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. What the agent is reporting is your report of what Lonny
Hudkins had said to you, and your report to the agent of your response
to what Lonny Hudkins had said to you. Do we have it now in the proper
posture?
Mrs. PAINE. This is by no means an accurate description of the
conversation or my response.
Mr. JENNER. You don't have to accept this report, of course, Mrs.
Paine. Tell us what occurred in that interview?
Mrs. PAINE. All right.
Mr. JENNER. What you said and what Agent Odum said to you.
Mrs. PAINE. Oh, I don't recall that so well. I was going to tell you
what I said to Hudkins. I do recall this, and it may be the foundation
for what appears in your report there. I made no comment on Mr. Hudkins
saying that there was a Joe Hosty, and that this agent had been in
contact with Oswald. I observed that Hudkins had inaccurate information.
Mr. JENNER. Didn't you tell the agent what this reporter had said to
you that was inaccurate, to wit, that the reporter had stated to you
that the FBI was foolish to deny that Agent Hosty had tried to develop
Lee Harvey Oswald as an informant?
Mrs. PAINE. What is totally inaccurate is the following, that implies
that I made no comment to Hudkins regarding such a remark.
Mr. JENNER. No please, that has not been suggested. I am trying to take
this chronologically. Did you first report to the agent that Hudkins
had said to you that the FBI was foolish to deny that Agent Joseph
Hosty had tried to develop Lee Harvey Oswald as an informant.
Mrs. PAINE. Certainly what Hudkins said was of this nature.
Mr. JENNER. And you so reported to the agent?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Then did you make the further remark, which is what I think
you are trying to say, that you made no comment one way or the other to
Hudkins when he made that remark, his remark to you?
Mrs. PAINE. I made a great deal of comment and I will say what those
comments were.
Mr. JENNER. You did to the reporter.
Mrs. PAINE. To the reporter, yes.
Mr. JENNER. Please say what you said, and did you report this to the
FBI, Mr. Odum?
Mrs. PAINE. Inadequately clearly, judging from the----
Mr. JENNER. Why don't you do it this way?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes I reported it.
Mr. JENNER. Let us have first what you said to the FBI agent on the
subject?
Mrs. PAINE. I can't recall what I said to the FBI agent. It is much
easier for me to recall what I said to Hudkins. But I do recall clearly
that I said to the FBI agent "I made no correction of his inaccuracies
about Hosty's name." This is where I made no comment.
Mr. JENNER. I am at a loss now.
Mrs. PAINE. Joe is not his name.
Mr. JENNER. I see. His name is James?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you indicate to the agent that you had raised an issue
with the reporter?
Mrs. PAINE. He also spelled it with an "i", Hudkins.
Mr. JENNER. With respect to the other phase, that is to what the
reporter had said to you.
Mrs. PAINE. I would guess that I reported to Mr. Odum other things
about----
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