But before arriving at Mr. Boster's office. I stopped at a telephone in the corridor, and I called Dean Rusk's office again, because I didn't want to see Mr. Boster, and I asked to speak to Dean Rusk. And the young lady said, "Mrs. Oswald, talk to Mr. Boster. At least it is a start." So then I entered around the corridor into Mr. Boster's office. I have all the pictures of the State Department and everything to prove this story is true. I told the young lady. "I am Mrs. Oswald. I have an 11 o'clock appointment." Mr. Boster came out and said, "Mrs. Oswald, I am awfully glad you came early, because we are going to have a terrible snow storm, and we have orders to leave early in order to get home." So he called Mr. Stanfield--the arrangements had been made--now, the other man--I don't have that name here for you, Mr. Rankin. Mr. RANKIN. Is it Mr. Hickey? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, Mr. Hickey. You are correct. So then we were in conference. So I showed the papers, like I am showing here. And I said, "Now, I know you are not going to answer me, gentlemen, but I am under the impression that my son is an agent." "Do you mean a Russian agent?" I said, "No, working for our Government, a U.S. agent. And I want to say this: That if he is, I don't appreciate it too much, because I am destitute, and just getting over a sickness," on that order. I had the audacity to say that. I had gone through all of this without medical, without money, without compensation. I am a desperate woman. So I said that. Mr. RANKIN. What did they say to you? Mrs. OSWALD. They did not answer that. I even said to them, "No, you won't tell me." So I didn't expect them to answer that. The CHAIRMAN. Did you mean you were seeking money from them? Mrs. OSWALD. No, sir. I didn't think that my son should have gone--in a foreign country, and me being alone. What I was saying was that I think my son should be home with me, is really what I implied. The CHAIRMAN. Did you tell them that? Mrs. OSWALD. In the words that I said before--I didn't come out and say I want my son home. But I implied that if he was an agent, that I thought that he needed to be home. Mr. RANKIN. Did you say anything about believing that your son might know full well what he was doing in trying to defect to the Soviet Union, he might like it better there than he did here? Mrs. OSWALD. I do not remember saying this. I know what I did say, and they agreed with me. I said--because I remember this distinctly. I said, "Now, he has been exploited all through the paper as a defector. If he is a defector"--because as we stated before, I don't know he is an agent, sir--and if he is a defector, that is his privilege, as an individual. And they said, "Mrs. Oswald, we want you to know that we feel the same way about it." That was their answer. Mr. RANKIN. Did you say anything about possibly he liked the Soviet way of life better than ours?