Mrs. Paine.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

And you wanted to replace it for what reason--did Lee Oswald desire to use it or were you using it or what were the circumstances?

Mrs. Paine.

I. was using the typewriter in preparation for teaching Russian to one student.

Mr. Jenner.

Is there anything else about that incident that you would, like to add to the record.

Mrs. Paine.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, Mrs. Paine, I can think of no additional questions at the moment.
Is there anything that has occurred to you in the meantime that is, since you were in Washington, to which you would like to draw my attention and the attention of the Commission as possibly having a bearing on the Commission's investigation, the nature of which, you have been heretofore advised?

Mrs. Paine.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

There is nothing?

Mrs. Paine.

This is rather an aside, I would think.

Mr. Jenner.

All right, let's go off the record a minute.
(Discussion between Counsel Jenner and the witness, Mrs. Paine, off the record.)

Mr. Jenner.

We go back on the record.
In gifts received by you since November 22, 1963, at your home, that is, gifts to Marina, did some of those gifts come in the form of cash as distinguished from check or money orders?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes, some of them did. I regret that most of those that came as cash came early and I Simply sent them on to Secret Service as cash. After--about the end of 1963 I began to wonder, since I had not heard directly from Marina, whether she was getting these, and I therefore decided to send any such contributions that came to me as cash on to her as checks drawn on my bank account.

Mr. Jenner.

Had you talked with John Thorne, or Jim Martin in advance of delivering those checks-- "yes" or "no"?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

All right, tell us the circumstances?

Mrs. Paine.

I asked John Thorne----

Mr. Jenner.

By telephone or direct inquiry face to face?

Mrs. Paine.

In person, at his office, whether Marina Oswald was signing, and by this I meant endorsing her own checks and his reply to me was that everything she can do herself she is doing. From this I assumed she could sign her name. I left a letter which enclosed such a check written by me to her.

Mr. Jenner.

You left with whom? With John Thorne or with Mr. Martin?

Mrs. Paine.

It does look as if I had left it--let's see--given to the hand of John Thorne.

Mr. Jenner.

Excuse me, you have now turned to the second page of Ruth Paine Exhibit 277 and you are pointing to a footnote at the bottom of that page, are you not?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And the reference there to this letter is to the letter which appears on that page?

Mrs. Paine.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

And do I take it from the footnote that accompanying that letter transcribed in the second page of Ruth Paine Exhibit 277, accompanying it was a check?

Mrs. Paine.

That's right, enclosed in the stamped and sealed envelope.

Mr. Jenner.

And the check is the instrument you now hand me, dated December 28, 1963, check number 205 in the sum of $10, payable to Marina Oswald, which we will mark as Ruth Paine Exhibit 277-A.
(Exhibit marked by the reporter as Ruth Paine Exhibit No. 277-A, for identification.)

Mr. Jenner.

On the reverse side of that there appears in longhand as an endorsement and the name "Marina Oswald." Do you see it?