So I had no choice.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you tell them why you thought he was an agent?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir. I am coming to this.
So I said, "I have information that"--I told him who I was.
I said, "For the security of my country, I want this kept perfectly
quiet until you investigate. I happen to know that the State Department
furnished the money for my son to return back to the United States, and
I don't know if that would be made public what that would involve, and
so please will you investigate this and keep this quiet."
Of course that was news to them.
They left me sitting in the office.
And I also told them that Congressman Jim Wright knew about this.
"You can be sure we will question Jim Wright."
And I gave them the names of the four men I had talked with while in
Washington.
Would you like those four names now?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mrs. OSWALD. One is Mr. Boster, who was special counsel in charge of
Soviet affairs.
One was Mr. Stanfield. I should know the names.
Well, gentlemen, Mr. Doyle will see that I give you the names of these
men. I had it in a little card and carried it all these years from my
Washington trip and gave it to the FBI men to investigate.
So they left me.
Mr. RANKIN. When you say you understand that the State Department paid
your son's way back from the Soviet Union----
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you ever learn that that was a loan?
Mrs. OSWALD. I have the document to state that they loaned Lee the
money to come back.
Mr. RANKIN. But you didn't know that at the time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir. But I stated--you see, I was worried about the
security of my country. I didn't know if the public would find out--how
they would take the news that the State Department loaned him the
money, since now he is a Marxist and an accused assassin.
I was worried about my country. And I didn't want the public to know. I
wanted the FBI, not the police, to know.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you know anything else that you told them about why you
thought he was an agent?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I didn't tell them anything. But they questioned me,
started to question me.
One of them said, "You know a lot about your son. When was the last
time you were in touch with him?"
That wasn't the Browns. That was the other man.