Mr. JENNER. It was election day and the driver's license place was closed, is that correct? Mrs. PAINE. Yes. Mr. JENNER. And that was November 9? Mrs. PAINE. Yes. Mr. JENNER. Now you have reached the point where you are reading the letter on the morning of November 10. Mrs. PAINE. That is right; after I had noticed that it lay on my desk the previous evening. "I was unable to remain in Mexico City (because I considered useless--)"--because--it is crossed out. Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. In this transcript wherever there are words stricken out, the transcriber has placed those words in parenthesis and transcribed the words, but then has written the words "crossed out" to indicate in the original the words crossed out. Proceed, Mrs. Paine. Mrs. PAINE. "Indefinitely because of my (visa--crossed out) Mexican visa restrictions which was for 15 days only. "(I had a--crossed out) I could not take a chance on applying for an extension unless I used my real name so I returned to the U.S. "I and Marina Nicholyeva are now living in Dallas, Texas. (You all ready ha--crossed out). "The FBI is not now interested in my activities in the progressive organization FPCC of which I was secretary in (New Orleans, La.--crossed out) New Orleans, Louisiana since I (am--crossed out) no longer (connected with--crossed out) live in that state. "(November the November--crossed out) the FBI has visited us here in Texas on November 1st. Agent of the FBI James P. Hasty warned me that if I attempt to engage in FPCC activities in Texas the FBI will again take an 'interest' in me. The agent also 'suggested' that my wife could 'remain in the U.S. under FBI protection', that is, she could (refuse to return to the--crossed out) defect from the Soviet Union. Of course I and my wife strongly protested these tactics by the notorious FBI. "(It was unfortun that the Soviet Embassy was unable to aid me in Mexico City but--crossed out) I had not planned to contact the Mexico City Embassy at all so of course they were unprepared for me. Had I been able to reach Havana as planned (I could have contacted--crossed out) the Soviet Embassy there (for the completion of would have been able to help me get the necessary documents I required assist me--crossed out) would have had time to assist me, but of course the stuip Cuban consule was at fault here. I am glad he has since been replaced by another." Mr. JENNER. Now I would like to ask you a few questions about your reaction to that. You had read that in the quiet of your living room on Sunday morning, the 10th of November. Mrs. PAINE. That is correct. Mr. JENNER. And there were a number of things in that that you thought were untrue. Mrs. PAINE. Several things I knew to be untrue. Mr. JENNER. You knew to be untrue. Were there things in there that alarmed you? Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I would say so. Mr. JENNER. What were they? Mrs. PAINE. To me this--well, I read it and decided to make a copy.