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. I am going to tell the story, and I have witnesses.
So when I missed them, Mr. Jack Langueth, who we can call as a witness,
who is a reporter for the New York Times, wanted to pay me for
letters--he printed the story in the paper with the three letters that
he bought from me, three different letters I am talking about now, and
printed how many letters I had, including the three letters that the
FBI man that Marina's uncle was a colonel. He printed the things in the
paper.
So approximately 5 or 6 days later the Secret Service man--and I can
find his picture probably--came to my home and returned the three
letters and got a receipt from me for the three letters.
Mr. RANKIN. How much did this reporter offer to pay you for the letters
and other things?
Mrs. OSWALD. I got $50 for each letter. And I have the receipt.
Mr. RANKIN. I don't understand yet. You offered to sell the letters to
him, or let him have use of them for $50 apiece?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. $150.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. And then he published them?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. Yes--he published the letters. It was published in the
New York Times, the three letters.
Mr. RANKIN. Then they were returned to you.
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he never did take the letters. Mr. Langueth never
did take the letters he bought from me out of my hand. As I told
you gentlemen, we went to a photostatic place and the letters were
copied, and I kept the originals. He paid me $50. That was printed
in the story. But the three letters that the Secret Service men had,
he printed in the story about Marina's uncle being a colonel in the
Russian Army. And that is the letter that the Secret Service man had.
Mr. RANKIN. And you did not get paid for those at all?
Mrs. OSWALD. No--these are different letters. So they returned those
letters to me, the Secret Service, and I gave them a receipt for them.
But they did not ask my permission to take them, or let me have a
receipt when they took them. So I am trying to point out the fact that
I got the three letters back, I would think, because the story in the
paper said that the Secret Service had these three letters and parts of
what they contained. So the three letters were returned to me, and I
had to sign a receipt for those three letters.
Am I making that clear now?
May I have some water, please?
Representative FORD. Are we going to get these letters in the record?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir. Let me get the letters in the record, then.
Mr. DOYLE. Let me go off the record a minute.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mrs. OSWALD. I am not able to go into the defection now, because I am
not through with this part. The defection starts an entirely different
story, if you want to know the true facts, and it will take quite a
while.
What sticks in my mind is this one particular letter about Marina's
uncle. The other two I am not quite sure.
Representative BOGGS. What does it say about her uncle?
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