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. Mrs. Paine, I show you Commission Exhibit No. 425 which
you produced and which you testified was the original of a letter of
October 14, 1963, to your mother, part of which you read at large in
the record. Is that document in your handwriting entirely?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; it is.
Mr. JENNER. You testified it is a letter from you to your mother?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Did you dispatch the letter?
Mrs. PAINE. I did.
Mr. JENNER. In view of that fact would you explain for the record how
you came into possession of the letter since you sent it to your mother?
Mrs. PAINE. She gave it to me a few days ago.
Mr. JENNER. Is the document now in the same condition it was when you
mailed it to your mother?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; it is. You have the first page of two. The other page
not being relative to this case.
Mr. JENNER. In other words, that there be no question about it, do you
have the other page?
Mrs. PAINE. I have the other page.
Mr. JENNER. May I have it?
Mrs. PAINE. The other page, of course, contains my signature.
Mr. JENNER. Yes. May the record be amended to show that Commission
Exhibit No. ----.
Mrs. PAINE. I'd rather not have that part of it----
Mr. JENNER. It is not going into the record, Mrs. Paine. Just be
patient. Commission Exhibit 425 consists of two pages, that is two
sheets. The pages are numbered from one through four. Would you look at
the page numbered 4? There is a signature appearing at the bottom of
it. Is that your signature?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; it is.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Chairman, may I postpone the offer of this document
in evidence until I do read the second page, which the witness has
now produced. You see, Mrs. Paine, that it may be important to the
Commission to have the entire letter which would indicate the context
in which the statements that are relevant were made.
You testified yesterday with regard to the draft of what appeared to
be a letter that Mr. Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald, was to send. It was
thought he might send it to someone. I hand you a picture of a letter
in longhand which has been identified as Commission Exhibit 103. Would
you look at that please? Do you recognize that handwriting?
Mrs. PAINE. No. This is the only time I saw--this is the only
handwriting of his I have seen.
Mr. JENNER. You can't identify the document as such, that is, are you
familiar enough with his handwriting----
Mrs. PAINE. To know that this is his handwriting?
Mr. JENNER. To identify whether that is or is not his handwriting.
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Have you ever seen that Document before?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I have.
Mr. JENNER. When did you first see it?
Mrs. PAINE. I first saw that on Saturday, the 9th of November. I don't
believe I looked to see what it said until the morning of the 10th.
Mr. JENNER. I see. Now, do you recognize it, however, as a picture of
the document that you did see on the 9th of November, or did you say
10th?
Mrs. PAINE. I'll say 10th, yes; it is that document.
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