Mr. Bouhe.

I remember that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember anything else about that?

Mr. Bouhe.

He said he went duck shooting with the boys. But whether they spoke during shooting, or just were shooting, I don't know. He was not a very talkative person.

Mr. Liebeler.

You have the impression that as a general manner he was not a popular person when he was in Russia?

Mr. Bouhe.

It was my impression for more than one reason. He had a mind of his own, and I think it was a diseased one. I could not imagine with whom he would be friendly. I could not.

Mr. Liebeler.

Why do you say you thought he had a diseased mind?

Mr. Bouhe.

He changed so much, from an American, to Russia, and back.

Mr. Liebeler.

He never seemed to be satisfied with anything?

Mr. Bouhe.

Precisely. Besides, not satisfied with any place. That point.

Mr. Liebeler.

Now did Oswald ever express any resentment of the U.S. Government for delaying his return to the United States?

Mr. Bouhe.

In a casual remark, yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did he say?

Mr. Bouhe.

Well, "Damn it, I don't know why it took them so long to get on the horse."

Mr. Liebeler.

The United States?

Mr. Bouhe.

"Damn them, I don't know why it took them so long."

Mr. Liebeler.

That is all he said?

Mr. Bouhe.

All I can remember.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he ever express any hostilities toward any individual in the Government?

Mr. Bouhe.

Never heard. And I must emphasize again that to talk politics with a man like that, I would find totally hopeless and useless. I never did it. But if anybody asked me, did he have any hostility against anybody in the government, which I didn't hear myself, I would say Governor Connally.

Mr. Liebeler.

Why do you say that?

Mr. Bouhe.

Because, where, I can't find the paper, but when he was in Minsk, he wrote a letter. I have it some place, but I don't know where, in the paper here.

Mr. Liebeler.

Let me ask you this, Mr. Bouhe. Did Oswald tell you that he wrote a letter to Governor Connally?

Mr. Bouhe.

No, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

You learned that only after reading it in the paper?

Mr. Bouhe.

Absolutely. No correspondence. We didn't discuss. I would say my conversations with Oswald were at rock bottom minimum.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you have any feeling before the assassination that he had any hostility toward any individual in the Government?

Mr. Bouhe.

You mean as of the end of December, 1962?

Mr. Liebeler.

Yes.

Mr. Bouhe.

I did not hear him say anything like that. But in reading this press news after the assassination, it clearly describes there the letter which he wrote from Minsk to Governor Connally, who was at the time Secretary of the Navy, and told him that he wants to correct the injustice being done an ex-serviceman and citizen, and I almost see the period "as soon as possible."
Connally passed it to the Marine Corps, according to the paper, which did nothing about it. And then I think it was the Newsweek magazine story which said, quoting Oswald, "Well, I will leave nothing undone to correct this injustice." That is what I know from the press. To me, I would say that it looks like a threat.

Mr. Liebeler.

But you don't have any knowledge of Oswald's displeasure with Governor Connally?

Mr. Bouhe.

Absolutely not.

Mr. Liebeler.

If he had any prior to the assassination?

Mr. Bouhe.

No, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Marina understand English when you first met her?

Mr. Bouhe.

She said no.