Mr. Jenner. You assumed it from the nature of the conversation?
Mrs. Paine. Yes; I didn't hear anything specifically stated about that until I read it in the paper after the assassination.
Mr. Jenner. I would like to limit it first not to what you read in the paper and your being influenced thereby, but from your contacts with Marina, and the conversations that you had, there must have been many, many of them.
Mrs. Paine. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. In your home. Do you have a feeling that she has a hope or desire or an intention eventually to become a citizen of the United States?
Mrs. Paine. I don't recall that specifically. I recall on several occasions that she——
Mr. Jenner. I am seeking only your impression now.
Mrs. Paine. I will try to answer it by giving these impressions. She expressed many times her wish to stay in this country. She wanted to raise her children here. She was interested in June's learning English and was very concerned that June be able to speak English before she entered school. Indeed, I felt she was not enough concerned that June maintain a bilingual background. She wouldn't have cared if June only learned English, whereas, I, here struggling hard to learn Russian, thought that June could have a chance to learn it easily, but her expression of interest was in June's learning English and not any particular desire to maintain a bilingual quality.
Mr. Jenner. I would share your feeling. I wish I had the command of more than English. I would like very much to do so. I took a lot of Spanish, but it is completely gone now.
Mrs. Paine. It is very hard to be truly bilingual. Few children have the opportunity.