Mrs. Oswald. I don't know where it is now. I know that it was taken. But where it is now, I don't know.
Mr. Rankin. It was taken by either the FBI or the Secret Service or the police department?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know that, because I was not at home when all these things were taken.
Mr. Rankin. Would you tell us about what you know about their being taken. Were you away from home and someone else was there when various things belonging to you and your husband were taken from the house?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know where this book was, whether it was at Mrs. Paine's or in Lee's apartment, because I did not see it there. I was not at Mrs. Paine's because I lived in a hotel at that time in Dallas.
Mr. Rankin. What hotel was that?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know.
Mr. Rankin. Was this diary kept by your husband daily, so far as you know?
Mrs. Oswald. In Russia?
Mr. Rankin. Well, Russia first.
Mrs. Oswald. It seems to me that he did not continue it here, that he had completed it in Russia. Not everything, but most of the time.
Mr. Rankin. And was it in his own handwriting?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. You have told us about an interview with the FBI, when your husband went out into the car and spent a couple of hours, in August of 1962. Do you recall whether there was an FBI interview earlier than that?
Mrs. Oswald. No, there wasn't. At least I don't know about it. Perhaps there was such a meeting, perhaps at the time we were in Fort Worth somebody had come, when we lived with Robert. One reporter wanted to interview Lee but Lee would not give the interview, and perhaps the FBI came, too.
Mr. Rankin. The particular interview that I am asking you about was June 26, according to information from the FBI.
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know about it. The first time I knew about the FBI coming was when we lived in Fort Worth.
Mr. Rankin. What rental did you pay on Mercedes Street?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't remember.
Mr. Rankin. Did you have any difficulties while you were on Mercedes Street with your husband—that is, any quarreling there?
Mrs. Oswald. Only in connection with his mother, because of his mother.
Mr. Rankin. Were you having any problems about finances there, on Mercedes Street?
Mrs. Oswald. Of course we did not live in luxury. We did not buy anything that was not absolutely needed, because Lee had to pay his debt to Robert and to the government. But it was not particularly difficult. At least on that basis we had not had any quarrels.
Mr. Rankin. Could you tell us about De Mohrenschildt? Was he a close friend of your husband?
Mrs. Oswald. Lee did not have any close friends, but at least he had—here in America—he had a great deal of respect for De Mohrenschildt.
Mr. Rankin. Could you describe that relationship. Did they see each other often?
Mrs. Oswald. No, not very frequently. From time to time.
Mr. Rankin. Did your husband tell you why he had so much respect for De Mohrenschildt?
Mrs. Oswald. Because he considered him to be smart, to be full of joy of living, a very energetic and very sympathetic person.
Mr. Rankin. We had a report that——
Mrs. Oswald. Excuse me. It was pleasant to meet with him. He would bring some pleasure and better atmosphere when he came to visit—with his dogs—he is very loud.
Mr. Rankin. Did you like him?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. Him and his wife.
Mr. Rankin. Did you understand any of the conversations between your husband and De Mohrenschildt?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, they were held in Russian.
Mr. Rankin. Did they discuss politics or the Marxist philosophy or anything of that kind?
Mrs. Oswald. Being men, of course, sometimes they talked about politics, but they did not discuss Marxist philosophy. They spoke about current political events.
Mr. Rankin. Did they have any discussions about President Kennedy or the Government in the United States at that time?
Mrs. Oswald. No, only George said that before she got married he knew Jackie Kennedy, that she was a very good, very sympathetic woman. Then he was writing a book, that is George, and with reference to that book he had written a letter to President Kennedy. This was with reference to the fact that John Kennedy had recommended physical exercise, walking and so on, and De Mohrenschildt and his wife had walked to the Mexican border. And he hoped that John Kennedy would recommend his book.
I don't know—perhaps this is foolishness.
Mr. Rankin. Did he say anything, or either of them say anything about President Kennedy at that time?
Mrs. Oswald. Nothing bad.
Mr. Rankin. When you referred to George, did you mean Mr. De Mohrenschildt?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. I generally didn't believe him, that he had written a book. Sometimes he could say so, but just for amusement.
Mr. Rankin. Did De Mohrenschildt have a daughter?
Mrs. Oswald. He had several daughters, and many wives.
Mr. Rankin. Was one of his daughters named Taylor, her last name?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. That is a daughter of his first marriage. At the present time, I think he has—that is his fourth wife.
Mr. Rankin. And what was her——
Mrs. Oswald. It seems that that is the last one.
Mr. Rankin. What was her husband's name—the Taylor daughter?
Mrs. Oswald. Gary Taylor.
Mr. Rankin. Did you have anything to do with the Gary Taylors?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, at one time when I had to visit the dentist in Dallas, and I lived in Fort Worth, I came to Dallas and I stayed with them for a couple of days.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know about when that was?
Mrs. Oswald. October or November, 1962.
Mr. Rankin. Did Gary Taylor help you to move your things at one time, move you and your daughter?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, he moved our things from Fort Worth to Dallas, to Elsbeth Street.
Mr. Rankin. Did he help you to move to Mrs. Hall's at any time, anyone else?
Mrs. Oswald. No, he did not move me to Mrs. Hall. But sometimes he came for a visit. Once or twice I think he came when we lived—to Mrs. Hall's, and once when we lived on Mercedes Street.
Mr. Rankin. What did he do when he came? Were those just visits?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, just visits. Just visits, with his wife and child.
Mr. Rankin. When the De Mohrenschildts came to the house and you showed them the rifle, did you say anything about it?
Mrs. Oswald. Perhaps I did say something to him, but I don't remember.
Mr. Rankin. Did you say anything like "Look what my crazy one has done? Bought a rifle" or something of that kind?
Mrs. Oswald. This sounds like something I might say. Perhaps I did.
Mr. Rankin. In the period of October 1962, you did spend some time with Mrs. Hall, did you not, in her home?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Will you tell us about how that happened?
Mrs. Oswald. When Lee found work in Dallas,