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. And was that always the case, whenever you didn't talk to
someone during that period of time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Everything depended only on me.
Mr. RANKIN. And whenever you did want to talk to someone or see
someone, you were always able to do that, were you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, I did meet with Katya Ford, my former Russian friend.
Mr. RANKIN. And you were always able to meet with anyone that you
wanted to, is that right?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, it has been claimed that Mrs. Ruth Paine tried to see
you at various times and was unable to do so. Can you tell us about
that?
Mrs. OSWALD. She is trying very hard to come to see me, but I have no
desire to meet with her. I think that she is trying to do that for
herself, rather than for me.
Mr. RANKIN. And whenever you have refused to see her when she tries to
see you, that is because you didn't want to see her yourself, is that
right?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. What about the newspaper and television and radio people?
Have some of those tried to see you while you were at the Martins?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, they have tried.
Mr. RANKIN. And have you done anything about their efforts to see you?
Mrs. OSWALD. I never wanted to be popular in such a bad sense in which
I am now, and therefore I didn't want to see them. But I did have a
television interview in which I said that I am relatively satisfied
with my situation, that I am not too worried and I thanked people for
their attention towards me.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you describe to us your relationship with your
mother-in-law now?
Mrs. OSWALD. After all of this happened I met with her at the police
station. I was, of course, very sorry for her as Lee's mother. I was
always sorry for her because Lee did not want to live with her.
I understood her motherly concern. But in view of the fact of
everything that happened later, her appearances in the radio, in the
press, I do not think that she is a very sound thinking woman, and I
think that part of the guilt is hers. I do not accuse her, but I think
that part of the guilt in connection with what happened with Lee lies
with her because he did not perhaps receive the education he should
have during his childhood, and he did not have any correct leadership
on her part, guidance. If she were in contact with my children now, I
do not want her to cripple them.
Mr. RANKIN. Has she tried to see you since the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, all the time.
Mr. RANKIN. And have you seen her since that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Accidentally we met at the cemetery on a Sunday when I
visited there, but I didn't want to meet with her, and I left. She
didn't understand that I didn't want to meet with her and she accused
the Secret Service personnel of preventing her from seeing me.
Mr. RANKIN. Except for the time at the jail and at the cemetery, have
you seen her since the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
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