Mr. Liebeler.

You had been in Philadelphia for 3 years from 1954 on, is that correct?

Mrs. Odio.

No; from 1951 to 1954, when I graduated.

Mr. Liebeler.

And for the period in New Orleans and when you came to the United States finally?

Mrs. Odio.

In 1960, December 25, 1960.

Mr. Liebeler.

So after you came in December of 1960, you went to Puerto Rico and lived in. Puerto Rico for 2 years, and you came to Dallas in 1963 and you have been here ever since?

Mrs. Odio.

That's right.

Mr. Liebeler.

Would you tell us briefly what your educational background is, Mrs. Odio?

Mrs. Odio.

Well, I had grammar school in Cuba. I started high school in Cuba and then I was sent to the Sacred Heart and I applied for college, and went back and studied law in the University of Villanova. I did not finish because my career was interrupted because of Castro, and I didn't finish law.

Mr. Liebeler.

How much training did you have in law?

Mrs. Odio.

I had almost 3 years.

Mr. Liebeler.

Of law study in Cuba?

Mrs. Odio.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

My record indicates that on December 18, 1963, you were interviewed by two agents of the FBI, Mr. James P. Hoary and Bardwell D. Odum. Do you remember that?

Mrs. Odio.

That's correct.

Mr. Liebeler.

It is my understanding that they interviewed you at your place of work, is that correct?

Mrs. Odio.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember approximately what they asked you and what you told them?

Mrs. Odio.

I think I remember. Not exactly, but I think I can recall the conversation.

Mr. Liebeler.

Would you give us the content of that conversation, as best you can recall

Mrs. Odio.

They told me they were coming because of the assassination of President Kennedy, that they had news that I knew or I had known Lee Harvey Oswald. And I told them that I had not known him as Lee Harvey Oswald, but that he was introduced to me as Leon Oswald. And they showed me a picture of Oswald and a picture of Ruby. I did not know Ruby, but I did recall Oswald. They asked me about my activities in JURE. That is the Junta Revolutionary, and it is led by Manolo Ray. I told him that I did belong to this organization because my father and mother had belonged in Cuba, and I had seen him (Ray) in Puerto recently, and that I knew him personally, and that I did belong to JURE. They asked me about the members here in Dallas, and I told him a few names of the Cubans here. They asked me to tell the story about what happened in my house.

Mr. Liebeler.

Who was it that you had seen in Puerto Rico?

Mrs. Odio.

Mr. Ray, I had seen. He was a very close friend of my father and mother. He hid in my house several times in Cuba.
So they asked me to tell him how I came to know Oswald, and I told them that it was something very brief and I could not recall the time, exact date. I still can't. We more or less have established that it was the end of September. And, of course, my sister had recognized him at the same time I did, but I did not say anything to her. She came very excited one day and said, "That is the man that was in my house." And I said, "Yes; I remember."

Mr. Liebeler.

Tell us all the circumstances surrounding the event when Oswald came to your house.

Mrs. Odio.

Well, I had been having little groups of Cubans coming to my house who have been asking me to help them in JURE. They were going to open a revolutionary paper here in Dallas. And I told them at the time I was very busy with my four children, and I would help, in other things like selling bonus to help buy arms for Cuba. And I said I would help as much as I could.
Those are my activities before Oswald came. Of course, all the Cubans knew