Mr. Jenner.

I take it from that that there had been-this was the first communication you had had from him, as he says, in a long time.

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Does your memory serve you sufficiently now to define more clearly the period to which he refers as "a long time"?

Mr. Oswald.

I would say in between the leave in 1958, and his letter received, postmarked in June 1959, I would not have received over two or three letters.

Mr. Jenner.

His leave in '58 was when, again, please?

Mr. Oswald.

I recall this to be in the early fall of the year-perhaps September.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. Directing your attention now back to the letter of November 8, 1959, which is Commission Exhibit 294, I will ask you this: Is this the first letter you received from him from Russia?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Is it the first communication of any kind, at least directly from or initially by him, that you had from him?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

This is, then, the first time you heard from him from the day he departed to go to New Orleans, as he had stated to you, for the purpose of finding employment?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

You testified yesterday that you responded to this letter-that is, Commission Exhibit 294, dated November 8, 1959. Is that correct?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

You were unable to recall particularly well yesterday your letter in response to Commission Exhibit 294. Has the reading of the letter of November 26, 1959, which is Commission Exhibit 295, and your re-reading of the letter of November 8, Commission Exhibit 294, served to refresh your recollection as to the contents of your letter which you wrote in response to Commission Exhibit 294?

Mr. Oswald.

To some degree, sir, it most certainly has.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. Would you now, having had your recollection refreshed, relate to us as near as may be, if you are able to do so, your letter in response to your brother's letter, Commission Exhibit 294?

Mr. Oswald.

Which was the letter of November 8--is that correct?

Mr. Jenner.

That is correct.

Mr. Oswald.

To the best of my recollection, in my response to his letter, I asked him why he went to Russia, and for what purpose he went to Russia. And I believe, sir, that is to the best of my ability, in the remembrance of my letter, that would be the only two questions that I asked him.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, in the letter of November 8, he says, "Do you know, for instance, that I have wanted to do this for well over a year"-that is, go to Russia. I take it from your prior testimony that you had not known, either well over a year or even for an instant, that he had any intention of going to Russia.

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Had the name Albert Schweitzer College ever been mentioned by your brother Lee prior to this time--that is, let us say, prior to the middle of September 1959?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; it was not.

Mr. Jenner.

He also states in this letter of November 8--makes the rhetorical question-"Do you know that I speak a fair amount of Russian, which I have been studying for many months". Had that subject matter ever come to your attention prior to his uttering it in the letter of November 8?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; it had not.

Mr. Jenner.

You did not know, up until this time, that your brother had been studying Russian while in the Marines?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct. And again if I may elaborate on that, I was not aware that he ever studied any foreign language.

Mr. Dulles.

Did your brother ever talk to you about what he was reading during this period?

Mr. Jenner.

Or at any time, during his school period?