Mrs. VOSHININ. I see. Sure.
Mr. JENNER. Other than when we might ask you as to what your impression
or impressions are and what they might not be.
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes, sir; I understand.
Mr. JENNER. You are Mrs. Igor Voshinin?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Right.
Mr. JENNER. And what was your maiden name?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Semenov, S-e-m-e-n-o-v [spelling].
Mr. JENNER. And you are a resident of Dallas?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Dallas, Tex.--right. 3504 Mockingbird.
Mr. JENNER. 3504 Mockingbird. And you are the wife of Igor Voshinin?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Right.
Mr. JENNER. Mrs. Voshinin, did you receive from J. Lee Rankin, the
general counsel of the Commission appointed to investigate the
assassination of President Kennedy, a letter asking if you would
appear----
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And in which was enclosed the Senate Joint Resolution which
authorized the creation of the Presidential Assassination Commission----
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. That Resolution being No. 137; and also the President's,
the Hon. Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order creating the Commission
and fixing its rules and affording it its powers?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. Together, also, with a third document which is the rules of
procedure of the Commission?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Mrs. Voshinin, you understand, then, from these documents
that this is a Presidential Commission created in the manner I've
indicated and that we are inquiring into the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy and all the circumstances surrounding it and seeking
from you and others any information you have with regard to Marina and
Lee Oswald, as well as other persons who might have or did come in
contact with them?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Right. I do.
Mr. JENNER. And we understand that you have some information in those
areas and I would like to inquire of you about them.
I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., a member of the legal staff of the
Commission, and Mr. Robert Davis, to whom I introduced you, is a
representative of the attorney general of the State of Texas. Are you a
citizen of the United States?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Are you a naturalized citizen or a native--that is, born
here?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Naturalized; 1955.
Mr. JENNER. 1955; March 7?
Mrs. VOSHININ. I believe so.
Mr. JENNER. And you were naturalized in New York City, I believe?
Mrs. VOSHININ. In New Jersey.
Mr. JENNER. In New Jersey. Where were you born?
Mrs. VOSHININ. I was born in Russia in Labinsk. Well, I will
spell you both names, because when I was born it was called
Labinskaja--[spelling] L-a-b-i-n-s-k-a-j-a; and now, recently, it has
been called Labinsk--just abbreviate where the "k" is.
Mr. JENNER. And orient me--where is that in Russia?
Mrs. VOSHININ. That's in Kuban Region. This is the Fore-Caucasus. This
is Southern Russia.
Mr. JENNER. It's in the Caucasus?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes; they are called Fore-Caucasus--[spelling]
F-o-r-e--Caucasus.
Mr. JENNER. You are a person of higher education, are you not?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Well, I hold a degree in geology. That's all.
Mr. JENNER. Well, you've had an education beyond what we, here in
America, call the equivalent of high school?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you attend a university?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Where?
Mrs. VOSHININ. I attended first University in Yugoslavia for 4 years.
It was philosophy and I did not graduate due to war. Then, I got my
bachelor's degree in geology in Brooklyn College in 1953.
Mr. JENNER. That's Brooklyn, N.Y.?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Brooklyn, N.Y. And master's degree at Rutgers in 1955.
Mr. JENNER. Rutgers University?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Rutgers University--right; in geology.
Mr. JENNER. Where in Yugoslavia was the university that you attended?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Belgrade.
Mr. JENNER. Now, in short compass, as I understand from your husband
who just deposed, you left Russia or were taken by your parents from
Russia when you were 1 year old?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Something like that; yes.
Mr. JENNER. And in what country were you when you first became
conscious of your whereabouts?
Mrs. VOSHININ. I was in Yugoslavia.
Mr. JENNER. In what town?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Panchevo, next to Belgrade--[spelling] P-a-n-c-h-e-v-o.
And before that my parents lived for a few years--I think for a
couple of years in Bulgaria--in Varna Pleven--[spelling] V-a-r-n-a
P-l-e-v-e-n--and in Sofia. But I'm not aware of dates.
Mr. JENNER. That's just by reputation?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. If you'll pardon my inquiry, what is your age?
Mrs. VOSHININ. Forty-five; March 21, 1918.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Where did you meet Mr. Voshinin?
Mrs. VOSHININ. In Belgrade.
Mr. JENNER. When?
Mrs. VOSHININ. First, I met him when I was about 12 years old and then
I didn't see him for a while; and then, I believe it was in 1939, that
I met him again.
Mr. JENNER. Where?
Mrs. VOSHININ. In Panchevo. He was working there as a civil
engineer--as a city engineer.
Mr. JENNER. Yes. I understand he's some 12 years older than you?
Mrs. VOSHININ. That's right. Eleven and a half--something like that.