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. What did she say to you--is this a conclusion on your part
that she referred back to the Soviet Union?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No--no--she said this way.
Mr. JENNER. It isn't a conclusion, if you put the words in her mouth,
so you can go ahead.
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, she said the gun which he had in the Soviet Union,
she didn't know how to say--she said, "This thing."
Mr. JENNER. The telescopic sight?
Mr. MAMANTOV. The telescopic sight--she pointed to it with her finger.
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, did she say that the rifle or weapon, whatever
it was he had in the Soviet Union--her recollection was it did not have
a telescopic sight on it?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct. She was asked if she had seen this part
of the gun which he had in the garage in the blanket--this she said
again--she said, "No; I have only seen one part of the gun, which was
the end of the gun"--which part they asked her--I think I am calling
it----
Mr. JENNER. The stock?
Mr. MAMANTOV. She pointed to the stock--correct--and then she was asked
about the gun again and she said, "Dark brown-black."
Mr. JENNER. Still referring to the stock?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Still referring to the stock, and then they asked her
for a couple more questions, if she saw this particular gun in his
possession. She insisted that to her all guns are the same and she
couldn't distinguish this gun from any other gun that he had in the
past.
Mr. JENNER. In other words, it is your recollection that they
questioned her very closely in an effort to elicit from her, if it
weren't a fact that the weapon they were showing her was the weapon she
had seen, and her responses consistently were--they were, no matter how
close or vigorous the examination, that all guns are alike to her, that
the only thing she ever saw was the stock of the gun in the blanket?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. And her recollection was it was dark brown, and that's all
she thought, to fairly summarize?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct. They asked her again, "Is this the color
you saw?" She said "Yes--yes, it reminds me of the same color." They
particularly questioned her fairly close, if this was the same gun
which belonged to him and she only insisted she saw the stock of the
gun and hasn't seen the whole gun.
Mr. JENNER. All right, go ahead.
Mr. MAMANTOV. And they asked her, I think they came back again and
asked her if she has seen him carrying something.
Mr. JENNER. Carrying something?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Carrying something, and she said, "No," she didn't see
him leaving, so she didn't know if he was carrying something.
Mr. JENNER. You mean they came back and asked her whether, when he left
that morning he was carrying anything?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
Mr. JENNER. And her response was?
Mr. MAMANTOV. She didn't see him leaving or walking out of the house,
or whatever he was taking--means of transportation.
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