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. Yes, so-so. I tried to help her as much as I could. But I
also--I was--I did not like her too well. I also considered her not to
be a very smart woman.
Mr. RANKIN. I think it is about time for a recess, Mr. Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN. Very well. We will take a recess for 10 minutes.
(Brief recess.)
The CHAIRMAN. The Committee will be in order.
Mr. Rankin, you may continue.
Mr. RANKIN. Mrs. Oswald, did you discuss the Walker shooting with Mrs.
Paine?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I didn't tell anyone. Apart from the FBI. That is
after--that is later.
Mr. RANKIN. When was it that you told the FBI about the Walker shooting?
Mrs. OSWALD. About 2 weeks after Lee was killed.
Mr. RANKIN. Before you went to New Orleans, had you seen anyone from
the FBI?
Mrs. OSWALD. The FBI visited us in Fort Worth when we lived on Mercedes
Street.
Mr. RANKIN. Was that in August 1962?
Mrs. OSWALD. Probably.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know the names of the FBI agents that visited you
then?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I don't remember that Lee had just returned from work
and we were getting ready to have dinner when a car drove up and man
introduced himself and asked Lee to step out and talk to him.
There was another man in the car. They talked for about 2 hours and I
was very angry, because everything had gotten cold. This meant more
work for me. I asked who these were, and he was very upset over the
fact that the FBI was interested in him.
Mr. RANKIN. Did that interview take place in the car?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband tell you what they said to him and what he
said to them?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know to what extent this was true, but Lee said
that the FBI had told him that in the event some Russians might visit
him and would try to recruit him to work for them, he should notify the
FBI agents. I don't know to what extent this was true. But perhaps Lee
just said that.
Mr. RANKIN. Did our husband say anything about the FBI asking him to
work for them?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he didn't tell me.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he say anything more about what they said to him in
this interview?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he didn't tell me verbatim, but he said that they saw
Communists in everybody and they are very much afraid and inasmuch as I
had returned from Russia.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you that they had asked him whether he had
acted as an agent or was asked to be an agent for the Russians?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall any other----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me. They did ask him about whether the Russians had
proposed that he be an agent for them.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you what he said to them in that regard?
Mrs. OSWALD. He told me that he had answered no.
Mr. RANKIN. After this interview by the FBI agents, do you recall any
later interview with them and yourself or your husband before you went
to New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, there were no other interviews.
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