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. We have reports of FBI interviews the last part of October,
that is October 29, and also November 1, and November 5. We would like
to ask you about them, since some of them may have been with Mrs. Paine
in your presence or with you.
Do you recall one on October 29th?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember the interview. Ruth interpreted--she
talked to them.
Mr. RANKIN. In order that the Commission will understand, whenever the
FBI would try to ask you any questions, Mrs. Paine would interpret for
you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And would she at the same time answer things in English,
too, herself?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. So, in effect, the FBI was----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me--she loves to talk.
Mr. RANKIN. The FBI was interviewing both of you at the same time, to
some extent, is that right?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. They asked her about Lee, as far as I know.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall that you did have such an interview at Mrs.
Paine's house when she acted as interpreter on November 1, 1963?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Were you present on November 5, 1963, when FBI agents Hosty
and Wilson interviewed Mrs. Paine at her home?
Mrs. OSWALD. I was in my room at that time busy with little Rachel, and
I heard voices which I thought were voices of the FBI. I came out of
the room and they were in a hurry to leave. They did not talk to me at
that time, other than just a greeting.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether or not they had been talking to Mrs.
Paine about you or your husband?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. She told me about it, but I was not especially
interested. She does not interpret quite exactly. She is hard to
understand. But she told me that in general terms.
Mr. RANKIN. You have told us about the fact that you got the telephone
number of the FBI agent and gave it to your husband. Was that the
November 1 interview when that happened?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I will hand you Exhibit 18, and ask you if you can identify
that for us, and tell us what it is.
Mrs. OSWALD. Lee's notebook.
Mr. RANKIN. Is your handwriting in that Exhibit 18?
Mrs. OSWALD. It must be, yes, I will find mine. There are many
different handwritings in here. Different people have written in this
notebook. Sometimes Russian friends in Russia would note their address
in this notebook.
This is mine.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us--is it a long notation by you?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. That is my aunt's address when Lee would remain in
Minsk while I went on vacation.
Mr. RANKIN. Is much of that notebook, Exhibit 18, in your husband's
handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. The majority, mostly.
Mr. RANKIN. Except for the page with your handwriting on it and the
notations of other friends that you referred to, is it generally in
your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. I can tell exactly which is noted down by Lee and which is
noted down by others.
Mr. RANKIN. And it is a regular notebook that he kept for all types of
notes?
Mrs. OSWALD. This is from Russia.
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