JFK Assassination System Date: 10/13/20 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy AGENCY: HSCA RECORD NUMBER:  180-10120-10343 Assassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: NUMBERED FILES (44 Use 210% Note}. ase#:NWU 54756 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: 014830 pO=3 12017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCA FROM: TO: . TITLE: DATE: 04/11/1978 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : | ACTIVITIES AFTER ASSASSINATION _ OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN PERIOD, ASSOCIATES AND RELATIVES OSWALD, LEE, ACTIVITIES OF NOVEMBER 22-24... HURT, JOHN DOCUMENT TYPE: SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified ‘RESTRICTIONS: 3 _. CURRENTSTATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 01/31/1996 _ OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 283. , v2. . HW 54756 Docld:322682713 Page 1
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i . KENNEDY | oe | OS 73 gs . . INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE. ~ 1. ‘Identifying Information: _Namegohn David Hurt Date 4711-78 | “Address 201 Hillsborough. St., : ‘Apt. 4 Place Residence © City/State Raleigh, N.C. : ~'melephone. Raleigh: 934-7430 0 ‘Date of Birth 5/12/09 _— Mor S Married “Social Security 107-05-5#07-a -§pouse Billie G. Hurt ve! . Children 2. ‘Paysical bescription: "Height . . _ Color Eyes | Hair Weight . He Special Characteristics | Ethnic Group Personal “History: ‘as Present Employment: Unemployed, on government disability: "Address Served in the Army Counterintelligence Corps (C- I. c. ) in” nee Doe, Europe an apan =46. -. Telephone P P “-b. Criminal Record - 7 ai) eee ood. Arrests _ ~. 2. © Convictions Con Aad#tional Personal Information: a, “Relative(s): Name Wife Address Same “'b. Area frequented: oe ech settee REO RAE RAT BUTE TWOTEEN Cartel SOUR ETE c.2Remarks: oo Investigator surell Brady, Sova Rose and Jim Kelly, ww i54756 “poerd:az2682i3 ‘Page 3 pate Rife 4-13-78 Form #4- -B. ek
KENNEDY SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS ‘Name John David Hurt Date 4-11-78 ndaress 201 Hillsborough St., Apt. 4 Place Residence Raleigh, N.C. , Interview: On Tuesday, April 11, 1978 at approximately 6: 00 P. “me Harold Rose, Jim Kelly and I went. to Hurt's home in Raleigh. “rt Es located in a small apartment building on a. main | thoroughfare “in ‘the downtown portion of the ‘city. Hurt's wife, Billie G. Hort, answered the door. ‘Harold. identified. us and asked for Mr. Hurt. She let us in and went into the bedroom to get Mr. Hurt. The apart- ment is small and modest but neatly furnished. | | John Hurt came out of the bedroom where he: had been lying in pea and was clad in neat pajamas. He appeared to be middle- aged “and; is relatively short. He suffers from what he described as “arthritis: most of the fingers on both hands are missing and ‘the remaining fingers are severely cripped. He explained when we. asked about his disability that doctors had amputated his: ‘singers an ‘because the arthritis was so crippling that he would: have more se of his limbs without: the fingers. ’ (He in fact. handled a Leigarette relatively adeptly.) It is also apparent that his body is’ ‘covered -in-a severe rash which causes the skin to redden and which. apparent oly stays irritated. He described that condition to us as psoriasis. As soon as we introduced ourselves, Hurt said he. knew we were 4 “Interviewer Signature | typed Signature Surell Brady, Harold Rose and Jim Kelly Date transcribed Rife 4- -13- 78 if A756--Docld: 32368213 Page “4
John David Hurt Interview Page 2. there because of the "rumor" about his name or phone number being on a slip of paper and “the man who killed Kennedy" ‘haa Pe supposedly tried to call him. . We asked where he had heard that _ xumor and he said people from the "news media" had contacted him about it. We showed him the telephone slip from the Dallas sas OS . County Jail. He acknowledged ‘that the telephone number 834-7430 was and is still his number; however, -he stated that he does not “know to whom the other number on the slip, 833-1253, belonged. _ 2 Hurt stated that he was at home at the time of the assassination "ana that he never received a call from Oswald or anyone else. in eo, -connection with it. Hurt says he had never heard of Oswald until the assassina~ tion “and that it is a complete. mystery to him and - his. wife as” “f9. Le “how his name has come up in this case. We asked for’ any. possible. explanations, and Hurt and his wife could offer none. — However,” . “his: wife (who ‘remained in the room throughout the interview). stated that at some time around the time of the assassination a _ the telephone company in Raleigh had mistakenly given. their cman ber to another party and that they received calls intended ‘for ° that party for a time. She could not remember exactly when that ©) oseurred or the name of the party, but she thought the calls “they received were local. The Hurts stated that ‘they have ‘had the same phone number for about 20 years; they said they had pele 4s gently moved to their present address at the time of. the ‘assassina~ “tien, but they had had the number transferred from their other | address: vin Raleigh. - Docld:32268213 Page 5_
John David Hurt Interview Page 3. Mr. Hurt stated that he has never before spoken to nor LEASE SRASISTS PEE is F SOUR NN ETE) oe . ‘been interviewed by anyone from the government about this mat- ter. He has had several calls from news media people, but ‘could not give details of those contacts. He said that about — two months ago he received a call from a woman in Washington _ "whom he did not identify further, but who wished to come to “Raleigh to speak with him about this. He said that when we "appeared he assumed I was that woman; a assured him I had a ~ ealtea and did not believe anyone from our Committee had ever. ~ calted | him. | When asked about his background, Hurt stated that he» ‘was. sin the Army and that he served in the Army Counterintelligence corps. AC. I.C.) in Europe and Japan; his dates of service were “approxi-: | ~ mately 1942-1946. Hurt stated that he enlisted in ‘the service. “when asked about his Intelligence work, he said the work in “Europe. ‘involved interviewing nationals of European countries to “> ‘determine if they had any connection with the German Secret Police "| _spursuant to their requests to come to the United States. He said. : the people were German, Norwegian and Swedish primarily. He “stated 4 that he was. stationed in Japan on Honshu stand: near a. place called "Karosawa" (phonetic). He said the only work of. any: _ significance or particular interest. he did there was to. stumble upon: a bullion of silver which the Germans were using | to trade Des al oa with ‘the Japanese. “Hurt stated that his commanding officer in the c. I. C.was "Melville Grines, who. he believes is now "practicing law. in, Baltimore.
John David Hurt Interview “Page 5. After the interview Hurt offered to provide any other information he could, as he and his wife both expressed the desire to clear this matter up. “They asked what they should 7 ‘do if they are contacted again by media people. We advised them that that would have to be their judgment, -but that they. sgould certainly ask their callers to provide sufficient iden-~ --tifying data or to appear in person. Harold gave Hurt one of | “the Committee's business cards so they would recognize ug if we?” had to. contact thein again. | We. asked how long Hurt had .been disabled and he said 1 since. 1962. His wife then volunteered that it was 1955 when he ew came disabled. Hurt said that he is receiving full ‘government .. disability. He showed us his Social Security card; the. number veges “bs: 107-05-5407-A. He did not know what the notation "A" stood for. 1.54756 Docld:32268213 Page 8