Mr. JENNER. Would you explain what you mean by idle in his admiration of the communistic system? Mr. THORNLEY. Well, it seemed to be theoretical. It seemed strictly a dispassionate appraisal--I did know at the time that he was learning the Russian language. I knew he was subscribing to Pravda or a Russian newspaper of some kind from Moscow. All of this I took as a sign of his interest in the subject, and not as a sign of any active commitment to the Communist ends. Mr. JENNER. You felt there was no devotion there. That it was somewhat of an intellectual interest, a curiosity. But I don't want to put words in your mouth, so tell me. Mr. THORNLEY. I wouldn't put it quite that weakly. While I didn't feel there was any rabid devotion there, I wouldn't call it a complete idle curiosity either. I would call it a definite interest. Mr. JENNER. A definite interest. Mr. THORNLEY. But not a fanatical devotion. Mr. JENNER. You said you knew at that time that he was studying Russian. How did you become aware of that? Mr. THORNLEY. Probably by hearsay once again. I do remember one time hearing the comment made by one man in the outfit that there was some other man in the outfit who was taking a Russian newspaper and who was a Communist and when I said, "Well, who is that?" he said, "Oswald," and I said, "Oh, well." That is probably where I learned it. Mr. JENNER. How did you learn that he was a subscriber to Pravda and the other Russian publications you have mentioned? Mr. THORNLEY. Well, I don't think--it was either Pravda or some other Russian publication. Mr. JENNER. I see. Mr. THORNLEY. The way I learned that was a story that I believe Bud Simco, a friend of mine in the same outfit, in the outfit at the same time, told me that one time a lieutenant, and I forget which lieutenant it was (I do remember at the time I did know who he was talking about) found out that Oswald, by--he happened to be in the mailroom or something, and saw a paper with Oswald's address on it. Mr. JENNER. That is the officer happened to be in the mailroom? Mr. THORNLEY. Yes; and that it was written--he noticed this paper was written in Russian and at the time got very excited, attempted to draw this to the attention of Oswald's section chief, the commanding officer, and, of course, there was nothing these people could do about it, and at the time the story was related to me. I remember I thought it was rather humorous that this young, either second or first lieutenant should get so excited because Oswald happened to be subscribing to a Russian newspaper. Mr. JENNER. Was this lieutenant's name Delprado? Mr. THORNLEY. I will bet it was. That is very familiar. I think so. Mr. JENNER. Have you ever subscribed to a Russian language newspaper or other publications? Mr. THORNLEY. Other Russian publications? Mr. JENNER. Yes, sir. Mr. THORNLEY. No, sir. Mr. JENNER. Have you ever subscribed to a publication that was printed in the Russian language?