Mr. Jenner.

and that of your brother Lee in which he expressed his views of the character that he wrote in this letter of November 8, 1959?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; I most certainly did not.

Mr. Jenner.

Had you ever discussed with him, in any conversation between you and your brother Lee, with or without your brother John present or your mother, in which his feeling toward or reaction to the government of the United States had been discussed?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; at no time, as I stated yesterday, have we ever discussed politics, and most assuredly I did not have any inclination in any degree that anything of this nature was in his mind.

Mr. Jenner.

So the views expressed by your brother in the letter of November 8 came to you as a complete surprise?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; with the qualification that this is what I expected after reading the newspapers.

Mr. Dulles.

May I ask one question there.
When your brother left, after that short stay following his service in the Marine Corps, did you know that he was going to Russia-did he say anything to you about going to Russia at that time?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; he did not.

Mr. Jenner.

What did he say to you as to his plans?

Mr. Oswald.

That he was going to New Orleans, Louisiana, to visit my Aunt Lillian.

Mr. Jenner.

Your Aunt Lillian whom?

Mr. Oswald.

Murret.

Mr. Jenner.

The family you identified yesterday-the Murret branch of your family?

Mr. Oswald.

I don't recall identifying them.

Mr. Jenner.

There was one occasion yesterday.

Mr. Oswald.

All right. Yes, sir; that is correct. And that he was-

Mr. Jenner.

That is an Aunt on which side your father's or mother's?

Mr. Oswald.

My mother's side. And that he was going to visit with them, and at the same time find a job in New Orleans, and make his home in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he give you any indication at any time during his stay--this was in Fort Worth?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

During his stay in Fort Worth, upon his return and discharge from the service, and while he was there, that gave you any indication whatsoever of any intention on his part to leave the country?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; none whatsoever.

Mr. Jenner.

Whether he was going to go to Europe, Russia, or anywhere else?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir. The only information he gave me was that he was going only to New Orleans, Louisiana, from Fort Worth, Texas.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you spend a good deal of time with him while he was in Fort Worth, Texas, in this interim period?

Mr. Oswald.

Approximately one day out of the two or three days he was there.

Mr. Jenner.

Are you suggesting that most of your contact with him during this period was on one of those days, or that the total amount of time that you spent with him during that period aggregated one day?

Mr. Oswald.

I believe, sir, that I at least talked to him on the telephone on one day, and then the next day he spent the day at our home.

Mr. Jenner.

And that is the day that you went off hunting, which you testified about yesterday?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

And never during any of the contact that you had with him did he imply or state directly that he had any contemplation of a trip which would take him out of the United States?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Dulles.

You didn't know about his having applied for a new passport?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir, I did not know he applied for any passport.