Mrs. OSWALD. If you do not count Mr. Gopadze and the FBI interpreter, I have not been in contact with any Russians. Mr. RANKIN. And there were considerable periods during the time you have been living with the Martins when neither Mr. Gopadze or the FBI agent or translator were present, is that right? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Mr. RANKIN. So have you been able to learn a little more English while you have been with the Martins than you had before, because of that experience? Mrs. OSWALD. Only a little, I think. At least it is very useful for me to live with an American family who do not speak Russian. Mr. RANKIN. That has helped you to learn some English, more than when you were living with Mrs. Paine, who could speak Russian to you, I take it. Mrs. OSWALD. Of course. Mr. RANKIN. Do you know any French? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Other than Russian, I don't know any other language. Mr. RANKIN. Now, when you were with the Martins the Secret Service people were there, too, were they not? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, they helped me a great deal. Mr. RANKIN. Did you object to the Secret Service people being there? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. Did they treat you properly? Mrs. OSWALD. Excellently--very well. Mr. RANKIN. Did you object to their being around and looking out for you as they did? Mrs. OSWALD. No. Mr. RANKIN. How did the Martins treat you during the time you have been with them? Mrs. OSWALD. Better than I--could have been expected. Mr. RANKIN. Have you been pleased with the way they have treated you? Mrs. OSWALD. I am very pleased and I am very grateful to them. Mr. RANKIN. Now, Mr. Thorne is your attorney. I understand that he told the Civil Liberties Union people of Dallas it was all right for the Secret Service people to be there with you and that you liked that arrangement and did not want to be interfered with. Was that satisfactory to you? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, that is correct. Mr. RANKIN. Was he speaking for you when he said that? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, because I received a letter from Mr. Olds, a leader of that union. In that letter he said that he sympathizes with my situation, that he supposed that the Secret Service treated me very badly and stopped me from doing something. I answered him in a letter written in Russian which was later translated into English that all of this was not the truth. Mr. RANKIN. Did you feel any restraint or that you were being forced to do anything there while you were at the Martins that was not satisfactory to you? Mrs. OSWALD. No, I was not forced to do anything that I did not want to. Mr. RANKIN. Anybody that tried to see you that you wanted to see during that time or from that time up to the present--I withdraw that. Was anyone who you wished to see or wanted to see you that you were willing to see kept from seeing you at that time or up to the present? Mrs. OSWALD. Generally some people wanted to talk to me but they couldn't do so simply because I did not want to.