Mrs. OSWALD. It seems, yes. Yes, he told me that a round-trip ticket was cheaper than two one-way tickets. Mr. RANKIN. Did you learn that he had a tourist card to go to Mexico? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. If he had such a card, you didn't know it then? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. After he had been to Mexico City, did he come back to Irving or to Dallas? Mrs. OSWALD. When Lee returned I was already in Irving and he telephoned me. But he told me that he had arrived the night before and had spent the night in Dallas, and called me in the morning. Mr. RANKIN. Did he say where he had been in Dallas? Mrs. OSWALD. It seems to me at the YMcA. Mr. RANKIN. Did he come right out to see you then? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you anything about his trip to Mexico City? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, he told me that he had visited the two embassies, that he had received nothing, that the people who are there are too much--too bureaucratic. He said that he has spent the time pretty well. And I had told him that if he doesn't accomplish anything to at least take a good rest. I was hoping that the climate, if nothing else, would be beneficial to him. Mr. RANKIN. Did you ask him what he did the rest of the time? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, I think he said that he visited a bull fight, that he spent most of his time in museums, and that he did some sightseeing in the city. Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you about anyone that he met there? Mrs. OSWALD. No. He said that he did not like the Mexican girls. Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you anything about what happened at the Cuban Embassy, or consulate? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Only that he had talked to certain people there. Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you what people he talked to? Mrs. OSWALD. He said that he first visited the Soviet Embassy in the hope that having been there first this would make it easier for him at the Cuban Embassy. But there they refused to have anything to do with him. Mr. RANKIN. And what did he say about the visit to the Cuban Embassy or consulate? Mrs. OSWALD. It was quite without results. Mr. RANKIN. Did he complain about the consular or any of the officials of the Cuban Embassy and the way they handled the matter? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, he called them bureaucrats. He said that the Cubans seemed to have a system similar to the Russians--too much red tape before you get through there. Mr. RANKIN. Is there anything else that he told you about the Mexico City trip that you haven't related? Mrs. OSWALD. No, that is all that I can remember about it. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall how long he was gone on his trip to Mexico City? Mrs. OSWALD. All of this took approximately 2 weeks, from the time that I left New Orleans, until the time that he returned. Mr. RANKIN. And from the time he left the United States to go to Mexico City to his return, was that about 7 days? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. He said he was there for about a week.