Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyUnited States. Warren Commission
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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
The Commission’s investigation has developed no signs of subversive
or disloyal conduct on the part of either of the De Mohrenschildts.
Neither the FBI, CIA, nor any witness contacted by the Commission has
provided any information linking the De Mohrenschildts to subversive
or extremist organizations.[C6-350] Nor has there been any evidence
linking them in any way with the assassination of President Kennedy.
The Commission has also considered closely the relations between the
Oswalds and Michael and Ruth Paine of Irving, Tex. The Paines were
not part of the Russian community which has been discussed above.
Ruth Paine speaks Russian, however, and for this reason was invited
to a party in February of 1963 at which she became acquainted with
the Oswalds.[C6-351] The host had met the Oswalds through the De
Mohrenschildts.[C6-352] Marina Oswald and Ruth Paine subsequently
became quite friendly, and Mrs. Paine provided considerable assistance
to the Oswalds.[C6-353] Marina Oswald and her child resided with
Ruth Paine for a little over 2 weeks while Oswald sought a job in
New Orleans in late April and early May 1963.[C6-354] In May, she
transported Marina Oswald to New Orleans, paying all of the traveling
and other expenses.[C6-355] While the Oswalds were in New Orleans,
the two women corresponded.[C6-356] Mrs. Paine came to New Orleans in
late September and took Marina Oswald and her child to her home in
Irving.[C6-357]
Since Oswald left for Mexico City promptly after Mrs. Paine and his
family departed New Orleans,[C6-358] the Commission has considered
whether Ruth Paine’s trip to New Orleans was undertaken to assist
Oswald in this venture, but the evidence is clear that it was not. In
her letters to Ruth Paine during the summer of 1963, Marina Oswald
confided that she was having continuing difficulties with her husband,
and Mrs. Paine urged Marina Oswald to live with her in Irving; the
letters of the two women prior to Mrs. Paine’s arrival in New Orleans
on September 20, 1963, however, contain no mention that Oswald was
planning a trip to Mexico City or elsewhere.[C6-359] In New Orleans,
Mrs. Paine was told by Oswald that he planned to seek employment in
Houston, or perhaps Philadelphia. Though Marina Oswald knew this to
be false, she testified that she joined in this deception.[C6-360] At
no time during the entire weekend was Mexico City mentioned.[C6-361]
Corroboration for this testimony is found in a letter Mrs. Paine wrote
her mother shortly after she and Marina Oswald had returned to Irving
on September 24, in which she stated that Marina Oswald was again
living with her temporarily and that Oswald was job-hunting.[C6-362]
When Oswald arrived at the Paine home on October 4, he continued his
deception by telling Mrs. Paine, in his wife’s presence, that he had
been unsuccessful in finding employment.[C6-363] At Oswald’s request,
Marina Oswald remained silent.[C6-364]
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