>> in parkland hospital, where was mrs. kennedy and what was happening and what was the vice president? >> they had taken the vice president into another section of the hospital and sealed it off. not too far from the emergency room. we knew where he was and we could get information to him. when the area between the calm rooms were coming through, mrs. kennedy would try her best to be there to observe what was going on. and they were both seated out there. it was a small walkway between the two rooms. and they were both in this vicinity. >> and agent landis was there as well? someone was always with her? >> just. [inaudible question] >> where we you 50 years ago

7:00 p.m.? stack i was in the white house in my office on the ground floor. waiting to see whatever mrs. kennedy needed. i was standing by. the birthday party was going on. and it was on the second floor and we allow that to be very private with family only and that is the way they want wanted it. did you have another question? >> thank you. [inaudible question] [inaudible question] >> the question is about george hickey. there has been a television program on a book written claiming that george hickey who is manning the rifle, that he accidentally shot the president and that was what killed the president and a lot of people

are believing this. >> we met years ago he was still alive, and the story came out in a book. he sued the entrance to the publisher. the publisher did not want to go to court because they found out that we have photographic proof that hickey could not have done it. so they settled with them out of court. now that he is dead, there is nobody left to assume. and so they sold this thing to production company and some detective down in australia put in his 2 cents and they resurrected that theory. it didn't happen. the gun he was holding was examined after the motorcade and it had never been fired. he was standing between two particular individuals, dave powers, president kennedy's

personal public close associate and kenny o'donnell, his chief of staff. and he had done what they had alleged, i could guarantee that they would have killed him. >> let's take one more question. [inaudible question] [inaudible question] >> the question is when was last time he saw mrs. kennedy. and what were your feelings when she passed and when john junior passed away as well. >> well, i saw her, the last time was in june of 1968 that robert kennedy's funeral. i was at that time the agent in charge and i brought president johnson to the funeral and i saw her and spoke to her briefly.

but that was the last time that i saw her. and she got married outfall as you know. was it a question? >> were your feelings when she passed away? >> when she passed away in may of 1994, it just so happened that that day i had an appointment with president clinton and yet asked me to come because he wanted to talk to me in the oval office. so i went there and in that evening after i went home, i found out that her condition had worsened that we discussed about how sick she really was. that night i found out that she had died. i was very sad. i really wanted to talk to her again. but i also knew that she heard my voice, it was going to be a memory of what had happened back in dallas. and i did not think that that would be the thing to do. young john, when he was killed in a plane crash, it was such a shock and so terrible. because i was with him early

when he was born in now to know that he died in that manner was just absolutely terrible. so he would have been 53 years old today. >> okay, two more questions. [inaudible question] [inaudible question] >> did everyone hear that? >> you need to read the book. >> this is our publisher. thank you. [laughter] >> yes, that is true. >> a nice testament. >> yes, caroline said finally that mrs. kennedy thought a lot of me and she didn't have any problem about what i was writing. [inaudible question]

>> are you asking about the writing process and how difficult was? >> well, it was very difficult. we had an office in two computers side by side. we spent a must most when four hours a day together for many months. and i did not live through this time. so all of this is his memories. there's a great deal of video footage as we showed showed you tonight. and so we would watch those videos together. and it was very emotional. and he would tell me what happened in certain then certain things would bring back memories to him. and many times we have to had to stop because i could see how difficult it was especially true of august.

and i said this is the last book, we are not going to make you go through this again. so let's just get everything out there this time along. would you like to say anything about that? >> it was very emotional. getting the material out, talking to lisa and unloading that emotional baggage was a lot and it was very beneficial to me. it was cathartic to me. i am really glad that i have done it because i am much better now than i was. we started the process and i could barely talk about it without breaking down because it was so painful. and many of the agents are the same way. we had never talked about the assassination of monks them. we had never talked about family members or with anyone. i testified to the commission and i had one interview on 60 minutes. other than that, we had never

talked about the assassination at all. >> the only one alive today, those who are on the card. >> okay, should we get to the book signing? thank you all for coming. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations]