Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Did you visit with them on that occasion?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes; I did. I was treated as a very welcome guest. I
assumed, at the time, that the reason for that was I was probably
the only guest they had had--or at least certainly that guests were
unusual, and that I was very welcome. As a matter of fact, almost
immediately after I arrived, Marina left and walked some two and a half
blocks to a doughnut shop and bought some doughnuts and returned.
And we just talked briefly that evening--not about anything in great
detail. I stayed--I didn't go to stay a long time, just to return the
manuscript, but due to the hospitality that was extended, I stayed
perhaps an hour or 2 hours.
Mr. JENNER. How did they appear, in their relations one to the other,
on this occasion?
Mr. TAYLOR. It appeared that--uh--they were getting along well. When I
arrived, the baby was asleep and they were both in the kitchen. He was
sitting at a table, I think, reading and----
Mr. JENNER. A book or a newspaper?
Mr. TAYLOR. Sir?
Mr. JENNER. Reading a book or a newspaper?
Mr. TAYLOR. A book, I believe. I think he checked out a number of books
from the library.
Mr. JENNER. Did you understand him to be an avid reader?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever observe what character of books he was reading?
Mr. TAYLOR. As I remember, they were primarily political philosophy.
I don't remember any titles specifically. I think he did have a copy
of--uh--at one time, of something by Karl Marx. I don't remember the
title or name of the book.
Mr. JENNER. "Das Kapital"?
Mr. TAYLOR. I'm aware of that title--but I just don't remember what he
had a copy of.
Mr. JENNER. But they were political----
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Books on political philosophy, governmental structure, and
philosophy?
Mr. TAYLOR. I would say primarily on philosophy.
Mr. JENNER. Philosophy or theories of government?
Mr. TAYLOR. Uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. All right. You had, I gather, a reasonably pleasant visit
on this particular evening?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you see them again after that?
Mr. TAYLOR. I did not see both of them again after that. Sometime much
later----
Mr. JENNER. This is much later but prior to November 15, 1962?
Mr. TAYLOR. Prior to November of 1963? Is that what you meant?
Mr. JENNER. I had concluded you were speaking of prior to----
Mr. TAYLOR. No; I did make contact with them after my separation--if
that's what you are alluding to. In the spring of 1963 I dropped by
this Elsbeth apartment building and, finding no one at home, I asked
someone who was sitting in the courtyard about them. And I think he was
the manager. And he told me that they had moved and he told me where
they had moved.
Mr. JENNER. What did he say?
Mr. TAYLOR. He told me that they had moved into a small apartment about
a block away. And I went there.
Mr. JENNER. What street was that?
Mr. TAYLOR. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. What town?
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