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. MURRET. Well, no; but I heard him over the radio.
Mr. JENNER. The radio?
Mr. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about that.
Mr. MURRET. Well, he called up my wife and told her that he was going
to be on television, so we turned on the television, but he was on the
radio instead.
Mr. JENNER. You did hear him on the radio; did you listen to the
program?
Mr. MURRET. Yes, sir; not all of it, but enough of it.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Murret, did you ever try to teach Lee how to drive an
automobile?
Mr. MURRET. No; I didn't try to teach him that, but I tried to teach
him to talk American to his little child.
Mr. JENNER. What was your discussion with him on that?
Mr. MURRET. There was no discussion. I just told him, I said, "Why
don't you teach your child how to speak the English language?" But he
didn't give me an answer to that.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever have a discussion with him as to why he left
Russia?
Mr. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever have any discussion with him as to his
political views in connection with Russia, as to what he thought of
Russia?
Mr. MURRET. No, I didn't. To tell you the truth, after he defected to
Russia and went there to live and everything, I just let it go out
the window. I figured, "What's the use?" and then after he came back
here and got into this radio thing about Castro, and communism, and
these leaflets and all, I didn't worry myself any more about him. My
main concern was keeping peace in the family and seeing that he didn't
disrupt anything around there.
Mr. JENNER. In other words, you sort of gave up on him?
Mr. MURRET. I sure did, but now, Marina, I asked her how she liked
America, and her face broke out in a big smile, like a fresh bloom, and
she said, "I like America."
Mr. JENNER. Now, Mr. Murret, did anything occur that I haven't asked
you about that you think might be helpful to the Commission in its
investigation of all the circumstances and facts surrounding this
matter?
Mr. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you have the privilege of reading and signing your
deposition, or you can waive that privilege and let the reporter
transcribe your testimony, and it will be forwarded to Washington. What
do you prefer to do in that respect?
Mr. MURRET. I will waive it.
Mr. JENNER. You wish to waive the reading and signing of your
deposition?
Mr. MURRET. Yes, sir; that's right.
Mr. JENNER. All right, thank you for coming in, Mr. Murret; that's all
the questions I have.
Mr. MURRET. He was a hard one to get to know. You just couldn't get
to know him at all, and I don't think he had much consideration for
anyone, especially for his mother.
Mr. JENNER. You arrived at that opinion over the period of time that
you had contact with him?
Mr. MURRET. Yes; and the thing that was so odd to me was that he seemed
to always be trying to prove himself, that he was so independent. For
example, he wouldn't let me help him with the luggage, and things like
that. He wanted to do it all himself.
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