Mr. Delgado.

fellow from Louisiana. In fact, I took him home when I got discharged from the Marine Corps.

Mr. Liebeler.

What rank was call?

Mr. Delgado.

At the time at the time when Oswald was in the outfit, he was corporal. But then later on he got promoted to a sergeant.

Mr. Liebeler.

What was your rank when you were discharged?

Mr. Delgado.

Corporal.

Mr. Liebeler.

Oswald was what?

Mr. Delgado.

Private.

Mr. Liebeler.

Just a straight private?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Oswald ever complain about the fact that he hadn't been promoted?

Mr. Delgado.

No, never. Never. I don't guess he expected it. I knew he was court-martialed.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he tell you that?

Mr. Delgado.

No. I got that from the scuttlebutt, one of the guys who knew him from overseas.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you hear what he was court-martialed for?

Mr. Delgado.

No. After all this came out later, I read about it.

Mr. Liebeler.

What is the silent area?

Mr. Delgado.

That's what I referred to. He put silent area. That's the war room.

Mr. Liebeler.

He, you mean the FBI agent?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

This is where you actually worked in watching----

Mr. Delgado.

Watching the scopes.

Mr. Liebeler.

According to the FBI agent's notes, you and Oswald were passing notes back and forth.

Mr. Delgado.

We worked in a room similar to this, and there would be a big plotting board there with the aircraft in flight, and radar sets would be back there, with the officers back there, and he and I, when we weren't watching the scopes, we would be writing down what aircraft were up, and we had a small lamp on our table. So when we wanted to talk, he would hand a note to me.

Mr. Liebeler.

You were not permitted to talk during this time?

Mr. Delgado.

The enlisted men.

Mr. Liebeler.

The enlisted men?

Mr. Delgado.

Well, the enlisted men were permitted to talk, but not at this ones permitted to talk were the controllers who had the aircraft on their scopes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Your job was to watch one of the scopes?

Mr. Delgado.

Watch one of the scopes, and when we were relieved from doing that, we sat on the front table and kept track of the aircraft on the plotting board.

Mr. Liebeler.

So while you were actually watching the scope, you were permitted to speak? You had to talk at that time?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes, to the aircraft.

Mr. Liebeler.

To keep track of the aircraft?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes. That's why they didn't want too much noise in there. Just enough for the controller to understand the pilot and vice versa.

Mr. Liebeler.

There are two of these FBI reports here that tell me that you told the FBI that Oswald used to go to Los Angeles every 2 weeks.

Mr. Delgado.

I used to go to Los Angeles every other week.

Mr. Liebeler.

But not Oswald?

Mr. Delgado.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

And you are sure that you told that to the FBI?

Mr. Delgado.

Positive.

Mr. Liebeler.

You have no question about that at all?

Mr. Delgado.

No question about that at all. Otherwise I wouldn't have made the statement that he had been with me one time. It would have been common to see him in the train station. But it wasn't.