Mr. Jenner.

You had just finished relating that Marina had told him not to come that particular

weekend?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, was there an occasion during the course of that weekend when a phone call was made to Lee Harvey Oswald. I direct your attention particularly to Sunday evening, the 17th of November.

Mrs. Paine.

Looking back on it, I thought that there was a call made to him by me on Monday the 18th, but I may be wrong about when it was made.

Mr. Jenner.

Did Marina call him this Sunday evening, November 17?

Mrs. Paine.

No. There was only one call made at any one time to him, to my knowledge.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you recall an occasion when a call was made to him and you girls were unable to reach him when that call was made?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes. I will describe the call, and there is a dispute over what night it was.

Mr. Jenner.

I would like your best recollection, first as to when it occurred. Was it during the weekend that he did not return to your home, the weekend immediately preceding the assassination day? Do you recall that Marina was lonesome and she wished you to make a call to Lee and you did so at her request?

Mrs. Paine.

I recall certainly we had talked with Lee, on the telephone already that weekend because he called to say that he had been to attempt to get a driver's license permit.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mrs. Paine.

Whether he called that Saturday or whether he had called Sunday, I am not certain. Indeed, I am not certain but what he had called the very day, had already called and talked with Marina the very day that I then, at her request, tried to reach him at the number he had given. me, with his number in my telephone book.
Junie was fooling with the telephone dial, and Marina said, "Let's call papa" and asked me--

Mr. Jenner.

Was this at night?

Mrs. Paine.

It was early evening, still light.

Mr. Jenner.

Was it on a weekend?

Mrs. Paine.

I would have said it was Monday but I am not certain of that.

Mr. Jenner.

Was it

Mrs. Paine.

That is my best recollection, is that it was Monday.

Mr. Jenner.

All we want is your best recollection. If it was a Monday, was it the Monday following the weekend that he did not come?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes, certainly it was.

Mr. Jenner.

I see. That is if it was a Monday, it was the Monday preceding November 22?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Dulles.

Could I ask one question?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mr. Dulles.

Was there any evidence that the hint you gave, or that was given, to Lee Harvey not to come over this weekend caused him any annoyance? Was he put out by this, and did he indicate it?

Mrs. Paine.

I made no such request of him. Marina talked with him on the phone.

Mr. Dulles.

I realize that.

Mrs. Paine.

And she made no mention of any irritation. Of course, I didn't hear what he said in response to her asking him not to come.

Mr. Dulles.

And it didn't come out in any of these subsequent telephone messages which we are now discussing?

Mrs. Paine.

No; I think I probably talked with him during that same telephone conversation to say that he could go without a car, and there was no irritation I noticed.

Mr. Dulles.

Thank you.

Mr. Jenner.

But it is your definite recollection that his failure to come on the weekend preceding the assassination was not at his doing but at the request of Marina, under the circumstances you have related?