Senator, excuse me, sir. I'm a little mixed up on your question. Would you mind to repeat that question, sir?
Senator RUSSELL. Did he ever, after their marriage, complain about conditions as he found them in the Soviet Union, or the way they did things in the Soviet Union? I believe that was the word you said she used.*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; he did.
Senator RUSSELL. What was the subject of his complaint?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He did not like his job. He did not like the wage scale that they paid him, not only for him but for people that were engaged in the same line of work.
*Then, he was unhappy about the restrictions that his movements were subjected to, being a noncitizen of the Soviet Union. Every 3 months he was obliged to report every 3 months or every so often----
Senator RUSSELL. Periodically?
*Mrs. OSWALD. Periodically, he had to report to a certain government institution, where they would extend his permit of residence.
Senator RUSSELL. Were there any other restrictions on his movements? If he had reported duly as he was required, could he have gone down to Kharkov or any other place that he might have wished to go? * **
*Mrs. OSWALD. Of course, in addition to restrictions imposed on his movemeats, there were other things that he was dissatisfied with in the Soviet Union.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you care to give any of those?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He was dissatisfied with high prices for everything that he had to pay. He was dissatisfied with the quarters, living quarters that he had.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you know whether or not he had any friends that he made there in Minsk while he was living there?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Senator RUSSELL. Did most of them work in the same plant where he did or did he make other friends out in the community?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He had many acquaintances that worked in the same place. but he had no friends. He had two friends at work, in other words, closer than acquaintances---friends--those that I know personally.
Senator RUSSELL. But none other than those that worked there in the same plant?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. There was one young man who was a friend of his, which did not work in the same plant, but was a student at the medical college.
Senator RUSSELL. Did Lee go to school while he was there in Minsk? Did he do any studying in any of the institutes?

Mrs. Oswald.

No.
Senator RUSSELL. He did not.
*Mrs. OSWALD. Lee wanted to attend Patrice Lumumba Institute in Moscow but his application was turned down. He was very much put out, because he told me that one of the main reasons he came to the Soviet Union was to get education. He said that after his application was turned down. He told that to me after his application was turned down.
Senator RUSSELL. Was that before or after you were married?

Mrs. Oswald.

After.
Senator RUSSELL. Now, in reading your testimony, Mrs. Oswald, I noticed that you referred to a number of foreign students who attended the institutes in Minsk, including, I believe you said, a number of Cubans. Do you know whether or not Lee Oswald was acquainted with any of those Cubans?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I have never met these Cuban friends of his, but I do know that he and Erich; Erich is the medical student previously referred to, they had Cuban friends. What they were talking about, I do not know. I have never met him Lee was interested in Cuba and in Cuban affairs, but I don't know anything in detail, just through conversations.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you know whether he had any Cuban friends here in Texas or in New Orleans after he came back from Russia?

Mrs. Oswald.

No. [Nodding a negative response.]
Senator RUSSELL. You don't know whether he did or not?

Mrs. Oswald.

No; I don't think he had.

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