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ing and that was basically on the phone. After he finished, I think it was I that Suggested that Paul go with him to the Po-~ lice Station; that I would go to the cottage, tell the girls . what had happened and take them back to the Katama. all 1d. Mr. Markham obliged with this versiom:2h/ A: The Senator wanted to know where he cogld call. He said he didn't want to use that phone at the hotel there. He wanted Some degree of privacy, and there were going to be people around. So, Joe told him that there was a telephone an the Chappaquiddick . side.’ . C Q: And so you went with him to the ferry amd crossed to Chap- Paquiddick? . *, A: Right. Q: And what happened there? A: He called Dave Burke, Q: He called Dave Burke? A: Right. Q: Did he speak with him, do you know? A: Yes. ; , Q: And do you know whether or not he called Mr. Marshall? A: No, I don't think he called Mr. Marshall. He only called Mr. Burke and asked Mr. Burke to try to get ahold of Mr. Marshall .and he wanted to talk to him ana just to stami by. The place was going to be flooded with calls pretty soon aml to get down to the _ Office and to notify Burke Marshall. “Qs: Then what did he’do? © : Oo ., Az Then he concluded the telephone conversation. I said, "Do yor. want me to go to tne Police Station with you?" He Said, _“Yes." He said, "Joe, you had better go tell the others what’: happened." “ Isn't it interesting that none of these three mentioned the brief confrontations with Messrs. Bettencourt amd Hewitt? The first, in particular, having been omitted, why was it anticipated that "the - place was going to be flooded with calls pretty soon"? And if the name, Dave Burke, is new to the reader, Mr. Burke is an administra- - tive assistant to Mr. Kennedy, and it may be noteworthy that at no point in his testimony did the Senator mention Mr. Burke. Should we ask why it took some twenty minutes to make a phone cali, the time Mr. Hewitt estimated they were there? It -did not take that long. Let's remember that they appeared to be "just mill-~ ing around, waiting for Something or someone." ould that “some- thing™ have been en incoming phone call? ~-perhaps from the much sought Mr. Marshall, resulting from the 9:01 call to brother-in-law Stephen Smith? That. would certainly establish tke previous knowl- edge not only of the existence of—the-exisience of the telephone on the Chappaquiddick side, but the number that migkt have been given to Mr. Smith for relay to Me. Marshall (remember the "swim" and the “looking for boats“ matter?). 247 Thid., p. L7,L8. | .