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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 319« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Katherine Ford)

Mr. Liebeler.
reviewed these matters. Is there anything you can remember that we discussed at that time that we have not talked about here now?
Mrs. Ford.
I don't remember. I don't know.
Mr. Liebeler.
Is there any other information that you have that you think the Commission would like to know about, that we don't have relating to the assassination?
Mrs. Ford.
I don't think there is anything of importance that you don't know.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any papers relating to these matters other than I think you mentioned a copy of the letter that you translated for the American Civil Liberties Union, other than that paper, do you have any papers that might relate to these questions I asked you?
Mrs. Ford.
No; I might have a copy of the letter that Marina was writing for--
Mr. Liebeler.
To Governor Connally?
Mrs. Ford.
To Governor Connally, and it is just rather a translation in my own handwriting.
Mr. Liebeler.
On this point about the rifle practice, did Marina tell you simply that he did not practice at the range at Grand Prairie or he did not practice at any place with the rifle?
Mrs. Ford.
I think she was talking about the particular range.
Mr. Liebeler.
Particularly Grand Prairie?
Mrs. Ford.
That is right.
Mr. Liebeler.
And she didn't say anything about any other practice?
Mrs. Ford.
She was telling me that people were--supposedly saw him in San Antonio and she knew for sure he wasn't there, and then she was saying they saw him at Grand Prairie practicing and she thought that he wasn't there, and then again in Ruby's place and she knew sure that Lee would never go to a place like that, things like that.
Mr. Liebeler.
I have no further questions.
The Chairman.
Congressman Ford, do you have some questions for Mrs. Ford?
Representative Ford.
Mr. Chief Justice, I have one or two.
The Chairman.
Proceed, please.
Representative Ford.
Did Marina Oswald ever tell you about her schooling in Russia?
Mrs. Ford.
Yes; she did. I think that would be a junior college here. She would finish 7 or 8 years, I don't know exactly, and then I think it is 4 years in a junior college which would make her in my opinion an assistant pharmacist.
Representative Ford.
In other words, she went to the regular--
Mrs. Ford.
School, yes.
Representative Ford.
Primary school?
Mrs. Ford.
That is right.
Representative Ford.
Following that she went on to a secondary school.
Mrs. Ford.
You don't have to finish primary school. Russian High School is 10 years, and if you want to specialize in some sort of assistant or technical work you would finish 7 or 8 years and then you would go 4 years after that, it is a finishing technical school, whether you would call it, where you would actually finish high school and at the same time you acquire some sort of a profession or technic, assistant to engineer or in this case assistant to a pharmacist.
Representative Ford.
But these were the only schools that she has ever indicated to you that she attended?
Mrs. Ford.
I think so, that is right.
Representative Ford.
Did she ever indicate to you the participation that she had in the Komsomol.
Mrs. Ford.
She said that she did join it and then she was kicked out or something.
Representative Ford.
Did she ever give you any reason why she was kicked out?
Mrs. Ford.
She told me that one time but I don't--I have forgotten the reason, I really don't remember.
Representative Ford.
Was it an ordinary thing for a person to be kicked out of the Komsomol, so far as you know?
Mrs. Ford.
Yes; I believe you have to be the sort, if you join it you have to
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