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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VIII - Page 187« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Charles Murret)

Mr. Murret.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
How long were you there?
Mr. Murret.
Oh, just from Saturday morning to Sunday evening.
Mr. Jenner.
Did Lee give some kind of an address to the students over there?
Mr. Murret.
Yes; but it was just for the faculty and the school over there.
Mr. Jenner.
Just for the boys and the faculty at the school?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you there?
Mr. Murret.
I was there not to listen to the speech now, but we were on the grounds.
Mr. Jenner.
But you didn't listen to the talk Lee gave at all?
Mr. Murret.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
How about Marina?
Mr. Murret.
No; Marina and my wife--none of us went in.
Mr. Jenner.
So you returned to New Orleans the next day, is that right?
Mr. Murret.
Yes; that's right.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you pay all the expenses of that trip?
Mr. Murret.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
Was Lee Oswald making very much money at that time?
Mr. Murret.
I don't remember that. I didn't ask him that, how much he was making.
Mr. Jenner.
What was your impression?
Mr. Murret.
My impression was that he didn't have money to pay for the trip or the motel or anything.
Mr. Jenner.
You paid it?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever see any communistic literature or leaflets or pamphlets relating to communism, or anything like that that could be termed subversive in any sense of the word, in Lee Oswald's apartment?
Mr. Murret.
Well, I saw a picture in his apartment, a picture of Castro, on the mantel there.
Mr. Jenner.
On the mantel?
Mr. Murret.
Yes; it was there after he was arrested.
Mr. Jenner.
Last summer?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
In August it was there?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever see Lee in a television interview here?
Mr. Murret.
Well, no; but I heard him over the radio.
Mr. Jenner.
The radio?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell me about that.
Mr. Murret.
Well, he called up my wife and told her that he was going on television, so we turned on the television, but he was on the radio instead.
Mr. Jenner.
You did hear him on the radio; did you listen to the program?
Mr. Murret.
Yes, sir; not all of it, but enough of it.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Murret, did you ever try to teach Lee how to drive an automobile?
Mr. Murret.
No; I didn't try to teach him that, but I tried to teach him to talk American to his little child.
Mr. Jenner.
What was your discussion with him on that?
Mr. Murret.
There was no discussion. I just told him, I said, "Why don't you teach your child how to speak the English language?" But he didn't give me an answer to that.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever have a discussion with him as to why he left Russia?
Mr. Murret.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever have any discussion with him as to his political views in connection with Russia, as to what he thought of Russia?
Mr. Murret.
No, I didn't. To tell you the truth, after he defected to Russia and went there to live and everything, I just let it go out the window. I
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