Mrs. OSWALD. No, sir, it is not a serious thing. I know a little about the CIA, and so on, the U-2, Powers, and things that have been made public. They go through any extreme for their country. I do not think that would be serious for him to marry a Russian girl and bring her here, so he would have contact. I think that is all part of an agent's duty. Mr. RANKIN. You think your son was capable of doing that? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir, I think my son was an agent. I certainly do. Mr. RANKIN. Have you got anything more that caused you to think he was an agent? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, I have things that have been coming out in the paper. And I am not the only one that thinks my son is an agent. There has been many, many publications questioning whether Lee was an agent or not because of circumstances, and so on, and so forth, through the newspapers. Mr. RANKIN. That is newspaper accounts you are talking about now? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. And as I said about the FBI. Mr. RANKIN. What about your own knowledge? Mrs. OSWALD. Well, that is why I wanted to go into the story. I wouldn't have become emotionally upset had I started in sequence. I told you about him not wanting me to see that program. And then the letters. There is so much. About him being an agent--all of his correspondence with the Embassy in Moscow. I have the letters in the hotel. One of the letters states that the Russians cannot hold you--"the Russians cannot hold you. You are an American citizen. You are not a bona fide Russian resident." We have the letters. You have a copy of the letter, Mr. Rankin. And "if you will show this letter to the Russians, they cannot hold you in Minsk." Mr. RANKIN. They would say that about you if you were over there, or anyone. Mrs. OSWALD. The point I am trying to bring there is Lee has always been an American citizen--according to all of my papers from the State Department. Mr. RANKIN. Yes. Mrs. OSWALD. And they would say that about anyone--all right, I will grant you that. You are probably right. Mr. RANKIN. So that doesn't prove he is an agent, that I can see. Now, how do you feel it shows he was an agent? Mrs. OSWALD. Because he has the sanction of the American Embassy all through this affair. Mr. RANKIN. They would give that to any of us. Mrs. OSWALD. All right--so you are telling me that. But this man is married to a Russian girl, and does come back within a short time, and could have come back sooner. It was the lack of money. And that is another thing.