Mr. QUIGLEY. To my recollection.
Senator COOPER. Did he say anything affirmatively opposing or stating
what the policy of the United States was and to be opposed to it?
Mr. QUIGLEY. I have no recollection of that, sir.
Senator COOPER. Did he mention any official of the United States as
opposing his policy?
Mr. QUIGLEY. No, sir; he did not.
Senator COOPER. The President of the United States, President Kennedy?
Mr. QUIGLEY. No, sir; everything that he told me I recorded in my
notes, so everything that I have here in this document is what he told
me. Now bear this in mind when it was apparent to me that he was not
giving me information that, I didn't continue for hours and hours--I
did not know who this individual was at the time, so I felt that I
had adequate background for the time being. If we wished to pursue it
further, at least we had a basis to talk to him.
Mr. STERN. Your report does not indicate, Mr. Quigley, specifically
that you believed some of the information he told you was not true?
Mr. QUIGLEY. That is correct.
Mr. STERN. Tell us why that is.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Well, I feel that a person reviewing the document can draw
their own conclusions that the information that he has furnished is not
complete, is inaccurate, that he is obviously withholding information,
plus the fact that, as a matter of policy, we do not express
conclusions or personal opinions. We are a factfinding agency. We allow
the facts to speak for themselves.
Mr. STERN. Would you look at page 10 of the report, the biographical
data on Lee Harvey Oswald. At "place of birth" you have entered "New
Orleans, Louisiana," but then put in parentheses, "at the time of
arrest Oswald claimed he was from Cuba."
Mr. QUIGLEY. That is correct.
Mr. STERN. This is not in your report as such, there is no statement,
no recorded note of anything he told you about where he was born. How
did that come up and what did he say?
Mr. QUIGLEY. Following my interview with Oswald, I, of course, spoke
with Lieutenant Martello, and I made an observation that this Oswald
was a New Orleans boy. I couldn't remember that yesterday, that he was
a New Orleans boy, and Lieutenant Martello said, "Well, that isn't
what he told the officers at the time of arrest. He said he was born
in Cuba," and this is why I recorded this. We frequently have persons
who are arrested in various places in the county, and furnish record
different dates, places of birth, and we always record any variations
of what we feel is the truth, so our record will be complete on such a
situation.
Mr. STERN. Did Lieutenant Martello tell you anything else at the time
you learned this?
Mr. QUIGLEY. No, sir; we didn't discuss it further.
Mr. STERN. What was Lee Harvey Oswald's demeanor during the interview,
his attitude, his cooperativeness?
Mr. QUIGLEY. He was receptive at the time I was questioning him about
his general background, such as employment, "where have you been,
what have you done," he told me he was unemployed at the time. He had
previously worked for William Riley Coffee Co. there in New Orleans
and he had been honorably discharged out of the service; that he had
moved to Fort Worth after he had gotten out of the service and married,
there were no problems involved here. But when I began questioning him
with regard to his activities in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee,
then he became reticent, reluctant to furnish information, and in some
instances refused to furnish any information.
Mr. STERN. Was he antagonistic, hostile?
Mr. QUIGLEY. He was antagonistic to some extent, not overly so. He
certainly was not friendly.
Mr. STERN. How long did the interview last, to the best you can recall?
Mr. QUIGLEY. As best I can recall approximately an hour and a half.
This would include, of course, my reviewing of the documents with him,
and so on.
Mr. STERN. Did you get any indication that he was a dangerous
individual or that he was, potentially, a violent individual?
Mr. QUIGLEY. Absolutely none at all.
Mr. DULLES. What documents did you review with him?
Mr. QUIGLEY. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. The Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Corliss Lamont
report?
Mr. QUIGLEY. Yes, sir; and the throwaways I went over those generally
with him.
Mr. STERN. When you concluded your interview, then what did you do?
After awhile you talked to Lieutenant Martello. What did you do after
that?
Mr. QUIGLEY. I returned to my headquarters.