Mr. Liebeler. Did she——
Mr. Paine. So we did not talk about it until later, then she took the letter back and put it in an envelope or something, she didn't want me to see it. She was sort of irked that I didn't.
Mr. Liebeler. Look at it when she wanted you to look at it?
Mr. Paine. Pay more attention to this thing, yes. But she didn't want me to see it again. "If you didn't see anything in it never mind looking at it."
Mr. Liebeler. Did she tell you about any discussions she had with Marina Oswald about Oswald's having been in Mexico?
Mr. Paine. I was under the impression that Ruth didn't know he had been in Mexico until after the assassination and, therefore, and I think Ruth later said, was dismayed also that Marina had been apparently, had apparently known and deceived her in this matter.
Mr. Liebeler. Well, did Ruth mention the fact that Marina had a little charm made out of Mexican peso.
Mr. Paine. Yes; but we didn't put that two and two together there until the FBI came and we looked on our drill press to see if they had used the tools in the shop to mount the sights on the gun and we found these little metal filings and then Ruth remembered that he had drilled out a coin to give to Marina and she never—I can't remember whether she realized then that it was a peso or Ruth hadn't thought that much about it until afterward.
Mr. Liebeler. And you didn't discuss that subject prior to the assassination, with your wife?
Mr. Paine. I didn't know about this whole thing, this medallion.