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. It might have been more or less forceful in that expression
of your opinion depending on the person with whom or to whom you were
talking.
Mrs. PAINE. I would say that my sister's reaction to what I said was
more forceful than what I said.
Mr. JENNER. But you did express a negative opinion.
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You testified that--are you acquainted with a Dr. Carl Hyde?
Mrs. PAINE. He is my brother.
Mr. JENNER. Did you discuss Marina and Lee with him when you visited
there in September of 1963?
Mrs. PAINE. I recall particularly an evening discussion with his wife
where I told quite a lot about the contact that I had had with Marina.
Mr. JENNER. Did you state to either or both of them that Marina's
husband was a Communist?
Mrs. PAINE. That is possible. I think it is more likely that I referred
to him as a Marxist.
Mr. JENNER. Now, what is the distinction between a Marxist and a
Communist in your mind?
Mrs. PAINE. Distinction is not clear to me, but I judged that Lee felt
there was a distinction as he----
Mr. JENNER. What was your impression as to what Lee thought a Marxist
was as distinguished from a Communist?
Mrs. PAINE. I have no clear impression.
Mr. JENNER. If I suggested the possibility of, that a Marxist tenet was
the change in government by violent means rather than gradual process?
Mrs. PAINE. This is not something I ever heard from him.
Mr. JENNER. Was it anything that you ever thought of?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. A concept that you ever had?
Mrs. PAINE. In describing Marxism?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever discuss with Lee why he was--he always took
care to distinguish to say that he was a Marxist as distinguished from
a Communist?
Mrs. PAINE. No; I never did.
Mr. JENNER. Did you form an impression as to what he intended to convey
by that description?
Mrs. PAINE. He intended to convey that he was more pure, I felt, that
was my impression.
Mr. JENNER. More pure than what?
Mrs. PAINE. Than a Communist.
Mr. JENNER. Did you also say to your brother or your sister or both of
them that Lee had not permitted her to learn English, that is Marina?
Mrs. PAINE. Very probably.
Mr. JENNER. And that Marina was experiencing marital difficulties with
Lee?
Mrs. PAINE. Very probably.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever say that Marina did not share her husband's
political views?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, that is to your brother or sister or both of
them?
Mrs. PAINE. To the best of my recollection.
Mr. JENNER. Speaking of the marital difficulties, did you ever have the
feeling that Marina was in some measure a contribution--contributed
toward those, causing those difficulties or a catalyst from which those
difficulties resulted?
Mrs. PAINE. I didn't have that feeling.
Mr. JENNER. You did not.
What feeling did you have in that direction, assuming you had one?
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