Mr. Paine. Typewritten copy.
Mr. Liebeler. This letter refers to the fact that Oswald had been in Mexico, does it not?
Mr. Paine. Yes; it tells of his visit to the Cuban Consul and the Soviet Embassy there.
Mr. Liebeler. Did your wife call that to your attention when she showed you this letter?
Mr. Paine. We took it, she took it, and I likewise took it as somewhat of a fabricated story, I didn't suppose he had been down to Mexico. I read "Dear Sirs" there, I read "Dear Lisa." I thought he was writing to a friend, and Ruth pointed out to me after I had given the letter back to her, Ruth was somewhat irked that I didn't take more interest in the thing. I think I might have—no, I don't know as I might have since I might have dismissed it as a lie but anyway Ruth was irked and didn't show it to me again and I asked her now what was in that letter that I didn't see and she didn't tell me.
Mr. Liebeler. This was all prior to the assassination?
Mr. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler. What did she say to you?
Mr. Paine. Ruth was quite bothered by that letter, and apparently had—apparently I hadn't really taken it in. I said, "The heck with it. Yes; it is a fantastic lie, isn't that amazing that he will fabricate such stories here."
Mr. Liebeler. What did she say?