Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. LIEBELER. Was Lee there at that time?
Miss MURRET. Yes; he had moved out----
Mr. LIEBELER. But he had come out, that is, come back to your house to
meet Marina and Mrs. Paine?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you talk to Marina?
Miss MURRET. She doesn't speak English. On that day we hardly said
anything.
Mr. LIEBELER. It was indicated to you that she could not speak English;
is that correct?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever try to talk to Marina in English?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. How did it go?
Miss MURRET. It was exasperating.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did she understand any English?
Miss MURRET. I think she understood more than she could speak, but
still there is a lot she doesn't understand.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have the feeling that she was not very proficient
in the English language?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Were you able to communicate anything in any way with her
at all in English?
Miss MURRET. Just petty things, you know, like if she would eat
something, how to make that, and "no like," or through mannerisms and
small words to say a few things. She also commented, you know, when
they would eat over there a few times--on the food, but other than
that, she----
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you form any impression of Mrs. Paine?
Miss MURRET. Mrs. Paine? I don't know--my mother had said that Lee had
been invited to this professor's house, or something, to show slides, a
professor out at Tulane, a professor of languages.
Mr. LIEBELER. What is his name? Is it Riseman?
Miss MURRET. That was when he was living on Magazine, and I think they
telephoned my mother to find out if anybody had called the house for
an application, or different things, and I think he said he was going
that night, that they were suppose to show slides. Now, this man had
one daughter, I think, who was in Russia, and he was a friend of Mrs.
Paine's.
Mr. LIEBELER. Would the name Kloepfer sound like the----
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. How about Riseman?
Miss MURRET. No; I don't know the language professor's name.
Mr. LIEBELER. You think your mother would remember?
Miss MURRET. I don't think so, because I think it was the other Secret
Service man who tried to get her to remember and she couldn't.
Mr. LIEBELER. And this professor, he was a professor of what?
Miss MURRET. Languages.
Mr. LIEBELER. What language? Russian?
Miss MURRET. I don't know if it was only Russian, or what, or some
other language. He just teaches, you know----
Mr. LIEBELER. And you don't have any idea where he lived?
Miss MURRET. Who? The professor? No. So then it was just that he had a
daughter in Russia, and I was just wondering why she got to know him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Oswald?
Miss MURRET. I often wonder how it was that she spoke Russian.
Mr. LIEBELER. Who? Mrs. Paine?
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