Mr. JENNER. That is an Aunt on which side--your father's or mother's?
Mr. OSWALD. My mother's side. And that he was going to visit with them,
and at the same time find a job in New Orleans, and make his home in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Mr. JENNER. Did he give you any indication at any time during his
stay--this was in Fort Worth?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. During his stay in Fort Worth, upon his return and
discharge from the service, and while he was there, that gave you any
indication whatsoever of any intention on his part to leave the country?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir; none whatsoever.
Mr. JENNER. Whether he was going to go to Europe, Russia, or anywhere
else?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir. The only information he gave me was that he was
going only to New Orleans, Louisiana, from Fort Worth, Texas.
Mr. JENNER. Did you spend a good deal of time with him while he was in
Fort Worth, Texas, in this interim period?
Mr. OSWALD. Approximately one day out of the two or three days he was
there.
Mr. JENNER. Are you suggesting that most of your contact with him
during this period was on one of those days, or that the total amount
of time that you spent with him during that period aggregated one day?
Mr. OSWALD. I believe, sir, that I at least talked to him on the
telephone on one day, and then the next day he spent the day at our
home.
Mr. JENNER. And that is the day that you went off hunting, which you
testified about yesterday?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. JENNER. And never during any of the contact that you had with him
did he imply or state directly that he had any contemplation of a trip
which would take him out of the United States?
Mr. OSWALD. That is correct.
Mr. DULLES. You didn't know about his having applied for a new passport?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir, I did not know he applied for any passport.
Mr. JENNER. During the day that he visited you, did your mother visit
at your home on that day?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir; she did not.
Mr. JENNER. At any time during the period between his discharge from
the Marines and his arrival in Fort Worth, and his departure, was there
any occasion on which both you, your mother, and your brother Lee were
together?
Mr. OSWALD. None that I recall, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Was there any discussion between you at any time during
that period of the reason, if any special reason, for his discharge
from the Marine Corps, earlier than he might have been discharged in
normal course, which as I understand would have been in December of
that year?
Mr. OSWALD. I believe, sir, we had a brief discussion on that.
Mr. JENNER. Who initiated it?
Mr. OSWALD. I feel certain like I did.
Mr. JENNER. And what did you do? Ask him--just tell us what you asked
him. And why you were curious, if you were.
Mr. OSWALD. To the best of my memory, I asked him--because I was aware
of his approximate date of discharge, his regular date of discharge,
or release from the service, and I asked him why he was discharged or
released earlier than that date. And his reply was that mother had
written the Red Cross and requested that he be released earlier.
Mr. JENNER. Written the Red Cross?