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IN RE: GRAND JURY STATE OF LOUISTANA INVESTIGATION OF PARISH OF ORLEANS CONSPIRACY TO MURDER CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT JOHN F. KENNEDY REQUEST FOR ATTENDANCE OF OUT-OF-STATE WITNESS TO THE HONORABLE MATTHEW S. BRANIFF, JUDGE OF SECTION "B" OF THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA: The undersigned Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 741, hereby reports and certifies as follows: 1. That there is now pending before the Grand Jury for the Parish of Orleans an investigation into a conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy. Said conspiracy is a felony under the laws of the State of Louisiana. 2. That Mrs. Ruth Paine, now residing at 1201 Woodleigh Street, Irving, Texas, in the County of Dallas, is a necessary and material witness for the State of Louisiana in said Grand Jury investigation. 3. Mrs. Ruth Paine first met the Oswalds in February 1963 in Dallas, and subsequently befriended them. After Lee Oswald's arrival in New Orleans on April 25, 1963, Marina Oswald lived at Ruth Paine's home in Irving, Texas, and on May 10, 1963, Mrs. Paine drove Marina to New Orleans in her car She stayed with the Oswalds for three days and returned to Texas on May 14. NW 12640 DocId:59168002 Page 1