Mr. THORNLEY. Only he was sometimes called the Communist and he would, sometimes I know--as far as his study of the Russian language went he made no attempt to hide this. In fact, he made--would make attempts to show it off by speaking a little Russian. Mr. JENNER. He was proud of that, was he? Mr. THORNLEY. Yes; there was someone else in the outfit who spoke Russian, don't ask me who, they used to exchange a few comments in the morning at muster and say hello to each other or something, and he also would make jokes in Russian, not in Russian, but in English, in a thick Russian accent many times; this was very typical of him. Mr. JENNER. He resorted to that area and use of satire? Mr. THORNLEY. Yes; until I had made the comment that implied he was a Communist, I had no idea---- Mr. JENNER. That he was sensitive? Mr. THORNLEY. That he was sensitive about it because he didn't seem to be. Mr. JENNER. Did he have any visitors? Mr. THORNLEY. Not that I recall. Mr. JENNER. Was there any discussion at anytime about the possibility of his going to Russia? Mr. THORNLEY. No. Mr. JENNER. This was a complete surprise to you when you saw it in Stars and Stripes? Mr. THORNLEY. Somebody would say to him, "Why don't you go and live in Russia," in the middle of an argument. Mr. JENNER. I didn't mean that in that sense but did he volunteer a statement on his part about his going to Russia? Mr. THORNLEY. Never anything; no. Mr. JENNER. I take it it was your opinion he was not a Communist at the time he was assigned to El Toro? Mr. THORNLEY. That was my opinion. Mr. JENNER. I take it you have never seen or talked with Oswald subsequent to the time he left or you left for Japan, from El Toro? Mr. THORNLEY. No. Mr. JENNER. That is, my statement is correct. Mr. THORNLEY. Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER. It follows, I take it, that you were never aware that he was in New Orleans when you were there? Mr. THORNLEY. No; I wasn't. Mr. JENNER. You were not aware of his comings and goings other than the newspaper report that your folks sent you? Mr. THORNLEY. I was aware that he had come back from the Soviet Union and gone to Dallas, and I know I at that time did think about going to see him in Dallas for the book, to find out just why he did go to Russia, to check it with my own theory. Mr. JENNER. I am going to get to that in due course. Mr. THORNLEY. But aside from knowing that he came back and went to live in Dallas with a Russian wife and a child I had no idea of his comings or goings. Mr. JENNER. At the time you had some notion of going to Dallas to see him or Fort Worth, as the case might be, it was with respect to the book you have talked about you were then in the process of writing or fulminating about?