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. That is the way we received it, Mrs. Oswald. We assume it
was underlined by your husband. We know that it was not underlined by
the Commission, and no one in the Government that had anything to do
with it has ever told us that they had anything to do with underlining
it.
Mrs. OSWALD. I think that perhaps he asked for that visa to be
considered separately because the birth of the child might complicate
matters, and perhaps he thought it would speed it up if they do
consider it separately.
Mr. RANKIN. In connection with that thought, I will hand you Exhibit
14, and ask you to examine that and tell us whether you have seen that
before.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you please compare the translation in English?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, the translation is all right.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence the letter in Russian, Exhibit 14, and
the English translation.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted under that number.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit No. 14, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Did you have any impression that your husband may not have
planned to go back to Russia himself, but was merely trying to arrange
for you and your daughter to go back?
Mrs. OSWALD. At that time I did not think so, but now I think perhaps.
Because he planned to go to Cuba.
Mr. RANKIN. By that you mean you think he may have planned to go to
Cuba and never go beyond Cuba, but stay in Cuba?
Mrs. OSWALD. I think that in time he would have wanted to come and see
me.
Mr. RANKIN. I hand you Exhibit 15 and ask you whether you remember
having seen that before.
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell whether your husband's handwriting is on that
exhibit?
Mrs. OSWALD. The signature is his, yes. I would like to have it
translated.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you translate it for her, please, Mr. Krimer?
Mrs. OSWALD. A crazy letter. Perhaps from this I could conclude that he
did want to go to the Soviet Union--but now I am lost, I don't know.
Because--perhaps because nothing came out of his Cuban business,
perhaps that is why he decided to go to the Soviet Union. The letter is
not too polite, in my opinion.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 15.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 15, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Chief Justice, I think in the examination about this
letter, if I would circulate it to the Commission it would be a
little clearer what it is all about--if you could have a moment or
two to examine it, I think it would help in your understanding of the
examination.
Mrs. OSWALD. This was typed on the typewriter belonging to Ruth.
Mr. RANKIN. You can tell that by the looks of the typing, can you, Mrs.
Oswald?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I don't know, but I know that he was typing there. I
don't know what he was typing.
Mr. RANKIN. And it is Ruth Paine's typewriter that you are referring
to, when you say Ruth?
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