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. BELIN. This would be, say, June of 1963?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Approximately. Before she went to New Orleans.
Mr. BELIN. Have you ever talked to Marina Oswald since that time?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. No.
Mr. BELIN. Have you ever talked to Mrs. Paine about either Marina
Oswald or Lee Harvey Oswald since these conversations with Marina
Oswald, or about that time? Have you ever since talked to Mrs. Paine
about the Oswalds?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What did you say, and what did Mrs. Paine say?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Mrs. Paine told me that Oswald obtained a job as a
photographer in New Orleans, and now Marina can join him and go to New
Orleans.
Mr. BELIN. Did Mrs. Paine ever invite you over to the home to meet
Marina Oswald or her husband?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. No; but she offered to bring Marina to our house. I
mean, she didn't invite me to her own house, but offered to bring
Marina to our house.
Mr. BELIN. What did you say to that?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. She can bring Marina, but not her husband.
Mr. BELIN. Why didn't you want her husband?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Because he was using again this word, ideinyi. He was
in the third stage of obtaining the Communist membership. Because I
am afraid, and all of us are afraid that they are collecting some
information on us and notifying their own people.
Mr. BELIN. By the use of the word "they," who do you mean? Lee Harvey
Oswald, Marina Oswald, or both, or some other person?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Oswald--the people who are in this particular stage
trying to get promotion. So they would spy on us. I had a fear.
Mr. BELIN. Did you think or did you say anything to Mrs. Paine about
whether Marina Oswald had anything to do with this group that might be
trying to spy, or what have you?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. If I said to----
Mr. BELIN. To Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. No; have not said. However, I said to Mrs. Paine to be
more careful.
Mr. BELIN. What did Mrs. Paine say to that?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. She said, "don't worry." Mrs. Paine is an American
woman, and she is very naive, as all Americans are naive, nice, and
very generous.
Mr. BELIN. Are you a citizen, Mrs. Gravitis?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Are you coming here voluntarily to testify before the
Warren Commission, the President's Commission on the Assassination of
President Kennedy?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes; we received a letter from Washington, of course.
Mr. BELIN. But you are here voluntarily to testify here? You have been
asked to come here?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Nobody dragged us here; yes. We certainly volunteered,
if you interpret it that way.
Mr. BELIN. Is there any other information you can give about Lee Harvey
Oswald or Marina Oswald that you feel might be helpful in any way?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. You mean personal opinion?
Mr. BELIN. Go ahead.
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