Representative FORD. May I ask this. Was there any interrogation other
than what you have mentioned by police officers in the car?
Mrs. PAINE. No; none that I recall.
Representative FORD. You and Marina talked back and forth freely or to
a limited degree?
Mrs. PAINE. We talked back and forth freely and then she wanted me to
translate to the officer, to the one who understood some Czech, to help
him understand. Then in the room where we were asked questions, what
I particularly recall was they wanted Marina to say what she had said
in the garage to the effect that she had seen a rifle in that wrapped
blanket, and she made the statement again and it was made up into an
affidavit for her to sign with Mr. Mamantov making very clear the
translation of each sentence, each word, and I recall her statement was
to the effect that she had looked in and seen a portion of the gun, of
something which she took to be the gun she knew her husband had; that
she had not opened the package, but had just looked into it.