Oswald in Minsk

[Tracy Riddle]

Marina's fluency in English is obvious from this January 1964 interview, at a time when she supposedly needed translators during questioning by authorities.

I suspect Marina was a "honey trap" assigned to Oswald so she could eventually go to the US with him and become a Soviet sleeper agent. She probably never did anything for the Soviets before the assassination, and they quickly cut her loose after 11/22/63, which is why she had to become so cooperative with US authorities.

Tracy - excellent.

Speaking as someone whose father was Polish, I would add that Marina's accent suggests she did not learn her English from Americans. Her accent would be described by Brits as "east European", meaning she speaks English with an eastern European twang.

I have many relatives and frends who either learnt English in America or from Americans, and that American dimension is evident in their accent. However, most of my Polish friends and relatives learnt English either in Poland or from Anglo-Poles. Their accent is like Marina's.

In short, Marina's speaking voice suggests a European origin for her fluency in English.

Assuming there is no jiggery pokery with the editing, Marina also displays a very good grasp of meaning. She understands the questions even though they are being asked in a language which is not her mother tongue

Jan, when you listen to recordings of LHO's voice in Dallas and New Orleans, do you hear a faint, distant trace of an Eastern European accent? I certainly don't hear a Southern accent.