Mr. Gregory.

on Marxism in Lee's residence when they lived on Mercedes Street in Fort Worth.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he say in words or substance that he thought that Oswald was a half-baked Communist?

Mr. Gregory.

I think that is the expression he used, yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Now, did there--did you ever go to Oswald's own apartment?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes, I went there once to take Paul to his lesson. I, in other words I visited in their so-called living room once, when they lived on Mercedes Street.

Mr. Liebeler.

In Fort Worth?

Mr. Gregory.

In Fort Worth, yes, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Would you tell us what the conditions in their home were like?

Mr. Gregory.

It was practically a bare room. There was no furniture to speak of. There was the bare necessities: there was no playpen or crib for the baby. The baby was playing in the middle of the floor in the living room, as I remember. It was an extremely primitively furnished room, and the rest of the house was the same way.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you have any impression as to whether the Oswald baby was being adequately cared for?

Mr. Gregory.

No; that I don't know. I do know this, that Oswald showed outward signs of love toward the baby. He would pucker his lips and this and that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Indicating that he had affection for the child?

Mr. Gregory.

For the child.

Mr. Liebeler.

At that visit did you have any discussion with Oswald about living conditions or anything else in Russia?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir; I simply took Paul in for that lesson, and I left before the lesson began.

Mr. Liebeler.

Now, did there come a time when you held a dinner party to which you invited Mr. Oswald?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes. Well, really, it was not a dinner party. It was a small dinner. I mentioned the fact that Marina Oswald went to school in Leningrad, formerly St. Petersburg prior to the revolution, and a friend of mine, George Bouhe of Dallas, who is an accountant. was born and raised in St. Petersburg. He indicated to me that he would like to meet Marina Oswald and his fellow townswoman and townsman, so I discussed it with my wife, and she thought she will invite Marina Oswald and Lee Oswald and Mr. Bouhe, and a friend of Mr. Bouhe, Mrs. Meller of Dallas, to their dinner. I am sure Paul was at home at that time, so there were six of us at the dinner and my wife and my son.

Mr. Liebeler.

Will you tell us when the dinner was held?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes; it was before Paul went back to school so I assume it was in the early party of September, maybe it was late in August.

Mr. Liebeler.

Mr. Bouhe is a native born Russian?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes; he was born in St. Petersburg.

Mr. Liebeler.

What about Mrs. Meller?

Mr. Gregory.

I assume Mrs. Meller was born in Ukrania.

Mr. Liebeler.

During this dinner party was there any discussion between Mrs. Meller and Mr. Bouhe with the Oswalds concerning their background, experiences in Russia?

Mr. Gregory.

The conversation, as I recall it, centered mostly on St. Petersburg. Bouhe brought with him his albums of St. Petersburg, and he was asking her and they were both looking at the pictures, and is such and such statue on the main street of St. Petersburg, and so on and so forth. I think that was the gist of the conversation.
They also discussed the present day life in the Soviet Union. I do recall, the conversation was mostly with Marina, and she did not speak any English at that time, so all of that conversation was in the Russian language, which my wife does not understand at all.
I remembered that Lee Oswald hazarded, he would interject into the conversation, and he was a little bit critical of the attitude of the Soviet Government toward its own people, and here is what I am trying to say; he said they