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. The 22d.
Mr. JENNER. The 22d, I am sorry, the 22d you saw a plastic coffee cup
or tea cup, and you looked at it and you could see the remains of
somebody having prepared instant coffee?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And that is clear in your mind?
Mrs. PAINE. Perfectly clear. I looked especially for traces of Lee
having been up, since I wondered if he might be still sleeping, having
overslept.
Mr. JENNER. Was he in the habit on these weekends of making himself a
sandwich which he would take with him?
Mrs. PAINE. No; there is no such habit. Perhaps once Marina prepared
something for him to take with him, I think more for him to put in his
room, partly for lunch, partly for him to have at his room in town and
use the refrigerator.
Mr. JENNER. But in any event, on the morning of the 22d you saw no
evidence of there having been an attempt by anybody to prepare?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Sandwiches for lunch or to take anything else in the way of
food from your home?
Mrs. PAINE. I saw no evidence, and I saw nothing that was missing.
Mr. JENNER. At any time during all the time you knew the Oswalds, up to
and including November 22, was any mention ever made of any attempt on
the life of Richard Nixon?
Mrs. PAINE. None.
Mr. JENNER. Just that subject matter, was it ever mentioned?
Mrs. PAINE. Never.
Mr. JENNER. To the best of your recollection did they ever discuss
Richard Nixon as a person?
Mrs. PAINE. I can't recall Richard Nixon coming into the conversation
at any time.
Mr. JENNER. And to the present day--well, I want to include the time
that you spoke here a couple weeks ago with Marina, let us say up to
and including that day had there ever been any discussion with you by
Marina of the possibility of Lee Oswald contemplating making an attack
upon the person of Richard Nixon?
Mrs. PAINE. No; no such discussion.
Mr. JENNER. Did anyone else ever talk to you about that up to that
time, talk to you on that subject?
Mrs. PAINE. Well, after it was rumored in the paper, someone asked me
if I thought there was anything to it but that is something else.
Mr. JENNER. When you say recently some rumor to that effect that is
what you are talking about?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Up to that time?
Mrs. PAINE. Absolutely none.
Mr. JENNER. I take it from your testimony this morning that you have
seen and talked with Robert Oswald but once?
Mrs. PAINE. And you recall also when he came to pick up her things?
Mr. JENNER. Oh, yes.
Mrs. PAINE. Twice.
Mr. JENNER. So you saw him once for the first time in the city police
station?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. You talked with him on that occasion. You saw him on one
occasion when not so long after that he came out to pick up her things?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And had some conversation with him then. Have there ever
been any other occasions that you have had a conversation with him
directly or by telephone?
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