Mr. DULLES. Excuse me, by "in seclusion", you mean at the time she was
with you in your house?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes, and the press didn't know where she was.
Mr. DULLES. I see.
Mr. REDLICH. Are you acquainted with George De Mohrenschildt or his
wife Jean De Mohrenschildt?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Have you ever discussed either George or Jean De
Mohrenschildt with Marina Oswald?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Have you ever discussed George and Jean De Mohrenschildt
with anyone else?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. DULLES. Did you ever hear the name mentioned before?
Mr. MARTIN. No. I think I would remember that name.
Mr. REDLICH. Are you personally acquainted with Peter Gregory?
Mr. MARTIN. I met him once, maybe twice, at the Inn. He was
interpreting for Marina, for the Secret Service, I believe, before Lee
Gopadze got there.
Mr. REDLICH. Do you know who he is?
Mr. MARTIN. I understand he is a geologist, and he also teaches Russian.
Mr. REDLICH. Did Marina ever discuss either Peter Gregory or Paul
Gregory with you?
Mr. MARTIN. She mentioned--I don't know which one.
Mr. REDLICH. One is the father and one is a son.
Mr. MARTIN. I think it is the older gentleman that I met. She mentioned
that she liked him.
Mr. REDLICH. The older gentleman?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes. And I think she corresponded with him. I know she
corresponded with him.
Mr. REDLICH. Do you have any knowledge of Mr. Gregory's son?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Have you ever met him?
Mr. MARTIN. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. REDLICH. You have had no conversations with anyone else about him?
Mr. MARTIN. No. We were--I think John Thorne and I were talking about
at sometime we may need an interpreter, and I mentioned his name in
that instance.
Mr. REDLICH. That would be the elder Mr. Gregory?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes. But nothing on Paul Gregory.
Mr. REDLICH. Nothing on Paul Gregory?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Are you aware of the fact that Paul Gregory is a student
at the University of Oklahoma?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Did Marina ever discuss with you the fact that she had
helped tutor the son of Peter Gregory?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Are you familiar with--strike that. Do you have any
personal acquaintanceship with Gary Taylor?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Have you ever heard the name of Gary Taylor?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Marina Oswald has never discussed that name with you?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Do you know Mrs. Elena Hall?
Mr. MARTIN. Elena Hall? No.
Mr. REDLICH. Has Marina ever discussed her with you?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. The name John R. Hall, who is the husband of Mrs. Elena
Hall?
Mr. MARTIN. No, it sounded a little familiar but I can't place anything
on it.
Mr. REDLICH. Do you know Mrs. Katherine Ford?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes.
Mr. REDLICH. Could you tell us how you came to know her?
Mr. MARTIN. Let's see, she had contacted Marina a couple of times by
letter, and----
Representative FORD. While she was staying at your home?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes--well, she sent the letter to Grand Prairie, the
letters, Christmas cards, and I think two letters after that. So I
called her and Marina wanted to, expressed a desire to, talk to her. So
I called her and Marina talked to her on the phone. I think every time
she talked to her she talked nearly an hour.
Representative FORD. In Russian or in English?
Mr. MARTIN. In Russian.
Mr. DULLES. Was it on the telephone?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes.
Mr. REDLICH. Did Marina ever tell you the gist of these conversations?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Did Marina ever relate to you whether she had ever lived
in Mrs. Ford's home?
Mr. MARTIN. I believe she had for a very short time.
Mr. REDLICH. You mean Marina related this to you?
Mr. MARTIN. I think Mrs. Ford told me that.
Mr. REDLICH. How did you get this knowledge, from Marina or from Mrs.
Ford? Did you ever discuss this with Marina?
Mr. MARTIN. No. I know Marina likes her home, I mean likes the house
that they live in.
Mr. REDLICH. Did you ever ask Marina how it came about that she was
separated from her husband and living at the home of Mrs. Ford?
Mr. MARTIN. No.
Mr. REDLICH. Did any of Marina's other Russian-speaking friends in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area write letters to her while she was at your home?