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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 98« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
And you did tell the agent that?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. It had to have been that session. I know I certainly told him, and it had to have been that time because the second meeting was very brief and had only to do with the address.
Mr. Jenner.
And that was not on a Friday?
Mrs. Paine.
No; it was not.
Mr. Jenner.
Was anything said about the agent remaining because Lee Oswald would be along, he was expected?
Mrs. Paine.
No. May I interject here to recall to your mind that as I looked through my calendar trying to find if there was any time, any weekend other than the weekend of October 12, that Lee arrived on a Saturday instead of a Friday, it had to be that weekend by deduction. And I don't recall whether he arrived that Friday evening.
I do recall when he arrived we told him about this meeting and I gave him the piece of paper on which I had written Mr. Hosty's name and the normal telephone number for the FBI in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner.
But you recall no conversation. May I suggest this to you as possibly refreshing your recollection. That on that Friday afternoon, which I may say to you now, Mrs. Paine, is reported by Agent Hosty as having taken place on November 1, and he has made his report accordingly, was there any discussion of a suggestion that Lee Oswald would be out that weekend, that is either that you told him he would not be or that he would be, that you would expect him?
Mrs. Paine.
My recollection is that I said he came out here on weekends and he could be seen then.
Mr. Jenner.
Go ahead.
Mrs. Paine.
And I have no recollection of ever thinking he was not going to come that weekend.
Mr. Jenner.
You have also testified that you were also advised in advance when he was coming?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
He asked permission. So if he were coming on the 1st of November, that very day, you would have been advised in advance that he as coming, would you not, according to your testimony.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; I would think so.
Mr. Jenner.
But you don't recall saying anything to Agent Hosty that he was coming that evening, at least that you expected him to be there.
Mrs. Paine.
I may have. I don't specifically recall.
Mr. Jenner.
But you do have a recollection that you told him at least generally that Lee Oswald came to your home on weekends?
Mrs. Paine.
I feel certain of that.
Mr. Jenner.
In any event, Agent Hosty did not remain?
Mrs. Paine.
He did not remain left. It was earlier in the afternoon.
Mr. Jenner.
You are inclined to think the interview took place earlier in the afternoon, that is prior to 5 o'clock?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; more likely 2 to 3 or 3:30.
Mr. Jenner.
During the slumber hours of your children?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Now you are certain in your own mind that you had no interview or no FBI agent interviewed you prior to November 1?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
And if an FBI agent did interview you, you were not aware that you were being interviewed?
Mrs. Paine.
That is absolutely correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you have a recollection that on October 29, that would be 2 days before the Friday session that you have testified about, that some sales person or purporting to be a sales person or a drummer or somebody came to your door and made some inquiries of you about the Oswalds?
Mrs. Paine.
October 29 is a Tuesday. I don't recall any such encounter. Written on my calendar is "Dal" for Dallas "Junie" meaning we went to a clinic in Dallas in the morning. It doesn't say about the rest of the day.
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