Subj:  A Dear John Letter                      Section: Medical Evidence
From:  Roger Bruce Feinman      75530,3540     # 3456, 2 Replies 
  To:  ALL                                     Date: 13-Sep-93 19:53   

The following letter was sent to the District Attorney of Dallas by Dr.
Randolph H. Robertson, following his examinations of the original autopsy
photographs and X-rays in the National Archives.  An identically worded
letter was sent to Attorney General Janet Reno.
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Mr. John Vance, Esq.
Dallas County District Attorney
Frank Crowley Courts Bldg.
133 North Industrial Blvd.
LB19
Dallas, TX 75207-4314

September 10, 1993

Dear Sir:

So far as is known, I am the first board-certified
diagnostic radiologist to examine the original photographic
and radiologic record of the late President Kennedy's mortal
remains independent of any government agency or investigative
body.  On Monday evening, September 13, 1993, I will disclose
my findings in a lecture-demonstration at the Annual
Convention of the National Association of Medical Examiners
in San Antonio.  It is my opinion, to a reasonable degree of
scientific certainty, that President Kennedy was killed when
he was struck in the head by two bullets, instead of just one
as previously reported.  The pattern of intersecting skull
fractures leaves no doubt that the damage to the President's
skull was inconsistent with only one bullet entry and was
necessarily caused by two separate impacts.  The original
autopsy team and all previous examiners of the photographic
record failed to analyze and properly evaluate the
intersecting fracture pattern in their reports.  The general
principles governing this analysis are well established in
peer-reviewed medical literature.

The first shot that struck the President's head was fired
from behind his limousine.  The photographic and radiologic
evidence of the autopsy corroborates the location of the
first point of entry in the rear of the skull as described by
the autopsy pathologists in their protocol.  The evidence
does not support the finding by subsequent examiners that the
autopsy team erred in locating that wound, neither does the
evidence provide direct support for a rear entry wound
situated anywhere other than where the prosectors originally
located it.

The second head shot was probably fired from the right-
front of the President's motorcade as it traveled through
Dealey Plaza in Dallas.  The reasons for my qualification of
the direction of the second shot are the extent of the
apparent damage to the skull and the handicaps imposed by the
inherent limitations of the photographic record provided to
me.  I believe that no more definite determination of the
origin of the second shot can be reached upon the evidence
that was made available to me by the Chief Archivist of the
United States.  Nevertheless, evidence extraneous to the
autopsy materials strongly suggests that the second shot
which struck President Kennedy in the head originated from
the right front.  The materials themselves are not
inconsistent with this conclusion.

In sum, it is a medical and scientific fact that the
damage to the President's skull did not result from a single
shot, but was instead caused by two separate bullets.
Furthermore, it is my opinion that at least two gunmen fired
upon and assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November
22, 1963.

Respectfully,


Randolph H. Robertson, M.D.