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. Which I use for wrapping packages, mailing.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have string in your home that you use in attaching
to this wrapping?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you by any chance know the weight of the string that
wrapped the blanket package as against the strength or weight of the
string that you normally used in your home for packages?
Mrs. PAINE. It was similar in weight, rather thin.
Representative FORD. Color was the same?
Mrs. PAINE. I think it was a whitish color on the blanket and one of
the rolls I have is that.
Representative FORD. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say it was a relatively light package string?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Not a rope type?
Mrs. PAINE. Oh, no.
Mr. JENNER. And the string you saw on the blanket package was of the
lighter weight type and not----
Mrs. PAINE. And of the lighter color too, I think.
Mr. JENNER. And the lighter color.
Now, you and Marina arrived home on the 24th of September, with the
packages and contents of the station wagon, and, save the duffel bags,
they were moved into your home, and everybody settled down?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. When next was there--did you hear from Lee Harvey Oswald at
any time thereafter?
Mrs. PAINE. Not until the afternoon of the 4th, which I have already
referred to.
Mr. JENNER. No word whatsoever from him from the 24th of September?
Mrs. PAINE. 23d we left him in New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. 23d of September, until the 4th of October?
Mrs. PAINE. That is correct; no word.
Mr. JENNER. By letter, telephone?
Mrs. PAINE. Or pigeon.
Mr. JENNER. Or otherwise, anything whatsoever?
Mrs. PAINE. No word.
Mr. JENNER. Did you and Marina have discussions in that 10-day period
about where Lee was or might be?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. None whatsoever? Did you have any discussion about the fact
that you hadn't heard from Lee Harvey Oswald in 14 days or 10 days?
Mrs. PAINE. No; we didn't.
Mr. JENNER. No discussion on that at all. What did you and Marina
discuss during that 10-day period?
Mrs. PAINE. I can't recall which was during that period or which was
after; general conversation.
Mr. JENNER. Was it generally small talk, ladies talk about the house?
Mrs. PAINE. It was generally what my vocabulary permitted and then she
would reminisce, her vocabulary being much larger, about her life in
Russia, about the movies she had seen. We talked about the children and
their health. We talked about washing, about cooking.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have ladies visit. Did ladies in the neighborhood
come and visit?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you go to neighbors homes?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. With Marina?
Mrs. PAINE. Again, I can't recall which was before October 4th and
which was after, but there was the normal flow nonetheless----
Mr. JENNER. And interested people?
Mrs. PAINE. Of my visiting at other people's homes and particularly
Mrs. Roberts or Mrs. Craig.
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