Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever see him read any books other than this book
about Lenin?
Mr. GREGORY. No; it was not about, it was Lenin writings, and Lenin was
all.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you remember the name of any books that Oswald brought
home from the library that you saw in his apartment?
Mr. GREGORY. I can't remember. It would have been nothing extremely
interesting. I can't give any titles.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you ever discuss with him the nature of his love of
the study of history?
Mr. GREGORY. No; I always--my opinion of him was that he was not very
smart. I thought maybe he would read a lot, but not absorb it. That was
my opinion of him.
He just said he always had this love of history, and he several
times--one evening he went out to TCU and another time he went out to
get the catalog for Arlington State to try to get some night school or
something, and this evidently was a pure dream on his part, seeing he
did not have the high school degree. And he always spoke that he wanted
to go back to school and get a degree and study economics and history
and philosophy and things like that.
Mr. LIEBELER. He went out to TCU? Did he tell you that he went out to
TCU?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. For what purpose, did he tell you?
Mr. GREGORY. To look for night school.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you remember approximately when that was?
Mr. GREGORY. It was the first time I ever went over there to have a
lesson, he was gone. And he returned after, say, 15 minutes. He said he
was at TCU, and he had a schedule of their classes. And another time
I took and I would take them out to look at the town. One night we
went to TCU, and he asked me, do you think the director of the evening
classes or some official, if they would be in at this hour, because he
wanted to go see, and I said, "No; I am sure no one will be there."
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he ever tell you that he talked to any of the
officials at TCU concerning the night school program?
Mr. GREGORY. No; he evidently must have talked to someone if he came
back with a schedule, because I remember looking at the schedule.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he come back with the schedule before or after the
occasion on which you were driving in your car to TCU?
Mr. GREGORY. No; it seems the first evening I went over there he
referred to the schedule.
Mr. LIEBELER. So, it was after that that he asked you during your drive
whether you thought anybody would be present at TCU?
Mr. GREGORY. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Your first Russian lesson was approximately when?
Mr. GREGORY. I would say August 10. I would hit it within a week either
way. All this time I thought he had his high school degree and I was
encouraging him to go back. I said, "Why don't you?" And he used as an
excuse that he had to work. And he never did tell me that he did not
finish high school.
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