Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes; I think it was probably the day after that that he
dropped by and he asked me about this. He asked me if they had been
there, and I said yes. He says, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Mr. JENNER. Why you didn't tell him what?
Mrs. GIBSON. That they had been there and that the baby had been
baptized, and I said that it was none of my business.
Mr. JENNER. The thing that confuses me a little bit is he came by and
picked up the birthday gift.
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Nothing was said about baptism.
Mrs. GIBSON. No.
Mr. JENNER. On that occasion.
Mrs. GIBSON. No, no; I think he----
Mr. JENNER. Therefore, he must have known or inquired as to where you
got the birthday gift, correct?
Mrs. GIBSON. I don't recall. I think I had some story fixed up for
that. Mrs. Hall, I think, told me to tell him that she had been by, or
something. I can't remember what it was, but she had some story, you
know, for how come I had that.
Mr. JENNER. That would explain that, then.
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes; I don't, you know, really remember what was said
exactly.
Mr. JENNER. The day following that occasion----
Mrs. GIBSON. I did not tell him that I had seen Marina, though.
Mr. JENNER. Is when he approached you on the subject?
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Of the baptism and why you hadn't told him?
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What did you say to him?
Mrs. GIBSON. I told him it was none of my business, and he wasn't too
happy about it.
Mr. JENNER. What did he say about the fact that June had been baptized?
Mrs. GIBSON. Not too much. He wasn't really that upset about it. He
just said he didn't like the idea, but that was all. He wasn't terribly
upset about it.
Mr. JENNER. Mrs. Gibson, was he upset because the baby had been
baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church rather than the Lutheran
Church, for example?
Mrs. GIBSON. No; he was an atheist. He just didn't want anything to do
with religion.
Mr. JENNER. Did you and your husband have discussions with him on the
subject of religion?
Mrs. GIBSON. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And what were his views on the subject of religion?
Mrs. GIBSON. He didn't believe in it. He didn't believe in God. He
didn't believe in anything.
Mr. JENNER. And did that discussion occur reasonably often, on more
than one occasion?
Mrs. GIBSON. Oh, it was mentioned in with politics. You know how that
can get. The two subjects you are not supposed to talk about we talked
about probably the most.
Mr. JENNER. What was your impression about any view or hope or desire
or ambition on his part of some future attainment?
Mrs. GIBSON. He didn't really talk too much about in the future or what
he wanted to do. I don't know what he wanted to do with himself.
Mr. JENNER. Was President Kennedy ever mentioned in the course of the
discussions between your husband and Lee?
Mrs. GIBSON. Never, never. He wasn't President at the time anyway, was
he?
Mr. JENNER. Yes; he was.
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