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. In that note you remember that there was a reference to an
embassy--it didn't say which embassy. Do you know what embassy your
husband was referring to?
Mrs. OSWALD. He had in mind the Soviet Embassy.
Mr. RANKIN. You told about the incident of De Mohrenschildt coming to
the house and saying something about how your husband happened to miss,
and your husband looked at you and looked at him, and seemed to think
that you might have told. You have described that.
Now, did you have any cause to believe at that time that De
Mohrenschildt knew anything about the Walker incident?
Mrs. OSWALD. De Mohrenschildt didn't know anything about it. Simply he
thought that this was something that Lee was likely to do. He simply
made a joke and the joke happened to hit the target.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you conclude that from what you knew about the situation
or from something that De Mohrenschildt said at some time?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I know this, myself. I know that Lee could not have
told him. And, otherwise, how would he have known?
Mr. RANKIN. From your knowledge, were they close enough so that your
husband would have made De Mohrenschildt a confidant about anything
like that?
Mrs. OSWALD. No matter how close Lee might be to anyone, he would not
have confided such things.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the money that your husband borrowed from the
Embassy in Moscow to come to this country? Do you know where he got the
money to repay that amount?
Mrs. OSWALD. He worked and we paid out the debt. For six or seven
months we were paying off this debt.
Mr. RANKIN. Some of the payments were rather large during that period.
Do you remember that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. And no one will believe it--it may appear strange.
But we lived very modestly. Perhaps for you it is hard to imagine how
we existed.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you handle the finances----
Mrs. OSWALD. Of course we were economizing.
No, Lee always handled the money, but I bought groceries. He gave me
money and I bought groceries, or more correctly, together.
Mr. RANKIN. You would usually go to the grocery store together to buy
what you needed?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And then did he give you any funds separately from that,
for you to spend alone?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, he would give it to me, but I would not take it.
Mr. RANKIN. How much were those amounts?
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me, I want to add something.
You asked me yesterday to make a list of how much we spent during a
month--I forgot. Excuse me--I will do it today.
For example, when we paid $60 to $65 rent per month, we would spend
only about $15 per week for groceries. As you see, I didn't die and I
am not sick.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you buy clothing for yourself?
Mrs. OSWALD. Not everything. At first some of our Russian friends would
occasionally give us some clothes. But Lee would also buy clothes for
me. But in America this is no problem.
Mr. RANKIN. What do you mean by that?
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