(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald)
Mr. Rankin.
Did you visit anyone or have visitors at your hotel during that period?
Mrs. Oswald.
We didn't have any visitors but I remember that with Lee we visited some kind of an office, on official business, perhaps it had something to do with immigration or with the tickets. Lee spoke to them in English and I didn't understand it.
Mr. Rankin.
Would that be a Travelers' Aid Bureau or Red Cross?
Mrs. Oswald.
I don't know.
Mr. Rankin.
Do you know whether or not you or your husband received any financial assistance for the trip to Texas at that time?
Mrs. Oswald.
I don't know exactly where Lee got the money, but he said that his brother Robert had given him the money. But the money for the trip from the Soviet Union to New York was given to us by the American Embassy in Moscow.
Mr. Rankin.
Do you recall what time of the day you left on the flight to Texas?
Mrs. Oswald.
I think that by about 5 p.m. we were already in Texas.
Mr. Rankin.
Did you go to Dallas or Fort Worth at that time?
Mrs. Oswald.
In Dallas we were met by the brother, Robert, he lived in Fort Worth, and he took us from Dallas to Fort Worth and we stopped at the house.
Mr. Rankin.
Who else stayed at Robert's house at that time besides your family?
Mrs. Oswald.
His family and no one else.
Mr. Rankin.
What did his family consist of at that time?
Mrs. Oswald.
He and his wife and two children, a boy and a girl.
Mr. Rankin.
How long did you stay at Robert's?
Mrs. Oswald.
About 1 to 1 1/2 months--perhaps longer, but no longer than 2 months.
Mr. Rankin.
Were your relations and your husband's with Robert pleasant at that time?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes, they were very good. His brother's relationship to us was very good.
Mr. Rankin.
Would you briefly describe what you did during that time when you were at Robert's?
Mrs. Oswald.
The first time we got there we were, of course, resting for about a week, and I was busy, of course, with my little girl who was then very little. And in my free time, of course, I helped in the household.
Mr. Rankin.
Did your husband do anything around the house or did he seek work right away?
Mrs. Oswald.
For about a week he was merely talking and took a trip to the library. That is it.
Mr. Rankin.
Then did he seek work in Fort Worth?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
And when did he find his first job there?
Mrs. Oswald.
While we were with Robert. It seems it was at the end of the second month that Lee found work. But at this time I don't remember the date exactly but his mother who lived in Fort Worth at that time rented a room and she proposed that we spend some time with her, that we live with her for some time.
Mr. Rankin.
Did you discuss with your husband this proposal of your mother-in-law to have you live with her?
Mrs. Oswald.
Well, she made the proposal to my husband, not to me. Of course, I found out about it.
Mr. Rankin.
Did you and he have any discussion about it after you found out about it?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes, of course.
Mr. Rankin.
You recall that discussion?
Mrs. Oswald.
No. I only remember the fact.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he find work after you left Robert's then?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
You did move to be with your mother-in-law, lived with her for a time?
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