Mr. Jenner.

Did you have any impression of him up to this moment on this score?

Mrs. Paine.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

As a man of temper?

Mrs. Paine.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

Violence?

Mrs. Paine.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

None of that?

Mrs. Paine.

No. I had met him once.

Mr. Jenner.

You invited the Oswalds to dinner on the evening of April 2?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

What day of the week was that?

Mrs. Paine.

Tuesday.

Mr. Jenner.

Did anything occur that evening?

Mrs. Paine.

Well, Michael picked them up.

Mr. Jenner.

Who did?

Mrs. Paine.

Michael picked them up.

Mr. Jenner.

Your husband?

Mrs. Paine.

At the Neely Street address. Has he talked about that? It didn't come up?

Mr. Jenner.

I don't know. I haven't the slightest notion. I was talking with you.

Mrs. Paine.

Should I go ahead? I just want to get this first impression into the record somewhere if he hasn't already.

Representative Ford.

I think it would be helpful if you gave your impression of his impression.

Mr. Jenner.

Of his impression.

Mrs. Paine.

All right. This I have learned since the assassination. he didn't give me this impression as at the time we didn't talk that much.

Mr. Jenner.

Please, you are not giving us your impression of his impression on this occasion, but rather your impression of what he said to you after the assassination.

Mrs. Paine.

You still want it?

Representative Ford.

I think it is important.

Mr. Dulles.

Let us hear it.

Mrs. Paine.

He said--you must understand, that not living together we talked together very little. I am sure he would have given me his impression if we had been having dinner together the next day afterwards, you see- He went over and Marina was not yet ready. He thought that Lee was somewhat thoughtless. While doing absolutely nothing to help her get ready, get the baby's things together, prepare himself, he was quite impatient, thought she should be ready, and gave orders while he himself sat down and talked to Michael, and Michael carried the impression that Lee was somewhat thoughtless.

Mr. Dulles.

What did you do? That was about a half hour--what did you do during that period?

Mrs. Paine.

I was at the house preparing the dinner.

Mr. Dulles.

You were at home?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes. It has to be my impression of his impressions. I don't recall the evening too well, the evening of the second. I do recall we certainly had dinner together. I can't recall what the predominant language was. Lee and Michael, of course, talked in English. Not wanting to exclude her entirely from the conversation, I made opportunity to talk with her in Russian after the meal was over. She and I did the dishes and talked in Russian, and we were in the kitchen while Michael was talking to Lee in English in the living room, so I do not know what was said then between the two of them.

Mr. Jenner.

How did your husband get along with Lee Oswald?

Mrs. Paine.

Well, you probably have something on that.

Mr. Jenner.

What was your impression? I want your impression of how your husband got along.

Mrs. Paine.

Okay. He was initially very interested in learning what sort of man this was who had taken such a dramatic and unusual step to go to the Soviet Union and attempt to renounce his citizenship. He thought here