President's Commission on the Assassination of - The Warren Commission (Complete Edition)

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Would you replace those photographs, please, in the envelope with the original?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Now, would you turn to the letter dated January 30, 1962, being Commission Exhibit No. 314?

Mr. Oswald. All right, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Were there any contents accompanying this letter in addition to the letter itself?

Mr. Oswald. I believe it did contain, sir—since there is no reference within the letter itself——

Mr. Jenner. It is your recollection?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; it is my recollection that it did contain two photographs.

Mr. Jenner. Is it not a fact, sir, that when you exhibited the original of the letter, the original of the envelope, and removed the contents yesterday afternoon in my presence, that the two photographs to which you now refer were contained in the envelope?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner. Now, Mr. Liebeler, would you give us those A and B numbers, please?

Mr. Liebeler. 314-A and B.

(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibits 314-A and 314-B, for identification.)

Mr. Jenner. Directing your attention to Commission Exhibit 314-A, that is a photograph, is it not?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Is there handwriting on the reverse side of that photograph?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; there is.

Mr. Jenner. Do you recognize the handwriting?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I do.

Mr. Jenner. Whose is it?

Mr. Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald's.

Mr. Jenner. What does it say?

Mr. Oswald. "April 30, 1961. Marina—Lee."

Mr. Jenner. Now, turn to the face of the exhibit, do you recognize the persons depicted in that photograph?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I do.

Mr. Jenner. Who are they?

Mr. Oswald. Left to right, Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina N. Oswald.

Mr. Jenner. And is the exhibit in the same condition it was when you removed the exhibit from the envelope upon receipt of the envelope, except for the exhibit number?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Jenner. Would you turn to the other exhibit, Commission Exhibit No. 314-B?

And does the reverse side of that exhibit contain some handwriting?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; it does.

Mr. Jenner. Do you recognize the handwriting?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I do.

Mr. Jenner. Whose is it?

Mr. Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald's.

Mr. Jenner. What does it say?

Mr. Oswald. "Marina, wedding day, April 30, 1961."

Mr. Jenner. Would you turn to the face of the exhibit. Do you recognize the person depicted on it?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I do.

Mr. Jenner. Who is it?

Mr. Oswald. Marina N. Oswald.

Mr. Jenner. Is that exhibit in the same condition now as it was when you received it and removed it from the envelope in which it was contained, being the letter dated January 30, 1962?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; it is.

Mr. Jenner. Mr. Chairman, I offer in evidence the series of letters which I have identified, and which the witness has confirmed, and the contents, being the now five photographs which have been identified, as Commission Exhibits Nos. 295, being a letter of eight pages, dated November 26, 1959; 296, a letter of one page—we don't have a more accurate date than the summer of 1959; 297, a letter of one page, dated December 17, 1959; 298, a letter of two pages, May 5, 1961; 299, a letter of three pages, dated May 31, 1961.

Mr. McKenzie. Pardon me, Mr. Jenner, just a second.

The letter that you have referred to as being dated December 17, 1959, does not have a date on it. It's received December 17, 1959?

Mr. Jenner. That is in the witness' handwriting.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes; in the witness' handwriting.

Mr. Jenner. The letter itself is undated.

Mr. McKenzie. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. The words "received" and the figures December 17, 1959, are written by you on the letter?

Mr. Oswald. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. And is that in fact the date it was received here in America by you?

Mr. Oswald. It was, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Thank you for following me, Mr. McKenzie.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Mr. Chairman, Exhibit 299 is the letter which contains in part the paragraph written in Russian which on its face purports to have been a notation by Marina, which we have already identified.

Exhibit 300 is a letter of two pages, dated June 26, 1961.

Exhibit 301 is a letter of two pages dated July 14, 1961.

Exhibit 302 is a letter of one page dated July 28, 1961.

Exhibit 303 is a letter of two pages dated August 21, 1961.

Exhibit 305 we have already identified. That is September 10, 1961, the letter of three pages which contain the pictures of the public buildings and plaza in Minsk, Russia.

Exhibit 306 is a letter of two pages dated October 22, 1961.

Exhibit 307 is a letter of three pages dated November 20, 1961.

Mr. McKenzie. Pardon me just a second, Mr. Jenner. Don't you have one dated November 1, 1961?

Mr. Jenner. Yes, it is out of order. I will reach it in due course. I am correct that there is a letter of three pages dated November 20, 1961?

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 308 is a letter of two pages dated November 30, 1961.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 309 is a letter of two pages dated November 1, 1961. That is the one to which you have reference.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 310 is a Christmas card dated December 11, 1961.

It is contained in an envelope, I believe.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir, it is.

Mr. Jenner. Is my statement correct?

Mr. McKenzie. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 311 is a letter of two pages dated December 14, 1961.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 312 is a letter of one page dated December 20, 1961.

Mr. McKenzie. December 20, 1961?

Mr. Jenner. Yes, sir.

Mr. McKenzie. Three pages?

Mr. Jenner. One page.

Mr. McKenzie. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 313 is a letter of two pages dated January 5, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. January 5, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 314 is a letter of three pages which we have identified, dated January 30, 1962, and contains the two photographs, one of Marina on the wedding day and then one of both of them on their wedding day.

Exhibit 315 is a letter of three pages dated February 15, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 316 is a letter of two pages dated March 9, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 317 is a letter of two pages, dated April 12, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. Again, on the letter of March 9, 1962, the date on that letter is the date written by Robert Oswald the day he received that letter. The letter itself is actually undated. But the envelope is dated by Robert Oswald.

Mr. Jenner. That is correct, Mr. Oswald?

Mr. Oswald. That is correct.

Mr. Jenner. And is the envelope postmarked?

Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; it is.

Mr. Jenner. And the postmark is——

Mr. Oswald. March 9, 1962, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Thank you.

Mr. Dulles. That is date of receipt?

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 317 is a letter of two pages dated April 12, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 318 is a letter of two pages dated May 22, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 319 is the front and reverse side of a postcard dated October 10, 1962.

Mr. McKenzie. No, sir. April 10, 1962.

Mr. Jenner. That is the postcard the witness——

Mr. McKenzie. Has previously identified as being in the European tradition of dating.

Mr. Jenner. Exhibit 320 is a letter of one page dated November 11, 1962. Or is that '61? Would you check me on that, please?