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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 376« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Sylvia Odio)

Mr. Liebeler.
So it was not Eugenio who was with Leon when those men came to your apartment?
Mrs. Odio.
No; I would have known Eugenio. He was a very close friend of my family and he did underground activity with my mother and father.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever tell anybody that it was Eugenio who had come to the apartment with Leon?
Mrs. Odio.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Father McKann?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember that he called you on the telephone?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes; he did call me on the telephone.
Mr. Liebeler.
On April 30, 1964?
Mrs. Odio.
The date, I don't recall. Probably.
Mr. Liebeler.
It was approximately the end of April or early May of 1964 when he called you from New Orleans?
Mrs. Odio.
From New Orleans.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember discussing this whole question with him at that time?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes. He asked me if I was withholding evidence of any kind.
Mr. Liebeler.
What did you tell him?
Mrs. Odio.
I told him that everything that I knew I had already told him, and that I didn't know anything else that I could recall that could be important to you.
Mr. Liebeler.
The only time that you were ever interviewed by anybody in connection with this was when Agent Hosty came to your place of work that day, isn't that correct?
Mrs. Odio.
That's correct. But three times I noticed a car standing in front of my door where I live on Lovers Lane. I don't know if it belonged to the Secret Service or the FBI, but I was kind of concerned about it.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you tell Father McKann that one of the men--did you tell him the names of the men who were there?
Mrs. Odio.
I told him what I knew, the names of the men that I knew.
Mr. Liebeler.
You told him one was Leopoldo?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you did not tell him that you could identify the other man as Eugenio?
Mrs. Odio.
That's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
You did not tell him that?
Mrs. Odio.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, I have a report before me of an interview with Father McKann by a representative of the U.S. Secret Service in which it states that Father McKann told this Secret Service agent that you had told him that one of the men was Eugenio. But you indicated now that that is not so?
Mrs. Odio.
No. Perhaps he could have misunderstood me, because he has the same problems with names. Probably I did tell him that the man was not Eugenio.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember discussing with him Eugenio's visit to you in June?
Mrs. Odio.
I think I discussed it with him, yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
During that telephone conversation?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes; I think I discussed it.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you tell Father McKann that the name Oswald was never used in your presence by any of these men?
Mrs. Odio.
Never was used except to introduce me, and the time when they left. They did not refer to him as Oswald.
Mr. Liebeler.
But they did in fact, introduce him as Leon Oswald?
Mrs. Odio.
And I shook hands with him.
Mr. Liebeler.
That is also what you told Agent Hoary when he interviewed you on December 18, 1963, and that is indicated in his report?
Mrs. Odio.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, a report that we have from Agent Hosty indicates that when you told him about Leopoldo's telephone call to you the following day,
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