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. McCLOY. I don't have any. I think she has covered it all. I would
remind you that we have got to be leaving, Mr. Ford and I, and Senator
Cooper around noon. We would like to make as much progress as we can
before we go.
Mr. JENNER. That is fine. I will have completed this phase.
Senator COOPER. If you can get through the events of the 22d.
Mr. JENNER. You retired along about 11:30?
Mrs. PAINE. That is my recollection.
Mr. JENNER. The evening of the 21st. Did you sleep through the night?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. I woke at 7:30.
Mr. JENNER. The children did not awaken you at anytime during the night
and nothing else awakened you?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't recall that anything woke me; no.
Mr. JENNER. Is your recollection sufficient that you were not awakened
during the night, that is your definite impression at the moment?
Mrs. PAINE. I get up often in the night to change a diaper or cover a
child, but this is a matter of habit and I don't recall whether this
night contained such a getting up or not.
Mr. JENNER. You sleep with your children, do you not?
Mrs. PAINE. We are in the same bedroom.
Mr. JENNER. You awakened when in the morning?
Mrs. PAINE. At 7:30.
Mr. JENNER. And when you awakened, immediately after you awakened what
did you do?
Mrs. PAINE. When I awoke I felt the house was extremely quiet and the
thought occurred to me that Lee might have overslept. I wondered if he
had gotten up in time to get off around 7 o'clock because I knew he
had to go to meet Wesley Frazier to catch his ride. I looked about and
found a plastic coffee cup in the sink that had clearly been used and
judged he had had a cup of coffee and left.
Mr. JENNER. Did you see any other evidence of his having had breakfast?
Mrs. PAINE. That was all he normally had for breakfast.
Mr. JENNER. A plastic coffee cup with some remains in it of coffee?
Mrs. PAINE. Instant coffee; yes.
Mr. JENNER. What was his habit with respect to his breakfast when he
made his visits?
Mrs. PAINE. It was very normal for him to take coffee.
Mr. JENNER. Was Marina up and about when you arose at 7:30?
Mrs. PAINE. No; she was not.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have a recollection of the garage area? Was the door
to the garage, the entrance to the garage from the kitchen, closed or
open?
Mrs. PAINE. It was closed. Would it help if I tried to narrate what
happened?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. McCLOY. Go ahead and narrate.
Mrs. PAINE. I fixed breakfast for myself and my children, turned on
the television set to hear President Kennedy speak in Fort Worth, and
had breakfast there. I left the house about 9 with my little girl and
boy, because she had a dentist appointment, the little girl. I left the
television set on, feeling that Marina might not think to turn it on,
but I knew that she would be interested to see President Kennedy.
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