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. He got real mad, and then they ran in and they had the
medical book written in Russian about baby care, and they went through
it and I think the baby had a cut on its head, and Marina had a cut
on her knee or something, and everything quieted down and we went out
again, but it was a real hot moment.
Mr. LIEBELER. Other than the fact that you noted, is there any other
reason why you said you thought he had a bad temper?
Mr. GREGORY. I heard afterward, after the last time I saw him, I heard
reports about him beating her, from the Dallas acquaintances.
Mr. LIEBELER. You never saw any evidence of that yourself?
Mr. GREGORY. No. One time I went over and she had a black eye. At this
time I had no suspicion, that--but possibly I never asked her where did
you get the black eye.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you never had any reason to think that----
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. That he had been mistreating her, based on your own
experience?
Mr. GREGORY. Later when I heard about this in Dallas, well I thought
maybe it could have happened back there then.
Mr. LIEBELER. Are there any other reasons on which you base your
opinion that he had a bad temper?
Mr. GREGORY. No, just personal judgment. He seemed to be a small person
that is always ready to flare up. We always had very good relations. We
were very friendly.
Mr. LIEBELER. Other than the fact that you think he had a bad temper,
is there any other reason why you think the Soviets would not recruit
him as an agent?
Mr. GREGORY. As I say again, I don't think he was very smart.
Mr. LIEBELER. Are there any other reasons?
Mr. GREGORY. No. Then, of course, his animosity which he expressed
toward the Soviet.
Mr. LIEBELER. Towards the members of the Communist Party?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes. He didn't quite enjoy life over there, and it just
didn't enter my mind that he could have been.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did it ever enter your mind?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. It is only after the assassination that you considered
this question; is that correct?
Mr. GREGORY. Even then I never considered it seriously.
Mr. LIEBELER. But my question is: When did you consider it at all?
Mr. GREGORY. Only after, yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. After?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes. I think this might be important. More or less
his philosophy, which I think came out, is that at the time I was
interested in going and studying in the Soviet Union in our exchange
program. We have an exchange where our University sends over students
and they send over to ours, and I was interested in seeing how it was,
how life would be, see if it would be too hard, and he says, he told
me, "Just go over there. Don't get on a waiting list. You will never
get there."
He said, "If you want to do something, go ahead and do it. You will get
involved in red tape." And I think that was possibly the way he thought
about everything.
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