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
The CHAIRMAN. They may be admitted and take the appropriate numbers.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit Nos. 30
through 65, inclusive, and received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Mrs. Oswald, you remember I asked you about the diary that
your husband kept. You said that he completed it in Russia before he
came to this country, do you remember that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether or not the entries that he made in that
diary were made each day as the events occurred?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, not each day.
Mr. RANKIN. Were they noted shortly after the time they occurred?
Mrs. OSWALD. Not all events. What happened in Moscow I don't think that
Lee wrote that in Moscow.
Mr. RANKIN. What about the entries concerning what happened in Minsk?
Mrs. OSWALD. He wrote this while he was working.
Mr. RANKIN. And you think those entries were made close to the time
that the events occurred?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. As I understand you, you think that the entries concerning
the time he was in Moscow before he went to Minsk were entered some
time while he was in Minsk, is that right?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think so, but I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know why your husband was sent to Minsk to work and
live after he came to the Soviet Union, instead of some other city?
Mrs. OSWALD. He was sent there because this is a young and developing
city where there are many industrial enterprises which needed
personnel. It is an old, a very old city. But after the war, it
had been almost completely built anew, because everything has been
destroyed. It was easier in the sense of living space in Minsk--it was
easier to secure living space. Many immigrants are sent to Minsk. There
are many immigrants there now.
Mr. RANKIN. Were there many Americans there?
Mrs. OSWALD. Americans? No. But from South America, from Argentina, we
knew many. Many Argentinians live there--comparatively many.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband say much about the time he was in Moscow
before he went to Minsk and what he did there?
Mrs. OSWALD. He didn't tell me particularly much about it, but he said
that he walked in Moscow a great deal, that he had visited museums,
that he liked Moscow better than Minsk, and that he would have liked to
live in Moscow.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he say anything about having been on the radio or
television at Moscow?
Mrs. OSWALD. He said that he was on the radio.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you anything about any ceremonies for him when
he asked for Soviet citizenship?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. When he was not granted Soviet citizenship, did he say
anything about the Soviet Government or his reaction towards their
failure to give him citizenship?
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