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
Mrs. PAINE. He, the FBI agent.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. PAINE. Said that he had inquired of my next door neighbor, Mrs.
Roberts, whether the Oswalds lived here, and she had said that she
didn't know the last name but knew that the wife of the family was
living there, and that there had just been a baby girl born, and that
the husband came out some week ends.
Mr. JENNER. Is this what the agent told you?
Mrs. PAINE. No, the neighbor told me.
Mr. JENNER. I see. All right.
Mrs. PAINE. And I judged he wanted to find out directly.
Mr. JENNER. Had you finished?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Have you subsequently learned the name of the gentleman who
interviewed you or conversed with you?
Mrs. PAINE. I have subsequently learned his name, yes. It was James
Hosty.
The CHAIRMAN. What was the name?
Mrs. PAINE. James Hosty, H-O-S-T-Y.
Mr. JENNER. I don't wish you to give that full interview again because
you touched on it yesterday and again at greater length this morning.
But I do wish to ask you with respect to that interview, did you give
Agent Hosty the telephone numbers that you had received from Lee Oswald
as to where he might be reached in Dallas?
Mrs. PAINE. No; I didn't. He asked me if I knew where Lee lived. I did
think of these phone numbers, but----
Mr. JENNER. During the course of the----
Mrs. PAINE. Or later.
Mr. JENNER. Of the interview?
Mrs. PAINE. At least between that time and the time he came again, but
I have been impressed with what I have now concluded was a mistaken
impression I have which effected my behavior; namely, that the FBI
was in possession of a great deal of information, or so I thought,
and certainly would find it very easy to find out where Lee Oswald
was living. I really didn't believe they didn't know or needed to
find out from me. This is a feeling stemming from my understanding of
the difficulties they faced working in a free society. I would behave
quite differently now, but I have learned a lot from this particular
experience.
Mr. JENNER. Now was there a subsequent interview?
Mrs. PAINE. There was an interview a few days later, yes, interview to
the extent that he came to the door, walked in the door. We didn't as
much as sit down. But he asked again about an address. I had none. I
did say that I expected----
Mr. JENNER. An address as to where Lee resided?
Mrs. PAINE. In town where he resided. I did say that I expected that
when Marina moved into an apartment with Lee again, as we all thought
would occur, that I would be in contact with her, and that I would be
perfectly willing to give him information as to that address when I had
such, but that my contact was with her and therefore through that way I
would have the address.
Mr. JENNER. Were you again interviewed by telephone or otherwise by any
FBI agent prior to November 22, 1963.
Mrs. PAINE. I have mentioned two times.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. PAINE. And that was all.
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