Mr. RANKIN. By what you have told us about his reading the communist literature and this one pamphlet, and also the manual of the Marine Corps? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir. And then living to when he is age 17 to join the Marines, which I knew, and which he did at age 17 on his birthday. Mr. RANKIN. Now, what else do you base your idea that he was--ever became an agent or was going to become an agent on? Mrs. OSWALD. Many, many things. We always watched--it is "I Led Three Lives"--the program--Philbrick. We always watched that. And when Lee returned from the service and the Marines, the three days--that program was on, and he turned it off. He said, "Mother, don't watch that, that is a lot of propaganda." It has been stated publicly that the FBI did not know--didn't have Lee on the subversive list--I am probably not saying this right, gentlemen--but the rightwing in Dallas. I don't know anything politically. The FBI and Secret Service had a list of names in Dallas of people that had to be watched, and Lee Harvey Oswald was not on that list. That would lead to believe there was some reason he was not on the list. Mr. RANKIN. Who did you get that from? Mrs. OSWALD. From the newspapers and all over. And there has been a lot of comment about this all through. Now, I don't say it is correct. But what I have explained to you before--my way of thinking has to go with this, because I know the boy and the whole life, and you do not, sir. Mr. RANKIN. Well, I want to try to find out all you know about it. Mrs. OSWALD. Fine. And I want you to. Also, Lee's letters--and I have them in the hotel--I didn't bring them, because I thought we were through, and you have the copies--most every letter from Lee tells me something. When Lee is coming back from Russia he says, "I plan to stop over in Washington a while." Lee says in the letter, "Marina's uncle is a major in the Soviet Union." "I am an American citizen and I will never take Soviet citizenship." If you will read every letter--if you think he is an agent--every letter is telling his mother--"If something happens to me, Mother, these are facts." I might be elaborating. But I think my son is an agent. And these things piece by piece are going together, as far as I am concerned. Representative FORD. When did you first think he was an agent? Mrs. OSWALD. When Lee defected. And I have always said a so-called defection, for this reason. Now, we come to another letter. I am going to have to take some time now, because we are not going in sequence. The letter Lee wrote to me from New Orleans is what I need. Mr. RANKIN. Do you have the letter in which he says he was going to Washington? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir, I gave you that copy yesterday. I don't have the letter with me. They are at the hotel. Mr. RANKIN. You gave it to us yesterday? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir--that he would stop over in Washington. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the date of that one?