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. JENNER. Did he say it was only one room; that there was only one
room to this apartment?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, he said they had a living room, a bedroom, a dining
room.
Mr. JENNER. Is that what he said?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he said they had a nice place to live over there.
Mr. JENNER. He said that?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he told me it was an apartment, but he said he had to
live with other men in one room prior to the time he was married.
Mr. JENNER. When he said apartment, you assumed that he meant several
rooms--a bedroom, kitchen, and so forth; isn't that right?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. But you don't know that, do you, Mrs. Evans?
Mrs. EVANS. Oh, no; I don't know that. I have never been to Russia. All
I know is what he told me.
Mr. JENNER. But do you remember him distinctly telling you that his
apartment had all of these rooms?
Mrs. EVANS. No; I don't remember that. He just said it was a modern
apartment. I remember him saying that. It could have been just one room.
Mr. JENNER. It could have been one room?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, like I say, I just don't know. He said it was a
modern apartment, but other than that I don't know what else he said, I
mean, whether he described it any more than that or not, or whether I
even asked him any more about it.
Mr. JENNER. But he did use the word "apartment," is that right?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he said they had an apartment; I remember that very
plainly, and he said it was modern, but other than that I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. But he didn't describe the apartment, as far as you can
recall?
Mrs. EVANS. That's right; I don't remember him doing that.
Mr. JENNER. And he didn't deny at any time to you that he had attempted
to defect, but that he had failed?
Mrs. EVANS. No; he said he never did.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say he had not attempted to defect?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, he said that he did not want to give up his American
citizenship, and that he never intended to do so. He said, "I am an
American," and he said, "I just went over there, just messing around."
Mr. JENNER. Did he express to you then or at any subsequent time his
opinion of Russia and his reaction to the life he had in Russia?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, he didn't seem to think they had treated him too bad.
I guess he was just a young man in love with this Russian girl, but he
did say now that he had decided not to come back to the States until he
could bring her with him. He did say that, so from that conversation
I gathered that he evidently wanted to come back, but he had married
into a Russian family, and he had to get out the best way he could.
Now, this Russian woman, I don't know if she was Russian born or not,
but the paper said that this woman was a teacher, and that she taught
Russian.
Mr. JENNER. You mean Mrs. Paine? You are talking about Mrs. Paine now?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; I didn't even remember her name.
Mr. JENNER. You mean the lady that brought Marina over to New Orleans
from Texas?
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