Figure 1 C E 399 Warren Commission Exhibit

Figure 1 C. E. # 399 Warren Commission Exhibit #399, said to have caused both of JFK’s non-fatal wounds and all five of the Governor Connally’s wounds, is shown in two views, above left. Arlen Specter theorized the bullet had followed a path much like the one shown at right.

Figure 2: C. E. 2011: Chain of possession of #399 From: FBI Letterhead Memo Dallas 7/7/64

Figure 3. Last two pages of 7/7/64 FBI memo to Warren Commission, as published in C. E. #2011. Note that FBI states that both Dallas witnesses said #399 looked like the bullet they found on 11/22/63.

Figure 4 In an interview in 1966, Parkland Hospital witness O. P. Wright told author Thompson that the bullet he handled on 11/22/63 did not look like C. E. # 399.

Figure 5 a. Page 1 of Declassified FBI memo reporting neither Tomlinson nor Wright could identify “C 1” [#399] as the bullet they handled on

Figure 5 b. Page 2 of Declassified FBI memo reporting that neither Tomlinson nor Wright could identify #399 as bullet they handled on 11/22/63.

Figure 6. Suppressed 1964 FBI report detailing that neither of the Secret Service agents who handled “#399” on 11/22/63 could later identify it.

Figure 7. Letter to Assassinations Records Review Board requesting a search for records that might support FBI’s claim that hospital witnesses identified #399.

Figure 8. ARRB reports that it is unable to find records supporting FBI claim Parkland Hospital witnesses identified #399.

Figure 9. Letter to National Archives requesting search for additional files on C. E. #399.

Figure 10. Letter from National Archives disclosing no additional files exist on C. E. #399.

Figure 11. Recorded interview with FBI Agent Bardwell Odum, in which he denies he ever had C. E. #399 in his possession.

Figure 12. FBI routing slip. Note that #399 was sent from Washington to Dallas and back again, and that FBI agent Todd checked out the bullet on 6/24/64, the day it was reported the Secret Service Agents told Todd they could not identify #399. [See Figs. 5 a, 5 b, 6. ] Courtesy of John Hunt.