Mr. RANKIN. Did you think there was something in your husband's life in
America, his friends and so forth, that caused him to be different here?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he had no friends who had any influence over him. He
himself had changed by comparison to the way he was in Russia. But what
the reason for that was, I don't know.
Am I giving sufficient answers to your questions?
Mr. RANKIN. You are doing fine.
Did your consideration of a divorce from your husband have anything to
do with his ideas and political opinions?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. The only reasons were personal ones with reference to
our personal relationship, not political reasons.
Mr. RANKIN. In your story you say that what was involved was some of
his crazy ideas and political opinions. Can you tell us what you meant
by that?
Mrs. OSWALD. This was after the case, after the matter of the divorce.
I knew that Lee had such political leanings.
Mr. RANKIN. With regard to your Russian friends, did you find the time
when they came less to see you and didn't show as much interest in you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you give us about the time, just approximately when you
noticed that difference?
Mrs. OSWALD. Soon after arriving in Dallas. Mostly it was De
Mohrenschildt who visited us. He was the only one who remained our
friend. The others sort of removed themselves.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know why that was?
Mrs. OSWALD. Because they saw that Lee's attitude towards them was not
very proper, he was not very hospitable, and he was not glad to see
them. They felt that he did not like them.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you describe what you observed that caused you to
think this, or how your husband acted in regard to these friends?
Mrs. OSWALD. He told me that he did not like them, that he did not want
them to come to visit.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he show any signs of that attitude towards them?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, he was not very talkative when they came for a visit.
Sometimes he would even quarrel with them.
Mr. RANKIN. When he quarreled with them, was it in regard to political
ideas or what subjects?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, they would not agree with him when he talked on
political matters.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall any conversation that you can describe to us?
Mrs. OSWALD. Of course it is difficult to remember all the
conversations. But I know that they had a difference of opinion with
reference to political matters. My Russian friends did not approve of
everything. I am trying to formulate it more exactly. They did not like
the fact that he was an American who had gone to Russia. I think that
is all. All that I can remember.