Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
I have noted an error in those dates to the extent that there is only 6 days in between those two Sundays. One date is wrong.
Mr. Jenner. You mean either January 13, 1964, is incorrect or Sunday, January 19, 1964, is incorrect?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. It was an error on my part. And if I may refer to a calendar, I will correct the dates.
Mr. Jenner. Is that a '63 calendar you have there?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; this is a '64.
I would correct the first date as appeared in my diary of Sunday, January 13, 1964, to be corrected to January 12, 1964, and the second date of January would be correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. So wherever in your testimony this morning you have referred to the Sunday, January 13 date, that is to be corrected to January 12, 1964?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Jenner. For the purpose of further identification of the exhibit, and in the context of Mr. McKenzie's and my agreement to substitute a photostatic copy for the original. I will undertake to number the pages of the exhibit on the photostatic copy.
Mr. McKenzie. Would you like Robert to do that?
Mr. Jenner. Well, I would like to have him follow, so that the numbers on the photostat correspond with the pages consecutively in the original.
As I number the pages, Mr. Oswald, would you follow me, so that the page numbers I place on the exhibit are correct in that they are in sequence with the original?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. The first page I am marking No. 1. The next page, No. 2. The next, No. 3.
Would you observe each time that the photostat is a photostat of the original?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I am observing it.
Mr. Jenner. Page 4 is next.
Five is next. Six is next. Seven is next. Eight is next. Nine is next. Ten is next. Eleven is next. Twelve is next. Thirteen is next. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Twenty. Now, page 20 is the reverse side of the page numbered on its face 19, is it not?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; that is not correct. It is an insertion to the page that has not been numbered yet, page 21.
Mr. Jenner. But isn't it a fact that the entry on the page now numbered 20 is on the reverse side of the page numbered on its face 19?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I am sorry. You are correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. But the point you are making is that the entry on page now numbered 20 relates to page 21?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
We will now mark page 21. Twenty-two.
Mr. Dulles. What are you marking that insert as far as our copy is concerned?
Mr. Jenner. As page 20.
Mr. Dulles. Wouldn't it be better to make it 20-A?
Mr. Jenner. I thought from the record that I had made clear that page number 20 was the reverse side of page numbered on its face 19.
Mr. Dulles. All right. Just so you are clear.
Mr. Jenner. Have we covered page 22?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Twenty-three. Twenty-four. Twenty-five. Twenty-six. Twenty-seven.
As I proceeded in numbering the photostat, you placed, did you not, in your own handwriting—followed me and placed the same page numbers in your own handwriting on the pages in question as you wrote the numbers on them—the same pages—on the photostat?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Dulles. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. Dulles. Back on the record.
Mr. Jenner. Mr. Oswald, do the entries that you have made in the notebook on pages 1 through 27 now identified represent your recollection of the events recorded at the time that you recorded the events?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; they do.
Mr. Jenner. Have you had an opportunity to review those entries since they were made?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I have not.
Mr. Jenner. Have you reread any portions of any of these entries, other than or in addition to those you read to the Commission this morning?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I have not.
Mr. Dulles. Mr. Chairman, I now offer in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 323 the pages of the notebook which have been identified by the witness, and which have been numbered 1 through 27.
Mr. Dulles. Exhibit No. 323 will be accepted.
(The document heretofore marked for identification as Commission Exhibit No. 323 was received in evidence.)
Mr. Jenner. Now, I would like to direct your attention to page 5 of your notebook.
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. At that point you were recording the course of events on what day?
Mr. Oswald. Friday, November 22, 1963.
Mr. Jenner. To orient you and the Commission, the entry to which I refer, that is the paragraph, reads as follows. Follow me, please.
"Mother and I talked briefly and after about 30 minutes we were taken across the hall to where Marina and the two children were. (This was the first I knew of the new baby.) A Mrs. Paine was also present. We talked a little and shortly Mr. Paine—who the police had been talking to, came out of the office and Mrs. Paine introduced us. I did not like the appearance of Mr. Paine, nothing really to put my finger on, but I just had a feeling.
"I still do not know why or how"—what is that next word?
Mr. Oswald. "but".
Mr. Jenner. "But Mr. and Mrs. Paine are somehow involved in this affair. Shortly thereafter Mother, Marina, and the children and the Paines left to go to the Paines' house in Irving, and I advised them I would stay there and see them tomorrow."
When you recorded "I would stay there" you mean remain in Dallas? What did you mean?
Mr. Oswald. My full meaning there, sir, was that I would remain at the Dallas police station, and take a hotel room in Dallas, and spend the night.
Mr. Jenner. Now——
Mr. Dulles. May I ask just one question there for clarity? It refers to an office. Is that the office of the Dallas police?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Dulles. The Dallas police station?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. I take it from this entry you had not heretofore ever met either Mr. or Mrs. Paine?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Jenner. And would you elaborate upon, please, your statement recorded on December 6, 1963, that you did not like the appearance of Mr. Paine "nothing really to put my finger on, but I just had a feeling. I still do not know why or how, but Mr. and Mrs. Paine are somehow involved in this affair."
Mr. Oswald. Well, I was introduced to Mr. Paine at the Dallas police office on the night of November 22, 1963. His wife introduced us. His handshake was very weak and what I might term a live fish handshake.
Mr. Jenner. Live or dead?
Mr. Oswald. And his general appearance, his face, and most particularly his eyes to me had what I would term a distant look to them, and that he wasn't really looking at you when he was.
Mr.