(Testimony of James Patrick , Jr. Hosty)
Mr. Hosty.
children were there, and I assumed that their personal effects would be there. We didn't go into that.
Mr. Mccloy.
You made no search of the house?
Mr. Hosty.
No, sir; that would have been illegal. I couldn't have done it without his consent. There was no attempt to do that.
Mr. Stern.
Did you have any thought of interviewing Marina Oswald at the time she came into Mrs. Paine's living room in connection with the investigation of Marina Oswald that you had started out thinking about in March?
Mr. Hosty.
Yes; I could have interviewed her here, but I thought at the time she was under a little emotional stress, this was maybe not a good time. Also, as I said before, we have a requirement to have two agents present when a subject is interviewed. I was alone. And, also, I wanted to get the New Orleans office to check their files to see if there was anything that I didn't have. For all I knew, they could have already interviewed her. I didn't know this. So before I would proceed with that, I wanted to make sure I had all the records, another agent, and at a better time where I could talk in more detail with Mrs. Oswald.
Then on the 5th of November----
Mr. Stern.
Have you told us everything that elapsed--that occurred between November 1 and November 5?
Mr. Hosty.
Yes. Then on the 5th of November, I was on my way to the Fort Worth area, and stopped at Mrs. Paine's very briefly.
Mr. Stern.
How did that happen to come about?
Mr. Hosty.
Well, I was on my way to Fort Worth, and I did not have his residence. I thought I would stop by. Mrs. Paine told me she would attempt to locate where he was living. It was not too much out of my way, so I just drove over to Mrs. Paine's. I had another agent with me that day.
Mr. Stern.
Who Was that?
Mr. Hosty.
Agent Gary S. Wilson. Agent Wilson was a brand new agent out of training school. And it is the custom to assign a new agent to work with an older agent for a period of 6 weeks. They work with different agents every day to observe what they are doing. This is the only reason he was with me, the only reason I had another man.
We went to the front porch. I rang the bell, talked to Mrs. Paine, at which time she advised me that Lee Oswald had been out to visit her, visit his wife, at her house over the Weekend, but she had still not determined where he was living in Dallas, and she also made the remark that she considered him to be a very illogical person, that he had told her that weekend that he was a Trotskyite Communist. Since she did not have his address, I thanked her and left.
Mr. Stern.
Did she indicate how she felt about this description of Trotskyite Communist that he pinned on himself?
Mr. Hosty.
Well, she thought he was rather illogical, is the way she put it. She was a little more amused than anything else. She thought he was illogical, as I say, was the term she used.
Mr. Stern.
Was Marina Oswald present at all?
Mr. Hosty.
I didn't see her. She was probably in the house, but I didn't see her. I didn't go in the house. I just went in the front door.
Mr. Stern.
How long do you think it was?
Mr. Hosty.
Not more than 1 or 2 minutes. Then I got in the car and left.
Mr. Stern.
Where was your car parked at that time?
Mr. Hosty.
I believe in the same place, because here, again, this second car of Michael Paine's was still in front of the Paine house, and Mrs. Paine's station wagon was in the driveway. So I am fairly sure I parked here at the same spot.
Mr. Stern.
And you are indicating the Spot on Exhibit 430 where you initialed?
Mr. Hosty.
Right, where I parked on the first of November, to the best of my recollection that is where I parked.
Representative Ford.
Did Agent Wilson accompany you to the door?
Mr. Hosty.
Yes; he walked up.
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