Mr. Liebeler.

Before we get into that, tell me all that you can remember about Oswald's contact with the Cuban Consulate.

Mr. Delgado.

Well, like I stated to these FBI men, he had one visitor; after he started receiving letters be had one visitor. It was a man, because I got the call from the MP guard shack, and they gave me a call that Oswald had a visitor at the front gate. This man had to be a civilian, otherwise they would have let him in. So I had to find somebody to relieve Oswald, who was on guard, to go down there to visit with this fellow, and they spent about an hour and a half, 2 hours talking, I guess, and he came back. I don't know who the man was or what they talked about, but he looked nonchalant about the whole thing when he came back. He never mentioned who he was, nothing.

Mr. Liebeler.

How long did he talk to him, do you remember?

Mr. Delgado.

About an hour and a half, 2 hours.

Mr. Liebeler.

Was he supposed to be on duty that time?

Mr. Delgado.

Right. And he had the guy relieve him, calling me about every 15 minutes, where is his, the relief, where is the relief, you know, because he had already pulled his tour of duty and Oswald was posted to walk 4 hours and he only walked about an hour and a half before he received this visitor, you know, which was an odd time to visit, because it was after 6, and it must have been close to 10 o'clock when he had that visitor, because anybody, civilian or otherwise, could get on post up to 9 o'clock at night.. After 9 o'clock, if you are not military you can't get on that post. So it was after 9 o'clock at night that he had the visitor, it was late at night.
I don't think it could be his brother or father because I never knew that he had one, you know; in fact the only one I knew was a sick mother, and then later on, towards the end of our friendship there, he was telling me he was trying to get a hardship discharge because his mother was sick.

Mr. Liebeler.

You never asked Oswald who this fellow was that he talked to?

Mr. Delgado.

No, no.

Mr. Liebeler.

What time did the shifts of duty run? This was a guard duty that he was on; is that right?

Mr. Delgado.

Right.

Mr. Liebeler.

How did those shifts run?

Mr. Delgado.

They ran, let's see, from 12 to 4, 4 to 8, 8 to 12, 12 to 4, 4 to 8, like that; and he was roughly on 8-to-10 shift, you know. Must have been about 9 o'clock when the guy called.

Mr. Liebeler.

The 8-to-12 shift?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes; and I had to relieve another guard and put him on.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you connect this visit that Oswald had at that time with the Cuban Consulate?

Mr. Delgado.

Personally; I did; because I thought it funny for him to be receiving a caller at such a late date time. Also, up to this time he hardly ever received mail; in fact he very seldom received mail from home, because I made it a policy, I used to pick up the mail for our hut and distribute it to the guys in there, and very seldom did I see one for him. But every so often, after he started to get in contact with these Cuban people, he started getting little pamphlets and newspapers, and he always got a Russian paper, and I asked him if it was, you know, a Commie paper--they let you get away with this in the Marine Corps in a site like this--and he said, "No, it's not Communist; it's a White Russian. To me that was Greek, you know, White Russian, so I guess he is not a Communist; but he was steady getting that periodical. It was a newspaper.

Mr. Liebeler.

In the Russian language?

Mr. Delgado.

Right.

Mr. Liebeler.

And he received that prior to the time he contacted the Cuban consulate; did he not?

Mr. Delgado.

Right. And he also started receiving letters, you know, and no books, maybe pamphlets, you know, little like church, things we get from church, you know, but it wasn't a church.

Mr. Liebeler.

Were they written in Spanish, any of them, do you know?

Mr. Delgado.

Not that I can recall; no.