Mr. Jenner.

You hoped she might join you in February of 1964, and that Marina might still be with you?

Mr. Paine.

I feel that mentioning this to Marina was more an indication that it would be difficult for me to have her after February. I didn't make mention of this until such time as it was clear to me they could well get an apartment and support themselves.

Mr. Jenner.

And you were thinking in terms that if your mother did come that it would probably be necessary that Marina join her husband?

Mrs. Paine.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

In Dallas?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

During this period of time, did you have any feeling at all that Lee was---there might be an anticipation on his part that he would not rejoin Marina, or she him, that something might possibly intervene, an action on his part that would keep them separated?

Mrs. Paine.

I had no such feeling.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you have a contrary feeling?

Mrs. Paine.

I had a contrary feeling from both, from each.

Mr. Jenner.

And what was that?

Mrs. Paine.

Marina talked to me of her hopes that what problems they had in the marriage would work out, and Lee appeared to me happy when he was with Marina and June, and glad to see them, and I also felt that Marina remained somewhat uncomfortable accepting from someone else, that she preferred the more independent situation.

Mr. Jenner.

State?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

But you had no inkling at all or any feeling, the sense on his part either directly from him or through Marina that he might not continue in the position, that is the Texas School Depository or might not continue to live in the Dallas area?

Mrs. Paine.

I had no such feeling. My expectation was contrary.

Mr. Jenner.

When you read Commission Exhibit 103, which I have described as the Mexico letter that you found on your desk secretary, did you have any feeling after you read that that Lee might have in mind going to Havana or going back to Russia through Mexico, or some other manner or means?

Mrs. Paine.

No; I really didn't.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you think that letter was by and large something of a figment of the imagination of Lee?

Mrs. Paine.

It seemed to me that a goodly portion of it, the part upon which I could judge, was false.

Mr. Jenner.

The third of the letters that your mother made available appears on page 16. It is dated October 27. I take it from the context of that letter, it was written by you on October 27, 1963?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And you recall sending that letter to your mother?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes; I do.

Mr. Jenner.

And it was written after the baby Rachel had been born?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.
What? It was written some time after the baby had been born?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes, 7 days. One week, as a matter of fact, is that right?

Mrs. Paine.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

I offer in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 461 the three letters which I have identified and which the witness herself has identified as having been her letters and having been dispatched to her mother.
(The documents heretofore marked for identification as Ruth Paine Exhibit No. 461, were received in evidence.)

Mr. Jenner.

I don't know if I asked you if the second and third had actually been dispatched by you.

Mrs. Paine.

They had all been dispatched by me, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

During the period of your contacts with each of the Oswalds, was there any discussion between them in your presence or with you directly by either of them respecting his family and members of his family?