Mrs. OSWALD. Generally upon graduation there is an assignment. I was sent to work to a drug warehouse in Leningrad. But this work was not very interesting, because everything was in packages. It is more of a warehousing job. And, therefore, if I had wanted to change I could have changed to any pharmacy. This assignment is only performed in order to guarantee that the graduate has a job. But the graduate can go to work somewhere else. Mr. RANKIN. How long did you stay in this first job? Mrs. OSWALD. I was there for three days, which is a probationary period, intended to have the employee familiarize himself with his duties. I didn't like that work, and I went to Minsk, and worked there. I worked there in my own specialty with pleasure. But the reference which I received after I was going to the United States was not very good, because they were very dissatisfied with the fact that I was going to the United States. They could not understand how could it be that a good worker could leave. Mr. RANKIN. Did you select Minsk as a place to go and work yourself? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. You were not assigned there, then? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. Could you have selected other places that you wished to go to and work? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, but the registration is very difficult. In Russia you cannot settle in a large city if you are not registered. Mr. RANKIN. What do you mean by that? Mrs. OSWALD. If I lived in Leningrad, I had the right to work there. But if someone would come there from a village he would not have the right to work, because he was not registered and he would not be permitted to. But to move from a larger city to a smaller one, then they may register, such as Minsk. Mr. RANKIN. By register, do you mean that if you want to go to a place like Leningrad, you had to be recorded some way in the city? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, that is, registered in the police department. Mr. RANKIN. And if you were not registered, they would not give you a job, is that what you mean? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. No, you would not get a job. There are people who want to come to Leningrad. The housing problem has not been solved. Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell us how you get registered if you would like to be registered in Leningrad from some other point? Mrs. OSWALD. First you must have relatives who might have some spare living space for a person. Sometimes people who have money buy that. You know money does a great deal everywhere. Mr. RANKIN. And then after you have shown that you have a place to live, do they register you as a matter of course, or do you have to have something else? Mrs. OSWALD. Not always. One has to have connections, acquaintances. Mr. RANKIN. Were you registered in Leningrad before you left there? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, of course. But if I had spent one year not living in Leningrad, and were to return, I would not be registered.