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
Mrs. RAY. No; I never asked. Only things, I give him credit he speak
so well Russian and I don't ask and then I want to introduce him to my
husband, you know. He is an American and my husband did not remember
him very well how he look and my husband, I guess, have few drinks and
he is man don't talk much. This Oswald don't say much and you introduce
and that's as far as go but he always constantly staying very close to
his wife, you know.
Mr. LIEBELER. Tell us the rest of your conversation with Marina or with
Oswald as best you can recall it.
Mrs. RAY. Well, after she told that she don't have any difficulty and
we decided that everything is getting better and we started asking her
about Russian songs and they start to sing in Russian songs, and asking
her sing, if she know any latest Russian song, and she start sing and
we sing with her together and then I notice that's all been say as much
conversation.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ask her where she lived when she was in Russia?
Mrs. RAY. Yes; I ask her where she come from. She said she come from
Minsk but said later she coming from Moscow. She been in Moscow with
her husband. He has a paper fix and she said as soon as he got his
paper fix to go to America, said she did not have difficulty. He told
them he ready to go and he going to take her with him and said she got
paper and they left. Don't take too long; said he have to wait for
little while. I believe she said a year, have to wait before he got his
paper.
Mr. LIEBELER. Before he got his paper from the Americans or from the
Russians; did she say?
Mrs. RAY. No; from Americans to go back to America; so he decided to go
back to America.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did she tell you how long they stayed in Moscow?
Mrs. RAY. She stayed 1 year.
Mr. LIEBELER. She said they were in Moscow 1 year?
Mrs. RAY. Yes; see, from Minsk he have to go in Moscow to American
Embassy to talking he wanted to go back and they staying year in Moscow
before he got this paper and as soon as he got paper, he let Russian
Embassy know he got paper, they ready to leave and said they give her
paper and they left.
Mr. LIEBELER. The Russians gave her the papers?
Mrs. RAY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Marina mention she had lived in Leningrad at one time?
Mrs. RAY. No; not that I remember.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you know or did she tell you she had relatives in
Kharkov?
Mrs. RAY. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you learn what kind of job Oswald had while he was in
Russia?
Mrs. RAY. Well, not exactly; all I know she said he working on factory,
some factory and we don't get any details.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did they tell you where this factory was located?
Mrs. RAY. Located what?
Mr. LIEBELER. Where was the factory that Oswald worked in?
Mrs. RAY. In Minsk.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Oswald work while they stayed in Moscow a year? Do
you know about that?
Mrs. RAY. No; I cannot help in this. I do not know. I know that they
coming and stay in Moscow.
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