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
I then was gone until nearly noon, 11:30 or so, both to the dentist
and on some errands following that, came back and there was coverage
of the fact of the motorcade in Dallas, but there was no television
cameras showing it, as you know, and Marina thanked me for having left
the television set on. She said she woke up in kind of a bad mood, but
she had seen the arrival of President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at the
airport in Dallas, and had been thrilled with this occasion and with
the greeting he had received, and it had lifted her spirits.
Very shortly after this time, I had only just begun to prepare the
lunch, the announcement was made that the President had been shot, and
I translated this to Marina. She had not caught it from the television
statement. And I was crying as I did the translation. And then we sat
down and waited at the television set, no longer interested in the
preparing of lunch, and waited to hear further word.
I got out some candles and lit them, and my little girl also lighted a
candle, and Marina said to me, "Is that a way of praying?", and I said
"Yes, it is, just my own way." And it was well over an hour before we
heard definitely that the President was dead.
Mr. JENNER. How did that come to your attention?
Mrs. PAINE. It was announced on the television. I think it was even
still in the intervening time. It was announced on the television that
the shot which was supposed to have killed the President was fired from
the Texas School Book Depository Building on Elm.
Mr. JENNER. Did you communicate that to her?
Mrs. PAINE. Marina at this time was in the yard hanging some clothes. I
recall going out to her and telling her this.
Mr. JENNER. What did she say?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't believe she said anything. I then also----
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me. You say "I don't believe she said anything." Is
it your recollection?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't recall anything at all that she said.
Mr. JENNER. Would you----
Mr. McCLOY. You told her that you had heard over the television?
Mrs. PAINE. I heard that the shot had been made----
Mr. McCLOY. Coming from the Texas School Book Depository?
Mrs. PAINE. Schoolbook depository, and I believe I also said I didn't
know there was a building on Elm.
Senator COOPER. Why did you go out to tell her, this fact?
Mrs. PAINE. I felt this was terribly close, somebody working in that
building had been there. I thought Lee might be able to say somewhat
about what happened, had been close to the event. This was my thought,
that we would know somebody who would be able to give or possibly give
a first-hand----
Senator COOPER. Did you have any thought at all that Lee Oswald might
have been the man who fired the shot?
Mrs. PAINE. Absolutely none; no.
Mr. JENNER. Why was that, Mrs. Paine?
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