Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

第一章

This is CHAPTER I of the Warren Commission report, documenting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. It includes the Commission’s formal summary and conclusions, a full chronological narrative of the day’s events, and detailed accounts of the immediate aftermath of the shooting, investigative steps taken in the hours after the assassination, and the fatal shooting of Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit.

Summary and Conclusions

The Commission was established on November 29, 1963, to uphold the public’s right to full, truthful knowledge of the assassination, which it describes as a cruel, shocking act of violence targeting the President, his family, the United States, and all people. The report is compiled with a commitment to reason, fairness, and objective fact presentation, acknowledging its responsibility to deliver an unvarnished account of the tragedy that cut short the life of a young, energetic leader in a nation founded on peaceful political change.

Narrative of Events

This section provides a complete chronological narrative of the day of the assassination, covering the President’s arrival in Dallas, pre-scheduled trip activities, motorcade routing and security planning, the shooting in Dealey Plaza, immediate transport to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the President’s death and Lyndon B. Johnson’s swearing-in as successor, autopsy findings, the investigation identifying the Texas School Book Depository as the shooting origin, Lee Harvey Oswald’s interactions with law enforcement after the attack, his escape from Dallas, and the fatal shooting of Patrolman J.D. Tippit.