(Testimony of Sylvia Odio)
Mrs. Odio.
I have heard about him very much. I know who he is, but I don't know him.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you associate him with one of the Cuban organizations, Salvat?
Mrs. Odio.
If I have heard something about him, it has been attached to some organization.
Mr. Liebeler.
You don't remember which one?
Mrs. Odio.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Would it be the DRE?
Mrs. Odio.
I can't say for sure.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know a woman by the name of Anna Silvera?
Mrs. Odio.
I have heard about her, too.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any idea how these three men came to your apartment? Have you ever thought about it and tried to establish any contact that they might have had with someone else that would have told them to come to your apartment?
Mrs. Odio.
They were coming from New Orleans.
Mr. Liebeler.
They came directly from New Orleans to your apartment?
Mrs. Odio.
If it was true. It is very easy to find out any Cuban's in Dallas. Either you look in the phone book, or you call the Catholic Relief Service. If you say you are a friend of so and so, they will give you information enough. They will tell you where they live and what their phone number is and how to contact them.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you have no actual knowledge as to how these men came by your address?
Mrs. Odio.
I kind of asked them, and they told me because they knew my family. That is how they established the conversation. They knew him and wanted to help me, and knew I belonged to JURE and all this.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, can you remember anything else about the incident when Leon and the two men came to your apartment, or about the telephone call that you got from Leopoldo, that you haven't already told me about?
Mrs. Odio.
No. If I have forgotten something, but I think all the important things I have told you, like the trip, that they were leaving for a trip. And this struck me funny, because why would they want to meet me, if they were leaving for some reason or purpose. And it has been a long time. You don't think about these things every day and I am trying real hard to remember everything I can.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now is there anything else that you think we should know about that we haven't already asked you about in connection with this whole affair?
Mrs. Odio.
No. It would be involving my opinion, but anything that is real facts of the thing, that really happened.
Mr. Liebeler.
Is this the only time you ever saw the man called Leon Oswald?
Mrs. Odio.
The only time.
Mr. Liebeler.
Have you ever told anybody else that you have seen him other times?
Mrs. Odio.
No, I don't think. It would be silly to withhold any information. I mean, the involvement was very slight, and look how much involved you get just from meeting him once. I have a pretty good idea who called the FBI.
Mr. Liebeler.
About what?
Mrs. Odio.
You see, I did not call the FBI to tell them this fact.
Mr. Liebeler.
Why not?
Mrs. Odio.
I was going to, but I had to get around to it to do it myself, because at the time everything was so confused and everybody was so excited about it, and I wanted to wait to see if it was important.
Mr. Liebeler.
Who do you think called the FBI?
Mrs. Odio.
Mrs. Connell, I think.
Mr. Liebeler.
When you were interviewed by the FBI at your place of work, did you have any opinion about the way that interview was conducted?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes. It brought me a lot of problems in my work. The two men were extremely polite and nice, the two gentlemen from the FBI. You know
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