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. Was it agreed that Marina would stay at your house that
night?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; certainly all her baby things were there. So, we went
back there. We were taken back by police officers.
Mr. JENNER. Everybody assumed she would return back to your home?
Mrs. PAINE. Oh, yes.
Mr. JENNER. Was there any discussion that would indicate any reluctance
on the part of anybody that she return to your home?
Mrs. PAINE. None.
Mr. JENNER. None whatsoever by anybody?
Mrs. PAINE. That is correct, none whatsoever by anybody.
The police officers brought us back to my home. It was by this time
dark, and I think it was about 9 o'clock in the evening. I asked
Michael to go out and buy hamburgers at a drive-in so we wouldn't have
to cook, and we ate these as best we could, and began to prepare to
retire. We talked. I have a few specific recollections of that period
that I will put in here.
Just close to the time of retiring Marina told me that just the night
before Lee had said to her he hoped they could get an apartment
together again soon. As she said this, I felt she was hurt and
confused, wondering how he could have said such a thing which indicated
wanting to be together with her when he must have already been planning
something that would inevitably cause separation. I asked her did she
think that Lee had killed the President and she said, "I don't know."
And I felt that this was not something to talk about really anyway. But
my curiosity overcame my politeness.
Now, back a little bit to the time in the living room, Mrs. Oswald and
Michael and Marina and I were all there, and Mrs. Oswald, I recall,
said, I mean of course Mrs. Marguerite Oswald----
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. PAINE. That if they were prominent people there would be three of
the lawyers down in the city jail now trying to defend her son, and
coming to his aid.
She felt that since they were just small people that there
wouldn't--they wouldn't get the proper attention or care, and I tried
to say this was not a small case. That most careful attention would be
given it, but she didn't feel that way.
Mr. JENNER. You made no impression on her?
Mrs. PAINE. I made no impression on her.
Mr. JENNER. I take it----
Mrs. PAINE. She made an impression on me.
Mr. JENNER. I think we would prefer if you would call her Marguerite.
It would avoid confusion.
Mrs. PAINE. All right. Somewhere in that evening before we retired, and
after we had eaten, the doorbell rang and two men from Life Magazine
appeared. I was----
Mr. JENNER. Had you had any advance notice?
Mrs. PAINE. We had had no advance notice.
Mr. JENNER. Nobody did?
Mrs. PAINE. Nobody did.
Mr. JENNER. You in particular and none of the others in the room?
Mrs. PAINE. None of the others.
Mr. JENNER. That was your impression?
Mrs. PAINE. I would be quite certain that none of the others and
myself----
Mr. JENNER. At least that was your impression at the moment?
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