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. No. It is possible the FBI did. I don't recall such
question.
Mr. McCLOY. They didn't take any rods from the garage that you are
aware of?
Mrs. PAINE. You are aware what the police took. I never did know
exactly what they took. I have never heard any mention of the rods
having left.
Mr. McCLOY. You are not conscious of the Dallas police ever talking to
you about curtain rods?
Mrs. PAINE. Absolutely no.
Mr. McCLOY. But possibly some member of the FBI did?
Mrs. PAINE. Possibly. I can't recall.
Mr. McCLOY. You can't recall?
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever mention to the FBI anything, or anybody else
up until recently, the existence of the curtain rods about which you
have now testified?
Mrs. PAINE. I have already said Michael and I discussed it.
Mr. JENNER. When?
Mrs. PAINE. A week or two after the assassination would be my guess.
Mr. JENNER. And did you discuss those particular curtain rods about
which you have now testified?
Mrs. PAINE. We were particularly interested in seeing if the wrapping
paper that we used to wrap these things was there, and it was. I recall
that.
Representative FORD. Did Lee Oswald know where you kept this roll of
wrapping paper?
Mrs. PAINE. To the best of my knowledge, he did not know where I kept
it. I had never wrapped something when he was around. Neither he nor
Marina had ever asked to use this paper or the string that I had.
Representative FORD. Where did you keep it? I don't recall precisely.
Mrs. PAINE. I can be very clear. There is a picture here of a large
secretary desk on Commission Exhibit No. 435. It is in the bottom
drawer, you see, in that desk. This is not the secretary desk upon
which----
Mr. JENNER. The note was found?
Mrs. PAINE. The note was found.
Representative FORD. You kept it in the lower drawer?
Mrs. PAINE. Along with some gum tape and string.
Representative FORD. And this is the section shown on Commission
Exhibit 435?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Reporter, you caught the measurement by Mr. Liebeler,
28 inches. Mrs. Paine, what is your best recollection as to how many
curtain rods there were?
Mrs. PAINE. Two, I am certain.
Mr. JENNER. Just two? And you wrapped the package yourself, did you?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. When you and Michael undertook your discussion about
curtain rods, did you or did he open up this package?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't recall.
Mr. JENNER. Is it your present best recollection that as far as you
know, the package, as far as wrapping is concerned, is in the same
condition now as when you wrapped it initially?
Mrs. PAINE. Certainly very similar.
Senator COOPER. What was the answer?
Mrs. PAINE. Certainly very similar. I don't recall making any change.
Mr. JENNER. Is there a possibility that the package was unwrapped at
anytime?
Mrs. PAINE. In connection with this inquiry of Michael's; yes.
Mr. JENNER. You think he might have but you don't know.
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