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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 142« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Paul Roderick Gregory)

Mr. Liebeler.
He has engaged in business as a geological consultant, is that correct?
Mr. Gregory.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
When is the last time you were home in Fort Worth?
Mr. Gregory.
I can't tell you the exact date. It must have been February the 10th, I believe, or February the 9th, because it was right around my birthday, which is February the 10th.
Mr. Liebeler.
What year were you born?
Mr. Gregory.
1941.
Mr. Liebeler.
Have you had occasion to speak with your father over the telephone or to exchange letters with him since the time he appeared before the Commission in Washington.
Mr. Gregory.
I spoke with him approximately three times since that, I guess.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you discuss with him the testimony that he gave before the Commission?
Mr. Gregory.
No. He, only said that he mentioned my name. That is the only thing he said about the testimony.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did there come a time when you met Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, Marina?
Mr. Gregory.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Would you tell us when that was and the circumstances of that event?
Mr. Gregory.
I met Lee and Marina Oswald in the summer of 1962. I would suppose in the middle of June. I met them both at Lee's brother's house in the western part of Fort Worth. Lee Oswald had become acquainted with my father a week or two weeks earlier. I think he came to him with the desire to get some kind of paper showing his ability in the Russian language; I think he wanted to get a job as interpreter or something; some kind of work which would have something to do with his ability to use Russian.
I think he came in my father's office twice. I am not sure, because I wasn't there, and gave him the address of his brother where he was staying at the time.
And I don't know, he may have said, "Come see us." And my father and I were both interested in meeting his wife who was Russian, we heard. So, I believe my father found out their address and we went out for a visit, purely social visit. That was, as I say, probably in the middle of June, 1962, and that was the first time I ever met either Lee Oswald or Marina Oswald.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know that at some time, in about June of 1962, your father invited the Oswalds to come to your house?
Mr. Gregory.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was that before or after the time that you mentioned?
Mr. Gregory.
That was at the end of the summer. They had actually been at our house twice. One time about a month before this dinner at our house. I just drove by with them for a few minutes. That was the first time they had ever been to our house. And the second time was at this dinner which you mentioned.
Mr. Liebeler.
When was the dinner?
Mr. Gregory.
I can't give you the date. It was near the end of the summer, I imagine, in August, 1962.
Mr. Liebeler.
So the first time then, that you met Oswald was at his brother's place in Fort Worth?
Mr. Gregory.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Who was present at that first meeting?
Mr. Gregory.
His brother's name, I think, was Bob Oswald. Bob Oswald's wife and their children, I think they had two or three young kids, Lee, and Marina, and June Lee, their baby, those were the only people there.
Mr. Liebeler.
Plus your father and yourself?
Mr. Gregory.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Tell us, to the best of your recollection, what the conversation was at that time?
Mr. Gregory.
I remember they brought out pictures which they had taken in the Soviet Union and showed us where they had lived in Minsk, and I believe they
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