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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 155« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Paul Roderick Gregory)

Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you any of the details about his marriage to Marina, as to any difficulties they experienced in getting permission to become married, or anything of that nature?
Mr. Gregory.
No; I don't think so. As I remember, it happened quite fast. I believe they were married 2 or 3 weeks after they met.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you think of anything else that he ever told you about his experiences in the Soviet Union that we haven't already covered?
Mr. Gregory.
Not at the moment.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Oswald ever discuss any subject concerning Russian military movements or the presence of troops, concentration of equipment, aircraft and that sort of thing?
Mr. Gregory.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Never mentioned it at all?
Mr. Gregory.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
You told us before that you held a bachelor degree from Oklahoma University and that you majored in economics?
Mr. Gregory.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever discuss economics with Oswald?
Mr. Gregory.
I never discussed it with him because I don't think he knew anything about it.
Mr. LIEBELER, Did the subject ever come up between you?
Mr. Gregory.
He would always say that is my great love, history and economics.
Mr. Liebeler.
What did he say about it? I am interested in this, because I gained the impression from others that he didn't know very much about it. In my opinion you probably do know more about it than most of the men that I talked to, so I would like to have you tell us as much as you can.
Mr. Gregory.
He never said anything, and that is the reason I got the impression he didn't know anything about it, because if he knew, he would want to talk about it. I never approached the subject because he seemed to not want to get into it. I thought from an interview with him, when they were having all this on TV, that they asked him a question, something about comparative economics, and he gave some kind of stupid answer and more or less confirmed my opinion that he didn't know too much about it. But we never did have a specific discussion about economics.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever discuss with Oswald any contacts between him and agents of the Soviet Government in connection with any attempt on their part to recruit him as an intelligence agent or as open activity of the Soviet Union?
Mr. Gregory.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever discuss it with anybody else?
Mr. Gregory.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did it ever occur to you that Oswald might be an agent of the Soviet Union?
Mr. Gregory.
No; I was always fairly positive that he wasn't, because I figured that if the Soviets wanted to get someone, they could get someone a lot more reliable. They would have a lot more sense than to get him, because I think he was, personally had a bad temper, I think.
Mr. Liebeler.
What makes you say that?
Mr. Gregory.
Well, he would always, he never really didn't get mad, but he would--I never did figure out if he and Marina were arguing or just talking, but he would always shout, and I remember one evening that we went out, were going to the grocery store, and Marina had June in her arms and she stepped over and fell off the porch, and boy he got mad. You know, the baby fell on the ground. He really got mad. And. that was the only time I ever saw him real mad. I guess maybe he had reason to be mad, because Marina had dropped the child.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did she fall out of her arms?
Mr. Gregory.
They both fell. She hurt her back. I thought she had.
Mr. Liebeler.
What did he do?
Mr. Gregory.
He went over and picked up the baby.
Mr. Liebeler.
Then what did he say?
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