Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. His direction----
Mrs. PAINE. And tell her his message.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mrs. Paine, in the meantime, had you sought to reach John Abt?
Mrs. PAINE. I had, after 6 o'clock, thank you. I had dialed both
numbers and neither answered.
Mr. JENNER. Neither answered. Was there any conversation between you
and Lee Oswald in the evening conversation to which you reported to him
your inability to reach Mr. Abt?
Mrs. PAINE. I do not specifically recall.
Mr. JENNER. Or the subject of Mr. Abt at all?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't want to get into rationalization. I can judge that
something was said but I do not recall it specifically.
Mr. JENNER. Now, have you given the full extent of that conversation?
Mrs. PAINE. To the best of my recollection.
Mr. JENNER. At anytime during that conversation with Lee Harvey Oswald
did he assert or intimate in any form or fashion his innocence of any
charges against him?
Mrs. PAINE. No; he did not.
Mr. JENNER. Was the assassination mentioned at all?
Mrs. PAINE. No; it was not.
Mr. JENNER. Was the shooting or murder of Officer Tippit mentioned?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. You have given everything that was said in that
conversation as best you are able to recall it at the moment?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right. I then tried the only thing I knew to do, to
try to reach Marina. I had heard one of the FBI agents try to find her
when he was at my home, had dialed the hotel where the Life people were
staying, and asked to be put in contact with Marina and was told, I
judge, because he repeated it and wrote it down. Executive Inn. Here I
am turning detective in this small way.
Mr. JENNER. You also mentioned now for the first time there were FBI
agents in your home?
Mrs. PAINE. That day.
Mr. JENNER. During the course of the day?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. I then dialed----
Mr. JENNER. You shook your head, did you shake your head in the
affirmative?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; there were FBI agents in my home during the day. One
I recalled made this telephone call. I was waiting to hear from Marina
to see if she wanted to talk with me. I had no desire to press her or
to attempt to reach her unless she wanted to reach me, but then with
this message, I went ahead and dialed the Executive Inn and asked for
Tommy Thompson, and Marguerite Oswald answered, and I said I would like
to talk to Marina, and she said, "Well, Marina is in the bathroom,"
and I said to Marguerite that Lee had called me, that he wanted me to
deliver a message to Marina, that he wished for her to be at my home,
and Marguerite Oswald said, "Well, he is in prison, he don't know the
things we are up against, the things we have to face. What he wants
doesn't really matter," which surprised me. And again I asked to speak
to Marina and waited until I did speak to her and delivered the same
message in Russian to her but there was no further----
Mr. JENNER. What response did Marina make to the message that you
conveyed to her?
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