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. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And talk to Marina and to you?
Mrs. PAINE. Well, to Marina.
Mr. JENNER. Inquire about the baby?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You overheard some of the conversation?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Was anything said about the nature of his reaction to his
position at the Texas School Book Depository on the second weekend
when he came home?
Mrs. PAINE. You are talking about the weekend of the 26th?
Mr. JENNER. That is right.
Mrs. PAINE. No; I don't recall anything being said.
Mr. JENNER. Now, the next weekend was November 1st to 3d, which is
Friday to Sunday, is that correct?
Mrs. PAINE. Right.
Mr. JENNER. Was he home on that weekend?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; he was.
Mr. JENNER. And did anything eventful occur on that weekend?
Mrs. PAINE. Just a minute. What I was looking for, I wanted to find out
whether I had taught a Russian lesson to my single student whom I saw
some Saturday afternoon on that weekend, and I recall that I did not.
So, the answer is no. I was there that Saturday. May I say if there was
a weekend other than October 12 when he came on Saturday instead of
Friday night, it was to have been that weekend?
Mr. JENNER. Which weekend?
Mrs. PAINE. The weekend of the 1st to the 3d. That is my best
recollection anyway.
Mr. JENNER. All right. But other than that possibility, there was
nothing--it was a normal weekend at your home?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, following that weekend, which was the weekend of
November 8 through 10, I think you have already described that weekend.
That was the one on which you went to the Texas driver's application
bureau, is it not?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. I recall him writing something on the early morning of
Saturday--this "Dear Sirs" letter.
Mr. JENNER. Yes; this is the letter or draft of letter dealing with his
reporting his visit to Mexico.
Mrs. PAINE. Or stating that he had done such a thing, which I did not
fully credit.
Mr. JENNER. Did he come the following weekend, that is the weekend of
November 15 through 17?
Mrs. PAINE. No; he did not.
Mr. JENNER. Why?
Mrs. PAINE. Marina asked him not to.
Mr. JENNER. This was the weekend preceding the ill-fated assassination
day?
Mrs. PAINE. That is correct.
Mr. JENNER. Why did she ask him not to?
Mrs. PAINE. She felt he had overstayed his welcome the previous weekend
which had been 3 days, 9th, 10th, and 11th because he was off Veterans
Day, the 11th of November, and she felt it would be simpler and more
comfortable if he didn't come out.
Mr. JENNER. Had you had a discussion with her prior to that time on
that subject?
Mrs. PAINE. I had not suggested that to her.
Mr. JENNER. Did you overhear her tell him that?
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