Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Paines’ Finances and Loyalty Assessment

Paines’ Finances and Loyalty Assessment The Commission’s investigation of the Paines’ finances found their income came from legitimate, traceable sources and expenditures were consistent with their income.[C6-394] Though they assumed roughly $500 in food and transportation costs for the Oswalds during their relationship, they made no direct payments to and received no money or valuables from the Oswalds.[C6-394] The Commission found nothing in the Paines’ background, activities, or finances suggesting disloyalty to the United States, and concluded that Ruth and Michael Paine were not involved in any way with the assassination of President Kennedy.[C6-402]

Mrs. Paine’s Cooperation with the Commission

Mrs. Paine’s Cooperation with the Commission Prior to November 22, Mrs. Paine possessed information about Oswald’s alias, his telephone number, and his Soviet Embassy correspondence that she did not pass to the FBI, but this failure must be viewed against what she then knew.[C6-395] There is no evidence contradicting her testimony that she was unaware of Oswald’s attack on General Walker, the rifle on her garage floor, his pistol, or the firearms photographs, so she reasonably assumed he was not potentially violent and that the FBI already knew his history.[C6-396][C6-397] It was Mrs. Paine herself who informed the Commission of the information she held.[C6-398] Throughout the investigation she was completely cooperative, voluntarily producing all correspondence, memoranda, and written communications with Marina Oswald; her 1963 date book and calendar; and her address and telephone notation books, along with purely personal material.[C6-399][C6-400][C6-401]