Off the record, please?
She names a trade and that Russian word stands for locksmith, but I know that he was not a locksmith, I mean, from the description of work that he was doing. He was working at a factory where he was assembling details for--metallic details. He was a machinist apprentice working on parts for radio receivers.

Mr. Rankin.

He told the FBI at one time in one of the interviews that he was busy reading blueprints and translating them.
Mr. Gregory, are you telling me what she says his job was or are you telling me what you know?

Mr. Gregory.

No; she's telling me, but Mrs. Oswald tells me that the technical name of his job was the Russian word (spelling) s-l-e-s-a-r.

Mr. Rankin.

Now, will you describe, Mrs. Oswald, what he did in that job so it will be clearer than just that word. Tell us what he did?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I have never been at the plant where Lee worked or in any factory, but from the description that Lee gave me----

Mr. Rankin.

Tell us that?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. He was grinding details--detailed parts for small parts, small metallic parts for radio receivers, on a lathe.
Perhaps he was boasting about the importance of his work when he told you about reading the blueprints and translating them into the finished product. He may have actually done that kind of work, but I know nothing about that.

Mr. Rankin.

Was the only work that he told you he was doing during the period that you were there in Minsk, this job of grinding these parts on the lathe?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. While he and I lived together--yes. That was the kind of work that he was doing in Minsk.

Mr. Rankin.

And that's all that you know of?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. That's all I know about his work.

Mr. Rankin.

Now, turning to the period that your husband was in Moscow in 1959 when he first came there, and, of course, you were married later than that, did he tell you about his experiences when he first came to Moscow?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He told me that for the most part he visited museums and studied the Russian language.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he say anything about the in tourist guides, the women studied the Russian language.

Mrs. Oswald.

The Russian guides?

Mr. Rankin.

Did he tell you about any of the others that he knew there?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He did, but I don't remember their names, except Rimma. The only reason I remember Rimma Sherikova is because she visited us in Minsk. She did not come especially to see us, but she was passing through Minsk and stopped to see us.

Mr. Rankin.

What did your husband tell you about Rimma?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. That she was a very fine, pretty, smart young girl, and unfortunately, older than he is, and that she helped him a great deal.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he tell you how she helped him?*

Mrs. Oswald.

First of all, as an interpreter.

Mr. Rankin.

What else?
*Mrs. OSWALD. And that he spent time with her and did not feel lonesome.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he say anything about Rimma or the other in tourist guides helping him with learning Russian?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; he did.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he say how much they did that?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; he did not.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he say anything about the guides helping him in dealing with the Embassy about his citizenship or giving up his citizenship?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; he did not tell me about that.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he say anything about the guides giving him any financial help?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; he did not tell me.

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