(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine)
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
I should limit that first to up to November 22, 1963. If so, would your answer be the same?
Mrs. Paine.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And what was that discussion? Try and fix the time and places if any particular discussion stands out.
Mrs. Paine.
I have already testified to Marina's comment on wishing she could reach her mother-in-law to announce the baby's coming birth. Marina also talked to me----
Mr. Jenner.
And that Lee did not give her the telephone number or advise her of means whereby she could reach her mother- in-law?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Did she indicate to you that he, in turn, had indicated he didn't wish her----
Mrs. Paine.
She indicated that he did not wish to make contact.
Mr. Jenner.
Did it go beyond that, that he did not wish members of his family to know that the child Rachel had been born?
Mrs. Paine.
Not that specifically.
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Mrs. Paine.
Marina told of having stayed with Lee's brother Robert and Robert's wife in Fort Worth.
Mr. Jenner.
When they first returned from Russia?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct. And of her sorrow that she hadn't been able to talk more, having virtually no English, but that she had liked both of them.
I also learned from her that Robert had been assigned by the same company for which he worked in Fort Worth to a different town, I think in Alabama for a brief period, and then I heard in October or early November that he had been----
Mr. Jenner.
Of 1963?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; that he had been transferred to Denton.
Mr. Jenner.
Denton, Tex.?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Anything else?
Mrs. Paine.
Part of the correspondence that I have given to the Commission contains a reference by Marina to Lee's brother, to the best of my recollection.
Mr. Jenner.
Brother Robert?
Mrs. Paine.
I can look that up. It doesn't say. But I assumed so.
Mr. Jenner.
Are you aware now that Lee had two brothers?
Mrs. Paine.
I am now aware of that.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you aware during their contact with you up to November 22, 1963, that he had two brothers?
Mrs. Paine.
I have a vague recollection that Marina had mentioned there being another brother, but I am not certain.
Mr. Jenner.
Did anything occur in the way of conversation or otherwise that brought to your attention the fact, if it be a fact, that Lee was avoiding contact with his brother and his mother?
Mrs. Paine.
I was under the impression----
Mr. Jenner.
In the fall of 1963?
Mrs. Paine.
I was under the impression that he was not avoiding contact with his brother, but that he was avoiding contact with his mother.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you aware during this fall period that he was employing a post office box, he had rented a post office box and was using it to receive communications?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
At any time during your acquaintance with the Oswalds had anything been said about his renting a post office box?
Mrs. Paine.
There was an occasion, I think it must have been after we had been to the bus station on April 24 that he asked to go by the main post office in Dallas to pick up some things. That would have implied a post office box there. But that was----
Mr. Jenner.
What date was this?
Mrs. Paine.
April 24, to the best of my recollection. I can't think----
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