Mrs. OSWALD. Maybe I am stupid, I don't know.
Mr. DULLES. And you are quite sure that your husband mentioned the name
of Nixon to you----
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; I am sure it was Nixon.
Mr. DULLES. That morning?
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether this Nixon incident occurred the day
before your husband went to New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. It wasn't the day before. Perhaps 3 days before.
Mr. McKENZIE. Mr. Rankin, may I ask a question?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mr. McKENZIE. Mrs. Oswald, you say or you said a few minutes ago that
Mr. Paine knew or knows more about your husband's attitude about the
United States than you do. Why did you say that?
Mrs. OSWALD. Because my husband's favorite topic of discussion was
politics, and whoever he was with he talked to them politics and Mr.
Paine was with him a fair amount and I am not sure they talked about
politics. They went to meetings of some kind together, I don't know
what kind of meetings.
Mr. McKENZIE. Do you know where the meetings were?
Mrs. OSWALD. In Dallas. After they came back from some meeting my
husband said to me something about Walker being at this meeting, and
he said, "Paine knows that I shot him."
I don't know whether this was the truth or not. I don't know whether it
was true or not but this is what he told me.
Mr. McKENZIE. Would they go in Mr. Paine's automobile?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; it was about 2 days after this incident with
Stevenson or the next day, or maybe it was the same place, or the next
day that a meeting was held where General Walker appeared.
Mr. McKENZIE. It was the day before.
Mrs. OSWALD. The day before? The day after. I think there was 1 day's
difference between them, either it was the day before or the day after.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you say that there were a number of political
meetings----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me; but I think this was on Friday. I think that
Lee was at this meeting on a Friday.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you say there were a number of political meetings that
your husband went to----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me; this was October 24.
Mr. RANKIN. With Mr. Paine?
Mrs. OSWALD. A week after his birthday--this was Friday. I think it was
a week after my husband's birthday about October 24 or something like
that or the 25th.
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Reporter, can you give her the question that I asked?
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me, please.
(The question was read by the reporter.)
Mrs. OSWALD. I only know about this one.
Mr. RANKIN. Did the FBI tell you that the reason they were asking about
whether there was a mistake as to whether it was Mr. Nixon or Vice
President Johnson was because there was a report in Dallas papers about
Vice President Johnson going to Dallas around the 23d of April?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; they did tell me this. They said that at this time
there was only one announcement in the newspapers of anyone coming and
that was Vice President Johnson.
Mr. RANKIN. But you still are certain it was Mr. Nixon and not Vice
President Johnson?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, no. I am getting a little confused with so many
questions. I was absolutely convinced it was Nixon and now after all
these questions I wonder if I am right in my mind.