27-02-2011, 01:18 PM
this is from 1964, but apparently marina at the time had no qualms with her protective services...i believe the intials are peter folkes, not positive, on the alts..
An article in the Jan 11, 1964, NY Times reported on Marina Oswald's
refusal to allow the Dallas Civil Liberties Union to interview her.
The article is entitled 'Oswald's Widow Bars Interview: Note to Civil
Liberties Union Says F.B.I. Occupies Time'.
In the article, reporter Jack Langguth reports that Marina recently
wrote a letter to the Dallas Civil Liberties Union to inform them "she
is satisfied with her seclusion and with the protection of the Secret
Service."
Langguth also reports that "officials of the civil liberties group
had requested an interview with her to assure themselves that Oswald's
widow was not being held by the Government against her will. The
organization received instead a letter in Russian. A Russian-born
friend of Mrs. Oswald's translated it into English, and the text was
read last night to the organization's executive board. Greg L. Olds,
president of the group, said that its officers would continue to seek
an interview with Mrs. Oswald."
Mr. Olds refused to make her letter public until the Dallas CLU
"decided on a further course of action. 'We will not know all the
circumstances unless we can talk with her first hand,' he said.
Langguth did include the text of the letter in his article despite
Olds refusal to make the note public,. The reporter said he obtained
the text from "someone who had seen the message."
Here is the text of the letter:
<quote on>
Let me thank you for the attention you are giving me. I don't think
you have anything to worry about. What you read in the
newspapers--everything is correct. I don't object to the Secret
Service guarding me. I am only grateful for their time.
I am free to go where I want and see whom I please. I myself don't
want to see anybody to remind me of what has happened. I hope you
understand. When I feel I'm ready, I would see with pleasure Mrs. Ruth
Paine, who is a very nice person. I hope you also understand that I
lived in a strange house. I wouldn't want to inconvenience anyone as
kind as Mrs. Paine with the visitors I would be sure to receive.
I also want to thank you again for being so kind as to worry about
me. I repeat I am in as good a position as one can expect me to be
after what has happened.
<quote off>
Anyone know the name of the "Russian-born friend of Mrs. Oswald's
translated it into English"?
I don't think Marina ever was "ready" to see Ruth Paine again. At
least as far as I know.
PF
An article in the Jan 11, 1964, NY Times reported on Marina Oswald's
refusal to allow the Dallas Civil Liberties Union to interview her.
The article is entitled 'Oswald's Widow Bars Interview: Note to Civil
Liberties Union Says F.B.I. Occupies Time'.
In the article, reporter Jack Langguth reports that Marina recently
wrote a letter to the Dallas Civil Liberties Union to inform them "she
is satisfied with her seclusion and with the protection of the Secret
Service."
Langguth also reports that "officials of the civil liberties group
had requested an interview with her to assure themselves that Oswald's
widow was not being held by the Government against her will. The
organization received instead a letter in Russian. A Russian-born
friend of Mrs. Oswald's translated it into English, and the text was
read last night to the organization's executive board. Greg L. Olds,
president of the group, said that its officers would continue to seek
an interview with Mrs. Oswald."
Mr. Olds refused to make her letter public until the Dallas CLU
"decided on a further course of action. 'We will not know all the
circumstances unless we can talk with her first hand,' he said.
Langguth did include the text of the letter in his article despite
Olds refusal to make the note public,. The reporter said he obtained
the text from "someone who had seen the message."
Here is the text of the letter:
<quote on>
Let me thank you for the attention you are giving me. I don't think
you have anything to worry about. What you read in the
newspapers--everything is correct. I don't object to the Secret
Service guarding me. I am only grateful for their time.
I am free to go where I want and see whom I please. I myself don't
want to see anybody to remind me of what has happened. I hope you
understand. When I feel I'm ready, I would see with pleasure Mrs. Ruth
Paine, who is a very nice person. I hope you also understand that I
lived in a strange house. I wouldn't want to inconvenience anyone as
kind as Mrs. Paine with the visitors I would be sure to receive.
I also want to thank you again for being so kind as to worry about
me. I repeat I am in as good a position as one can expect me to be
after what has happened.
<quote off>
Anyone know the name of the "Russian-born friend of Mrs. Oswald's
translated it into English"?
I don't think Marina ever was "ready" to see Ruth Paine again. At
least as far as I know.
PF