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
Mr. RANKIN. You have not produced it today, though.
Mrs. OSWALD. No. But there is one more letter. It is the very first
letter I received from Lee.
Mr. RANKIN. I call the attention of the Commission to the statement in
Exhibit 180, "She was living at her aunt's place when I met her. They
are real nice people. Her uncle is a major in the Soviet Army."
Exhibit 181, dated August 3, 1961, was the envelope postmarked United
States, August 10, 1961. I also offer that.
Exhibit 182, dated October 2, 1961, with the American postmark October
10, 1961. I also offer that.
In each case, Mr. Chairman, I ask leave to substitute copies in
accordance with our understanding.
The CHAIRMAN. Yes. We will make a blanket ruling on all of them when
you finish.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes, sir.
Exhibit 183, dated October 22, 1959, with the American postmark on the
envelope October 30, 1961. I offer it.
Mr. DULLES. Did you say 1959 and then 1961?
Mr. RANKIN. '61----
Mr. DULLES. It is all '61?
Mr. RANKIN. You are correct--October 22, 1959, is the date on the
letter.
Mrs. OSWALD. That is incorrect.
Mr. RANKIN. And on the envelope it is October 30, 1961, Vernon, Tex.
Mrs. Oswald, can you explain that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Evidently Lee put the date incorrect--because I had
no contact with Lee from the time--I had one contact with Lee from the
time that he defected to Russia. And the only contact was when he was
at the Metropole Hotel in Moscow. Then the next contact was when the
State Department wrote me his address, which was July, or June 1961. So
where Lee put the 1959, I would say it was just an error, because the
postmark proves the date.
As I have been saying FBI instead of Secret Service--I mean it is
just----
Mr. RANKIN. A slip of some kind?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. Is the 1959 letter available, the Metropole Hotel letter?
Mrs. OSWALD. When we go into the defection, I have letters from 1959
that I myself have sent to Lee and have been returned, and, gentlemen,
they are unopened, and I will give you the privilege of opening my
thoughts to my son. They were returned unopened, because he was not
located.
Mr. RANKIN. I might answer your question, Mr. Dulles. We have a copy of
the Metropole letter of 1959.
Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Rankin, could I check--your Exhibit 182, the one you
called just before this--I gathered that you gave a date of the letter
and also a date of the postmark. Am I correct--October 2, 1961, is the
date of the letter, and October 10, 1961, is the postmark.
Mr. RANKIN. That's correct.
Mr. DOYLE. Thank you, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, with regard to Exhibit 183, which bears the date
October 22, 1959, in error, with October 30, 1961, as the postmark
on the envelope, I wish to call the Commission's attention to this
reference.
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