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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 501« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
And you received those documents in due course?
Mrs. Paine.
Which documents?
Mr. Jenner.
You received the documents in due course?
Mrs. Paine.
It was not forwarded. It was addressed to me where I was.
Mr. Jenner.
But you received them is all I am asking?
Mrs. Paine.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
I offer in evidence as Commission Exhibits 420 and 421, the documents which have been so marked.
Mr. Mccloy.
They may be so admitted.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibits Nos. 420 and 421 for identification and received in evidence.)
Mr. Jenner.
There is one item in Exhibit 421 to which I wish to direct your attention. On the last page about the third paragraph from the bottom appears the second sentence, "Lee doesn't have work now already three weeks." Do you find that?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Had you had any information prior to the receipt of this letter

that Lee Oswald no longer was employed in New Orleans?
Mrs. Paine.
I had no such information.
Mr. Jenner.
This was your first information?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you respond to that letter?
Mrs. Paine.
I did.
Mr. Jenner.
I have a five-page document Mr. Liebeler is identifying as Commission Exhibit No. 422.
Mrs. Paine.
This is not what you want. You want my reply, don't you next?
Mr. Jenner.
That is right.
Mrs. Paine.
This is not it. You have my reply but I had had no copy of that.
Mr. Jenner.
We will keep that exhibit number. There has been identified as Commission Exhibit 423 an exhibit consisting of four pages, the first three of which are a photograph of a letter, and the last page of which is a photograph of an envelope. Handing you Commission Exhibit No. 423, is that a picture of your letter to Marina Oswald in response to her letter of August 11?
Mrs. Paine.
August 11. Yes; it is dated August 24, 1963.
Mr. Jenner.
And you do recognize that as being a picture copy of letter you had written?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And you supplied the Commission with a translation of that letter?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I did not. I did not have this in rough draft. I had no copy of this. You may have a translation but I do not.
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Mrs. Paine.
I supplied you only on this summary that you have with a brief recollection of what it contained.
Mr. Jenner.
I now hand you a document, Commission Exhibit No. 424 consisting of two pages which purports to be a translation of Exhibit 423. Did you review that translation with me last evening?
Mrs. Paine.
Briefly.
Mr. Jenner.
To the best of your recollection at the moment of what you said last night that the translation is of Exhibit 423?
Mrs. Paine.
It is approximately what I recall writing. I didn't look at the Russian in your pictures.
Mr. Jenner.
During the noon recess would you wish to look at that and if you have any exception you wish to take to the translation would you please state it to the Commission?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Mccloy.
May I intervene at this point about Exhibit 422, has that been properly identified?
Mrs. Paine.
No; not yet.
Mr. Jenner.
Could we return it to the witness? Exhibit 422 is in whose handwriting?
Mrs. Paine.
It is in my handwriting.
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