Mrs. Oswald. Oh, yes, that is the boy who took him to work.
Senator Cooper. You never heard him or anyone else express to your husband any hostility towards President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Senator Cooper. Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Senator Cooper. That is all I have.
The Chairman. Mr. Dulles, have you anything further you would like to ask?
Mr. Dulles. Mr. Chief Justice, I only have one question. Mr. Rankin has kindly asked several questions I had during the course of this hearing, these hearings the last 3 days.
Apart from trying to achieve a place in history, can you think of any other motive or anything that your husband felt he would achieve by the act of assassinating the President? That he was trying to accomplish something?
Mrs. Oswald. It is hard for me to say what he wanted to accomplish, because I don't understand him.
The Chairman. Congressman Ford, did you have anything further?
Representative Ford. Mrs. Oswald after President Kennedy was assassinated, your husband was apprehended and later questioned by a number of authorities. In the questioning he denied that he kept a rifle at Mrs. Paine's home. He denied shooting President Kennedy. And he questioned the authenticity of the photographs that you took of him holding the rifle and the holster.
Now, despite these denials by your husband, you still believe Lee Oswald killed President Kennedy?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Representative Ford. That is all.
Representative Boggs. Mr. Chairman, just one or two other questions.
The Chairman. Yes.
Representative Boggs. Mrs. Oswald, when you lived in New Orleans with your husband, and he was active in this alleged Cuban committee, did you attend any meetings of any committees—was anyone else present?
Mrs. Oswald. No, never.
Representative Boggs. Were there any members of the committee other than your husband?
Mrs. Oswald. There was no one. There was no one. There was no organization in New Orleans. Only Lee was there.
Representative Boggs. One other question. Did he also dislike Russia when he was in Russia?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Representative Boggs. Thank you.
The Chairman. Well, Mrs. Oswald, you have been a very cooperative witness. You have helped the Commission. We are grateful to you for doing this. We realize that this has been a hard ordeal for you to go through.
Mrs. Oswald. It was difficult to speak all the truth.
The Chairman. We hope you know that the questions we have asked you have—none of them have been from curiosity or to embarrass you, but only to report to the world what the truth is.
Now, after you leave here, you may have a copy of everything you have testified to. You may read it, and if there is anything that you think was not correctly recorded, or anything you would like to add to it, you may do so.
Mrs. Oswald. I unfortunately—I cannot—since it will be in English.
The Chairman. Your lawyer may read it for you, and if he points out something to you that you think you should have changed, you may feel free to do that.
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, he will read it.
The Chairman. And if in the future we should like to ask you some more questions about something that develops through the investigation, would you be willing to come back and talk to us again?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
The Chairman. We hope it won't be necessary to disturb you. But if it is, you would be willing to come, would you not?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
The Chairman. Thank you very much.
Representative Ford. Mr. Chairman—I would just like to suggest that if Mrs. Oswald does wish to revise any of her testimony, that this be called to the attention of the Commission through her attorney, Mr. Thorne.
The Chairman. Yes, of course. That is the proper procedure.
Now, Mr. Thorne, you have been very cooperative with the Commission. We appreciate that cooperation. We hope that if anything new should come to your attention that would be helpful to the Commission, you would feel free to communicate with us.
Mr. Thorne. Certainly, Mr. Chairman.
The Chairman. Do you care to say anything at this time?
Mr. Thorne. Mr. Chairman, if I may, I would like to make a closing statement.
The Chairman. Yes. And may I say, also, if you have any questions you would like to ask Mrs. Oswald before you make your statement, you may do that.
Mr. Thorne. There are none.
Representative Boggs. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to say Mr. Thorne has been very helpful.
Mr. Thorne. During the noon recess, Mrs. Oswald made four requests of me to make before this Commission.
You have anticipated several of them, but I think there are one or two that need to be covered.
To begin with, she wanted me to express to you, Mr. Chairman, and members of your Commission, her extreme gratitude to you for the consideration and kindness that has been shown to her in these proceedings. She feels you have certainly gone out of your way to make her comfortable, and she has been comfortable, in spite of the sad and tragic events we have been discussing.
Point No. 2, she did want to make it quite clear to the Commission that in the event her testimony was needed for rebuttal or whatever on down the line, she would be available, and at your wish would come to Washington as convenient for you when it was again convenient.
The third point you have already covered. She did request that she be given a copy of these proceedings, which I told her she would receive, and, of course, copies of the exhibits would be attached for her identification and examination.
Mrs. Oswald. And copies of some of the letters?
Mr. Thorne. This will all be attached as exhibits.
And the final point was this. She has been, as you know, under protective custody of the Secret Service from shortly after the assassination. She has been most grateful for this protection. The Secret Service have shown her every courtesy, as everyone has in this matter. She is extremely grateful for this protection they have given her.
I haven't had personally enough time to think this thing out myself. I don't know. It is her request, however, that, at this point she feels the protection is no longer necessary. She feels that at this time she can walk among people with her head held high. She has nothing to hide. She is not afraid.
She feels that the Secret Service has performed a noble service to her. And this is not meant by way of saying for some action on their part she wants to get rid of them.
I have noticed that since we have been in Washington she resents being guided. She feels she can find her way by herself.
And, if the Commission would give this matter consideration—we don't know whom to go to. I haven't thought about it. I don't know who has suggested the Secret Service continue protecting her. It is a matter, of course, that ought to be considered.
But it is her request that as soon as it is practical, she would like to be a free agent and out of the confines of this protection.
I point out to you gentlemen that she is living, as you well know, with Mr. and Mrs. Martin. They have a rather modest home. Three bedrooms. It has a den and it has a combination living and dining room. The house is not extremely large, but there are always two men in the house. This does burden the family. This is not