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. Was the entire document in Russian?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have occasion to look at it?
Mrs. PAINE. Just the outside.
Mr. JENNER. Your curiosity or intellectual interest never went beyond
reading any portion of one of the issues?
Mrs. PAINE. It never did.
Mr. JENNER. But you do recall definitely the title page?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Any others?
Mrs. PAINE. Crocodile, which is a Russian satirical humor magazine.
Mr. JENNER. Was that in Russian?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have occasion to read it and to observe Russian
humor?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. It was not political in character?
Mrs. PAINE. Being satirical, of course, it made political reference but
it was not particularly political in nature.
Mr. JENNER. It was not designed as a political tract, put it that way.
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Anything else?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. The Russian magazine Ogonok.
Mr. JENNER. What does that mean in Russian?
Mrs. PAINE. It means "bonfire" or "fire".
Mr. JENNER. Was that printed in Russian?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have--did your curiosity lead you to read any
portion of it?
Mrs. PAINE. Or it may be--let's see, I am not certain in my
translation, but go ahead with the question.
Mr. JENNER. You are not certain of your translation of the word?
Mrs. PAINE. Of that single word?
Mr. JENNER. Of the title of this document about which you are now
speaking?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. But you think it means what you said it meant?
Mrs. PAINE. It has something to do with fire; yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you read any portion of any of those issues?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. And what was the nature of it with respect to whether it
was political or otherwise?
Mrs. PAINE. It was not political.
Mr. JENNER. What was its nature?
Mrs. PAINE. Narrative, special articles of interest to the general
population. Marina enjoyed reading this one.
Mr. JENNER. She enjoyed it?
Mrs. PAINE. She expressed herself as disliking the Agitator. She
interpreted some of the things in Crocodile for me which I had
difficulty understanding.
Mr. JENNER. Anything else?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. He subscribed to Time magazine.
Mr. JENNER. Here in America?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And did he read it when he come out on weekends?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; he did. He read that first.
Mr. JENNER. Sat down and read that first.
Did he take the issue away with him when he left every week?
Mrs. PAINE. It is my impression he did.
Mr. JENNER. Are there any others?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. He subscribed to the Militant.
Mr. JENNER. Militant. What is the Militant?
Mrs. PAINE. It is a paper in English, newspaper style and I would say
these next two----
Mr. JENNER. Published by whom?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. Socialist Worker's Party?
Mrs. PAINE. I have been so told.
Mr. JENNER. You just don't know?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. But was it a political tract?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't know that.
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