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
Here in Dallas, actually, I was going from Florida to California, but
my step-daughter, which is a daughter of my husband's first wife,
asked me if I wanted to stop here in Dallas and maybe we can live
together. So, I did and I arrived Dallas and I bought a house, so I
settled here and on Hanover Street. It is my own house, in my name, and
where I met a few Russians here, but deep regret--there was not a real
Russian church, which I miss very much. It is in English language which
certainly is not the same as your own language, the church has to be a
Russian church on Newton Street.
Mr. JENNER. On what street?
Mrs. LESLIE. On Newton Street.
Mr. JENNER. Is that St. Nicholas?
Mrs. LESLIE. No, St. Seraphim.
Mr. JENNER. The sermon is preached in English, is it not, at St.
Seraphim?
Mrs. LESLIE. In English--Father Dimitri is preaching there. By the way,
Father Dimitri christened the daughter of this Oswald. His wife came
there to christen the daughter June, I heard.
Now, I was introduced to a few Russian people here.
Mr. JENNER. When you came here?
Mrs. LESLIE. Yes; my daughter, she was here, and she is a ballerina and
she was visiting Dallas a few times and she knew some people here. She
is a ballerina--a dancer. She met here many people--mostly connected
with ballet, artists, so she introduced me to the Voshinins, that's
Igor and Natalia Voshinin, and then she introduced me to Mr. and Mrs.
Ford.
Mr. JENNER. To Mr. and Mrs. Declan Ford?
Mrs. LESLIE. Declan Ford and then to the Mellers.
Mr. JENNER. The Mellers, M-e-l-l-e-r [spelling]?
Mrs. LESLIE. Yes; and then George Bouhe, and I think there are some
Russians in Fort Worth--those Fort Worth Russians--the Clarks.
Mr. JENNER. Max Clark--Mr. and Mrs. Max Clark?
Mrs. LESLIE. Those are all the Russians which I knew here.
Now, I don't remember which year it was, it seemed to me it was in
1961, when George Bouhe called me on telephone and told me there
was one couple, a young couple came from Soviet Union and if I am
interested to hear something about there, you know, the conditions in
Soviet Union, he invites me to his house to meet them. He invited them
and a few Russian people all interested in the conditions in the Soviet
Union, which I left in 1924, and never corresponded with my own mother
since that, and my own sisters. I don't know what happened to them, but
I lost completely all trace of my own blood family. I never wrote them,
because I was advised not to contact them, so I went to this George
Bouhe's apartment.
Mr. JENNER. Now, Mrs. Leslie, the Oswalds returned from Russia on the
12th of June 1962.
Mrs. LESLIE. 1962--so, it was in 1962. As I said, I am not sure which
year it was--it was so long ago. Since that I have never seen him--I
just have seen them once.
Mr. JENNER. This was a meeting at George Bouhe's house?
Mrs. LESLIE. At George Bouhe's house--where he lives--I could be wrong.
Mr. JENNER. Was it during the daytime or the evening?
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