Mr. Liebeler.

During this time that you--did you have any other contacts with Oswald?

Mr. Gregory.

Well, he came to the office once more but I was not in the office, my secretary told me that he came by.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember what He came to your office for? Did he indicate any particular reason for coming there?

Mr. Gregory.

I don't recall. I don't know why he came back. Frankly, I don't remember. Here is something else that--one of the newspaper reporters came to the office and asked me if I would deliver a letter to Oswald, a reporter who tried several times to contact Oswald and get the story of his life or something like that, and they simply refused to see him. Why he choose me, I don't know. How he learned that Oswald came to my office, I don't. know. But this man came and asked me to deliver this letter to Oswald the next time he came to the office, and I remember now that he did come once or twice more because I handed him that letter, and Oswald took it and put it in his pocket.

Representative Ford.

When were these visits, the second and third visits to your office?

Mr. Gregory.

I would say that was probably during the month of July 1962.

Representative Ford.

1962.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Oswald ever ask you to help him work on a book?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

That he was working on?

Mr. Gregory.

No, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Other than these contacts we have discussed, did you have any other contacts with Oswald ever?

Mr. Gregory.

Well, I was at home when my son Paul answered a telephone call from Lee Oswald and he asked if Paul would come to get them, I guess they were at his brother's, they were going to Dallas, they moved to Dallas by then, so it must have been in October or maybe it was--

Mr. Liebeler.

Was it Thanksgiving?

Mr. Gregory.

It could have been Thanksgiving. It was Thanksgiving. It "was Thanksgiving Day. Paul went to Oswald, Robert Oswald, and brought Marina and Lee Oswald and the baby to the house. He fixed some sandwiches for them and he took them to the bus station and they went to Dallas where they had already established residence. That was the last time I saw Lee Oswald and Marina Oswald until after the assassination of the President.

Mr. Liebeler.

On the basis of your contacts with Lee Oswald during this period of time, did you form any judgment of him?

Mr. Gregory.

Yes, sir; I think I did. He impressed me as a man that, first, he carried some sort of a chip on his shoulder. I also had the impression that, probably unfounded on my part, I don't know, I just formed that impression, that he, Lee Oswald, felt that he did not get proper recognition from the people, say, in the United States, maybe even in the Soviet Union. I don't know. In other words, I felt like he thought that he was a better man than the other people thought he was.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you have the feeling that he desired to achieve recognition?

Mr. Gregory.

That is my distinct impression of him.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you have any opinion as to whether he was ever able to command this recognition and respect that he was seeking?

Mr. Gregory.

I don't think so.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you think he was an intelligent person?

Mr. Gregory.

Fairly.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you think he was capable of performing an act such as an assassination of a President?

Mr. Gregory.

Definitely.

Mr. Liebeler.

What do you base that opinion on?

Mr. Gregory.

Well, he was a Marine; he, as I said, he carried a chip on his shoulder. From the best--from what I have read and so forth, I personally am of the opinion that he assassinated the President.

Mr. Liebeler.

Well now, based on your knowledge of him prior to the assassination did you have any reason to believe that he might do such a thing?

Mr. Gregory.

Prior to that time, no, sir. I didn't.