The Warren Commission Report: The Official Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy. U.S. Government

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      Mr. Thorne. Very satisfactory, Mr. Chairman.

      The Chairman. I might say also to her we propose to ask her questions for about 1 hour, and then take a short recess for her refreshment, and then we will convene again until about 12:30. At 12:30 we will recess until 2 o'clock, and then we may take her to her hotel where she can see her baby and have a little rest, and we will return at 2 o'clock, and we will take evidence until about 4:30. If at any time otherwise you should feel tired or feel that you need a rest, you may feel free to say so and we will take care of it.

      Mrs. Oswald. Thank you.

      The Chairman. The questions will be asked of you by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, who is the general counsel of the Commission.

      I think now we are ready to proceed, are we not, Mr. Rankin?

      Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, you be at your ease, and the interpreter will tell you what I ask and you take your time about your answers.

      Will you state your name, please?

      Mrs. Oswald. Marina, my name is Marina Nikolaevna Oswald. My maiden name was Prussakova.

      Mr. Rankin. Where do you live, Mrs. Oswald?

      Mrs. Oswald. At the present time I live in Dallas.

      Mr. Rankin. And where in Dallas?

      Mrs. Oswald. Mr. Thorne knows my address.

      Mr. Thorne. 11125 Ferrar Street, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you live with friends there?

      Mrs. Oswald. I live with Mr. Jim Martin and his family.

      Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, do you have a family?

      Mrs. Oswald. I have two children, two girls, June will be 2 years old in February, and Rachel is 3 months old.

      Mr. Rankin. Are you the widow of the late Lee Harvey Oswald?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

      Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, did you write in Russian a story of your experiences in the United States?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I have. I think that you are familiar with it.

      Mr. Rankin. You furnished it to the Commission, did you not, or a copy of it?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

      Mr. Rankin. Will you describe for the Commission how you prepared this document in Russian that you furnished to us?

      Mrs. Oswald. I wrote this document not specifically for this Commission, but merely for myself. Perhaps there are, therefore, not enough facts for your purpose in that document. This is the story of my life from the time I met him in Minsk up to the very last days.

      Mr. Rankin. And by "him" who did you mean?

      Mrs. Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald.

      Mr. Rankin. Did you have any assistance in preparing this document in Russian?

      Mrs. Oswald. No, no one.

      Mr. Rankin. Are all the statements in that document true insofar as you know?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

      Mr. Rankin. Since your husband's death and even back to the time of the assassination of President Kennedy, you have had a number of interviews with people from the Secret Service and the FBI, have you not?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I did.

      Mr. Rankin. We have a record of more than 46 such interviews, and I assume you cannot remember the exact number or all that was said in those interviews, is that true?

      Mrs. Oswald. I don't know how many there were.

      Mr. Rankin. As far as you can recall now, do you know of anything that is not true in those interviews that you would like to correct or add to?

      Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I would like to correct some things because not everything was true.

      Mr. Rankin. Will you tell us——

      Mrs. Oswald. It is not just that it wasn't true, but not quite exact.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you recall some of the information that you gave in those interviews that was incorrect that you would like to correct now? Will you tell us that?

      Mrs. Oswald. At the present time, I can't remember any specific instance, but perhaps in the course of your questioning if it comes up I will say so.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you recall the date that you arrived in the United States with your husband, Lee Harvey Oswald?

      Mrs. Oswald. On the 13th of June, 1962—I am not quite certain as to the year—'61 or '62, I think '62.

      Mr. Rankin. How did you come to this country?

      Mrs. Oswald. From Moscow via Poland, Germany, and Holland we came to Amsterdam by train. And from Amsterdam to New York by ship, and New York to Dallas by air.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you recall the name of the ship on which you came?

      Mrs. Oswald. I think it was the SS Rotterdam but I am not sure.

      Mr. Rankin. What time of the day did you arrive in New York?

      Mrs. Oswald. It was—about noon or 1 p.m., thereabouts. It is hard to remember the exact time.

      Mr. Rankin. How long did you stay in New York at that time?

      Mrs. Oswald. We stayed that evening and the next 24 hours in a hotel in New York, and then we left the following day by air.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you recall the name of the hotel where you stayed?

      Mrs. Oswald. I don't know the name of the hotel but it is in the Times Square area, not far from the publishing offices of the New York Times.

      Mr. Rankin. What did you do during your stay in New York?

      Mrs. Oswald. That evening we just walked around the city to take a look at it. In the morning I remained in the hotel while Lee left in order to arrange for tickets, and so forth.

      Mr. Rankin. Did you visit anyone or have visitors at your hotel during that period?

      Mrs. Oswald. We didn't have any visitors but I remember that with Lee we visited some kind of an office, on official business, perhaps it had something to do with immigration or with the tickets. Lee spoke to them in English and I didn't understand it.

      Mr. Rankin. Would that be a Travelers' Aid Bureau or Red Cross?

      Mrs. Oswald. I don't know.

      Mr. Rankin. Do you know whether or not you or your husband received any financial assistance for the trip to Texas at that time?

      Mrs. Oswald. I don't know exactly where Lee got the money, but he said that his brother Robert had given him the money. But the money for the trip СКАЧАТЬ