(Testimony of James Herbert Martin Resumed)
Mr. Redlich.
Are you referring to the area where the Neely Street house was located?
To refresh your recollection, Mr. Martin, the Oswalds lived in two places in Dallas. One was on Elsbeth Street and the other on Neely. Are they both in Oak Cliff?
Mr. Martin.
Yes, Elsbeth Street is right around the corner from Neely Street, I believe they lived in an apartment on Elsbeth.
It was a group of apartments in one building, and on Neely Street, I think, that was similar to a duplex.
Mr. Redlich.
And you are not certain as to where this photograph which was the subject of these negotiations was taken?
Mr. Martin.
No, except that the Elsbeth address, I believe, was a brick residence, I mean a brick apartment, it is a dark building, and the Neely Street address is a white building.
I believe the photo shows a white building.
Mr. Redlich.
On the basis of that you would conclude the photograph was taken at which address?
Mr. Martin.
At the Neely Street address.
Mr. Redlich.
At the Neely Street address. When you were negotiating with various publications for this photograph, didn't anyone ask you when and where it was taken?
Mr. Martin.
Yes, I told them that it was while they were living in Oak Cliff. I didn't say where or when.
Mr. Redlich.
No one asked you.
Mr. Martin.
And they apparently weren't concerned with the where or when.
Mr. Redlich.
Did they ask you anything about the publication which Lee Oswald had in his hand?
Mr. Martin.
Yes, and I told them that it was either the Militant or the Worker. I was not sure which one. I am not even sure whether either one.
Mr. Redlich.
Your copy of the photograph did not indicate clearly which one it was?
Mr. Martin.
Correct.
Mr. Redlich.
Do you now know which one it was?
Mr. Martin.
No.
Mr. Dulles.
Are you sure it is one of the two?
Mr. Martin.
No, I am not. I assume that it would be one of the two.
Mr. Redlich.
For the record it is the Militant.
Mr. Dulles.
It is?
Mr. Redlich.
Is there anything about the circumstances of this photograph. including the rifle, the pistol, the time, the place, anything concerning this photograph that you have not told this Commission about which you have knowledge?
Mr. Martin.
No.
Mr. Redlich.
The last item on Commission Exhibit No. 325 is This Week magazine, $1,000. Could you tell us about that. At the conclusion of this list I will ask if there is anything else. We are now at This Week magazine.
Mr. Martin.
When Marina was here in Washington, she had the press conference, and at the end of the press conference she mentioned, she made a statement "Now I go to church." On the way to the CBS studios we passed a Russian Orthodox Church, and she remarked about it, that she would like to come back and go inside, see what it looked like. Someone in This Week magazine caught that statement, and wanted to write a short article on Marina going to church, and that is what that is.
Mr. Redlich.
What happened? Could you tell us how this article got written?
Mr. Martin.
It hasn't been written.
Mr. Redlich.
Did the reporter accompany Mrs. Oswald to church?
Mr. Martin.
Oh, no. Actually when the television interview was over, we came back and went to the church, but the church was locked and we didn't get in at all. Now this contact was made after we left Washington. This Week magazine contacted us after, not while we were still here.
Mr. Redlich.
And what was the subject matter of this article specifically supposed to be?
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