Mr. Redlich.

Did you tell him that this evidence had been presented before the Warren Commission?

Mr. Martin.

No, I told him if anybody knew about it, you would know about it.
Senator COOPER. I think you said a minute ago that you only learned about it the day before?

Mr. Martin.

That is what I told the newspaper reporter.
Senator COOPER. What is the significance of that? Did you talk to somebody the day before?

Mr. Martin.

No, it was just a method of brushing him off.
Senator COOPER. Had you talked to Robert Oswald the day before?

Mr. Martin.

No.
Senator COOPER. May I ask this: Now, Mrs. Marina Oswald told you about the Nixon incident?

Mr. Martin.

Yes.
Senator COOPER. Had she previously told you about the Walker incident?

Mr. Martin.

Yes.
Senator COOPER. General Walker?

Mr. Martin.

Yes, after it came out in the newspapers. The first I heard about it was when I read in the newspapers.
Senator COOPER. Then she talked to you about it?

Mr. Martin.

I asked her about it.
Senator COOPER. You have read somewhere, have you, that Mrs. Marina Oswald said that Lee Oswald gave her his reason for wanting to shoot at General Walker?

Mr. Martin.

The reason she gave me was that Lee Harvey Oswald thought that General Walker was a Fascist.
Senator COOPER. Right.

Mr. Martin.

And needed to be killed.
Senator COOPER. Did she tell you any statement that Lee Oswald made giving his reasons that he wanted to kill or shoot Richard Nixon?

Mr. Martin.

No.
Senator COOPER. Didn't talk about that at all?

Mr. Martin.

No.
Senator COOPER. Did she ever tell you of any other statements that Lee Oswald had made to her about his, any attempts that he made or any intentions that he had to kill any other person?

Mr. Martin.

No.
Senator COOPER. You are sure of that?

Mr. Martin.

Positive.
Senator COOPER. Did she tell you about any statements that Lee Oswald might have made about President Kennedy?

Mr. Martin.

No. Anything that----
Senator COOPER. You must have talked to her a great deal about this assassination of President Kennedy.

Mr. Martin.

Actually, I tried to avoid most of this stuff.
Senator COOPER. What?

Mr. Martin.

I tried to avoid most of these things. I don't know, I figured they would be a sore spot with her, but I don't know whether they were or not.
Senator COOPER. It would be tremendously helpful to this Commission to know if she did talk to you about the assassination of President Kennedy and anything that Lee Oswald might have said about him before and tell us anything----

Mr. Martin.

If she had said anything to me about it I would definitely tell you. I cannot recall any incident that--of the conversation between she and Lee about any other assassination or about the President.

Mr. Dulles.

Had you ever met or heard of Lee Harvey Oswald prior to November 22, 1963?

Mr. Martin.

No.

Representative Boggs.

Mrs. Oswald lived in your home for how long?

Mr. Martin.

About 2-1/2 months.

Representative Boggs.

You had many conversations with her in that period of time.

Mr. Martin.

No, not really many. I was usually out of the house, and there weren't many opportunities that arose to have a conversation.