"I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

History, Decisions, Effort, President

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"I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history."

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"I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me."

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"I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history."

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"The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known."

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"I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover who had been appointed Director continuously. He had, I would say, a good reputation."

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