Mrs. Paine. I have no idea. She speaks natively.
Mr. Jenner. But she does have a command of the Russian language?
Mrs. Paine. Oh, no, no. Her daughter has had 1 year of Russian in college, and was much too shy to begin to say anything, thoroughly overwhelmed by meeting someone who really spoke.
Mr. Jenner. I must have misinterpreted your testimony this morning.
Mrs. Paine. Her daughter had visited in the Soviet Union just recently and had slides that she had taken that summer.
Mr. Jenner. But Mrs. Kloepfer, as far as you are informed, had no command of the Russian language?
Mrs. Paine. Absolutely none. She was the only person I knew to try to contact to ask if she knew or could find anyone in New Orleans who knew Russian, and she said she didn't know anyone, over the phone.
Mr. Jenner. I see.
Mrs. Paine. And I, therefore, also tried to get Mrs. Blanchard to seek out someone who could talk to Marina.
Mr. Jenner. Mrs. Blanchard had no command of the Russian language, as far as you knew?