She said Marina didn't know how to get in touch with me.
She said, "Well, because of the way they lived, he lived in Dallas,
and came home to my home on weekends. I didn't feel like I wanted to
interfere."
And she acted as--excuse me, gentlemen, but this is very, very
emotional.
The CHAIRMAN. That is all right.
Mrs. OSWALD. She acted as interpreter for Marina. We are in the
courthouse now, in the jailhouse.
So her testimony, gentlemen, the testimony that the Dallas police have,
is the testimony of Mrs. Paine, that Marina assumed Lee had given her.
Could we state now maybe it is not the correct testimony that Marina
gave--just one interpreter, and Marina's friend, is the testimony that
the Dallas police has.
I have no way of knowing, and you have no way of knowing, gentlemen,
whether it is the correct testimony.
So Mrs. Paine told me that she acted as interpreter.
And I said, "I don't know what I am going to do. I want to stay in
Dallas and be near Lee, so that I can help with this situation as much
as possible."
She said, "Mrs. Oswald, you are welcome in my home--if you care to
sleep on the sofa."
I said, "Thank you very much, Mrs. Paine, I will accept your offer. I
will sleep on the floor in order to be near Dallas."
So we left. We went to Mrs. Paine's home.