Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. OSWALD. Sometimes two or three days in a row. Sometimes he would
not write at all. In accordance with the way he felt about it.
The CHAIRMAN. Mrs. Oswald, you said a few moments ago it was a pity
that you could not read this. Would you like to have the interpreter
read it to you later, so you will know what is in it?
You may, if you wish.
Mrs. OSWALD. Some other time, later, when I know English myself perhaps.
The CHAIRMAN. You may see it any time you wish.
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Chairman, I just heard Mr. Thorne ask if there was any
reason why they could not have photocopies of the exhibits. I know no
reason.
The CHAIRMAN. No, there is no reason why you cannot. You may have it.
Mr. THORNE. Thank you.
Mr. RANKIN. Mrs. Oswald has raised the question about whether this was
complete. And this was all that was given us, as Exhibit 24, but we are
going to check back on it to determine whether there was anything that
may have been overlooked by the Bureau when they gave it to us.
Mrs. Oswald, your husband apparently made another diary that he wrote
on some paper of the Holland America Line. Are you familiar with that?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. I will hand you Exhibit 25 and ask you if you recall having
seen that.
Mrs. OSWALD. I know this paper, but I didn't know what was contained in
it. I didn't know this was a diary.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know what it was?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Possibly I misdescribed it, Mrs. Oswald. It may be more
accurately described as a story of his experiences in the Soviet Union.
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know even when he wrote this, whether this was
aboard the ship or after we came to the United States. I only know the
paper itself and the handwriting.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether it is your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 25.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 25, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall how much money you and your husband had in
savings when you left Moscow for the United States?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know, because Lee did not tell me how much
money he had, because he knew that if he would tell me I would spend
everything. But I think that we might have had somewhere about 300
rubles, or somewhat more, 350 perhaps.
Mr. RANKIN. How did you travel from Moscow to the United States?
Mrs. OSWALD. I told you--from Moscow by train, through Poland, Germany,
and Holland, and from Holland by boat to New York. From New York to
Dallas by air.
Mr. RANKIN. I think you told us by another ship from Holland. I wonder
if it wasn't the SS _Maasdam_. Does that refresh your memory?
Mrs. OSWALD. Perhaps. I probably am mixed up in the names because it is
a strange name.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall that you exchanged United States money for
Polish money during this trip?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, in Warsaw, on the black market.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you buy food there?
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