She said, "I think." She said, "I think."
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; he did strike me.
Senator RUSSELL. What reason did he give for striking you. usually?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Well, the reasons were if--they were very petty--I can't even remember what the reasons were after this quarrel was over. Sometimes he would tell me to shut up, and I don't take that from him.
**I'm not a very quiet woman myself.
Senator RUSSELL. "I'm not--" what?
**Mrs. OSWALD. I'm not a quiet woman myself and sometimes it gets on your nerves and you'll just tell him he's an idiot and he will become more angry with you.
*Enraged. When I would call him an idiot, he would say, "Well, I'll show you what kind of an idiot I am," so he would beat me up.
Senator RUSSELL. Did you ever strike him?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I would give him some in return.
Senator RUSSELL. You would give him some in return.
As I recall your testimony, when he told you about the Nixon incident, you testified that you held him in the bathroom by physical strength for some 4 or 5 minutes, so you should have been able to hold your own pretty well with him if you could do that?* **

Mrs. Oswald.

Probably not 5 minutes, but a long time for him.
*Sometimes one can gather all of his strength in a moment like that. I not a strong person, but sometimes under stress and strain perhaps I am stronger than I ordinarily am.
Senator RUSSELL. Did you ever strike him with anything other than your hand?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Well, I think at one time I told him that if he would beat me again, I will hurl a radio, a transistor radio, and when he did strike me, I threw the radio at him.
Senator RUSSELL. You missed him?
*Mrs. OSWALD. No--it broke. I missed him.
Senator RUSSELL. Yes, she missed him.
*Mrs. OSWALD. I tried not to hit him.
Senator RUSSELL. Now, going back a moment or two to your uncle, whom you lived with and to whom I understand you are quite devoted--did he try to keep you from coming to the United States very vigorously?
*Mrs. OSWALD. My uncle was against my going to America, but he never imposed his will or his opinion on me.
Senator RUSSELL. Did he or any other members of your family ever tell you why you had such little difficulty in getting your passport approved?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. During the pendency of receiving this exit visa, we never discussed the question, my uncle and my aunt, but when we received it, the exit visa and it was granted to us so quickly, they were very much surprised.

Mr. Gopadze.

Now, Marina, I'm sorry. I would like to make a correction to that point.

Mr. Gregory.

All right.

Mr. Gapadze.

That during the time they were expecting a visa to depart the Soviet Union, the relatives didn't express too much about it--because they didn't [think] they would depart, and when they did receive it, they were very much surprised----

Mr. Gregory.

Correct.

Mr. Gopadze.

With the expediency of the visa. Therefore, they didn't bother asking any questions or into their affairs concerning the departure. The last time they visited their aunt and uncle, they say, "Oh of all places, you're going to the United States."
Senator RUSSELL. Lee never did make much more than $225 a month, in that area, did he, and he was unemployed almost as much as he was employed?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Senator RUSSELL. How did he manage to pay the State Department the money he had borrowed from them and to pay his brother Robert under those circumstances?*

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