JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: HSCA_. RECORD NUMBER:  180-10116-10324 RECORD SERIES: TRANSCRIPT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION HEARINGS _ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCA FROM: TO: TITLE: EXECUTIVE SEESION BUSINESS MEETING DATE: 04/24/1978 PAGES: 24 SUBJECTS : CHURCH COMMITTEE CIA, FILES LAW ENFORCEMEMT HSCA, METHODOLOGY CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS DOCUMENT TYPE: TRANSCRIPT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : — Open in Full CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/17/1993 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 1. Folder title: Executive Session Business meeting. v9.1 Docld: 327766679 Page 1 Date: 10/14/20
Lafrance Select committee on 1 assassination oe” 2 cel 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 © 19 20 21 22 EXECUTIVE SESSION BUSINESS MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1978 House of Representatives, Select Committee on Assassinations Washington, D. C. The committee met at 4:30 p.m., in room 1301, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Louis Stokes (chairman of the committee) presiding. - a _— - Present: Representatives Stokes, Preyer, Dodd, Ford, ie ue Vw “A . Fithian, Edgar, Devine and Sawyer. Present Also: G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director; L. Svenosen, E. Berning, C. Mathews, J. Wolf and M. Wills. Chairman Stokes. A quorum of the committee bing present, the committee will come to order. | Mr. Blakey. Mr. Chairman, the issues before the : committee this afternoon will all be over facets of the . | investigation. Consequently it would be appropriate at this time if a motion were made to go into Executive Session. Chairman Stokes. The Chair will entertain such a motion. Mr, Fithian. I so move, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Stokes. It is properly moved that for reasons Docld:32266679 Page 2
1 |} under the rules of the committee that the committee go into © 2 Executive Session. The Clerk will call the role. | 3 Ms. Berning. Mr. Stokes? e 4 Chairman Stokes. Aye. 5 Ms. Berning. Mr. Devine? 6 Mr. Devine. Aye. 7 Ms. Berning. Mr. Preyer? | 8 | Mr. Preyer. Aye. . 9 Ms. Berning. Mr. McKinney? ; 10 (No response) oe 11 Ms. Berning. Mr. Fauntroy? 12 (No response) e 13 | Ms. Berning. Mr. Thone? 14 | (No response) 15 Ms. Berning. Mrs. Burke? 16 (Aye by proxy) 17 Ms. Berning. Mr. Dodd? 18 Mr. Dodd. Aye. 19 Ms. Berning. Mr. Ford? 20 Mr. Ford. Aye. 21 Ms. Berning. Mr. Edgar? ° 22 Mr. Edgar. Aye. td) Ms. Berning. Mr. Fithian? 24 Mr. Fithian. Aye. DoclId:32266679 Page 3 Ms. Berning. Eight ayes, Mr. Chairman. ’
10 11 12 @ 13 14 15 16. 7 18 19 20 21 22 DoclId: 322766679 Page) 4 da should be the immunities. I had not thought it would be ‘Kennedy side whom we had scheduled for deposiitons and 3 Chairman Stokes. Eight members of the committee having | voted in the affirmative, this meeting is now in Executive | Session and all members of the public are asked to remove ; themselves from the room. Mr. Blakey. Mr. Blakey. Mr. Chairman, the first matter on the agen- necessary to bring the immunity matter before the committee in light of the fact that we had done so at our last Monday meeting. As it turned out, two witnesses on the 4 . thought were cooperative told the staff that they would | | Consequently we had to face the possibility of subpoena- refuse to cooperate and would claim self-incrimination. ing them before the committee. That gave rise to the need for immunities. As long as the full committee was going to be asked to do it again, I ask that the entire schedule of witnesses that we could reasonably foresee through both May and June, on both sides, be prepared to be immunized at this time. It is a little in advance of when we might absolutely need it in some cases, but it seemed to | me appropriate to get that all over with. | You have before you, therefore, a resolution that would authorize the Committee Staff to go before the District Court to get the order. Again I would point out for you that this, of course, does not grant anyone immunity. |