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. May I emphasize over and over again, Mr. Mamantov, that you
don't tell or say anything other than that which you recall in your
mind took place around 6 o'clock on the 22d.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Well, I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. So, let me impel you from any thought I have a desire for
you to testify one way or the other.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right.
Mr. JENNER. Because I don't--all I want you to do is to tell, as best
you can, your recollection of what took place.
Mr. MAMANTOV. No; I don't remember if she stated this or she didn't.
Mr. JENNER. I do want to ask you this--you don't want to exclude
by this testimony the possibility that she did, that is, that she
testified or might have said at that time that she had entered the
garage on an earlier occasion sometime during the day, that is, prior
to the time the police arrived.
Mr. MAMANTOV. No; I don't want to exclude it.
Mr. JENNER. You just don't have enough recollection at the moment to
testify one way or the other on that?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. Now, I noticed that you did say that Marina related the
fact that she had seen the rifle in a disassembled condition?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No; I didn't say so. I said, "Elongated package--she saw
an elongated package," but I don't recall the size of the package, the
size of the package she testified it was.
Mr. JENNER. I think you did testify earlier that Marina remarked that
she had seen the gun in sections?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Today?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; you can read it back--I haven't.
Mr. JENNER. Off the record.
(Discussion between Counsel Jenner and the Witness Mamantov off the
record.)
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; you asked me the shape of the package she saw,
and I related to you an elongated package and she opened one corner and
she saw the stock of the gun so much--that I said--there--so much--you
asked me.
Mr. JENNER. It's important, Miss Oliver, let's go back just so we will
be certain of it and see if we can find it.
(At this point at the request of Counsel Jenner the reporter referred
to previous testimony of the Witness Mamantov and reread the following:
("No, put it this way. I remember conversations somewhere along the
line that he didn't return to her room. I remember also when she got up
she was wondering that he didn't eat breakfast, apparently coffee was
poured or prepared either by him or by her, which, I don't remember,
and he didn't eat breakfast and this was after he left, we'll say, a
few minutes.")
Mr. JENNER. When the question was put to her as to why she went to the
garage to examine the package and what motivated her in that direction,
what did she say?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That, I don't remember. That is again coming to the
point--I don't remember what time she saw--either she saw by herself or
she saw during the time when police arrived.
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