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The Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) published a report by President John F. Kennedy's (JFK) personal physician, Doctor George Burkley, that he wrote on November 27, 1963. This key witness was never called before the Warren Commission (WC) or the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).
Dr. Burkley was in the V.I.P. automobile in the Dallas motorcade, at Parkland Hospital (PH) following the assassination, on Air Force One during the flight to Washington, D.C., and at Bethesda Naval Hospital (BNH) for the autopsy, therefore, he was a key witness that no official investigative body had any interest in.
The first comment in his report that raises a question is this one.
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…As we were about to make this turn, something happened forward but we were not exactly aware what had happened, however, we did realize that something was wrong. Our motorcade then proceeded at a much more rapid rate and went to the Trade Mart. On arriving at the Mart, Chief Hendrix and I passed through the dining area and secured the aid of the Secret Service who had no knowledge of the exact whereabout [sic] of the motorcade. Agent Burger commandeered a car and a police escort led us at a rapid rate to the hospital arrive there about three and five minutes following the arrival of the President. (Dr. George Burkley Report0 dated November 27, 1963, p. 2; ARRB MD 48)
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Why was Dr. Burkley taken to the Trade Mart initially? As JFK's personal physician wasn't it important for him to be with the president? How could the Secret Service (SS) not know where the motorcade was? Didn't they have radio contact with them?
If Dr. Burkley went to the Trade Mart, walked around, talked with the SS, and waited for the help in the securing of a vehicle, how could he have arrived only three to five minutes after JFK at PH? What took JFK’s limousine so long when they supposedly sped off and headed right there? This makes no sense.
Dr. Burkley then described the process of removing JFK's body from PH.
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At this point, I stepped to someone and asked for the Superintendent of the hospital and with a Secret Service Agent and ordered him to get with dispatch a conveyance and a caskets to carry the body back to Washington. I spoke with Dr. Clark at this time who was the neurosurgeon in charge of the activity, and informed him I would like the necessary papers and to expedite departure of the body from the area. At this time the medical examiner for city of Dallas came in and I explained to him the necessity of quick action. He said that the remains could not be moved and that further examinations would have to be done there as this was a homicide case and they would have to go through procedures at that point. I informed him again that it was essential that we have him moved immediately… (Ibid. p. 4)
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Why was “quick action" needed when the jurisdiction resided in Dallas and not Washington? Why did the SS forcibly take the body when they legally had no right to? Dr. Burkley blamed it on Jacqueline Kennedy, but this isn't fair. It was only after 1 p.m. so the area with jurisdiction could have performed the autopsy and still got the body back in Washington the same day.
Why did the SS take the body at gunpoint? When did Jacqueline Kennedy request that the body be moved from PH?
He then goes into detail about how he discussed where the body should be taken for the autopsy.
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…I stated frankly that I had no preference, that it could be any hospital, but that I did feel that, if possible, it should be a military hospital for security reasons. (Ibid., p. 6)
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What security reasons could there be since JFK was dead? It would seem more like a military hospital was preferred due to it being easier to control the autopsy. Why would this be necessary if it occurred the way it was claimed?
Why was Dr. Burkley never called by either the WC or the HSCA? Is this how an honest search for the truth type of investigation should be conducted?
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The Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) published a report by President John F. Kennedy's (JFK) personal physician, Doctor George Burkley, that he wrote on November 27, 1963. This key witness was never called before the Warren Commission (WC) or the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).
Dr. Burkley was in the V.I.P. automobile in the Dallas motorcade, at Parkland Hospital (PH) following the assassination, on Air Force One during the flight to Washington, D.C., and at Bethesda Naval Hospital (BNH) for the autopsy, therefore, he was a key witness that no official investigative body had any interest in.
The first comment in his report that raises a question is this one.
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…As we were about to make this turn, something happened forward but we were not exactly aware what had happened, however, we did realize that something was wrong. Our motorcade then proceeded at a much more rapid rate and went to the Trade Mart. On arriving at the Mart, Chief Hendrix and I passed through the dining area and secured the aid of the Secret Service who had no knowledge of the exact whereabout [sic] of the motorcade. Agent Burger commandeered a car and a police escort led us at a rapid rate to the hospital arrive there about three and five minutes following the arrival of the President. (Dr. George Burkley Report0 dated November 27, 1963, p. 2; ARRB MD 48)
historymatters.com/archive/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/md48/html/Image1.htm
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Why was Dr. Burkley taken to the Trade Mart initially? As JFK's personal physician wasn't it important for him to be with the president? How could the Secret Service (SS) not know where the motorcade was? Didn't they have radio contact with them?
If Dr. Burkley went to the Trade Mart, walked around, talked with the SS, and waited for the help in the securing of a vehicle, how could he have arrived only three to five minutes after JFK at PH? What took JFK’s limousine so long when they supposedly sped off and headed right there? This makes no sense.
Dr. Burkley then described the process of removing JFK's body from PH.
Quote on
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At this point, I stepped to someone and asked for the Superintendent of the hospital and with a Secret Service Agent and ordered him to get with dispatch a conveyance and a caskets to carry the body back to Washington. I spoke with Dr. Clark at this time who was the neurosurgeon in charge of the activity, and informed him I would like the necessary papers and to expedite departure of the body from the area. At this time the medical examiner for city of Dallas came in and I explained to him the necessity of quick action. He said that the remains could not be moved and that further examinations would have to be done there as this was a homicide case and they would have to go through procedures at that point. I informed him again that it was essential that we have him moved immediately… (Ibid. p. 4)
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Why was “quick action" needed when the jurisdiction resided in Dallas and not Washington? Why did the SS forcibly take the body when they legally had no right to? Dr. Burkley blamed it on Jacqueline Kennedy, but this isn't fair. It was only after 1 p.m. so the area with jurisdiction could have performed the autopsy and still got the body back in Washington the same day.
Why did the SS take the body at gunpoint? When did Jacqueline Kennedy request that the body be moved from PH?
He then goes into detail about how he discussed where the body should be taken for the autopsy.
Quote on
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…I stated frankly that I had no preference, that it could be any hospital, but that I did feel that, if possible, it should be a military hospital for security reasons. (Ibid., p. 6)
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What security reasons could there be since JFK was dead? It would seem more like a military hospital was preferred due to it being easier to control the autopsy. Why would this be necessary if it occurred the way it was claimed?
Why was Dr. Burkley never called by either the WC or the HSCA? Is this how an honest search for the truth type of investigation should be conducted?