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

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit I.

Now, so there is no confusion, let's state again that these are sub-exhibits, letters, and marked 159, from A through I, all part of Exhibit 66.

Mrs. Oswald. I would like to obtain these letters, to preserve them. I don't mean now.

The Chairman. She may see and have copies of any of the letters she desires connected with her testimony.

Mr. Thorne. This is Exhibit 67.

Mrs. Oswald. A photograph of Galiya Khontooleva.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 68. Exhibit 68 is two postcards, and they probably need to be identified as A and B.

Let's identify A.

Mrs. Oswald. That is a letter from Lee from New Orleans to Irving—to the home of Mrs. Paine.

And this is a letter from the mother, Lee's mother.

Mr. Thorne. This will be identified as Exhibit 68-B. Exhibit 69 is composed of two postcards. Exhibit 69-A——

Mrs. Oswald. This is from Lee, from New Orleans, addressed to me, when I lived with Ruth Paine.

Mr. Thorne. And Exhibit 69-B?

Mrs. Oswald. A letter from a girl friend from Russia, Ludmila Larionova.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 70, a postcard.

Mrs. Oswald. From my grandmother, from the mother of my stepfather.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 71. Two envelopes. 71-A——

Mrs. Oswald. From Pavel Golovachev, addressed to the address of Ruth Paine. And this is an envelope from Ruth Paine.

Mr. Thorne. That is Exhibit B.

Mrs. Oswald. A letter to me.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 72 is a writing. In Russian.

Mrs. Oswald. This is a reply to Lee's letter about the fact that he wanted to study at the University of Peoples Friendship, and he was refused.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 73 contains two pieces of paper. 73-A is identified as——

Mrs. Oswald. This is from the time that June was a little baby, a certificate of the fact that she was vaccinated for smallpox.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit B?

Mrs. Oswald. This is Anna Meller's address and telephone number.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 74?

Mrs. Oswald. This is Lee's library card of the State Library. I think in Moscow—the State Library.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 75 contains a writing and an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. A letter from Galiya Khontooleva, and an envelope.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 76 contains three pages of writing, together with an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. This was when Lee and I visited his brother in a city in Alabama, he is studying to be a clergyman. There we met a young man who was studying Russian, and he wrote me this letter.

These are all his letters.

Mr. Thorne. This is three pages of one letter together with the envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 77 contains an envelope and two written pages—two separate pages of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. This is from Galiya Khontooleva, and the envelope.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 78 contains an envelope and two handwritten pages of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. This is a letter from Ruth Paine to New Orleans.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 79 contains an envelope and one page of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. This is a letter from Pavel Golovachev, from Minsk.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 80, two handwritten pages.

Mrs. Oswald. I was forced by the FBI to write an account of how much money I had received through them.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 81 contains one page of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. The same.

Mr. Thorne. By the same, you mean what?

Mrs. Oswald. A receipt for the receipt of money through the FBI.

Mr. Thorne. Are these donations?

Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 82 contains a page in handwriting.

Mrs. Oswald. A letter from Ruth.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 83 is a photograph.

Mrs. Oswald. The son of Ludmila Larionova.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 84 contains an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. Simply an envelope.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 85 contains an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. Lee wrote to me in Kharkov.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 86 contains an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. From Titovetz, a letter from the Soviet Union.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 87 contains an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. From Pavel Golovachev.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 88 contains an envelope and one page of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. A letter from Ella Soboleva.

Mr. Thorne. And the letter arrived in the envelope?

Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit 89 contains one sheet of writing.

Mrs. Oswald. Also from Soboleva.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 90.

Mrs. Oswald. I think from Ruth.

Mr. Thorne. This contains several pages—several sheets—three sheets which seem to be one continuous letter.

Mrs. Oswald. A letter from Ruth Paine.

Mr. Thorne. A three-page letter. Exhibit No. 91 contains an envelope.

Mrs. Oswald. From Erick Titovetz.

Mr. Rankin. We offer in evidence Exhibits 66 through 91, inclusive.

The Chairman. You have looked over all these, have you, Mr. Thorne, and your client has identified them?

Mr. Thorne. Yes, sir.

The Chairman. They may be admitted.

(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit Nos. 66 through 91, inclusive, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, we will show you photostatic copies of various writings of your husband. As you look at them, would you tell us what each one is, insofar as you recognize them, please?

Mr. Thorne. This is Exhibit 92, which is a writing, a photocopy of a writing.

Mr. Rankin. Do you recognize that exhibit, Mrs. Oswald?

Mrs. Oswald. Lee's handwriting. But I have never seen this. More correctly, I have seen it, but I have never read it.

Mr. Rankin. So you don't know what it purports to be, I take it.

Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

Mr. Rankin. That is, you do not?

Mrs. Oswald. No.

Mr. Rankin. But you do recognize his handwriting throughout?

Mrs. Oswald. Yes.

Mr. Thorne. May I point out to the Commission, please, this is in English. This is handwritten in English and it is typewritten in English.

Mr. Rankin. We offer in evidence Exhibit 92.

The Chairman. It will be admitted.

(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 92, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Rankin. I should like to inform the Commission that Exhibit 92 purports to be the book that Lee Oswald wrote about conditions in the Soviet Union.

The Chairman. The one that was dictated to the stenographer?

Mr. Rankin. Yes, that is right.

Mr. Redlich. He had had written notes, and she transcribed them.

Mr. Thorne. The next exhibit is Exhibit No. 93, many pages, handwritten, in English.

Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, will you tell us what that is, if you know.

Mrs. Oswald. No, I don't know.

Mr. Rankin. Do you know whether it is in the handwriting of your husband?

Mrs. Oswald. Yes, this is Lee's handwriting. These are all his papers. I don't know about them. Everything is in English. I don't know.

Mr. Rankin. We offer in evidence Exhibit 93.

The Chairman. Exhibit 93 may be admitted.

(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 93, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Rankin. I should like to advise the Commission that this Exhibit 93 purports to be a résumé of his Marine Corps experience, and some additional minor notes.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 94 is photocopies of many pages of handwriting, which is in English.

Mrs. Oswald. I don't know what that is. It is Lee's handwriting.

Mr. Rankin. We offer in evidence Exhibit 94.

The Chairman. It may be admitted.

(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 94, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Dulles. Do we know what that is?

Mr. Rankin. Exhibit 94 consists of handwritten pages on which the book about Russia, Exhibit 92, was typewritten.

Mr. Thorne. Exhibit No. 95 is a photocopy of many pages of typewriting, typewritten words, which are in English.