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. JENNER. George Bouhe, both of the De Mohrenschildts--your
mother-in-law and father-in-law and both the Oswalds--Lee and Marina?
Mr. TAYLOR. That's right. In addition to that, there was Mrs. Hall.
Mr. JENNER. And Mrs. Hall also spoke Russian?
Mr. TAYLOR. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Neither you nor your then wife spoke Russian?
Mr. TAYLOR. She had a knowledge of Russian but certainly not enough
to converse with them. She could understand some Russian when it was
spoken to her, but could not speak but just a few words.
Mr. JENNER. Could she follow a normal conversation between two others
who were speaking so each could understand the other, but not any
attempt to slow down and what-not in order to enable her to try and
pick up?
Mr. TAYLOR. I imagine they would have had to have spoken very plainly
and slowly and using simple words for her to have understood any of it.
Mr. JENNER. I believe I interrupted you at a point where you stated
that you talked generally about some of Lee's experiences and
observations about Russia. Would you continue from that point,
indicating as best you can now recall, what was said about Lee's
experiences in Russia?
Mr. TAYLOR. It's difficult to remark specifically about what we talked
of that day. Perhaps it would be better if I--uh--told you all I can
remember that he said about Russia on several occasions now rather
than--because I cannot remember specifically what we discussed on that
day.
Mr. JENNER. All right. So we can get one point in the record--I'll
probably ask more specifically about the different occasions later on.
But give us a running account such as you have indicated you desire to
make.
Mr. TAYLOR. All right. Lee, on various occasions, and I discussed
the life that he led in Russia, his experiences in Russia, and his
general observations about it. I guess I should best start with his
observations of family life there.
He and Marina lived in an apartment. It was about 10 x 14. And he
remarked that all families in Russia lived in apartments of this
approximate size regardless of the size of the families--that there
were no private residences as we think of them. And that six family
units would be grouped around a community kitchen and lavatory, and
where all the families shared the same facilities. And that he and
Marina did live in this manner. That he worked as a sheet-metal
fabricator in the town of Minsk, and received for his remuneration
for his work 45 rubles a month--which was the minimum, he said, that
everyone in Russia receives whether they work or not.
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