Senator RUSSELL. I thought the FBI had already removed your passports and your diploma and everything before that time?
*Mrs. OSWALD. The first day when Lee was arrested, the FBI made a search.

Mr. Gopadze.

The FBI or police.

Mr. Gregory.

The FBI or police.
Senator RUSSELL. I believe it was the police then.
*Mrs. OSWALD. The police made the search in the Paine's house.
Senator RUSSELL. Yes.

Mrs. Oswald.

And everything was there. I did not take anything with me that first day when I was arrested.
Senator RUSSELL. When you returned to Mrs. Paine's you found they had left this particular program there with this bus stub? You testified they had removed your passport and your diploma and Lee's union cards and Social Security card and everything else I was just wondering how they happened to leave this particular article with the bus stub in it?*

Mrs. Oswald.

**I never retained that for any special reason.
Senator RUSSELL. I'm quite sure of that. I wasn't asking that at all.**

Mrs. Oswald.

**I don't know the reason.
Senator RUSSELL. They just overlooked that?

Mrs. Oswald.

**It was just overlooked--the same way they overlooked that other.
Senator RUSSELL. Mrs. Oswald, what are your relations now with the friends that you made in the Russian community here in Dallas? I don't remember all of the names--one of them was named Elena Hall, is that right, and Katya Ford, Anna Meller, De Mohrenschildt, De Mohrenschildt's wife and children--are you still on friendly terms with them, do you see them occasionally?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. As far as I'm concerned, I consider all of them as my friends, but George Bouhe, and Katya Ford are the only two people that come to visit me. Others perhaps feel that it is not healthy for them to come to see me.
Senator RUSSELL. I wondered if they had expressed their opinion or whether they were afraid of you on account of publicity contamination?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No, they never said that to me personally that they are afraid to come to see me. When we meet in the church, they are all very pleasant to me, but they never invite me.

Mr. Gopadze.

No.
**Mrs. OSWALD. Sometimes they invite Katya Ford, but they never invite me. Nataska Krassovska is very nice to me.
Senator RUSSELL When was the first time you ever heard of Jack Ruby or Jack Rubenstein?*

Mrs. Oswald.

When he killed him.
Senator RUSSELL. You had never heard of him until that time?

Mrs. Oswald.

(Nodding a negative response.)
Senator RUSSELL. That's all.
Senator COOPER. What is your address now, Mrs. Oswald, and with whom do you live?

Mrs. Oswald.

629 Belt Line Road, Richardson, Tex.
Senator COOPER. Does someone live with you or do you live with someone?

Mrs. Oswald.

No; I live by myself with my children.
Senator COOPER. After the death of your husband, you had a lawyer, Mr. Thorne, and a business agent, Mr. Martin, and they were discharged. Was there any particular reason for discharging them?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I got rid of them because the contract that they prepared was unfair to me, and it was prepared at a time when I did not understand it and when it was not translated to me.
Senator COOPER. Now, you later employed Mr. McKenzie as your attorney and you have since discharged him, haven't you?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I employed Mr. McKenzie to wind up the affair with Mr. Martin and Mr. Thorne, and he was not employed on any other basis--just for that particular thing.
**Not permanently.
*Not permanently--just for that particular thing, despite the fact that he did give advice on other business of mine. Of course, I needed an attorney

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