Mr. Rankin. Didn't she indicate that she was going to come around September 30, and then came a little before that?
Mrs. Oswald. No. In her letter to me she indicated that she would come either the 20th or the 21st of September, and she did come at that time.
Mr. Rankin. Did you move your household goods in her station wagon at that time?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know whether or not the rifle was carried in the station wagon?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, it was.
Mr. Rankin. Did you have anything to do with loading it in there?
Mrs. Oswald. No. Lee was loading everything on because I was pregnant at the time. But I know that Lee loaded the rifle on.
Mr. Rankin. Was the rifle carried in some kind of a case when you went back with Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Oswald. After we arrived. I tried to put the bed, the child's crib together, the metallic parts, and I looked for a certain part, and I came upon something wrapped in a blanket. I thought that was part of the bed, but it turned out to be the rifle.
Mr. Rankin. Do you remember whether the pistol was carried back in Mrs. Paine's car too?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know where the pistol was.
Mr. Rankin. Before you went back to Mrs. Paine's house, did you discuss whether you would be paying her anything for board and room?
Mrs. Oswald. She proposed that I again live with her on the same conditions as before. Because this was more advantageous for her than to pay a school. She received better instruction that way.
In any case, she didn't spend any extra money for me—she didn't spend any more than she usually spent.
Mr. Rankin. Did you give her lessons in Russian?
Mrs. Oswald. No, these were not quite lessons. It was more in the nature of conversational practice. And then I also helped her to prepare Russian lessons for the purpose of teaching Russian.
Mr. Rankin. When you found the rifle wrapped in the blanket, upon your return to Mrs. Paine's, where was it located?
Mrs. Oswald. In the garage, where all the rest of the things were.
Mr. Rankin. In what part of the garage?
Mrs. Oswald. In that part which is closer to the street, because that garage is connected to the house. One door opens on the kitchen, and the other out in the street.
Mr. Rankin. Was the rifle lying down or was it standing up on the butt end?
Mrs. Oswald. No, it was lying down on the floor.
Mr. Rankin. When your husband talked about going to Mexico City, did he say where he was going to go there, who he would visit?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. He said that he would go to the Soviet Embassy and to the Cuban Embassy and would do everything he could in order to get to Cuba.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you where he would stay in Mexico City?
Mrs. Oswald. In a hotel.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you the name?
Mrs. Oswald. No, he didn't know where he would stop.
Mr. Rankin. Was there any discussion about the expense of making the trip?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. But we always lived very modestly, and Lee always had some savings. Therefore, he had the money for it.
Mr. Rankin. Did he say how much it would cost?
Mrs. Oswald. He had a little over $100 and he said that that would be sufficient.
Mr. Rankin. Did he talk about getting you a silver bracelet or any presents before he went?
Mrs. Oswald. It is perhaps more truth to say that he asked me what I would like, and I told him that I would like Mexican silver bracelets. But what he did buy me I didn't like at all. When he returned to Irving, from Mexico City, and I saw the bracelet, I was fairly sure that he had bought it in New Orleans and not in Mexico City, because I had seen bracelets like that for sale there. That is why I am not sure that the bracelet was purchased in Mexico.
Lee had an identical bracelet which he had bought in either Dallas or New Orleans. It was a man's bracelet.
Mr. Rankin. The silver bracelet he gave you when he got back had your name on it, did it not?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Was it too small?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I was offended because it was too small, and he promised to exchange it. But, of course, I didn't want to hurt him, and I said, thank you, the important thing is the thought, the attention.
Mr. Rankin. Did he discuss other things that he planned to do in Mexico City, such as see the bullfights or jai alai games or anything of that kind?
Mrs. Oswald. No, I was already questioned about this game by the FBI, but I never heard of it. But I had asked Lee to buy some Mexican records, but he did not do that.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know how he got to Mexico City?
Mrs. Oswald. By bus.
Mr. Rankin. And did he return by bus, also?
Mrs. Oswald. It seems, yes. Yes, he told me that a round-trip ticket was cheaper than two one-way tickets.
Mr. Rankin. Did you learn that he had a tourist card to go to Mexico?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. If he had such a card, you didn't know it then?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. After he had been to Mexico City, did he come back to Irving or to Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald. When Lee returned I was already in Irving and he telephoned me. But he told me that he had arrived the night before and had spent the night in Dallas, and called me in the morning.
Mr. Rankin. Did he say where he had been in Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald. It seems to me at the YMCA.
Mr. Rankin. Did he come right out to see you then?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you anything about his trip to Mexico City?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, he told me that he had visited the two embassies, that he had received nothing, that the people who are there are too much—too bureaucratic. He said that he has spent the time pretty well. And I had told him that if he doesn't accomplish anything to at least take a good rest. I was hoping that the climate, if nothing else, would be beneficial to him.
Mr. Rankin. Did you ask him what he did the rest of the time?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I think he said that he visited a bull fight, that he spent most of his time in museums, and that he did some sightseeing in the city.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you about anyone that he met there?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
He said that he did not like the Mexican girls.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you anything about what happened at the Cuban Embassy, or consulate?
Mrs. Oswald. No. Only that he had talked to certain people there.
Mr. Rankin. Did he tell you what people he talked to?
Mrs. Oswald. He said that he first visited the Soviet Embassy in the hope that having been there first this would make it easier for him at the Cuban Embassy. But there they refused to have anything to do with him.
Mr. Rankin. And what did he say about the visit to the Cuban Embassy or consulate?
Mrs. Oswald. It was quite without results.
Mr. Rankin. Did he complain about the consular