Mrs. Paine. We discussed our mutual interest in language. She was a teacher of the English language. She married an engineer during the time of our correspondence.
Mr. Jenner. Russian?
Mrs. Paine. Yes; of course.
Mr. Jenner. Russian citizen?
Mrs. Paine. Yes. We exchanged a magnetic tape recording one time. I sent her one and she sent one with music and readings, hers were music and readings in Russian, and mine was similar in English as part of language study aid.
My last communication said she was expecting a baby last June but I haven't heard anything from her since that communication, as I say, probably a year ago that came.
Mr. Jenner. Now all of your activity, this activity, of correspondence between you and any citizen in Russia, was part of it, originated in the Young Friends group, an activity to supply here a meeting with, communication by, Americans with citizens in Russia, and then latterly in your communication with the lady you have last mentioned, a mutual exchange between the two of you here to improve her English and you to improve your Russian?
Mrs. Paine. That is right. The committee was formed much the same time that our State Department made arrangements with the Soviets for cultural exchange, and I think our purposes were similar but, of course, outside the government.
Mr. Jenner. Now the three Russian students who came over here, did you have any contact with them?
Mrs. Paine. I met them once at an open meeting in North Philadelphia.