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. When I read the diary, I concluded from the diary that Lee
wanted to become a citizen of the Soviet Union and that he had been
refused, but after we were married we talked on that subject and he
said it was good that he had refused to accept citizenship. Therefore,
I had always thought that Lee had been offered citizenship--but that he
didn't want it.
Mr. RANKIN. What diary are you referring to that you read?
Mrs. OSWALD. The diary about which we talked here previously--in the
preceding session.
Mr. RANKIN. The one that was completed in Russia that you referred to?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And when did you first read that?
Mrs. OSWALD. I had never read it, because I didn't understand English.
But when I was questioned by the FBI, they read me excerpts from that
diary.
Mr. RANKIN. And that was after the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. When you and Lee Oswald decided to get married, was there a
period of time you had to wait before it could be official?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you file an application and then have a period to wait?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. How long was that period of waiting?
Mrs. OSWALD. Ten days.
Mr. RANKIN. After it was known in Minsk that you were to marry this
American, did any officials come to you and talk to you about the
marriage?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Mrs. Oswald, we have Exhibits 66 through 91 that we are
going to ask your counsel to show to you, and after you have looked at
them and are satisfied that you can identify them, then we will ask you
to comment on them.
Mrs. OSWALD. This is from Lee when I was in the hospital.
Mr. RANKIN. What exhibit is that?
Mr. THORNE. These are all part of Exhibit 66. They are various
miscellaneous pieces of writing involved in this particular exhibit.
Mrs. OSWALD. It was not in June that I was in the hospital. He didn't
know that I was in the hospital.
Mr. RANKIN. By "he" do you mean your husband Lee Oswald?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And when did he not know that you were in the hospital?
Mrs. OSWALD. Because I was going to work when I began to feel ill, and
I was taken to the hospital.
Mr. RANKIN. And what time was that?
Mrs. OSWALD. In the morning, about 10 a.m.
Mr. RANKIN. I mean about what day or month or year?
Mrs. OSWALD. September 1961.
Mr. RANKIN. Is that before you went to Kharkov?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And we have already discussed, or I have asked you about
that time you were in the hospital.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. I was there twice.
Mr. RANKIN. By twice, you mean this time you have described before you
went to Kharkov and the other time when you had the baby?
Mrs. OSWALD. This is a letter from Inesse Yakhliel.
Mr. RANKIN. That is Exhibit 67?
Mr. THORNE. No, sir, these are all part of Exhibit 66.
Mr. DULLES. I wonder if these should not be marked in some way, because
you won't be able to find out what they are in the future--A, B, C, D,
or something of this kind.
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