| 00:00:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BookTV.ORG. >> CLINT HILL RECALLS HIS DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY DURING THE FOUR YEARS HE WAS ASSIGNED TO PROTECT HER INCLUDING
|
| 00:00:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIS ACTIONS TO SHIELD THE FIRST LADY FROM ARMED FALLING ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963. THIS IS ABOUT 40 MINUTES. >> GOOD...
|
| 00:00:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CITED FOR BRAVERY AND COURAGE HIS PLACE IN HISTORY IS ONE HE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT WISH ON ANOTHER SOLD. ON THE PERMIT TWENTY-SECOND, 1963, FIFTY YEARS...
|
| 00:02:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS HAVE AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION WITH CLINT HILL AND I WILL ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS AND HE WILL SHARE STORIES WITH YOU AND WE WILL OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS...
|
| 00:03:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WRITE A BOOK AND HE ENLISTED MYIASIS SINS BY ASKING ME TO CONTRIBUTE AND HE HIRED YOU AS HIS RIDER. HE INTRODUCED YOU TO ME AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME...
|
| 00:04:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TOGETHER. I FELT VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A WINDOW INTO THOSE YEARS AND RELIVED IT WITH CLINT. IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR ME AS WELL. WE STARTED OFF THE BOOK...
|
| 00:05:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OVER THE WORLD. I HAD SEEN THE RELATIONSHIP FIRST LADIES AT AND THE ACTIVITIES THEY PARTICIPATED IN AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE FASHION SHOWS AND TEA PARTY...
|
| 00:06:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SO THERE WAS CLINT AND ANOTHER AGENT AND YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING HER AROUND THE CLOCK. YOU WERE NOT EXACTLY WORKING THE 40 HOUR WORK WEEK. IS...
|
| 00:06:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OVERTIME. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I WAS ASSIGNED TO PROTECT THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND LOOK...
|
| 00:07:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ATHLETIC. SHE LOVED TO RIDE HORSES
|
| 00:07:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED EQUESTRIAN. SHE LOVED TO PLAY TENNIS AND WATER SKI. SHE PLAYED GOLF. SHE WALKED AND WALKED AND WALKED AND I HAD TO BE PART OF...
|
| 00:08:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HER AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> WHEN WE WERE AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IT WAS A
|
| 00:08:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROUTINE SCHEDULE THAT THEY HAD. MEMORIAL DAY, FOURTH OF JULY, LABOR DAY AND THANKSGIVING WE WOULD BE IN MASSACHUSETTS. FOR CHRISTMAS, EASTER, THERE WAS...
|
| 00:10:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
US ABOUT THE CROWDS THAT WOULD COME AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF PROTECTING HER IN THOSE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS WHEN IT WAS JUST YOU AND ONE OTHER AGENT. >>...
|
| 00:10:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TRAVELED, GENERATED A CROWD EQUIVALENT TO OR LARGER THAN THE PRESIDENT. WHEN SHE WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT THE CROWD DOUBLED. WHEN SHE WAS BY HERSELF...
|
| 00:11:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO GO SHOPPING IN PALM BEACH. >> YOU WANTED TO GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND DECIDED TO GO DOWN WHERE THE SHOPS WERE IN PALM BEACH. IN YEARS PAST SHE
|
| 00:11:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAD DONE THAT NO PROBLEM. WE WALKED DOWN THE STREET AND LOOKING A FEW WINDOWS AND WENT INTO A STORE AND THE CLERK RECOGNIZE US AND THE CUSTOMERS RECOGNIZE...
|
| 00:12:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE. >> SINCE WE ARE IN NEW YORK CITY TELL EVERYBODY THE PLACES YOU
|
| 00:12:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LOVE TO GO TO IN NEW YORK CITY THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
|
| 00:12:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO GO TO. >> SHE ALWAYS STAYED AT THE CARLYLE HOTEL THE GIRL THE THIRTY-FOURTH FLOOR. A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, WONDERFUL HOTEL AND SHE
|
| 00:13:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LOVED TO GO TO VARIOUS RESTAURANTS, PRETTY FRENCH RESTAURANT THAT NO LONGER PREEXISTS, QUALITY CLUB AND PLACES LIKE THAT OR VARIOUS MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK...
|
| 00:13:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DALLAS. WE TRIED TO MAKE THIS BOOK AS MUCH ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES, THAT WAS THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. SO CAN YOU TAKE US BACK TO THAT DAY, NOVEMBER...
|
| 00:14:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SUNNY DAY IN DALLAS. CROWDS WERE EXTREMELY LARGE, BOTH SIDES OF MAIN STREET IN DALLAS, PEOPLE WERE HANGING OUT OF WINDOWS. THERE WAS NO CENTRAL AIR...
