Mrs. Oswald.

Yes; I said that. But he didn't go at that time and after all he was my husband.

Mr. Dulles.

Does--do you mean you said it again at the time of the Nixon incident?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes; I told him that but you must understand that I don't speak English very well, and for that reason I used to keep a piece of paper with me, and I had it, you know, what piece of paper I am talking about. At that time I didn't know how to go in police station; I don't know where it was.

Mr. Mckenzie.

Was that the passport?

Mrs. Oswald.

No. After the incident with Walker----

Mr. Rankin.

Was that paper the Walker incident note that you have described in your testimony?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes.

Representative Ford.

When you put the pistol under the mattress, what happened to the pistol from then on?

Mrs. Oswald.

That evening he asked for it and said that nothing was going to happen, and that he said he wouldn't do anything and took the pistol back. And put it into his room.

Mr. Dulles.

Did you keep the, what you call, the Walker note with you all the time or did you have it in a particular place where you could go and get it and show it to him?

Mrs. Oswald.

I had it all the time. I kept it in a certain place initially and then I put it in the pages of a book.
Senator COOPER. Mr. Rankin, would you ask the witness to state again what Lee Oswald's promise was to her that he had made at the time of the Walker incident?

Mr. Rankin.

Will you relate the promise that your husband made to you right after the discovery of the Walker incident by you?

Mrs. Oswald.

This wasn't a written promise.

Mr. Rankin.

No.

Mrs. Oswald.

But in words it was more or less that I told him that he was very lucky that he hadn't killed--it was very good that he hadn't killed General Walker. I said it was fate that--it was fated that General Walker not be killed and therefore he shouldn't try such a thing again.

Mr. Rankin.

What did he say in answer to that?

Mrs. Oswald.

He said perhaps I am right. I myself didn't believe what I was saying because I didn't believe that he was fated. I was just trying to find some way of dissuading my husband to do such a thing again. Do you understand what I mean?

Mr. Rankin.

Yes. Did he say that he would or would not do that again, that is what I want to know.

Mrs. Oswald.

At the time I did definitely convince him that I was right, and at the time he said that he would not do such a thing again.

Mr. Rankin.

Now, when you talked to him about the Nixon incident and persuaded him not to go out and do anything to Mr. Nixon, did you say anything about your pregnancy in trying to persuade him?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

What did you say about that?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes; I told him that I was pregnant.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you observe his action at the time of this Nixon incident, how he acted?

Mrs. Oswald.

How he reacted to this?

Mr. Rankin.

How he reacted to your interfering with him.

Mrs. Oswald.

At first he was extremely angry, and he said, "You are always getting in my way." But then rather quickly he gave in, which was rather unusual for him. At the time I didn't give this any thought, but now I think it was just rather a kind of nasty joke he was playing with me. Sometimes Lee was--he had a sadistic--my husband had a sadistic streak in him and he got pleasure out of harming people, and out of harming me, not physically but emotionally and mentally.

Mr. Rankin.

Have you told us substantially all that happened about this Nixon incident?