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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. I - Page 382« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Robert Edward Oswald Lee Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
Whether the suspicions, on the part of yourself or your mother, were that your brother was or might be an agent for the Russian Government----
Mr. Oswald.
Pardon me, sir, I believe I misunderstood. I thought it was in reference to whether or not Lee might have been an agent of the United States Government.
Mr. Jenner.
No. It was the Russian Government I asked about.
Mr. Oswald.
I am sorry, sir. At no time was any discussion that I have been into indicated that in any way.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, you have referred then to, or had in mind, a conversation with your mother as to whether your brother was an agent of the United States Government.
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And are you able to fix the time of that discussion now having been supplied with the date when your mother visited Washington?
Mr. Oswald.
Approximately the spring of 1961.
Mr. Jenner.
Several months following her visit to Washington in January, 1961.
Mr. Oswald.
That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Where did that discussion take place?
Mr. Oswald.
I believe this was a telephone conversation, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you call her or did she call you?
Mr. Oswald.
She called me, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
And you recognized her voice, did you?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir, I did.
Mr. Jenner.
What did she say on the subject?
Mr. Oswald.
That she told me briefly about her trip to Washington, and that she, as she put it, had seen various important people, and that she was reaching or coming to the conclusion that Lee was an agent of one sort or another for the United States Government.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you respond to that?
Mr. Oswald.
I do not recall, sir, that I did; if so, what my response might have been.
Mr. Jenner.
You don't recall whether you responded, and if you did, you don't recall your response?
Mr. Oswald.
That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
All right, have you given us now all your conversations you had with your mother on the subject of whether your brother, that is up to November 22, 1963, as to whether your brother was or might have been an agent of the Government of the United States or an agent of any other government including that of Russia?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir, that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
As you received these letters, particularly the series of letters in 1961, up to the first of January, 1962, did there occur to you the thought that your brother was or might be an agent of the Russian Government?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; it most certainly did not.
Mr. Jenner.
And at any time thereafter up to November 22, 1963?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; it has not.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you have any contact with the State Department or did the State Department have any contact with you at any time while your brother was in Russia?
Mr. Mckenzie.
Mr. Jenner, I believe the record will show there was a previous telegram to Mr. Christian Herter who was Secretary of State at the time.
Mr. Jenner.
Other than the telegram you testified about yesterday.
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you have any conversations with your mother respecting her contacts, if any, with the State Department during the period of time your brother was in Russia?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir, I did not.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you at any time prior to November 22, 1963, no, I will include that date, let's say at any time prior to December 1, 1963, have any view or suspicion that Marina Oswald was or might have been an agent of the Russian Government?
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