Mr. Gregory.

make the best shoes in Minsk for export, and the people get the--and I think he indicated his own shoes, which he still wore at that time. Then just very, very slight criticism, not politically, but sort of in the sense of economics that the people were not getting the best products, they were all for export.

Mr. Liebeler.

Now, at that time was there any indication that Oswald was better treated than other people in the Soviet Union or did you maintain the impression throughout your acquaintance with Oswald that he was treated similarly to other Russians?

Mr. Gregory.

That was my impression, that he was treated the same as other Russians.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you detect any friction between Marina Oswald and Lee Oswald at this dinner?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Was there any indication at that time that Lee Oswald had beaten his wife in any way?

Mr. Gregory.

Not at that time; no, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever see any indication that Marina Oswald had been beaten?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir; I haven't seen it personally. I have heard reports from my friends that he did mistreat her physically, and that he had blackened her eyes, and once even extinguished a cigarette on her shoulder, something like that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Who told you that?

Mr. Gregory.

To the best of my recollection it was either--I think it was Bouhe or it could have been Mrs. Meller, but I believe it was Bouhe.

Mr. Liebeler.

That was at a time subsequent to this dinner party?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes, sir; subsequent. It was after the assassination of the President.

Mr. Liebeler.

That Bouhe told you?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Oswald at all discuss the reason why he went to Russia?

Mr. Gregory.

No; he just told me, you know once, the very first time I met him that he went there on his own.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he indicate any desire to return to Russia

Mr. Gregory.

I learned subsequently that he did but he never indicated it to me.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you know whether Oswald maintained contacts with people that he had associated with in Russia?

Mr. Gregory.

None to my knowledge.

Mr. Liebeler.

You don't know that he wrote them letters?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir. Excuse me, sir, when you asked me about his relations with Marina Oswald, I don't know whether this is of any importance or not, but during my first visit at their apartment on Mercedes Street in Fort Worth, the second time I saw Marina, I suggested to him that he should insist that she learn English as quickly as possible because it would be so much easier for her to get along in this country, and he replied that he would prefer that she did not learn English at all or else he would lose his fluency in the Russian language.
So it showed to me that he didn't particularly care about her. He cared more about himself.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you say anything to him in response to that?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir; I was frankly very much disgusted with that sort of attitude.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Oswald ever come to your office?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes, he came to my office once or twice more. Once I was in the office when he came, and at that time, apparently he was downtown, my office is downtown in Fort Worth, he brought with him some., typewritten sheets which he told me he was writing his memoirs of his life in the Soviet Union.
I remember seeing, I did not read the manuscripts at all, but I saw some snapshots or photographs attached to some typewritten sheets.