Mrs. Oswald. About now—I don't know if this is the same man on the whole tape because I haven't listened to it. No, no one interrogated me at the Fort Worth Press Club, sir. I talked, there was an open press.
The Chairman. But it is the same voice we are hearing now asking you questions as at the beginning of this tape, isn't it?
Mrs. Oswald. That is correct. I have just stated, since this is a very big operation, that this could be edited and this man's voice put on there. This I know, because the radio stations called me and they edited what I do. Isn't this possible, that this could be edited, and that this man asked the questions and then my voice be put in. It would be a big job but I am asking isn't that possible? I swear that I have never had answers and questions of this sort, gentlemen.
The Chairman. Shall we turn over about 10 minutes more and see if the same voices are in it there?
(Transcription played.)
Mrs. Oswald. I am not sure but I think it was possible it was an editor that he put me on there.
(Transcription played.)
The Chairman. Well, Mrs. Oswald, those are the same voices.
Mrs. Oswald. That is Mr. Mike Howard's voice, yes, sir, I recognize his voice, yes, sir.
The Chairman. And that is your voice?
Mrs. Oswald. That is my voice.
The Chairman. Yes.
Mrs. Oswald. But I am not going to vary from my story.
The Chairman. Yes, all right.
Mrs. Oswald. That is an interview just 10 minutes at the Inn of Six Flags and that was the only time when going to the courthouse and asked for the FBI of Lee getting the money to come home from the State Department and Congressman Wright knew about it and they left and they didn't even come back and talk to me, sir, yes, sir.
Mr. Rankin. Play just the last part.
Mrs. Oswald. The last 25 minutes.
Mr. Rankin. These last remarks that we listened to were on page 13.
(Transcription played.)
The Chairman. Those are the same two voices, Howard's voice and your voice.
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I say those are the two same voices, Mr. Mike Howard's voice, yes, sir.
Mr. Rankin. That is on page 21 of the transcript. Mr. Chairman, do you think there is any need for any more?
The Chairman. I don't see any need for going any further with it.
Mrs. Oswald says she didn't have this interview, these questions were not asked of her and these answers given but she does identify the voices as being hers and all we have is her word, and this tape, and the transcription at the present time. So for the moment, I suppose we will just have to leave it where it is.
I don't see any other answer to it.
Mrs. Oswald. All right.
Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, I have shown you during a recess what has been marked as Exhibit 271, and you have examined the handwriting of that exhibit.
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. And the various letters there. Can you tell us whether or not those handwritings on those various letters are those of your son, Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. Oswald. It looks like his handwriting, I would say so. I am not handwriting expert. It looks very much like his writing.
Mr. Rankin. Thank you. We offer in evidence Exhibit 271.
The Chairman. It will be admitted.
(The document was received in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 271.)
Mr. Rankin. We understand, Mr. Doyle, that you have examined the original documents of Exhibits 244 through 257, and compared them with the photostatic copies that have been marked.
Mr. Doyle. I have.
Mr. Rankin. And stipulate for the record that the photostats are correct, of the originals, is that agreeable?
Mr. Doyle. I do.
Mr. Rankin. Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further unless Mrs. Oswald has something or Mr. Doyle cares to interrogate Mrs. Oswald about anything.
The Chairman. Mrs. Oswald, do you have anything more you want to say?
Mrs. Oswald. No, I don't have anything more. Do you have any questions, Mr. Doyle?
The Chairman. Mr. Doyle, do you have anything to say?
Mr. Doyle. I have no further questions, no.
The Chairman. Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Oswald, for appearing voluntarily before the Commission and giving your testimony, and Mr. Doyle, I want to express the appreciation of the Commission for the help you have been to Mrs. Oswald and to the Commission in representing her on this occasion. We know that it disrupted your week very badly. We know that you responded to this call for public service on a moment's notice, and we appreciate it all the more because of that.
My own personal thanks to you in addition to those of the Commission.
Mr. Doyle. Thank you, Your Honor. I assume that my designation was for the purpose of the hearing and with the conclusion that will have finished my job.
The Chairman. Thank you. Unless Mrs. Oswald should like to ask you some questions about the matter at the conclusion of the testimony, I think that will be all.
Mr. Doyle. Very well.
The Chairman. Thank you both.
Mrs. Oswald. You and I are through as attorney and client?
Mr. Doyle. Yes.
Mrs. Oswald. This will not be pursued any further?
Mr. Doyle. Unless you have some questions, thank you.
Mrs. Oswald. Gentlemen, you are making a very big mistake. I thank you very much for inviting me here.
The Chairman. I don't understand you.
Mrs. Oswald. I think you are making a very big mistake not pursuing this further because I have told important people about this particular incident and I say it is correct and I hope you will continue while I am gone not just to ignore what I have said.
The Chairman. Mrs. Oswald, you misjudge the Commission when you say we will not pursue it further.
Mrs. Oswald. Fine, I don't know, I am asking.
The Chairman. You may be sure we will pursue it further.
Mrs. Oswald. Thank you, and I have more people that I could call. I have told Mr. Doyle the people.
Would you like me to name the people on the record for you? Mr. Lane, I called Mr. Lane——
The Chairman. To what purpose are you naming these people?
Mrs. Oswald. To the purpose that Mr. Mike Howard who came to Fort Worth last week to protect me, I called these people and told them how concerned I was that he was the one.
The Chairman. I think you have told us what you told them, so that we have it here in the record now.
We are adjourned.
(Whereupon, at 5:15 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)
Thursday, February 20, 1964
TESTIMONY OF ROBERT EDWARD LEE OSWALD
The President's Commission met at 9:30 a.m., on February 20, 1964, at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C.