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. But this was the first indication I had that this man was
a good deal queerer than I thought, and it didn't tell me, perhaps it
should have but it didn't tell me just what sort of a queer he was. He
addressed it "Dear Sirs." It looked to me like someone trying to make
an impression, and choosing the words he thought were best to make that
impression, even including assumed name as a possible attempt to make
an impression on someone who was able to do espionage, but not to my
mind necessarily a picture of someone who was doing espionage, though I
left that open as a possibility, and thought I'd give it to the FBI and
let them conclude or add it to what they knew.
I regret, and I would like to put this on the record, particularly two
things in my own actions prior to the time of the assassination.
One, that I didn't make the connection between this phone number that I
had of where he lived and that of course this would produce for the FBI
agent who was asking the address of where he lived.
Mr. JENNER. I will get to that, Mrs. Paine.
Mrs. PAINE. Well, that is regret 1.
Mr. JENNER. I don't want to cover too many subjects at the moment.
Mrs. PAINE. But then of course you see in light of the events that
followed it is a pity that I didn't go directly instead of waiting for
the next visit, because the next visit was the 23d of November.
Mr. JENNER. Now I am going to get to that. What did you do with your
copy of the letter?
Mrs. PAINE. I put my copy of the letter away in an envelope in my desk.
I then, Sunday evening, also took the original. I decided to do that
Sunday evening.
Mr. JENNER. He had left?
Mrs. PAINE. No, he had not left.
Mr. JENNER. He had not left?
Mrs. PAINE. I asked the gentlemen present, it included Michael, to
come in and help me move the furniture around. I walked in and saw the
letter was still there and plunked it into my desk. We then moved all
the furniture. I then took it out of the desk and placed it.
Mr. JENNER. When did you take it out of the desk?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't think he knew that I took it. Oh, that evening or
the next morning, I don't recall.
Mr. JENNER. And this was the 10th of November?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever have any conversation with him about that?
Mrs. PAINE. No. I came close to it. I was disturbed about it. I didn't
go to sleep right away. He was sitting up watching the late spy story,
if you will, on the TV, and I got up and sat there on the sofa with him
saying, "I can't speak," wanting to confront him with this and say,
"What is this?" But on the other hand I was somewhat fearful, and I
didn't know what to do.
Representative FORD. Fearful in what way?
Mrs. PAINE. Well, if he was an agent, I would rather just give it to
the FBI, not to say "Look, I am watching you" by saying "What is this I
find on my desk."
Mr. JENNER. Were you fearful of any physical harm?
Mrs. PAINE. No; I was not.
Representative FORD. That is what I was concerned about.
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