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Dumb question. Put your hands down.

I found Clay Bertrand.

Grab your socks and hose and pull.

Clay Bertrand is Clay Shaw.

- Director of the Trade Mart? - Former director.

Incredible.

Can you get some sworn statements?

That'll be tough. Nobody's talking.

Let's have him in for a chat.

I hate to get him dragged into this.

He's done so much for the city, restoring the Quarter.

Remember, we saw him at a fund-raiser. Seems like such a nice man.

It'll be off the record. I'll bring him in on a Sunday.

A quiet little chat between gentlemen.

In heavy fighting in Vietnam today...

...seven more American soldiers died and 23 wounded.

The body count for this week now stands at 67 Americans...

...and 626 enemy soldiers killed in action.

President Johnson said he regretted there's no end in sight to the war...

...where 500,000 US troops are now fighting.

We face more cost...

...more loss...

...and more agony.

Come hunt for Easter eggs.

That's the kids' job. You know I don't like these tribal rituals, anyway.

I'm talking to Clay Shaw this morning.

We're going to Antoine's with the kids!

I told you I was talking to Shaw.

In the middle of Easter Sunday?

When I scheduled it, I didn't know it was a holiday.

Look at the calendar!

You said a Sunday, not Easter Sunday.

Clay Shaw is important.

- And we're not. - I didn't say that.

I didn't say that.

You're missing most of your life and you don't know it.

The kids are missing out, too.

- You're not the only one making sacrifices. - I'll be there by 2:00, I promise.

Just start without me.

Mr. Garrison, what can I do for you on Easter Sunday?

I'm sorry to interrupt this holiday.

But this conversation is best kept out of the everyday bustle of this office.

I don't understand.

In an investigation we're conducting, your name keeps coming up.

Can't imagine where.

We've talked to a number of men who claim to know you.

Do you know a David Logan?

No. Never heard of him.

Perry Russo?

No.

Willie O'Keefe?

I don't know anyone by that name.

Mr. O'Keefe told us he met you at the Masquerade Bar in the Quarter.

Then you had him over for dinner at your apartment on Dauphine Street.

- Do you recall that? - I don't know this man.

Be still my heart.

Obviously, I wouldn't have him over.

Hope you like squab.

Champagne?

Perhaps a few more details about the evening will refresh your memory.

Mr. O'Keefe told us dinner was served by a uniformed waiter, a colored man.

You sat at one end and he at the other, which he found unusual...

...because the table was so long.

How was your mousse?

Bring back memories of Willie O'Keefe?

Not at all.

But I do have...

...a lovely Chippendale dining table.

I often have a friend sit at one end while I sit at the other.

It's precisely the point of a long dining table.

The splendor of the meal adds to its enjoyment.

I imagine a uniformed waiter helps.

It adds elegance, for which I confess...

...a weakness now and then.

I call him Smedley.

His real name's Frankie Jenkins, but it would be so uncouth during dinner...

...to turn toward the kitchen and holler...

..."Frankie!"

Where is all this leading to?

After dinner, you paid him to have sex.

That is absolute nonsense.

The Quarter is filled with vivid imaginations, dear Mr. Garrison.

Grimy young hoodlums who will say and do anything!

Mr. O'Keefe told us...

...David Ferrie came to the house with another young man.

- Who? - David Ferrie.

I don't know that name.

Never having met Mr. O'Keefe, I couldn't have met Mr. Ferrie.

You're mine, Mary.

The four of you partied early into the morning hours.

Look at this picture.

I've never met anyone of such bizarre appearance.

Only way you get this, you do exactly what I say. I'm the man.

You know the name Clay Bertrand?

Clay Bertrand.

A man with a similar name worked at the Chamber of Commerce.

- That the man you had in mind? - No, it was not.

Can you identify this man?

Naturally. You claim Mr. Oswald also had dinner with me?

Have you ever met Lee Harvey Oswald?

You have me consorting with a sordid cast of characters.

- Please answer the question. - 'Course not.

The assassination was such a pity.

In fact I admired Kennedy. Man of true panache.

Wife of impeccable taste.

Let's order without your daddy. He won't mind.

I want a Shirley Temple!

Kids, put your water guns away.

When's Daddy coming?

He's coming soon.

He's sorry he's late, but he promised he'd be here.

Daddy never keeps his promises.

This Italian newspaper article says...

...you were a board member of Centro Mondo Commerciale in Italy.

This company was created by the CIA for the transfer of funds in Italy...

...for illegal political-espionage activities.

Says that this company was expelled from Italy for those activities.

I'm well aware of that asinine article. I'm thinking of suing that rag.

It also says this company is linked to the Schlumberger Tool Company...

...in Louisiana, which provided arms to David Ferrie and his Cubans.

You're reaching.

Am I?

I'm an international businessman. The Trade Mart I founded...

...is America's commercial pipeline to Latin America. I trade everywhere.

Like all businessmen, I am accused of all things.

I go about my business, make money, help society the best I can...

...and try to promote free trade in this world.

Have you ever been a contract agent for the CIA?

And if I were...

...do you believe I would be here today...

...talking to somebody like you?

- People like you don't have to. - May I go?

People like you walk between the raindrops.

May I go?

Yes.

Regardless of what you may think of me, I am a patriot first and foremost.

I've spent half my life in the military...

...defending my country.

You're the first person I've met who considers it patriotic to kill the President.

You are way out of line.

It's getting late. That's all the questions we have.

Thank you for your honesty and for coming in.

I enjoyed meeting with you.

And you, Miss Cox. It's been most pleasant.

I extend to you and your families my best wishes for a happy Easter.

"One may smile, and smile and be a villain."

Goddamn it! We've got one of them.

See that?

- Hi, honey. - Hi.

Tough day.

Where you been?

My sympathies.

I'm sorry, the meeting took much longer than expected.

Just a second.