(Testimony of Robert Edward Oswald Lee Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
There is a reference there to a conversation as to whether Lee Harvey Oswald would say anything to you when and if you interviewed him.
Mr. Oswald.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
What did you have in mind as to the subject matter about which Lee Harvey Oswald might speak with you?
Mr. Oswald.
To the amount of involvement, if any, with relation to the death of the President of the United States on November 22, 1963.
Mr. Jenner.
You were then contemplating your prospective conversation with him?
Mr. Oswald.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And you use an expression also there that you would do your best. Do you find that.
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; I do.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, you would do your best to do what, sir?
Mr. Oswald.
To find out.
Mr. Jenner.
From whom?
Mr. Oswald.
From Lee Harvey Oswald, during our conversation or our----
Mr. Jenner.
Your prospective interview?
Mr. Oswald.
Our prospective interview, whether or not he did in fact perform the acts, either alone or with other people, that he had been accused of.
Mr. Jenner.
I see.
Now, following that conversation that you do record on that page, did you see your brother?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
Where?
Mr. Oswald.
Dallas police station.
Mr. Jenner.
Will you describe the the surroundings?
Mr. Oswald.
I was taken up on the elevator by a Dallas police officer--Mr. Tom Kelley, inspector from Washington, D.C., U.S. Secret Service joined us, and one agent Mr. Mike Howard. On arrival to the floor where Lee was being held, the police officer passed through a glass slot in the window to another police officer the pass, I believe signed by Captain Fritz, which authorization was for me to see Lee Harvey Oswald. Two or three minutes went by, and I was added that he was now ready to see me, and I was taken to a small room to the left of the elevators on this floor, and no one else was in this room on his side, or my side of the glass partitions that separated the locked side from the unlocked side.
And Lee was standing there before me on the other side of the glass.
Mr. Dulles.
Did you have the impression that the officers had told your brother that you were the one who was coming to see him?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; I did not.
Mr. Dulles.
Because you just said that the officer said he was ready to see you, and I gained the impression from that----
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir--whether or not I meant by that that--I do not believe that was my full meaning on that statement because I was not aware that they had actually told Lee that it was me he was about to see.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you converse with your brother?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Jenner.
By what means?
Mr. Oswald.
By telephone, while looking at him through the glass partition.
Mr. Dulles.
How far apart were you, roughly?
Mr. Oswald.
Just a matter of inches.
Mr. Jenner.
How long were you in that room, conversing with your brother?
Mr. Oswald.
Approximately 10 minutes.
Mr. Jenner.
And as near as you can recall, what did he say to you and what did you say to him?
Mr. Oswald.
I do recall to the best of my ability his first statement to me was "How are you?"
My reply was "I am fine."
I asked him how he was I observed the cuts and bruises on his face. He said he was just fine, and that they were treating him okay. I believe his
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