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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 606« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Resumed)

Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Senator COOPER After that, you testified that many times or a number of times he read you articles about President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Senator COOPER. And said at one time, discussing President Kennedy's father that he had made his money through wine and he had a great deal of money, and that enabled him to educate his sons and to give them a start.
I want you to remember and tell the Commission if he did ever express any hatred or dislike for President Kennedy. You have several times--not changed--but you have told the Commission things you did not tell them when first asked.
Now, if he did speak to you about President Kennedy, we think you should tell the Commission?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I don't think he ever expressed hatred toward President Kennedy, but perhaps he expressed jealousy, not only jealousy, but envy, but perhaps he envied, because he said, "Whoever has money has it easy." That was his general attitude. It was not a direct quotation.
Representative Boggs.
Pursuing this--I asked you that very question in Washington back in February, and the answer was "No." I asked you whether or not your husband ever expressed hostility toward President Kennedy--is your answer still "No"?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. My answer is "No."
**He never expressed himself anything against President Kennedy, anything detrimental toward him. What I told them generally before, I am repeating now too.
Representative Boggs.
Did he ever indicate to you, except in the Walker situation where he said he'd shot at General Walker, that he would kill anyone?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Representative Boggs.
What about Nixon?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He did tell me he was about ready to commit that particular act, with respect to Nixon. That's when I kept him in the bathroom, but he never said, "Well, today it's Walker and then I'm going to kill someone else." He never said that. He never related to me any of his plans about killing anybody.
*In other words, he never said to me, "Now, I'll kill Walker and then I'll kill this fellow" and so on--he never did.
Senator COOPER. You testified that your husband said that he did not like the United States for several reasons; one, because of certain Fascist organizations; two, because of difficulty of securing employment; and another reason--because of the high cost of medical care. Did he ever say that those things that he did not like could be remedied or changed if an official of the Government were done away with?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; he never told me.
**No; he never told me he never told me.
Senator COOPER. Did any official of the Soviet Union, or any person who was a Soviet citizen, ever talk to you or ever talk to Lee to your knowledge, during the time that you were in the United States?
Mr. Gregory.
At any time before or after?
Senator COOPER. Yes?
Senator RUSSELL. You said--in the United States, didn't you?
Senator COOPER. Yes; in the United States.*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; no one ever did. The only time Lee talked with a representative of the Soviet Union was in Mexico, but not me and Lee, we were never approached by the Soviet representatives.
Senator COOPER. When was the first time you ever heard of Police Officer Tippit?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. When there was a broadcast over the radio that Officer Tippit was killed.
Senator COOPER. Have you seen Mrs. Paine since the time you left her home after the assassination?*
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
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