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. Mrs. Oswald, I will now give you Exhibit 12 to examine and
ask you to compare the Russian with the English translation.
Mrs. OSWALD. The translation is correct.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 12, being the Russian letter,
and the English translation.
The CHAIRMAN. The documents are admitted under that number.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit No. 12, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Now, this Exhibit 13 that you have just examined in
Russian, is that your letter, Mrs. Oswald, to the Embassy?
Mrs. OSWALD. Is that No. 12?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, it is.
Mr. RANKIN. And is it in your handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you find any date on the letter? I didn't.
Mrs. OSWALD. I probably didn't date it. No. I wrote this from New
Orleans.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell the Commission the approximate date you wrote
it?
Mrs. OSWALD. What was the date of the preceding letter, No. 11--Exhibit
No. 11?
Mr. RANKIN. June 4, 1963.
Mrs. OSWALD. This was probably in July, but I don't know the date.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you notice there was a "P.S." on Exhibit 12?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Referring to an application by your husband?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And was an application for your husband for a visa included
or enclosed with Exhibit 12 when you sent it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Lee told me that he had sent an application, but it was he
who put this letter in an envelope and addressed it, so I don't know
whether it was there or not.
Mr. RANKIN. And when you say that it was he that put the letter into
the envelope and addressed it, you mean this Exhibit 12, that was a
letter that you had written?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do I understand you correctly that you do not know whether
his application was included because he handled the mailing of it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I will hand you Exhibit 13 and ask you if you recall that?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember this. He did not write this in my
presence. But it is Lee's handwriting.
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Krimer, will you please translate it for her so she
will know the contents.
Mrs. OSWALD. Why "separately"--the word "separately" here is underlined.
Mr. RANKIN. I was going to ask you. But since you have not seen it
before, I guess you cannot help us.
Is this the first time that you knew that he had ever asked that his
visa be handled separately from yours?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, I didn't know this. Because I hadn't seen this letter.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 13.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 13, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Is the word "separately" the last word of the letter that
you are referring to--that is the word that you asked about?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Was that underlined by Lee?
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