Mr. MARTIN. To build it up.
Mr. REDLICH. What is the nature of these articles?
Mr. MARTIN. Well, I recall one, I wonder if I have it, I guess I don't
have it, that was written by Bill Burrus of the Times Herald in Dallas.
It was a very good article, and not quite true, we will say. It is
shaded in truth.
Mr. REDLICH. Do you have the article with you?
Mr. MARTIN. Here is one Bill Burrus did that is when she went to
midnight mass.
Mr. REDLICH. Mr. Martin has submitted to the Commission an article
which does not carry a date or the name of the publication in which it
appears, but is headed "Marina Oswald attended mass, had quiet Yule",
by Bill Burrus.
Mr. MARTIN. That was the Dallas Times Herald.
Mr. REDLICH. Since we would like to question the witness about this,
I would like to label it Commission Exhibit No. 326 and ask it be
introduced in evidence.
Mr. DULLES. It will be admitted with no objection.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 326 for
identification and received in evidence.)
Mr. REDLICH. I hand you Commission Exhibit 326, Mr. Martin. Will you
tell us in what respects this article is not true?
Mr. MARTIN. Well, I wouldn't say it is strictly not true. But it
embellishes the truth.
Mr. REDLICH. Could you be specific in terms of references to the
particular article?
Mr. MARTIN. Well, for instance, let's see, is this where she went to
church?
Mr. DULLES. Did she go to church?
Mr. MARTIN. Yes.
Mr. LEECH. It is my partner's church.
Mr. MARTIN. Well, for instance, "she wandered around the secret
quarters for long periods of time, sometimes she listened to Christmas
carols over radio or television", which I believe is not true. I don't
believe I told that; that was just added in there.
"Marina continued her studies of the English language and watched
television, including her favorite Steve Allen show". She doesn't even
like Steve Allen. And, of course, she is never studying English.
Mr. DULLES. Was this information that you gave to Mr. Burrus?
Mr. MARTIN. No. That is the trouble with newspapers. I have told Bill
Burrus that she watches Steve Allen. She does but just for lack of
anything else to do.
Now I didn't say anything about the Christmas carols nor about studying
the English language.
Mr. DULLES. You say she has not been studying the English language?
Mr. MARTIN. No, she is learning it quite rapidly because she had to in
her own defense in order to converse with people. When she was living
with us, there was no one there that spoke Russian so she had to learn
English in order to converse.
Mr. DULLES. Is there anything else in this particular article that you
would either regard as unslanted or untrue?
Mr. MARTIN. No.