to the Commission, because I was told by Mr. McKenzie that it wasn't reported accurately.
*The record should read that on the basis of the documents that I have read, I have no doubts that I had available to me to read--I had no doubt that he did----

Mr. Gopadze.

That he could kill him----

Mr. Gregory.

Could or have wanted to---could have wanted to----

Mr. Gopadze.

He could kill--she doesn't say "want"--he could have killed him.

Representative Boggs.

Let's straighten this out because this is very important.

Mrs. Oswald.

Okay.

Representative Boggs.

I'll read it to you, "I gather that you have reached the conclusion in your own mind that your husband killed President Kennedy?" You replied, "Regretfully--yes."
Now, do you have any reason to change that?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. That's correct. I have no doubt that he did kill the President.

Representative Boggs.

Now, the other answer as I read it was: "On the basis of documents that you had seen presented at the Commission hearings"--isn't that right?

Mrs. Oswald.

**The word "documents" is wrong--the facts presented--that's what I mean.

Representative Boggs.

Again we get back to the question of motive. You said again today that you are convinced that Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy.
You said something additionally today, though, and that is that you feel that it was his intention not to kill President Kennedy, but to kill Governor Connally.
Now, am I correct in saying that she had not said this previously?

Mr. Rankin.

Ask her that.* **

Representative Boggs.

Let's get an answer. I think this answer is quite important.
*Mrs. OSWALD. On the basis of all the available facts, I have no doubt in my mind that Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy.
*At the same time, I feel in my own mind as far as I am concerned, I feel that Lee--that my husband perhaps intended to kill Governor Connally instead of President Kennedy.

Representative Boggs.

Now, let me ask you one other question: Assuming that this is correct, would you feel that there would be any less guilt in killing Governor Connally than in killing the President?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I am not trying to vindicate or justify or excuse Lee as my husband. Even if he killed one of his neighbors, still it wouldn't make much difference--it wouldn't make any difference a killing is a killing. I am sorry.

Representative Boggs.

There are one or two other questions I want to ask her.
I know you've been asked a lot of questions about this thing. How old were you when you left Russia?*

Mrs. Oswald.

Twenty years. My birthday--I was 21 when I came here. In July--my birthday was in July.

Representative Boggs.

Were you a member of the Communist Party in Russia?*

Mrs. Oswald.

No.
*I was a member of a Komsomol organization.

Representative Boggs.

What is that?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. It is an association of young Communist youth. It is not party, sir. In order to become a member of the Communist Party, one has to be first a member of the Komsomol, but I didn't even have the membership card in Komsomol Association.

Representative Boggs.

Would it be normal for one to graduate, so to speak, from the Komsomol to the membership in the Communist Party?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. It is a prerequisite for a prospective member of the Communist Party to be first a member of the Komsomol organization, but not every member of Komsomol becomes a Communist Party member.

Mr. Rankin.

What percentage?
Senator COOPER. She was expelled?

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