Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember Lieutenant Depadro?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What was he?

Mr. Delgado.

He was a first lieutenant. He was from Florida. His Parents were boatbuilders. He owned--his family owned a big boatbuilding place in Florida. I couldn't tell the agents what town. I wouldn't remember that. I thought it was a town, I gave them----

Mr. Liebeler.

Who was he?

Mr. Delgado.

He was just a section officer. He worked as a controller, and he was also our platoon officer.

Mr. Liebeler.

The FBI report indicates that you have told Lieutenant Depadro that Oswald was receiving Russian language newspapers; is that correct?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes. I mentioned that to him on the way from the guard shack at one time, and he just brushed it off. He didn't seem to care.

Mr. Liebeler.

Who is Sergeant Lusk?

Mr. Delgado.

Our sergeant major.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember talking to the FBI agents about Sergeant Lusk?

Mr. Delgado.

Right.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did you tell them?

Mr. Delgado.

I told them that in one instance Sergeant Lusk had the misfortune of waking us up in the morning. Nobody bothered waking us up, and the formation had gathered, and we were all sleeping away.

Mr. Liebeler.

The men in your quonset hut?

Mr. Delgado.

Right. And I'm the one in charge of them, and about 8 o'clock in the morning I hear the door open up, and I see this guy walking into my room. The first thing I wake up and see was the diamond, the stripes, and he says, "I want to see you men in the old man's office, in class A's." So I knew it was a bad step. We went up there, and he chewed us out for sleeping. And on the way back he said, "You're getting as bad as Oz."
But it wasn't our fault. It wasn't Oswald's fault. He slept away with the rest of us. It was too far for the CQ. And he just didn't feel like walking that far. So I told the agents that I was the only corporal on restriction at the same time.

Mr. Liebeler.

They restricted your barracks for that?

Mr. Delgado.

Right. Well, it's better to be restricted than to be court-martialed for it.

Mr. Liebeler.

It is. Do you remember discussing extradition treaties with Oswald?

Mr. Delgado.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What was that discussion?

Mr. Delgado.

Any crime perpetrated in the States, say somebody was to do something wrong in the United States, and they wanted to get him. We talked about countries he could go to. I said, well, not including Cuba, which at that time would take anybody, and Russia, he could go to Argentina, which I understand is extradition-free. But the other countries all have treaties with the United States. They would get you back.

Mr. Liebeler.

In that discussion what did Oswald say?

Mr. Delgado.

Nothing that I remember.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he say he would go to Argentina if he ever got in trouble like that?

Mr. Delgado.

If he ever got in trouble; yes. But this is the period of time we are talking about, of taking over the Dominican Republic. And this is what I don't understand: Oswald brought out a fact about a route to take to go to Russia, bypassing all U.S. censorship, like if you wanted to get out without being worried about being picked up. And he definitely said Mexico to Cuba to Russia, and whether or not I'm bringing into the fact these two guys that defected. But that was the same route. And he told me about the two guys, the same way these two guys defected.
Now, I can't imagine who he meant. I thought he was referring to this later case. But the FBI agent confused me all to heck. He told me it was a year