(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Resumed)
Mr. Dulles.
I want to ask you again: In view of the fact that you knew in view of the fact that he had threatened Walker by shooting at him, and he threatened Vice President Nixon can you not tell this Commission whether after that he threatened to hurt, harm any other person?
Mrs. Oswald.
Nobody else. Perhaps I should be punished for not having said anything about all this, but I was just a wife and I was trying to keep the family together, at that time. I mean to say. I am talking, of course, of time before President Kennedy's death. And if I forget to say anything now, I am not doing it on purpose.
Mr. Dulles.
I am just asking questions. Will you say here that he never did make any statement against President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald.
Never.
Mr. Dulles.
Did he ever make any statement about him of any kind?
Mrs. Oswald.
He used to read and translate articles from the newspaper about Kennedy to me and from magazines, favorable articles about Kennedy. He never commented on them and he never discussed them in any way but because of his translations and his reading to me he always had a favorable feeling about President Kennedy because he always read these favorably inclined articles to me. He never said that these articles never were true, that he was a bad President or anything like that.
Mr. Dulles.
I didn't catch the last.
Mrs. Oswald.
He never said these articles were not true or that President Kennedy was a bad President or anything like that.
Senator COOPER. I think you testified before that he made statements showing his dislike of our system of government and its economic system.
Mrs. Oswald.
He used to complain about the educational difficulties and about the unemployment in the United States and about the high cost of medical care.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Right there, please, may I, Mr. Dulles when did he complain of those things, was this in Russia or was it in the United States after you returned from Russia?
Mrs. Oswald.
After our return from Russia. When we were living in New Orleans after returning from Russia.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Did he likewise make such complaints about the American system while you were living in Russia after you were married?
Mrs. Oswald.
He used to tell me that it was difficult to find a job and to get work in the United States but nonetheless we would be better there than we were in Russia. Excuse me. He was the kind of person who was never able to get along anywhere he was and when he was in Russia he used to say good things about the United States and when he was in the United States he used to talk well about Russia.
Senator COOPER. You knew, of course, because of the incidents in New Orleans that he did not like American policy respecting Cuba.
Mrs. Oswald.
He was definitely a supporter of Cuba. This was something which remained with him from Russia.
Senator COOPER. Did he ever say to you who was responsible or who had some responsibility for our policy toward Cuba?
Mrs. Oswald.
No.
Senator COOPER. Had he ever mentioned President Kennedy in connection with our Cuban policy?
Mrs. Oswald.
Never to me.
Mr. Dulles.
Did he ever say anything----
Mrs. Oswald.
He might have discussed this with Paine.
Senator COOPER. With who?
Mrs. Oswald.
Mr. Paine, husband of Ruth Paine.
Senator COOPER. He might have done what now?
Mrs. Oswald.
With the husband of Ruth Paine.
Senator COOPER. Why do you say that, did you ever hear him talking about it?
Mrs. Oswald.
He used to talk politics with Mr. Paine. I don't know what they were talking about because at that time I didn't understand English.
Senator COOPER. Did you mean, though, to say that you believed he might have discussed the Cuban policy with Mr. Paine.
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes; especially after we returned from New Orleans.
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