|
| 00:17:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR SHOES AND WONDERED IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING. WE APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR ACTIONS THAT DAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW WE WOULD...
|
| 00:18:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
START IN THE FRONT ROW. >> KENNEDY -- [INATHE IIBLEYOU D >> SHE DID THAT ONE WHITE HOUSE TO OR BUT SHE DIDN'T ACCEPT
|
| 00:18:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INTERVIEWS. >> SO PRIVATE. SHE WASN'T ONE THAT WAS ELECTEWHEN >> THAT IS RIiI
|
| 00:18:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
T. SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
|
| 00:18:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EVERYBODY WAS FMYNING OVER HER. >> THE HEAD SHOT, YOU PERSONALLY EXPRESS AN OPINION ABOUT -LAU [INAUDIBLE] >>
|
| 00:19:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY. I DON'T THERE'S ANY PUUESTION ABOUT THAT ANY LONGER. QUITE SURE THAT
|
| 00:19:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS EXACTLY WHAT DID HAPPEN. ONE HEARD AND SMY INDICATE THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM. [INAUDIBLSHE W >> I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERPFEW -- CABARRUS 12, 1991,...
|
| 00:20:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN MY MIND. VERY HAPPY -- ASK YOU ABOUT THE AUTOMOBILE. >> THA> P YOU. >> YOU SAID TO ME -- WITH YOU ALL THE TIME AS WELL. >> OWN
|
| 00:20:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MINDPPLLAUSOMETHING EVERY DAY THAT REMINDS ME. ASLEEP THAT NIiI T ONE OF THE S, TAGES I HAVE IS SEEING THE PRESIDENT
|
| 00:20:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LYING IN HIS WIFERYI LAULDIN THE REAR OF THE CAR. IS SOMETHING THAT NEVER GOES AWAY. >> YES, MA'AM? >> WAS THERE SOMETHING IN YOUR UPBRINGING THAT MADE...
|
| 00:21:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO IDEA. I WAS BORN IN A PLACE IN LMY RIGIDLY BECAME AN AGENT REAMTER I HAD BEEN IN
|
| 00:21:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE ARMY AND IN SPECIAL AGENT FOR COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. I LIKE THAT KIND OF INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND HAD CRD CSED WORKPPL- IS EXTREMELY SMALL ORGANIZATION....
|
| 00:21:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DON'T KNOW. HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER WAS SEVERELY E EARING S, TPAIRED. E E GREW UP BEING VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER BEEPER STILL GROWING UP IN THAT KIND OF...
|
| 00:22:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
|
| 00:22:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
|
| 00:22:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CASE. THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS PRS
|
| 00:22:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WLEM. NO INTELLIGENCE FROM ANYONE. THERE HAD BEEN TWO INCIDENTS PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. AIN HAI STEVENSON HAD BEEN THERE AND BEEN SPIT ON AND HE WAS GETTING...
|
| 00:24:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS PERIODICALLY--MOSTLY ABOUT CHILDREN, SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SHE HAD ASKED THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IN...
|
| 00:25:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WASHINGTON WHERE WE WERE RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION
|
| 00:25:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN 1960, IKE WENT DOWN THERE TO PLAY GOLF. I WAS CALLED ASIDE AND TOLD TO REPORT TO THE CHIEF. I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO GET FIRED. WENT INTO HIS...
|
| 00:26:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WASHINGTON. IN THAT PHOTO MRS. KENNEDY IS IN THE PHOTO AT ONE POINT. A NARRATIVE THAT THERE WAS TENSION AS A RESULT OF THAT. WOULD YOU ENLIGHTEN US TO...
|
| 00:26:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAD TO FIND A FEDERAL JUDGE TO DO THAT. A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. MRS. KENNEDY WAS APPROACHED TO -- PERHAPS WANTING TO CLEAN UP, CASE CLOSED AND SHE REFUSED...
|
| 00:28:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PRESIDENT OF THE YACHT CORP. IN ITALY
|
| 00:28:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHEN WE WERE THERE IN 1962 AND GAVE PROVISIONS -- SHE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. GAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF PRIVACY IN THE DEEP WATER AND GO VERY SLOWLY. ...
|
| 00:29:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO KEEP THE PRESS AWAY. >> WAS THERE MUCH COMPENSATION WHEN THE
|
| 00:29:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SHOCK SAID IN? >> SHE WAS IN SHOCK MOMENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. I
|
| 00:29:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS ON THE PHONE WITH WASHINGTON ALMOST ALL THE
|
| 00:29:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME. THE AGENT WORKING WITH REALLY PERSONAL PAUL HARRISON WAS WITH MRS. KENNEDY AND THERE WERE TWO TRAUMA ROOMS AND SHE WAS IN AND OUT IF VARIOUS TIMES....
