Mr. Jenner.

Was the handwriting on those newspapers or periodicals placed on those items in your presence?

Mr. Ofstein.

I believe they were--I believe that was the address of Victor Kamkin on the back of one of them.

Mr. Jenner.

That is, Oswald in your presence wrote the address of Kamkin on some one of these documents?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes. sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you seek to have him help you with your Russian beyond what you have now related to us?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes. sir; I asked him if he knew any other people who spoke Russian, and he indicated that he did--that he knew several Russian immigrants and I asked him at the time if he would be able to give me anyone's address so that I could speak with them and build up my vocabulary and my ability to speak it, and he just kept putting me off and saying, "In time you will meet them, in time you'll meet them" and I never did meet any of them.

Mr. Jenner.

Did. he give any reason for his apparent putting you off?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes, sir; he said that these people liked to speak with Americans who had an interest in their language, but they wouldn't want to take just anyone who went down to the library and pick up a book and sputtered off a few words. He said they enjoyed having someone around who could more or less keep up a running conversation with them.

Mr. Jenner.

You thought he was classifying you as one who had a fairly or command of the language?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes. sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And that he had some hesitation about throwing you in with a group that spoke fluently?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

This was not a derogatory attitude on his part?

Mr. Ofstein.

No, Sir; he said with a little bit of study that I could possibly get in with the groups and speak with them.
Mr. JENNER. And your feeling is fairly firm that his reluctance in that connection was along the lines you have indicated rather than a desire on his part to keep you from that group?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you feel that had you had a better command of the Russian language he would have b n willing to introduce you into that circle?

Mr. Ofstein.

I believe he would have; yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you know whether he had any social contact with any of the people in the plant?

Mr. Ofstein.

Not to my knowledge no, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

What is your impression as to whether he did or didn't?

Mr. Ofstein.

Well, I feel that he possibly got along with me better than anyone else down there and we had no social contact.

Mr. Jenner.

He had none with you and you rationalized from that he had none with anybody else?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes. sir.

Mr. Jenner.

at judgment was affected by the fact also that he appeared not to be getting along very well with others in the plant?

Mr. Ofstein.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he say anything about being a Marxist?

Mr. Ofstein.

No, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Was the subject ever mentioned?

Mr. Ofstein.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

You mentioned the secret police did any conversation ever occur with respect to any contact his with or any contact by, the secret police with him?

Mr. Ofstein.

He said that they talked to him once or twice while he was there and that was all. out that mainly it was just like the FBI would be running a check on someone her they would speak with people who knew them or who were located round them.

Mr. Jenner.

Was there anything ever discussed during the nod he was employed about any particular problems of his in Russia first, let me say