Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RANKIN. The question is did he say anything to you about it when he
got back?
Mrs. OSWALD. He said that when he went to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico
City they had promised him that they would write a letter to the
Embassy in Washington.
Please excuse me, but it is very difficult for me to read the involved
thoughts of Lee.
I think that he was confused himself, and I certainly am.
Mr. RANKIN. Is that all that you can recall that was said about that
matter?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Then he goes on to say----
Mrs. OSWALD. Excuse me. I only know that his basic desire was to get to
Cuba by any means, and that all the rest of it was window dressing for
that purpose.
Mr. RANKIN. Then in this Exhibit 15 he proceeds to say, "The Cuban
Consulate was guilty of a gross breach of regulations." Do you know
what he meant by that?
Mrs. OSWALD. What regulations--what are the regulations?
Mr. RANKIN. I am trying to find out from you.
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know about that. I don't know what happened.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he ever say what regulations he thought were breached,
or that the Cuban Embassy didn't carry out regulations when he returned
from his trip and told you about what happened there?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. Then he goes on to say in the Exhibit, "I am glad he has
since been replaced."
Do you know whom he was referring to?
Mrs. OSWALD. I have no knowledge of it. I think that if the person
to whom this letter was addressed would read the letter he wouldn't
understand anything, either.
Mr. RANKIN. Your husband goes on in Exhibit 15 to say, "The Federal
Bureau of Investigation is not now interested in my activities in the
progressive organization 'Fair Play for Cuba Committee' of which I was
secretary in New Orleans (State of Louisiana) since I no longer reside
in that state."
Do you know why he would say anything like that to the Embassy?
Mrs. OSWALD. Because he was crazy.
He wrote this in order to emphasize his importance. He was no secretary
of any--he was not a secretary of any organization.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know that he had received any inquiry from the
Embassy or anyone of the Soviet Union about the matters that he is
telling about here?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. Then he goes on to say, "However, the FBI has visited us
here in Dallas, Texas, on November 1. Agent James P. Hosty"--do you
know whether there was such a visit by that man?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And was he referring to the man that you know as James P.
Hosty?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know his last name. He gave us his telephone
number, but it seems to me that his name was different.
Mr. RANKIN. After you received the telephone number, what did you do
with it?
Mrs. OSWALD. He gave the telephone number to Ruth, and she, in turn,
passed it on to Lee.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether he put it in a book or did anything
with it?
Mrs. OSWALD. He took the note with him to Dallas. I don't know what he
did with it.
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