And then a few days later he would ask that he borrow another magazine or two magazines. I would say that there were anywhere from three to five definite occasions I do remember of Lee Oswald asking to take this and that magazine and letting me know that he returned the magazines.

Mr. Liebeler.

So as far as you know there was nobody else that would have removed them from your office, and they-would have stayed there after Oswald brought them back?

Mr. Alba.

Some of them do disappear from time to time.

Mr. Liebeler.

And you have no way of knowing whether all the ones that Oswald looked at were in your office when the FBI and the Secret Service came and picked them up?

Mr. Alba.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

When was the last time you saw Oswald?

Mr. Alba.

The last time I saw Lee Oswald was when he told me that he was leaving for Michoud. He had put in an application at Michoud,. where he was going to make the big money, in this town here. He mentioned that prior or about 3 weeks prior to leaving.
When he did leave, he came in the office and he says, "Well--" this was approximately 10 o'clock in the morning, he said, "Well, I will be seeing you." I said, "Where are you headed?" He said, "Out there, where the gold is." I said, "Where is that?" He said, "I told you I was going out to Michoud, and that I had an application out there." He said, "Well, I have' heard from them, and I have just wound up things next door at the coffee company, and I am on my way out there now." That again, was approximately--I may stand to be corrected on my timing--but that was approximately some weeks before the assassination.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is this "Michoud" that he mentioned to you? spell it?

Mr. Alba.

That's the national air space program, the rockets, out in Gentilly. That's NASA.

Mr. Liebeler.

What kind of an operation do they have there? Is it a manufacturing operation?

Mr. Alba.

It is the rocket, the Atlas rocket, I believe.

Mr. Liebeler.

They construct them there, is that correct?

Mr. Alba.

That is correct.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he tell you what kind of work he was going to do for the organization?

Mr. Alba.

No; he didn't.

Mr. Liebeler.

You mentioned "Michoud," and is that the name of a city here?

Mr. Alba.

Michoud, that's this particular section of Gentilly, Gentilly section, where the plant is located.

Mr. Liebeler.

Is that part of New Orleans proper?

Mr. Alba.

It is part of New Orleans, part of Orleans Parish.

Mr. Liebeler.

Part of New Orleans itself?

Mr. Alba.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Oswald tell you what kind of work he was doing for Reily Co.?

Mr. Alba.

I don't think he ever did, but it was--it was obvious that he was in the electrical end of the maintenance end of the factory at W. B. Reily Coffee.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did he say? Or why do you say it was obvious?

Mr. Alba.

He was just like the others there in the maintenance and the electrical end, and they would wear the electrician's belt with a bandoleer screwdriver, pliers, and friction tape, et cetera.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he wear that?

Mr. Alba.

Yes, he did.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever discuss this fellow Oswald with anybody at the Reily Co.?

Mr. Alba.

Not prior to the assassination, no.

Mr. Liebeler.

Have you discussed it with people at the Reily Co. after the assassination?

Mr. Alba.

Yes, I have. People were coming up to me at that time and asking me about what had happened to-my friend Lee Oswald that used to hang around the office all he time, as an opening to discuss what had taken place in Dallas.