Mrs. Paine. Oh, I don't recall that so well. I was going to tell you what I said to Hudkins. I do recall this, and it may be the foundation for what appears in your report there. I made no comment on Mr. Hudkins saying that there was a Joe Hosty, and that this agent had been in contact with Oswald. I observed that Hudkins had inaccurate information.
Mr. Jenner. Didn't you tell the agent what this reporter had said to you that was inaccurate, to wit, that the reporter had stated to you that the FBI was foolish to deny that Agent Hosty had tried to develop Lee Harvey Oswald as an informant?
Mrs. Paine. What is totally inaccurate is the following, that implies that I made no comment to Hudkins regarding such a remark.
Mr. Jenner. No please, that has not been suggested. I am trying to take this chronologically. Did you first report to the agent that Hudkins had said to you that the FBI was foolish to deny that Agent Joseph Hosty had tried to develop Lee Harvey Oswald as an informant.
Mrs. Paine. Certainly what Hudkins said was of this nature.
Mr. Jenner. And you so reported to the agent?
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Then did you make the further remark, which is what I think you are trying to say, that you made no comment one way or the other to Hudkins when he made that remark, his remark to you?
Mrs. Paine. I made a great deal of comment and I will say what those comments were.
Mr. Jenner. You did to the reporter.