Mr. McKenzie. May I interrupt you at this point, Mr. Jenner?
Please, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Dulles. Certainly, proceed.
Mr. McKenzie. The two letters of November 8 and November 26 which we should make copies of for the purposes of the record, if you will pull them out of your file there I will—do you want to take the originals?
Mr. Jenner. That will be the best way of doing it.
Mr. McKenzie. Except that yours are already marked with the exhibit number. I have no objection.
I will find out who I should see about making these.
Mr. Jenner. Why do you not make them on the Xerox machine?
I had asked you to read that portion of the letter so we can place the matter in context.
Mr. Oswald. "I know what was said about me when I left the United States as Mother sent me clippings from the newspapers. However, I realize it was just the shock of the news which made you say all those things. However, I will just remind you again not to make any statement or comments if you are approached by the newspapers between now and the time we actually arrive in the United States."
Mr. Jenner. Is he referring then to things that were reported in the newspaper clippings that you said or is he referring to something you said to him before he departed for Russia, or is he referring to something you said in a letter you may have written him when he was in Russia?
Mr. Oswald. He is referring, sir, to the clippings of newspapers that mother had sent him containing reportedly my statements to the newspapers at the time we were advised on October 31, 1959 that Lee was in Russia.
Mr. Jenner. Did you have occasion to make any comments to newspaper reporters when it became known that he was about to return to the United States?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Jenner. And did those come to your brother's attention?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; they did not.
Mr. Jenner. Did you ever discuss them or he with you?
Mr. Oswald. When the newspaper reporters contacted me prior to his arrival in New York City, I did not divulge my knowledge of his departure as per this letter of May 22, 1962, the approximate date he would be in the United States. I did not give them any indication whatsoever at that time that he was leaving the Soviet Union.
Mr. Jenner. Did you ever respond to that particular letter?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. Dulles. May I ask a question here?
You indicated that your brother was disappointed when he arrived at Love Airfield and the newspapermen were not there when he came back from Russia.
Did the newspapermen thereafter talk with your brother at your house or elsewhere?
Mr. Oswald. They attempted to, sir. I say "they." It was, more specifically, one newspaperman.
Mr. Jenner. But he did not succeed in getting an interview?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Reference is made in your brother's letter to you of November 17, 1962, which is Commission Exhibit 320, to Thanksgiving dinner. Would you obtain that exhibit, please?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I have it.
Mr. Dulles. What Thanksgiving, 1962?
Mr. Jenner. 1962, sir.
Was the Thanksgiving dinner held at your home on Thanksgiving Day, November 1962?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Would you tell us all of the circumstances preceding, leading up to and what occurred on that date and who attended the Thanksgiving dinner?
Mr. Oswald. Lee and Marina and their small child had moved to Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Jenner. Where in Dallas, Tex.? Do you recall?
Mr. Oswald. I did not have any address, sir. I had only a post office box, Box 2915, Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
Mr. Oswald. My older brother John had called me from San Antonio, Tex., prior to Thanksgiving 1962, indicating that he was going to be able to take a leave——
Mr. Jenner. Excuse me, Mr. Oswald.
Mr. Chairman, there is some confusion respecting this Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr. Oswald. Where John was stationed in the Air Force—he called me from San Antonio stating that he would be able to take a leave during the period of Thanksgiving of November 1962 and that they would travel from San Antonio, Tex., to my home in Fort Worth, Tex. I wrote Lee and asked him would it be possible for him to join us at that time with his family.
Mr. Jenner. Did you indicate in your letter that his brother John and wife were to join you on that occasion?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Jenner. Did you indicate that anyone in addition, to wit, your mother, was also to join you on that occasion?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
Mr. Oswald. In reference to the letter dated November 17, 1962, from Lee Harvey Oswald——
Mr. Jenner. That is Commission Exhibit 320.
Mr. Oswald. It replied to my letter: "In answer to your kind invitation for Thanksgiving, we love to come and will be in Fort Worth Thanksgiving morning and we shall come by bus and give you a ring on the phone from the bus station (about 9:10). See you soon. Lee."
Mr. Jenner. Did he come to Fort Worth?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. For that particular occasion?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. When did he arrive?
Mr. Oswald. Approximately nine to ten o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Jenner. Of Thanksgiving Day?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. Was he accompanied by anyone?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; he was.
Mr. Jenner. Who?
Mr. Oswald. Marina N. Oswald and the baby June Lee Oswald.
Mr. Jenner. Did all of you have Thanksgiving dinner on that day?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; we did.
Mr. Jenner. Did both Lee and Marina attend that dinner?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; they did.
Mr. Jenner. And John Pic and his wife?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; they did.
Mr. Jenner. You and your wife?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Your children?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. The children of Lee and Marina?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. McKenzie. The child. There was only one at that time.
Mr. Jenner. That is right, the child June. Anyone else?
Mr. Oswald. The children of John and Marge Pic.
Mr. Jenner. But your mother did not attend the dinner?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Had you invited her?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I had not.
Mr. Jenner. As far as you know, she was unaware of it?