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. LIEBELER. He never expressed any adverse feelings or made any
adverse remarks about President Kennedy in your presence?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever hear of him making any such remarks in the
presence of anyone else?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he ever mention Governor Connally?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever hear through any other source that he made
any remarks about Governor Connally?
Mr. GREGORY. No, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. As far as Marina was concerned, you indicated that she
too expressed a kindly feeling or a good feeling toward President
Kennedy?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Would that indicate to you that Oswald had probably
indicated such feelings to her, since she was not able to read English
or understand English?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Or didn't you think about that?
Mr. GREGORY. I didn't think about it, and would not think that would be
true. I couldn't answer the question.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you form any opinion of Marina's ability to speak
English during the time you knew her?
Mr. GREGORY. Very poor. She knew two or three words.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was that true throughout the entire time you knew her?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes; the very last time I ever saw her was at Robert
Oswald's house and all she could say was "excuse me," because she would
go sit in the corner while everyone else ate.
Mr. LIEBELER. While everybody else what?
Mr. GREGORY. Ate.
Mr. LIEBELER. She didn't eat with you when she was sitting in the
corner and all the other relatives were sitting around the dinner table?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes; evidently she had eaten before I got there, just in
time to take them by, but every time I would go over I would ask, "What
have you learned in English," and she would always say, "I haven't
learned a thing." I personally gave her some vocabulary which I had
used to study Russian, which she could use in the reverse manner to
study English words and I assumed that would help her. I don't know if
she used them.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever think that Marina was deceptive as to the
extent to which she could understand English?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I don't believe so. Well, she never spoke English with
me, or never attempted to speak English. She would say, "How do you
do," something like that.
Mr. LIEBELER. What about Oswald's proficiency in Russian?
Mr. GREGORY. He spoke a very ungrammatical Russian with a very strong
accent.
Mr. LIEBELER. What kind of accent?
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