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. Or that she went out to the garage at any time before the
police arrived, which was in midafternoon?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That, I don't remember. I do remember that she was asked
about blanket, if she has seen blanket, and she has seen blanket in a
very unusual, or she said in unusual shape as she said she has seen
before, about 2 weeks. I remember her mentioning about 2 weeks to the
questioning.
Mr. JENNER. Do you mean by that, sir, that the shape and form of the
blanket when she saw it that day was different from the shape and
configuration when she had seen the blanket prior thereto?
Mr. MAMANTOV. About 2 weeks--yes.
Mr. JENNER. Your answer was "yes?"
Mr. MAMANTOV. Yes; it was in different shape than she had seen before.
After that the question was asked what was in this blanket. She said it
was his gun, she was asked when did he purchase the gun, where did he
get this gun, and she stated she didn't know and also probably he would
bring the gun from the Soviet Union, and also was asked the question if
she would recognize the gun if the gun would be shown to her, and at
this moment the gun was brought in. Let me try to remember a little bit?
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. In her responses to the questioning, did she say whether or
not she had been aware of the presence of the gun and the blanket in
the garage prior to November 22, 1963?
Mr. MAMANTOV. This question was asked her. And, she gave a little bit
evasive answer.
Mr. JENNER. You tell us what she said rather than you giving your
opinion as to whether it was evasive.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Oh, if I remember right, she said she didn't know if it
were there.
Mr. JENNER. She did not know----
Mr. MAMANTOV. That it was there on that particular morning; however,
she has seen in the past, well, she thought, if I remember right, that
Lee took with him the gun and she was also asked----
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, she testified or she stated in your presence and
you translated it?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right.
Mr. JENNER. That she was aware of the fact that the gun had been in the
blanket in the garage?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct, sometime in the past.
Mr. JENNER. Yes; did she say whether she had seen the gun in the
blanket in the garage prior to November 22?
Mr. MAMANTOV. If I remember right--yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did she describe what she had seen in the blanket when she
had discovered it prior to November 22?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. Tell us what she said in that regard.
Mr. MAMANTOV. She saw the stock of the gun, which was dark
brown--black, she said.
Mr. JENNER. These were responses of hers before the weapon was brought
in the room?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. I want to stick to that period, before the weapon was
actually brought into the room, and state what she said.
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