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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. I - Page 124« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Resumed)

Representative Boggs.
Wesley Frazier.
Mrs. Oswald.
Oh, yes, that is the boy who took him to work.
Senator COOPER. You never heard him or anyone else express to your husband any hostility towards President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald.
No.
Senator COOPER. Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Oswald.
No.
Senator COOPER. That is all I have.
The Chairman.
Mr. Dulles, have you anything further you would like to ask?
Mr. Dulles.
Mr. Chief Justice, I only have one question. Mr. Rankin has kindly asked several questions I had during the course of this hearing, these hearings the last 3 days.
Apart from trying to achieve a place in history, can you think of any other motive or anything that your husband felt he would achieve by the act of assassinating the President? That he was trying to accomplish something?
Mrs. Oswald.
It is hard for me to say what he wanted to accomplish, because I don't understand him.
The Chairman.
Congressman Ford, did you have anything further?
Representative Ford.
Mrs. Oswald after President Kennedy was assassinated, your husband was apprehended and later questioned by a number of authorities. In the questioning he denied that he kept a rifle at Mrs. Paine's home. He denied shooting President Kennedy. And he questioned the authenticity of the photographs that you took of him holding the rifle and the holster.
Now, despite these denials by your husband, you still believe Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes. Representative Ford. That is all.
Representative Boggs.
Mr. Chairman, just one or two other questions.
The Chairman.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
Mrs. Oswald, when you lived in New Orleans with your husband, and he was active in this alleged Cuban committee, did you attend any meetings of any committees--was anyone else present?
Mrs. Oswald.
No, never.
Representative Boggs.
Were there any members of the committee other than your husband?
Mrs. Oswald.
There was no one. There was no one. There was no organization in New Orleans. Only Lee was there.
Representative Boggs.
One other question. Did he also dislike Russia when he was in Russia?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Representative Boggs.
Thank you.
The Chairman.
Well, Mrs. Oswald, you have been a very cooperative witness. You have helped the Commission. We are grateful to you for doing this. We realize that this has been a hard ordeal for you to go through.
Mrs. Oswald.
It was difficult to speak all the truth.
The Chairman.
We hope you know that the questions we have asked you have none of their have been from curiosity or to embarrass you, but only to report to the world what the truth is.
Now, after you leave here, you may have a copy of everything you have testified to. You may read it, and if there is anything that you think was not correctly recorded, or anything you would like to add to it, you may do so.
Mrs. Oswald.
I unfortunately--I cannot--since it will be in English.
The Chairman.
Your lawyer may read it for you, and if he points out something to you that you think you should have changed, you may feel free to do that.
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes, he will read it.
The Chairman.
And if in the future we should like to ask you some more questions about something that develops through the investigation, would you be willing to come back and talk to us again?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
The Chairman.
We hope it won't be necessary to disturb you. But if it is, you would be willing to come, would you not?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
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