(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
In any event, you were conscious of his being in your home or within your general presence all day.
Mrs. Paine.
The entire day. Shall I give what recollections I have for activities of the 10th?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes, please.
Mrs. Paine.
It is my best recollection that this lesson in parking to which I have referred occurred on the 10th, late in the afternoon.
Mr. Jenner.
That is Sunday afternoon?
Mrs. Paine.
On Sunday afternoon. I would guess that he had watched pro football on the television in the afternoon. It was early evening after supper, and my recollection is that Michael Paine was also at the home. I cannot recall whether he had had supper with us, but I would guess so. Then I asked the two men, Lee and Michael, to help me in rearranging the furniture in the living room. And as I have already said, in reference to my testimony regarding the note, Commission Exhibit 103, the note referring to Mexico City--I will add to that testimony here--I remembered suddenly that this note was still on the top of my secretary desk in the living room, preceded the two men into the room, and put it into my desk. This is the folding front, you know. I just opened it, put it in and closed it. And then we moved all the furniture in the room around.
Mr. Jenner.
The two men were Lee Oswald and your husband?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right
Mr. Jenner.
And on that occasion, you took the note, which is Commission Exhibit 103, which I call the Mexico note, and you put it inside the secretary.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And----
Mrs. Paine.
After having left it on my desk for 2 full days, waiting for it to be picked up.
Mr. Jenner.
You had left it in the same place it was when you first noticed it?
Mrs. Paine.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
And that was out in the open.
Mrs. Paine.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
Have you recounted all that occurs to you as pertinent to that weekend?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you have a tape recorder in and about your home during that period?
Mrs. Paine.
Two of them.
Mr. Jenner.
Would it have been possible for Lee Oswald, while at your home, to have made a tape recording?
Mrs. Paine.
Wait. I take it back. I had one, a small one, which did not work well. My best recollection is that Michael's, which would have been the other, was not them at that time. He was using it at his shop.
Mr. Jenner.
So yours was not in working condition and his was at his shop.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
At his quarters?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I meant the place of work.
Mr. Jenner.
At Bell Helicopter?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
So that it is your opinion that Lee Oswald could not have made any tape recording.
Mrs. Paine.
That's my opinion.
Mr. Jenner.
Is it your recollection you were not interviewed by any agent of the FBI on or about October 27 or on or about October 29, 1963?
Mrs. Paine.
That is my recollection.
Mr. Jenner.
If you were interviewed, you are not conscious of it.
Mrs. Paine.
I was certainly not conscious of it.
Mr. Jenner.
Is it your opinion, based on your recollection of all of the association of Lee Oswald with you and at your home, that it could not have been possible for him to have taken a weapon, such as the rifle involved here, to any range, shooting range, sportsdome, gun range, or otherwise, on any
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