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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 100« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

He then took his leave immediately, and as he has told me later, drove to the end of my street which curves and then drove back down Fifth Street.

Mr. Jenner.
Now you are reporting something agent Hosty has told you?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you aware of the fact that he drove to the end of the street?
Mrs. Paine.
Not at that time, no. I was aware that he had parked his car out in front of my house. My best judgment is that the license plate was not visible, however, while it was parked; not visible from my house.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you see the car?
Mrs. Paine.
I saw the car.
Mr. Jenner.
Parked?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. I noticed it particularly. Because the first time he had come on the 1st of November, he had parked down the street, and he made reference to the fact that they don't like to draw attention for the neighborhood to any interviews that they make, and in fact my neighbor also commented when she had talked with him a few days previously that his car was parked down the street and wasn't in front of my house. So I noticed the change that he had parked directly in front. But to the best of my recollection, in back
of the Oldsmobile of my husband's.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you attempt to look to see what his license number was?
Mrs. Paine.
What?
Mr. Jenner.
Did you attempt to look at his automobile to see what the license number was?
Mrs. Paine.
No; nor could I have seen it from my house without my glasses on. I am nearsighted, and I was not wearing them.
Mr. Jenner.
But the license plate would have been visible to anybody walking down the street or who desired?
Mrs. Paine.
Walking down the street, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Or looking out your garage.
Mrs. Paine.
I don't think so, because to the best of my recollection, an Oldsmobile that my husband bought was also in front of the house, so that the cars would have been close at the bumpers.
Mr. Jenner.
So the license plates would have been screened by the Oldsmobile?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Have you given us all you have in mind with respect to the incidents?
Mrs. Paine.
There is one other thing which is a little different, and I had forgotten it but it is recalled by our conversation. I have already said that I said to Agent Hoary that if in the future Marina and Lee are living together, and I know, or I have correspondence with them I would live him his address if he wished it. Then it was the next day or that evening or sometime shortly thereafter Marina said to me while we were doing dishes that she felt their address was their business. Now my understanding is she doesn't understand English well. The word in Russian for address is "adres," and she made it plain that this was a matter of privacy for them. This surprised me. She had never spoken in this way to me before, and I didn't see that it made any difference.
Mr. Jenner.
Did this arise out of, or in connection with, or was it stimulated, by any discussion between the two of you of the visit of Agent Hosty?
Mrs. Paine.
So far as I could see, it arose separately.
Mr. Jenner.
So far as you can recall?
Mrs. Paine.
As far as I can recall.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you make any effort to obtain Lee Oswald's address so that you could give it to the FBI?
Mrs. Paine.
No. As I have testified, I really thought they had it.
Mr. Jenner.
When you made the telephone call to Lee Oswald and learned he apparently was living under an alias, and certainly in that weekend immediately preceding the assassination when the argument occurred between Marina and Lee Oswald on which he upbraided her for having made the call, you still weren't activated to call the FBI and tell them that he was living under an assumed name, is that true?
Mrs. Paine.
That is true. I did expect to give this copy which I had made
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