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
We did arrange then for the girls to come back, one or two, I forget
whether it was two of the daughters or one that came then to my house
to stay with the children. As I came back, I noticed the officers
carrying a number of things from the house, and I looked into the back
of one of the cars. It was across the street from my house, and saw
he had three cases of 78 records of mine, and I said, "You don't need
those and I want to use them on Thanksgiving weekend. I have promised
to lead a folk dance conference on the weekend. I will need those
records which are all folk dance records and I doubt that you might get
them back at that time."
And I said, "that is a 16 mm projector. You don't want that. It is
mine."
And he took me by the arm and he said, "We'd better get down to the
station. We have wasted too much time as it is." And I said, "I want a
list of what you are taking, please." Or perhaps that was before. As
much answer as I ever got was "We'd better get to the station." Then
I evidently had made them nervous because when we got back from this
car to the house, Marina wanted to change from slacks as I had already
done to a dress. They would not permit her to do that. I said "She
has a right to, she is a woman, to dress as she wishes before going
down." And I directed her to the bathroom to change. The officer opened
the bathroom door and said no, she had no time to change. I was still
making arrangements with the babysitters, arranging for our leaving the
children there, and one of the officers made a statement to the effect
of "we'd better get this straight in a hurry Mrs. Paine or we'll just
take the children down and leave them with juvenile while we talk to
you."
And I said "Lynn, you may come too" in reply to this. I don't like
being threatened. And then Christopher was still sleeping so I left him
in the house and Lynn, my daughter, and Marina took her daughter and
her baby with her to the police station, so we were quite a group going
into town in the car. Michael was in one car, Marina and I and all the
children were in another with three police officers as I recall. One
of them spoke some Czech, tried to understand what was being said. The
one in the front seat turned to me and said "Are you a Communist,"
and I said, "No, I am not, and I don't even feel the need of a Fifth
Amendment." And he was satisfied with that. We went on then to the
police station, and waited until such time as they could interview us.
They interviewed Michael at one point separately.
Mr. JENNER. Separately?
Mrs. PAINE. And they interviewed Marina while I was present.
Mr. JENNER. Did you interpret for her?
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