|
| 00:30:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO ALMOST EVERY MAJOR OFFICE IN THE SECRET SERVICE AND TALKED ABOUT THAT BOOK AND THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED. >> THE SECRET SERVICE...
|
| 00:30:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SIR? [INAUDIBLE] >> 47 YEARS, BACK IN 2010. THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO A DOCUMENTARY BASED ON THE BOOK THE KENNEDY
|
| 00:30:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DETAILS. WE AS AGENTS NEVER DISCUSSED THE ASSASSINATION. NEVER DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR FAMILIES OR AMONG THE OURSELVES. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS WE...
|
| 00:31:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT? >> I DIDN'T SPEAK TO ROBERT KENNEDY. OF ON THE PHONE WITH WASHINGTON. THE WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD TRAVELS WITH US. I WAS CONNECTED...
|
| 00:31:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
|
| 00:32:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIM THAT HIS BROTHER WAS DEAD SO I SAID IT IS AS BAD AS IT CAN GET AND I HUNG UP. THAT IS HOW HE FOUND OUT. >> IN VERY YOUNG MAN IN THE EISENHOWER DETAIL....
|
| 00:33:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHEN I CAME IN THERE WAS AN INTELLIGENCE AGENT SO I HAD THE BACKGROUND OF INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE. THAT GAVE ME THE
|
| 00:33:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPPORTUNITY. DURING MY FIRST -- FIRST YEAR I WAS INSPIRED TO GO BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A 30 DAY EVALUATION PERIOD THE PERSONAL THROUGH VARIOUS...
|
| 00:34:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS. I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. >> PRESIDENT KENNEDY WANTED TO INTEGRATE, THERE WERE NO
|
| 00:34:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AFRICAN-AMERICANS. >> THERE WERE AFRICAN-AMERICANS. WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY I WILL BE VERY HONEST. CHARLIE
|
| 00:34:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS IN NEW YORK CITY WORKING MOSTLY UNDER COVER. AND EXTREMELY CAPABLE AGENTS. HE DIED SIX MONTHS AGO AND GRADUALLY AGENTS -- ON THE DETAIL IN TEXAS...
|
| 00:35:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOW? 75 -- [INAUDIBLE] >> I WAS RETIRED IN JULY STARTED WRITING THIS BOOK. IT HAS BEEN VERY CATHARTIC EMOTIONALLY. [INAUDIBLE] >> WE WERE NOT SOCIAL...
|
| 00:36:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
|
| 00:36:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAN? [INAUDIBLE] >> REALLY NOT TRUE. THERE WHERE THE SAME NUMBER OF AGENTS THAT DAY IN DALLAS AS THEIR NORMALLY WERE. YOU HAVE TO
|
| 00:37:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
UNDERSTAND IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE 34 AGENTS ASSIGNED TO THE PRESIDENT. AT ANY ONE TIME THERE WERE PROBABLY FIVE AGENTS PLUS A DRIVER. THAT WAS IT....
|
| 00:38:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU DIDN'T EAT FOR 13 HOURS. IS THAT NORMAL? [INAUDIBLE] >> KIND OF LIKE BEING ON A BOOK TOUR. >> SIMILAR. IT IS CONSIDERABLY -- WE WERE
|
| 00:38:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GIVEN $12 A DAY FOR ROOM,
|
| 00:38:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BOARD, DRY CLEANING AND ANYTHING ELSE WE REQUIRED. ON THIS DAY IN TEXAS WE BOARDED AIR FORCE ONE AND LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE MORNING OF THE 20 FIRST AND...
|
| 00:39:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTIONS. YES, SIR? [INAUDIBLE] >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU OR
|
| 00:39:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANYONE ELSE IS NOT TELLING? [LAUGHTER] >>
|
| 00:39:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE'S NOTHING THAT I AM AWARE OF THAT HASN'T BEEN REVEALED. ALL THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. THE ONLY THING
|
| 00:39:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I AM AWARE OF THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REVEALED IS TAX INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME LOT THAT REQUIRED THAT PARTICULAR INFORMATION TO NOT BE...
|
| 00:40:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GREAT PICTURE OF YOU AND KENNEDY. >> I WAS THROWN IN THE MISSOURI RIVER WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 YEARS
|
| 00:40:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OLD. I'VE LEARNED HOW TO
|
| 00:40:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SWIM. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. >>
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.