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. MAMANTOV. No, sir; I met her after that, accidentally.
Mr. JENNER. No; this is prior--up to that moment, you had had no
contact, no acquaintance whatsoever with her?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. Nor with Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; but Marina and my mother-in-law had telephone
conversations from my home, so I knew of her quite a bit through Mrs.
Paine and Mrs. Gravitis, but I never had seen her in person, but I
never had talked to her before, so from that room I was taken into
another small room, and after a while Mrs. Paine and Marina was brought
in and she also had a baby.
Mr. JENNER. And whom else, in addition to you, was in the room?
Mr. MAMANTOV. There was a young detective, I forgot his name. Then,
there was another tall detective who actually questioned Marina and for
whom I interpreted.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember his name?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; but if I would see him I would place him.
Mr. JENNER. And those were the persons?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Well, there was another person, the agent of the FBI, who
was taking notes and sitting across at the desk.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. MAMANTOV. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. Is the name "Hosty" familiar to you?
Mr. MAMANTOV. It was "H", but I don't remember; but it was, either this
young fellow that was the detective was Hosty, or FBI, but it started
with "H".
Mr. JENNER. Well, it might be "H"--Hosty.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right; and I talked to him after that a few minutes, he
will recognize me and I recognize him when we get together.
Mr. JENNER. You seem to be a man who has reasonably good powers of
recall; would you start now, and I will try not to interrupt you, and
relate as best you can recall, and as precisely as you can recall, at
least the substance and the exact words of the questioning and the
responses--the questioning of Marina and the responses she gave?
Mr. MAMANTOV. All right. Shall I go ahead?
Mr. JENNER. Yes; just do it the way it comes naturally to you.
Mr. MAMANTOV. All right. The problem is, I never tried to memorize this
because--I mean--this was pure translation.
Mr. JENNER. And you were probably a little excited then, too, weren't
you?
Mr. MAMANTOV. I was quite excited and I didn't feel like I should try
to memorize it, but she was questioned if she lived at Mrs. Paine's
residence in Irving----
Mr. JENNER. To which she responded?
Mr. MAMANTOV. She responded.
Mr. JENNER. What did she say? Did she respond in the affirmative, is
what I was getting at?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Oh, yes; she said she was living there.
Mr. JENNER. Do the best you can, and I'll try not to interrupt you, but
I'll have to, I'm sure, at times.
Mr. MAMANTOV. I don't remember the questions, but I would remember
approximately what she was asked.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mr. MAMANTOV. All right. She was asked if she lived with Mrs. Paine
around that particular day and if she was that morning in Mrs. Paine's
home. She answered positively then.
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