Mr. JENNER. No; I wish you would indicate that too.
Mrs. PAINE. "Dear Sirs:
"This is to inform you of events since my interview with comrade
Kostine in the Embassy of the Soviet Union, Mexico City, Mexico."
(Discussion off the record.)
Mrs. PAINE. He typed it early in the morning of that day because after
he typed it we went to the place where you get the test for drivers. It
was that same day.
Mr. JENNER. It was election day and the driver's license place was
closed, is that correct?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And that was November 9?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now you have reached the point where you are reading the
letter on the morning of November 10.
Mrs. PAINE. That is right; after I had noticed that it lay on my desk
the previous evening.
"I was unable to remain in Mexico City (because I considered
useless--)"--because--it is crossed out.
Mr. JENNER. Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. In this transcript wherever there
are words stricken out, the transcriber has placed those words in
parenthesis and transcribed the words, but then has written the words
"crossed out" to indicate in the original the words crossed out.
Proceed, Mrs. Paine.
Mrs. PAINE. "Indefinitely because of my (visa--crossed out) Mexican
visa restrictions which was for 15 days only.
"(I had a--crossed out) I could not take a chance on applying for an
extension unless I used my real name so I returned to the U.S.
"I and Marina Nicholyeva are now living in Dallas, Texas. (You all
ready ha--crossed out).
"The FBI is not now interested in my activities in the progressive
organization FPCC of which I was secretary in (New Orleans,
La.--crossed out) New Orleans, Louisiana since I (am--crossed out) no
longer (connected with--crossed out) live in that state.
"(November the November--crossed out) the FBI has visited us here in
Texas on November 1st. Agent of the FBI James P. Hasty warned me that
if I attempt to engage in FPCC activities in Texas the FBI will again
take an 'interest' in me. The agent also 'suggested' that my wife could
'remain in the U.S. under FBI protection', that is, she could (refuse
to return to the--crossed out) defect from the Soviet Union. Of course
I and my wife strongly protested these tactics by the notorious FBI.
"(It was unfortun that the Soviet Embassy was unable to aid me in
Mexico City but--crossed out) I had not planned to contact the Mexico
City Embassy at all so of course they were unprepared for me. Had I
been able to reach Havana as planned (I could have contacted--crossed
out) the Soviet Embassy there (for the completion of would have
been able to help me get the necessary documents I required assist
me--crossed out) would have had time to assist me, but of course the
stuip Cuban consule was at fault here. I am glad he has since been
replaced by another."
Mr. JENNER. Now I would like to ask you a few questions about your
reaction to that. You had read that in the quiet of your living room on
Sunday morning, the 10th of November.
Mrs. PAINE. That is correct.
Mr. JENNER. And there were a number of things in that that you thought
were untrue.
Mrs. PAINE. Several things I knew to be untrue.
Mr. JENNER. You knew to be untrue. Were there things in there that
alarmed you?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; I would say so.
Mr. JENNER. What were they?
Mrs. PAINE. To me this--well, I read it and decided to make a copy.
Mr. JENNER. Would having the document back before you help you?
Mrs. PAINE. No, no. I was just trying to think what to say first. And
decided that I should have such a copy to give to an FBI agent coming
again, or to call. I was undecided what to do. Meantime I made a copy.
Mr. JENNER. But you did have the instinct to report this to the FBI?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you made a copy of the document?
Mrs. PAINE. And I made a copy of the document which should be among
your papers, because they have that too. And after having made it,
while the shower was running, I am not used to subterfuge in any way,
but then I put it back where it had been and it lay the rest of Sunday
on my desk top, and of course I observed this too.
Mr. JENNER. That is that Lee didn't put it away, just left it out in
the room?
Mrs. PAINE. That he didn't put it away or didn't seem to care or notice
or didn't recall that he had a rough draft lying around. I observed it
was untrue that the FBI was no longer interested in him. I observed it
was untrue that the FBI came----
Mr. JENNER. Why did you observe that that was untrue?