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
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he didn't say anything. Perhaps he did reach his own
conclusions reading these articles, but he didn't tell me about them.
Mr. RANKIN. So apparently he didn't indicate any approval or
disapproval as far as he was concerned, of President Kennedy?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, that is correct. The President is the President. In
my opinion, he never wanted to overthrow him. At least he never showed
me that. He never indicated that he didn't want that President.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you observe that his acts on November 21st the evening
before the assassination, were anything like they were the evening
before the Walker incident?
Mrs. OSWALD. Absolutely nothing in common.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he say anything at all that would indicate he was
contemplating the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he discuss the television programs he saw that evening
with you?
Mrs. OSWALD. He was looking at TV by himself. I was busy in the
kitchen. At one time when we were--when I was together with him they
showed some sort of war films, from World War II. And he watched them
with interest.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall films that he saw called "Suddenly," and "We
were Strangers" that involved assassinations?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember the names of these films. If you would
remind me of the contents, perhaps I would know.
Mr. RANKIN. Well, "Suddenly," was about the assassination of a
president, and the other was about the assassination of a Cuban
dictator.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, Lee saw those films.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you that he had seen them?
Mrs. OSWALD. I was with him when he watched them.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall about when this was with reference to the
date of the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. It seems that this was before Rachel's birth.
Mr. RANKIN. Weeks or months? Can you recall that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Several days. Some five days.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you discuss the films after you had seen them with your
husband?
Mrs. OSWALD. One film about the assassination of the president in Cuba,
which I had seen together with him, he said that this was a fictitious
situation, but that the content of the film was similar to the actual
situation which existed in Cuba, meaning the revolution in Cuba.
Mr. RANKIN. Did either of you comment on either film being like the
attempt on Walker's life?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I didn't watch the other film.
Mr. RANKIN. Was anything said by your husband about how easy an
assassination could be committed like that?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I only know that he watched the film with interest,
but I didn't like it.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall anything else he said about either of these
films?
Mrs. OSWALD. Nothing else. He didn't tell me anything else. He talked
to Ruth a few words. Perhaps she knows more.
Mr. RANKIN. By Ruth, you mean Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. OSWALD. They spoke in English.
Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And did Mrs. Paine tell you what he said to her at that
time?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
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