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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 619« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Resumed)

Mr. Rankin.
*Mrs. OSWALD. The conversation with Colonel Aksenov was to find out why the delay in the issuance of the exit permits.
Mr. Rankin.
That's all I have.
Senator COOPER There has been a good deal of testimony that you and your husband were good friends with the De Mohrenschildt family?*
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Senator COOPER. Is it correct that when he came to your house on one occasion that he saw the rifle, your husband's rifle?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I do not know about this. It is possible that I have shown the rifle to them.
Senator COOPER. Do you remember when Mr. De Mohrenschildt said something like this after the Walker incident: "How could you miss it?" or something like that.*
*Mrs. OSWALD. De Mohrenschildt--as soon as he opened the door, he said to Lee, "How could you have missed, how could you have missed him?"
Senator COOPER. Do you have any explanation for that?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. I do not know whether Lee told De Mohrenschildt about shooting at Walker, and then Lee looked at me thinking--whether I told De Mohrenschildt about it--I don't know. He even couldn't speak that evening. Lee could not speak that evening. We were on the porch.
Senator COOPER. Did he later ask you if you had told De Mohrenschildt?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He asked me if I told De Mohrenschildt about it and when I said I didn't, he said, "How did he guess it?"
Mr. Gopadze.
No; she said, "Maybe you have told him."
*Mrs. OSWALD. Then he said, "Maybe you've told him about it", and then he added--he said, "How did he guess it?"
Senator COOPER. De Mohrenschildt said he had lived in Minsk, did he ever talk to you about Minsk?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; he did say he lived in Minsk when he was a small child.
Senator COOPER.You said also you heard them talking on occasions, that is, you heard Lee Oswald and De Mohrenschildt talking about Russia, did you hear them talking about political problems, political affiliations?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; they discussed politics.
Senator COOPER Was De Mohrenschildt living in Dallas at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He lived in Haiti.
Mr. Gopadze.
Do you know if he was in Haiti?
*Mrs. OSWALD. I do not know whether he lived in Dallas at the time of the assassination or whether he lived in Haiti.
Senator COOPER. Could you think back, Mrs. Oswald, is there any fact which comes to your mind which would lead you to believe that any person or persons were associated with your husband in any plan to assassinate President Kennedy, or you thought, Governor Connally?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Of course, I don't know anything about it.
Senator COOPER. But my question was--not whether you knew. I asked you whether you had any facts which would lead you to believe that there was anyone?***
*Mrs. OSWALD. I do not know about this.
Senator COOPER. One other question. Did Lee Oswald ever say to you that he had any kind of connection with the Cuban Government or any of its agents?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He did not tell me.
Senator COOPER. I said one more, and this is the last one, I promise you. Once you said that when you went to New Orleans together, he said something like this: "I'm lost." If that's correct, what was he talking about? Do you remember that?***
*Mrs. OSWALD. On that particular occasion he sat by the icebox or the frigidaire and he sat there and he had his head in his hands and he said, "I am lost." I believe that that was the result of all the failures of his.
Senator COOPER Did you feel sympathy for him and love for him in those days?*
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