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. Did you ever form an impression of Oswald, based on
your association with him, form an opinion prior to the time of the
assassination that he was mentally unstable, too, in any way?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. You did not? He did not appear to be that to you?
Mr. GREGORY. Let's say, I wouldn't classify him as--evidently he was,
but at the time I didn't think he was. I just thought he was, as I say,
fairly hot tempered and not extremely brilliant.
But I never did think of him as mentally deranged. Maybe I saw him
mixed up. He must have been mixed up to do what he did, as far as the
assassination, but just going over to the Soviet Union----
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you consider this question prior to the
assassination? The question is, tell us in your own words what opinion
you formed of Oswald and what you thought about him at the time you
knew him in 1962?
Mr. GREGORY. I never minded him. I always enjoyed being with him. I
enjoyed Marina more than Lee. She was a very pleasant person, very
pleasant to be with, interesting. I can't say that I disliked Lee. He
had bad qualities, but I mean, when we were together, I think he more
or less put on his best front, because I think he considered me someone
he could talk to. Because I think he considered other people beneath
him, and he thought that everyone was judging him.
I think he felt that his brother--this is a personal opinion--that they
were sort of taking him in out of the goodness of their hearts.
And I never expressed any judgment on it or even asked him or faced
the matter as to why he had done what he did. Therefore, our relations
were always good. But still I classified him as hot tempered, not very
smart, and slightly mixed up. And I am sure about a good many other
examples, but I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist.
Mr. LIEBELER. When you are saying not very smart, are you talking about
what your impression of what his intelligence or what his level of
education?
Mr. GREGORY. I am thinking of academic sense, inability to grasp things.
Mr. LIEBELER. Basically a function of his IQ rather than his formal
education?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Were you ever interested in his formal education, or make
any inquiries on that?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes; I was interested in it as to whether he finished
high school, and that he had expressed to me desire to go on in higher
education.
Mr. LIEBELER. We have already covered that.
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he ever indicate to you, or did you ever form the
opinion, that he was capable of violent acts?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I didn't think he was. I would say maybe I could only
picture him getting into a fight or something. Judging from the type of
person he was, if someone would insult him, I think he would get into
a fight, but as far as the major violent act, I couldn't picture him
doing.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you consider that question prior to the time of the
assassination?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
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