Mr. Fain.

around Vernon, Tex., in the western area and our agent at Wichita Falls made contact with her. That is set out in the middle of the page the results of of the contact.

Mr. Stern.

That was at what time?

Mr. Fain.

On October 13 "Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, 1808 Eagle Street, Apartment No. 3, Vernon, Texas, advised that about 2 months previously she had received from her son," and so forth.

Mr. Stern.

It took this period of time from your interview in September----

Mr. Fain.

September 18.

Mr. Stern.

To locate Mrs. Oswald?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir. That is about 3 weeks, isn't it?

Mr. Stern.

Yes.

Mr. Fain.

I think, my recollection sparsely settled western country. I think he had to go to several different towns and finally located her.

Mr. Stern.

So that the interview of Mrs. Oswald reflected at the bottom of page 4 was the interview conducted by another agent at your request; is that right?

Mr. Fain.

That is at the request of the Dallas office, that is right.

The Chairman.

May I interrupt a moment, gentlemen? I have a commitment at the Smithsonian Institution for about 45 minutes, and so I will be obliged to leave at this time. Congressman Ford, will you preside during my absence, and if you should be obliged to leave for your congressional duties, leave it in charge of Mr. McCloy to do it. I expect to be back in three-quarters of an hour.
(At this point in the proceedings, the Chairman leaves the hearing room.)

Representative Ford.

[presiding]. Will you proceed, please, Mr. Stern.

Mr. Stern.

Yes, sir. Was your interview with Robert Lee Oswald at your instance or did he volunteer?

Mr. Fain.

I located him for interview and tried to locate his mother and, incidentally, in that connection he was very cooperative, and I obtained all the information that he had. that I could, and he volunteered a lot of this-information.

Mr. Stern.

Had you previously asked him to let you know if he had received any communication from his brother?

Mr. Fain.

I had asked him to be sure to let us know in case I told him we wanted to talk to him when he came back.

Mr. Stern.

You told him you wanted to know when Lee Harvey Oswald was coming back, but not whether he had any .specific communication?

Mr. Fain.

We specifically wanted him to let us know if he had any contact with Soviet intelligence agents, anything like that, anything that he thought might not look right, to be sure and let us know.

Mr. Stern.

Then on page 8 it says that "Mrs. Robert Oswald promised to advise upon his arrival." Were you---

Mr. Fain.

That was the wife of Robert.

Mr. Stern.

Yes. Did you interview Mrs. Oswald, Mrs. Robert Oswald?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; yes, I did.

Mr. Stern.

What was the occasion for that interview, Mr. Fain?

Mr. Fain.

Well, to be sure and have someone let us know when this boy Lee arrived back in town.

Mr. Stern.

You were willing to rely on her advice?

Mr. Fain.

We had no reason not to. They had been very cooperative, both Mrs. Oswald and Robert Oswald. Robert is an older brother of Lee. I think he was about 2 years older than Lee.

Mr. Stern.

Did Mrs. Robert Oswald advise you voluntarily that she had received this postcard from Lee Harvey Oswald or did this come up when you stopped by? That is at the bottom of page 7.

Mr. Fain.

Yes; I believe she volunteered that. she had said or I might have asked her if she had any word from Lee. I don't recall now just how the conversation came up, but she said she had received a postal card from him on or about May 15, and it had been dated April 10.

Mr. Stern.

When did you finally learn that he had arrived in Fort Worth, Mr. Fain?