So detailed were Mrs. Johnson’s observations, this typed transcript of her tape recorded account served as her official statement to the Warren Commission, the body created to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.

Some of the handwritten notes are in the hand of Mrs. Johnson; others are in the hand of Abe Fortas, a prominent Washington, DC, attorney and close friend of the Johnsons who often advised them.

National Archives, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, Texas