Mrs. Oswald.

an agent, that the Government would have given him the money to come home without any trouble. I say just the opposite. That it was a very good point. If he was an agent, it would make it hard for him to get the money to come home.
Remember, I am under the impression he is coming home with this Russian girl in order to continue his work. So he cannot be given the money immediately to come home, because his mother might tell the story to someone. Lee was almost a year coming home for lack of money. So then they have an excuse to loan him the money.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you ever learn that he was getting money from the Red Cross in addition to his pay--that is the Russian or Soviet Red Cross, when he was over there?

Mrs. Oswald.

No, sir.

Mr. Rankin.

You don't know what he did with that?

Mrs. Oswald.

I don't know anything about that The Red Cross from here?

Mr. Rankin.

The Soviet Red Cross.

Mrs. Oswald.

No, Sir, I know nothing about that.

Mr. Rankin.

You didn't know he was supposed to have gotten an amount equal to the pay he received from his job. He got that from the Red Cross.

Mrs. Oswald.

I don't follow you. I do not know. I don't understand.

Mr. Rankin.

He got so much a month from his job in the electronics factory. You understood that.

Mrs. Oswald.

In Russia?

Mr. Rankin.

Yes.

Mrs. Oswald.

He was not in an electronics factory. I thought he was working in a radio factory. All right, fine.

Mr. Rankin.

And then he got an equal amount, we understand, from the Red Cross of the Soviet Union. Did you know that?

Mrs. Oswald.

No, sir. Now, explain to me when you say the Red Cross of the Soviet Union. Is that our American Red Cross in the Soviet Union, or this is part of the Russian Red Cross?

Mr. Rankin.

This is part of the Russian Red Cross.

Mrs. Oswald.

I do not know that.

Mr. Rankin.

It is not any part of the American Red Cross.

Mrs. Oswald.

No, I do not know that.

Mr. Rankin.

Their Red Cross is somewhat different than ours, I understand, because the Government has so much to do with activity there that the Red Gross is closely associated with the Government itself, while in this country, as you know, it is generally supported by the public.

Mrs. Oswald.

No, I did not know that.
Now, one other thing pertaining to this When Marina and Lee returned from Russia, and they were at my daughter-in-law's home, Robert's home, and I came in from the Job in the country to see them, I said--up until this time, gentlemen, I thought Russians were peasant-looking people, like the public. And I said, "Lee, she doesn't look Russian at all. She looks American." He said, "Of course, mother, that is why I married her, is because she looks American." In front of my daughter-in-law and Robert. He bragged that she looked like an American girl. And there is all little things of that sort.
As I say, I cannot remember everything in my life, because I am going--this is way back--in a few hours time, Mr. Rankin. But there is many, many things that come up.

Mr. Rankin.

How does that show that he was an agent at that time. I don't understand that.

Mrs. Oswald.

I don't either. But I am telling you the expressions. He is making a point. And what I was going to make a point--Lee loved his work, and Lee loved the Marines. Lee loved the Marines, Mr. Rankin. Even coming back---he was a military man. And that has also been stated in the paper, that he had a military manner about him. I think District Attorney Wade remarked something of that order. People have noticed that.

Mr. Rankin.

What made you think he loved the Marines? Was there something he did when he came back?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes. He loved the Marines because his brother was a Marine,