Mrs. OSWALD. One photograph with a car.
Mr. RANKIN. ----if you can recall the photographs on that exhibit.
Mrs. OSWALD. As for P-1 and P-2, I don't know what they are.
P-3, that is Lee in the Army.
P-4, I don't know what that is.
P-5, I did see this photograph with Lee--he showed it to me after the
incident.
Mr. RANKIN. When your husband showed you the photograph P-5, did
he discuss with you what that showed, how it related to the Walker
shooting?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I simply see that this is a photograph of a railroad.
It was in that book. And I guessed, myself, that it had some sort of
relationship to the incident.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence photographs P-3 and P-5 on this exhibit.
The CHAIRMAN. They may be admitted, and take the next number.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 4, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Now, I shall hand you Exhibit 6 for identification and ask
you if you recognize those two photographs.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. These photographs I know, both of them. They seem to
be identical. Walker's house.
Mr. RANKIN. When did you first see those exhibits?
Mrs. OSWALD. After the incident.
Mr. RANKIN. About the same time that you saw the other pictures of the
Walker house that you have described?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband tell you why he had these photographs?
Mrs. OSWALD. He didn't tell me, but I guessed, myself--I concluded
myself that these photographs would help him in that business.
Mr. RANKIN. That is the business of the shooting at the Walker house?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence the two photographs in this exhibit.
The CHAIRMAN. They may be admitted and take the next number.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit No. 5, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. RANKIN. Before you told the Commission about the Walker shooting,
and your knowledge, did you tell anyone else about it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, to the members of the Secret Service and the FBI.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you tell your mother-in-law?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, I also told his mother about it.
Mr. RANKIN. When did you tell his mother about the incident?
Mrs. OSWALD. After Lee was arrested, on Saturday--he was arrested on
Friday. I don't remember when I met with his mother--whether it was on
the same Friday--yes, Friday evening. I met her at the police station.
From there we went to Ruth Paine's where I lived at that time. And she
remained overnight, stayed overnight there. I had a photograph of Lee
with the rifle, which I gave. At that time I spoke very little English.
I explained as best I could about it. And that is why I showed her the
photograph. And I told her that Lee had wanted to kill Walker.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, turning to the period when you were in New Orleans,
did you write to the Russian Embassy about going to Russia, returning
to Russia at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Was that about the first part of July, that you wrote?
Mrs. OSWALD. Probably.
Mr. RANKIN. And then did you write a second letter to follow up the
first one?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. I hand you Exhibit 6 for identification and ask you if that
is the first letter that you sent to the Embassy. Take your time and
look at it.
Mrs. OSWALD. This was not the first letter, but it was the first letter
written from New Orleans.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you examine the photostat that has just been handed
to you, and tell us whether or not that was the first letter that you
wrote to the Embassy about this matter?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, this is a reply to my first letter.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you examine the one that you now have, and state
whether that is the first letter?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, this was the first. This was only the declaration.
But there was a letter in addition to it.
Mr. RANKIN. The declaration was a statement that you wished to return
to the Soviet Russia?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, about granting me a visa.
Mr. RANKIN. And what date does that bear?
Mrs. OSWALD. It is dated March 17, 1963.
Mr. RANKIN. And did you send it with your letter about the date that it
bears?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
I don't know--perhaps a little later, because I was not very anxious to
send this.
Mr. RANKIN. But you did send it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And it might have been within a few days or a few weeks of
that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. Do we have the date of the second letter?
Mr. RANKIN. I want to go step by step.
Mr. DULLES. Yes, I understand. That is not introduced yet.
Mr. RANKIN. It might be confusing if we get them out of order.
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, this is the first letter.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, the photostatic document that you have just referred
to as being the first letter, does it bear a date?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the date?
Mrs. OSWALD. It says there the 17th of February.
Mr. RANKIN. And do you know that that letter had attached to it your
declaration that you just referred to?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, it seems to me. Perhaps it was attached to the next
letter. I am not sure.
Mr. RANKIN. This letter of February 17 that you referred to as the
first letter is in your handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you examine the translation into English that
is attached to it and inform us whether or not that is a correct
translation?