Mr. Redlich.

You and Mr. Thorne didn't have any conversations concerning whether she should mention it?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Mr. Redlich.

At the conclusion of the testimony did you ask Mrs. Oswald whether she had mentioned it?

Mr. Martin.

Not to my knowledge, No.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you discuss with Mr. Thorne the question of whether she had mentioned the Nixon incident before this Commission?

Mr. Martin.

I think so.

Mr. Redlich.

What did Mr. Thorne say?

Mr. Martin.

He said no.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you and Mr. Thorne discuss whether she should have mentioned that incident before this Commission?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you think it was an important incident, Mr. Martin?

Mr. Martin.

No. I don't know why--the credibility of it didn't sound logical. It didn't seem to me that it actually happened.

Mr. Redlich.

Did you speak to any representative of the Houston Post or the Associated Press with regard to this incident in the last several days?

Mr. Martin.

Yesterday morning.

Mr. Redlich.

Could you tell us the nature of that conversation?

Mr. Martin.

He came out and asked me.

Mr. Redlich.

Who is "he"?

Mr. Martin.

Let's see, his name is Creighton, I believe or the last name began with a "C", he is with the Houston Post, reporter. He came out and asked me what I knew about the Nixon incident and I said I know nothing about it. He said well he had it on good authority that there was a diary that Lee Harvey Oswald had written and it was mentioned in the diary.
Now, I have never heard of a diary involved. There are some 60 pages of manuscript that he is supposed to have written, but I have never heard of a diary.
Then--which I told him.
He asked me if I knew of anyone that he could contact to find more about it. And I said well, if anybody knows about it, it will be the Commission, and I told him that I had just heard about it the day before, and he asked if Marina knew anything about it, and I said I don't know.

Mr. Redlich.

You didn't discuss with this reporter whether you believed the incident to be true?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Mr. Redlich.

At the time you first learned about the incident you thought it was of sufficient importance that you called Mr. Thorne the same day, isn't that right?

Mr. Martin.

Yes. We discussed it back and forth and I don't--we couldn't think of how it could happen.

Mr. Leech.

Could we go off the record?
(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Dulles.

Read this brief report into the record.

Mr. Redlich.

1 would like to read into the record a story which appears in the Washington Post February 22, 1964--27, 1964, dated Houston, Texas, February 26, Associated Press:
"The Houston Post quoted an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald's widow tonight as saying Oswald planned to kill former Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The Post quoted James Martin, until a few days ago Marina Oswald's business representative, as saying that evidence to this effect had been presented to the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Martin is scheduled to testify before the Commissioners Thursday. Nixon was in Dallas the day before President Kennedy was killed. Oswald was charged with the slaying."

Mr. Martin.

Now, I did not tell him--I told him exactly what I told you, that I had no knowledge of it. I had secondhand knowledge only of it. I said if anyone knew about it the Commission would know it.