(Testimony of Nelson Delgado)
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Saturday night?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
On Sunday you drove back to the base?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Oswald say anything about his trip down there, his experiences, that you can remember?
Mr. Delgado.
No; it was--nothing extraordinary was said. The way of life down there was so poor, you know. They shouldn't allow a town like that to exist, things like that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Oswald said that?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you mention to the FBI the fact that Oswald had a copy of Das Kapital?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
You mentioned that in your testimony previously too?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Oswald have any other books that you can remember?
Mr. Delgado.
He had Mein Kampf, Hitler's bible, but that was circulating throughout the battery, everybody got a hold of that one time or another, you know, and he asked me, how did I know he was reading Das Kapital. I said, well, the man had the book, and he said that doesn't necessarily mean that he was reading it.
So I told him in one instance I walked into the room and he was laying the book down, you know, as he got up to greet me, you know.
He says that still doesn't prove that he was reading it.
Well, if you are sitting, reading a book, and somebody walks into the room, you are not going to keep on reading the book; you are going to put it down and greet whoever it is; and then I assume he is going to assume you have been reading the book, if it is open. It's the only logical explanation.
They didn't want to go for that; they wanted to know did I actually see him reading the book, which I couldn't unless I sneaked up on the guy, you know.
Mr. Liebeler.
This is the FBI agent you are talking about?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you do remember that when you would walk into the room Oswald would be sitting there with this book and it would be open?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes; and then he had this other book. I am still trying to find out what it is. It's about a farm, and about how all the animals take over and make the farmer work for them. It's really a weird book, the way he was explaining it to me, and that struck me kind of funny. But he told me that the farmer represented the imperialistic world, and the animals were the workers, symbolizing that they are the socialist people, you know, and that eventually it will come about that the socialists will have the imperialists working for them, and things like that, like these animals, these pigs took over and they were running the whole farm and the farmer was working for them.
Mr. Liebeler.
Is that what Oswald explained to you?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you tell the FBI about this?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did they know the name of the book?
Mr. Delgado.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
The FBI did not know the name of the book?
Mr. Delgado.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you want to know the name of the book?
Mr. Delgado.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
It is called the Animal Farm. It is by George Orwell.
Mr. Delgado.
He didn't tell me. I asked him for the thing, but he wouldn't tell me. I guess he didn't know. The Animal Farm. Did you read it?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
Mr. Delgado.
Is it really like that?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes; there is only one thing that Oswald did not mention
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