Mr. Delgado.

No. He had one book that was English, Das Kapital. I think it was Russian, a book, like I said. I go-by Russian when it's big block letters.
And he had one book like that. He spoke Russian pretty good, so I understand.

Mr. Liebeler.

How do you understand that?

Mr. Delgado.

He tried to teach me some Russian. He would put out a whole phrase, you know. In return for my teaching him Spanish, he would try to teach me Russian. But it's a tongue twister.

Mr. Liebeler.

You didn't have any understanding of the Russian language?

Mr. Delgado.

No. Basically I wasn't interested in it. In order to learn a language, I think you have to be motivated. You have to have a desire to use this language, you know, and I had no need to learn Russian. And just the reverse of him. He wanted to learn Spanish. He had some idea of using Spanish later on. I'm sure if this hadn't happened, he probably would be over there now, if he hadn't been already.

Mr. Liebeler.

In Cuba, you mean?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you have any reason to believe that he has been in Cuba?

Mr. Delgado.

Well, a guy like him would find--would have no difficulty in getting into Cuba. They would accept him real fast. The fact that he was in Russia. Now, all these years in Russia, he could have come over to Cuba and learned some doctrine. That's where he got his ideas to start this Fair Play for Cuba Committee down in Louisiana. That must have been supported by Castro.

Mr. Liebeler.

How do you know that he was involved in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in Louisiana?

Mr. Delgado.

Well, this was brought out in the newscast at the time of his arrest.

Mr. Liebeler.

You have no direct knowledge of that, though?

Mr. Delgado.

No. In one of the news pictures I seen him distributing pamphlets out in the street.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever see Oswald after----

Mr. Delgado.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

After you were discharged from the Marine Corps?

Mr. Delgado.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

You said before that you were in Germany until approximately the end of 1962; is that correct? December of 1962?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

You never met Oswald at any time while you were in Germany?

Mr. Delgado.

No. I wanted to---I knew that he was over there going to school, and I can't for the life of me recall where I got the scoop that I thought he was going to some school in Berlin, and I was thinking of going over there, to see if I could find him, but I never did follow through. There was too much redtape.

Mr. Liebeler.

You say that you thought he was in Berlin going to school?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes. For some reason or other. I can't say right now why, but it just seemed to me that I thought he was going to school there.

Mr. Liebeler.

After you were discharged from the Marine Corps, you learned that Oswald had gone to the Soviet Union, did you not?

Mr. Delgado.

I knew he had gone to the Soviet Union before I got discharged.

Mr. Liebeler.

When were you discharged?

Mr. Delgado.

In November. As--when I got back, I saw the pictures all over the papers as him having defected. and then we had the investigation there.

Mr. Liebeler.

But even though you had heard before you had gotten out of the Marine Corps that Oswald had gone to the Soviet Union, while you were the Army in Germany you gained the impression that somehow that he was in Berlin, going to school?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes; in the university there.

Mr. Liebeler.

But you don't have any recollection of where you got this idea?

Mr. Delgado.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

You were under the impression, then, that he had left the Soviet Union?