Mr. Dulles. How would you appraise her general intelligence, her level of intelligence for a girl of that age in the early twenties?
Mrs. Paine. I think she certainly had above average intelligence.
Representative Ford. What prompted her, if you know, to ask about Madam Nhu?
Mrs. Paine. She was interested in the family. She was worried about what Madam Nhu would do. Madam Nhu and the children still in her country. She wanted to know were these children going to come out either in Paris or the United States. She was concerned, and her concern for world affairs seemed to go this way, of what is this mother and children going to do.
Mr. Jenner. Was she concerned about the conflict between the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese?
Mrs. Paine. No; this didn't interest her, it didn't appear to.
Mr. Jenner. It was the human side rather than the political side?
Mrs. Paine. Strictly that.
Mr. Jenner. Thank you; that is what I wanted to bring out. I offer in evidence, Mr. Chairman, as Exhibits with those numbers, the documents marked Commission Exhibits 409, 409-A, and 409-B.
Mr. McCloy. It may be admitted.