Mr. Rankin.

Do you recall that they inquired as to whether you were being kept from seeing and speaking to people against your will?

Mrs. Oswald.

This letter was translated by Ruth Paine and I answered on the basis of the translation.

Mr. Mckenzie.

May I see those letters, Mr. Rankin?

Mr. Rankin.

Yes.

Mrs. Oswald.

I didn't want to answer this letter. It was simply a matter of courtesy on my part.

Mr. Rankin.

Now, you received a letter from the local chapter of the Civil Liberties Union in Russian, did you not?

Mrs. Oswald.

There was a letter that was in English and there was a translation which came with it, and it was stated that the translation was done by Ruth Paine.

Mr. Rankin.

What did you do with the translation or the I will ask you the translation first. Did you keep that?

Mrs. Oswald.

I don't remember what I did with it.

Mr. Rankin.

Do you know what you did with the part that was in Russian?

Mrs. Oswald.

Perhaps it is somewhere among my papers but I didn't pay any special attention to it.

Mr. Rankin.

I will hand you Commission Exhibit No. 331 and ask you if that is the letter in English that you referred to?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes; it is the letter.

Mr. Rankin.

I call the Commission's attention to the fact that that has already been received in evidence.

Mr. Mckenzie.

Mr. Rankin, did you write Mr. Olds about this? This appears to be a letter in reply to a letter from you.

Mr. Rankin.

That is right. I asked for it. Mrs. Oswald, will you examine Commission Exhibits Nos. 990 and 991 and state whether you know the handwriting in those exhibits?

Mrs. Oswald.

This is all mine, my handwriting. This is the answer to that letter.

Mr. Rankin.

And the letter, Exhibit No. 990, and the envelope, Exhibit No. 991, in your handwriting were your response to the inquiry of the Dallas Civil Liberties Union on the Exhibit No. 331?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes; this was my answer to this letter, Exhibit No. 331.

Mr. Rankin.

I offer in evidence Commission Exhibits Nos. 990 and 991.

Mr. Dulles.

You want them admitted at this time?

Mr. Rankin.

Yes; Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Dulles.

They shall be admitted.
(Commission Exhibits Nos. 990 and 991 were marked for identification and received in evidence.)

Mr. Rankin.

Mrs. Oswald, I will ask you to examine Exhibit No. 988 and with the help of the interpreter, advise us whether or not it is a reasonably correct translation of your letter, Exhibit No. 990.

Mrs. Oswald.

This is not an accurate translation.

Mr. Rankin.

Mrs. Oswald, can you tell us what errors were made, where the corrections should be to make it a correct translation?

Mrs. Oswald.

There is one place here in which it refers to the third sentence of the English text which states: "What you read in the papers is correct."

Mr. Rankin.

How would you correct that?

Mrs. Oswald.

This is incorrect. A better, a proper translation, although unofficial of this passage, and the Russian text of my letter would read, "Your concern is quite unnecessary although it is quite understandable if one is to judge from what is written in the papers."

Mr. Rankin.

Now, will you proceed with any other corrections?

Mrs. Oswald.

This, the letter, the spirit of the letter reflects my own spirit in my own Russian text--although the translation is somewhat inaccurate and tends to shorten my own text somewhat.
There is another inaccuracy which is more important than the others--it is not more important, the first one is more important--there is another which should be called to the Commission's attention.