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. GREGORY. I think he said something about it was just an accident
where maybe 1 out of 10 just happens to get through where they allow
it. He seemed to think there was no special reason that they let her
go. It was more or less an accident.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he say that to you?
Mr. GREGORY. Or an exception, yes, as I remember.
Mr. LIEBELER. So that he indicated to you his surprise that Marina had
been permitted to leave the Soviet Union with him?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. He explained it basically in terms of an accident or
something that he couldn't readily explain?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he offer as a suggestion as to why they had permitted
Marina to come back anything to the effect that it was a time of
reduced tension between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Mr. GREGORY. Not that I can remember.
Mr. LIEBELER. Can you remember anything else that he said about the
subject of Marina being able to come back with him?
Mr. GREGORY. No. Marina spoke of it as being a very horrible time with
all her friends putting pressure on her, and it was very unpleasant for
her.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did she indicate that she had had any nervous
difficulties as a result of this?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you learn at any time from either of the Oswalds that
Marina had gone to the hospital as the result of the pressure that was
put upon her by her friends?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I did not.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did she mention to you, or either of them mention to you,
that Marina went to Kharkov on a vacation at one time?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I asked them about travel that each of them had done
in the Soviet Union, and the only other place that they mentioned
as having been, or one of them as having been, was Leningrad, which
was the city where Marina received her training as a pharmacist. And
I don't know if Lee had gone to Leningrad or not. Of course, Lee
would always tell me about his trips to Moscow and his trips to the
mausoleum, and going to all the museums and factories. He seemed to
speak as if he were a regular tourist then, because they assigned him
an interpreter, and evidently he paid the regular tourist fee.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he tell you when this was?
Mr. GREGORY. No; he may have told me. I am sure it was in winter,
because he said--no, I am not sure. Put this down as something I don't
remember well, but I think that he said that it was cold and that the
Russians let him get up to the first line because he was an American.
It could have been someone else, because I have had several friends
that--I can't remember if that was Lee or not.
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