
| The Assassination | Page 48 |
| The Time | Page 48 |
| Speed of the Limousine | Page 49 |
| In the Presidential Limousine | Page 49 |
| Reaction by Secret Service Agents | Page 50 |
| Parkland Memorial Hospital | Page 52 |
| The Race to the Hospital | Page 52 |
| Treatment of President Kennedy | Page 53 |
| Treatment of Governor Connally | Page 56 |
| Vice President Johnson at Parkland | Page 56 |
| Secret Service Emergency Security Arrangements | Page 57 |
| Removal of the Presidents Body | Page 58 |
| The End of the Trip | Page 59 |
| Swearing in of the New President | Page 59 |
| Return to Washington, D.C | Page 59 |
| The Autopsy | Page 59 |
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| CHAPTER III. THE SHOTS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY | Page 61 |
| The Witness | Page 61 |
| Near the Depository | Page 63 |
| On the Fifth Floor | Page 68 |
| At the Triple Underpass | Page 71 |
| The Presidential Automobile | Page 76 |
