Mr. Liebeler.

Did he ever tell you, or did you ever hear that he received help from the Red Cross while he was in the Soviet Union?

Mrs. Hall.

No; I never heard of it.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he ever mention any hunting trips that he had gone on when he was in Russia?

Mrs. Hall.

I don't know. He never did mention it to me.

Mr. Liebeler.

You have no recollection of having heard him speak of such thing?

Mrs. Hall.

No. I never spoke with him very much, because I think we were allergic to each other. He didn't like me and I didn't like him at all.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever see a gun of any kind in any of their possessions? You said that you moved them?

Mrs. Hall.

No; I did not.

Mr. Liebeler.

You never knew them to own a firearm of any type, is that right?

Mrs. Hall.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Marina tell you anything about her youth in Russia, where she lived and what kind of things she did?

Mrs. Hall.

Not very much, really.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she tell you that she had been born in Leningrad?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes; she told me she was living in Leningrad and then moved to Minsk.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she tell you why she moved?

Mrs. Hall.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever hear from anybody else why she moved?

Mrs. Hall.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever discuss with the Oswalds the reason why they returned to the United States?

Mrs. Hall.

Well, because I think he changed his mind.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you know any specific reasons that made him change his mind?

Mrs. Hall.

No; I don't.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did it seem strange to you that the Oswalds could leave Russia and come back to the United States together like they did?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes; it was kind of strange.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever discuss that with the Oswalds?

Mrs. Hall.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you ever discuss it with anybody else?

Mrs. Hall.

Well, once when they came to Fort Worth, it was all over the papers, you know, and like we Russians, we just want to know. I mean, we read the paper, and Oswald tried to call a few people, and I called Mrs. Clark, and she didn't know what to do, and we don't know.
Is it good or bad, really, for us to get in touch with them? So finally John or George Bouhe got in touch with them, and I told Mrs. Clark and all the Russians told probably, it is okay.

Mr. Liebeler.

Well, did you ever have any discussion with these Russian people as to the apparent ease with which Oswald was able to leave the Soviet Union and come back?

Mrs. Hall.

It wasn't very easy. I read in the paper that it took him over a year. Well, he was a year, 1 year in Russia, he started asking to come back and it took him almost 2 years, I guess.

Mr. Liebeler.

That is something you read in the paper after the assassination, isn't that right?

Mrs. Hall.

No; I think it was in the paper at that time.

Mr. Liebeler.

When they came back from Russia?

Mrs. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you recall any conversations with any of your Russian friends that you had, or anybody else, about this question of Oswald's return to the United States and the fact that Marina was permitted to leave Russia and come with him? I don't want you to remember anything that didn't happen, but if you do have a recollection of it, I would like to have it.