Mr. Jenner.

not, with respect to an alleged attack having been made by your brother upon General Walker?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; I am.

Mr. Jenner.

It is that to which I wish to direct a question.
Did you have any knowledge or information of any kind or character at any time prior to November 24, 1963, of that incident?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; I did not.

Mr. Jenner.

No one had spoken to you about it?

Mr. Oswald.

No sir; they had not.

Mr. Jenner.

When did it first come to your attention?

Mr. Oswald.

In the newspaper. I believe this to be sometime in the latter part of December 1963 or January 1964.

Mr. Jenner.

It was subsequent to your brother's death?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And you had no information direct or indirect of any kind or character, scuttlebutt, hearsay or otherwise, up to that moment?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Did you know of any acts of violence that your brother had carried out or had contemplated or attempted during his life other than school boy antics?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; I was not. I have never known him to attempt or indicate to attempt to carry out any type of violence other than a schoolboy----

Mr. Jenner.

Was he given to tantrums?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; he was not.

Mr. Dulles.

Did he ever seem to you to be a man who repressed himself, he was boiling inside and that there were a great many emotions that he had that he was holding in? Did you get that impression from your knowledge of him?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; I did not. I would say that Lee's character was that he was more of a listener than a talker, not to the extent of being an introvert. I do not believe he was an introvert.

Mr. Jenner.

I was about to ask you that question. There have been people who have been interviewed, teachers and others,. a good many of them as a matter of fact, who have described your brother as an introvert. Your mother used the expression that he was a loner in a statement that she made to the authorities in New York City, and I think on this record.
Was he in your opinion, gathered from your actual experience with him during his lifetime, a loner, that is, a person who would tend to prefer to be by himself and not seek out friends, not necessarily repulse friends but not affirmatively seek them out?

Mr. Oswald.

I would say yes and no, sir, to that question if I may.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.
Would you expand then and explain your answer yes and no?

Mr. Oswald.

I feel like in the late 1940s to about the time of my departure to the service in July of 1952, that he did seek out friends, and that he did have friends. However, after my release from the service in 1955, I do believe that he had become more grown to himself.

Mr. Jenner.

That is during the interim he had become, while you were away?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

You noticed a change in him when you returned from the service?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Is that what you mean to say?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

All right, proceed and describe that to us.

Mr. Oswald.

Still my contact with him was limited, but he did appear to be drawn within himself more than he had been prior, and I do not know of any friends that he had at that particular time.
One factor of course would be that he had moved quite frequently or a number of times during this period.

Mr. Jenner.

Apart from the reason, for the moment, I seek to draw from you your personal reaction as to whether he had become more retiring and that you had actually noticed that difference in him?