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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VIII - Page 426« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Igor Vladimir Voshinin)

Mrs. Voshinin.
I see. Sure.
Mr. Jenner.
Other than when we might ask you as to what your impressions are and what they might not be.
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes, sir; I understand.
Mr. Jenner.
You are Mrs. Igor Voshinin?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Right.
Mr. Jenner.
And what was your maiden name?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Semenov, S-e-m-e-n-o-v [spelling].
Mr. Jenner.
And you are a resident of Dallas?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Dallas, Tex. right. 3504 Mockingbird.
Mr. Jenner.
3504 Mockingbird. And you are the wife of Igor Voshinin?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Right.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Voshinin, did you receive from J. Lee Rankin, the general counsel of the Commission appointed to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy, a letter asking if you would appear----
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And in which was enclosed the Senate Joint Resolution which authorized the creation of the Presidential Assassination Commission----
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
That Resolution being No. 137; and also the President's, the Hon. Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order creating the Commission and fixing its rules and affording it its powers?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
Together, also, with a third document which is the rules of procedure of the Commission?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Voshinin, you understand, then, from these documents that this is a Presidential Commission created in the manner I've indicated and that we are inquiring into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and all the circumstances surrounding it and seeking from you and others any information you have with regard to Marina and Lee Oswald, as well as other persons who might have or did come in contact with them?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Right. I do.
Mr. Jenner.
And we understand that you have some information in those areas and I would like to inquire of you about them.
I am Albert E. Jenner, Jr., a member of the legal staff of the Commission, and Mr. Robert Davis, to whom I introduced you, is a representative of the attorney general of the State of Texas. Are you a citizen of the United States?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Are you a naturalized citizen or a native that is, born here?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Naturalized; 1955.
Mr. Jenner.
1955; March 7?
Mrs. Voshinin.
I believe so.
Mr. Jenner.
And you were naturalized in New York City, I believe?
Mrs. Voshinin.
In New Jersey.
Mr. Jenner.
In New Jersey. Where were you born?
Mrs. Voshinin.
I was born in Russia in Labinsk. Well, I will spell you both names, because when I was born it was called Labinskaja [spelling] L-a-b-i-n-s-k-a-j-a; and now, recently, it has been called Labinsk just abbreviate where the "k" is.
Mr. Jenner.
And orient me where is that in Russia?
Mrs. Voshinin.
That's in Kuban Region. This is the Fore-Caucasus. This is Southern Russia.
Mr. Jenner.
It's in the Caucasus?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes; they are called Fore-Caucasus---[spelling] F-o-r-e--- Caucasus.
Mr. Jenner.
You are a person of higher education, are you not?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Well, I hold a degree in geology. That's all.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, you've had an education beyond what we, here in America, call the equivalent of high school?
Mrs. Voshinin.
Yes, sir.
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