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. It just never occurred to you?
Mr. GREGORY. No. Just an automatic judgment like I make, a general
judgment about all people, I figured he was the type person, if you go
downtown with him and someone would say, would insult him, he would
probably get into a fight or something like that. That is just my
general judgment of him. He never did in my presence, or nothing ever
happened. It is just a general judgment.
Mr. LIEBELER. The kind of judgment you would make about many people, is
it not?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. There never was anything peculiar about Oswald that
caused you to form a peculiar judgment about him or think he was
peculiar in any way?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. But he was the kind that easily flared up, although he
never did it in your presence, he was the type that would, and you did
think that about Oswald?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes. But as far as any violence, I couldn't picture him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Oswald ever indicate to you that the world situation
was not due to the people in the world, but was caused by the leaders
in the various countries?
Mr. GREGORY. I think so. Once or twice he made that exact statement,
and I can't remember if it was Marina or Lee. That is the exact words.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was that translated into any animosity against the
leaders of the two countries, either Khrushchev or Kennedy?
Mr. GREGORY. I could not say. I would not think so, because of what I
have already said about the fact that Lee had expressed admiration of
Khrushchev and had expressed that positive feeling toward Kennedy.
Mr. LIEBELER. Now that I have called to your attention and you recall
that either Lee or Marina did make a remark about the world troubles
being caused by the leaders and not the people, does that cause you to
reflect on your prior testimony?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I don't think so. There was no animosity in the
statement. It was more or less----
Mr. LIEBELER. Philosophical opposition--no personal animosity expressed
at all?
Mr. GREGORY. No; no such animosity.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you know of any connection between Lee Oswald and Jack
Ruby?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any knowledge of Oswald's drinking habits,
as far as alcoholic beverages are concerned?
Mr. GREGORY. He never drank in my presence.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you know whether or not Oswald was interested in any
other women during the time that you knew him?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever hear that he was?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he ever express an interest in guns to you?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever observe any firearms in his presence?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Or in his possession?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Or discuss the subject of firearms?
Mr. GREGORY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. During these lessons that you received from Marina in the
Russian language, was Oswald usually present or usually absent?
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