Mr. JENNER. Did Mr. Dubose elaborate? Did he say only your brother has
been arrested?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir. To the best of my recollection that was his exact
words.
Mr. JENNER. Did he add, if I may refresh your recollection, assuming it
is so, that he had been arrested in connection with the assassination
of President Kennedy, and the murder of Officer Tippit?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir; I believe I did not give him an opportunity, if he
wanted to state that, to complete his statement.
Mr. JENNER. You have now given us the whole of that particular
conversation?
Mr. OSWALD. That is right.
If I might add--other than that as noted on page 3, that he did advise
me that my mother was trying to reach me, and gave me a number to call.
Mr. JENNER. I wish to go to that next. You did call her?
Mr. OSWALD. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And where was she? To where was your call directed?
Mr. OSWALD. To Fort Worth, Tex., to which address I am not acquainted,
but the telephone number is her residence in Fort Worth, Tex. I believe
that to be 1220 Thomas Place.
Mr. JENNER. And when you called that number, your mother was home?
Mr. OSWALD. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
What did you say to her?
Mr. OSWALD. My comment to her that this was Robert, and she immediately
started advising me of what she had heard, and that she had been in
contact with a Star Telegram reporter.
Mr. JENNER. That is the Star Telegram reporter for the Dallas Star
Telegram?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir, for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Thank you.
Mr. OSWALD. And that she was going to go to Dallas in the presence of
this Fort Worth Star Telegram, and she asked me did I have enough money
to fly down immediately.
I advised her I was 35 or 30 miles away from Dallas, Tex., that I was
not in Arkansas, and that it was my intention to go to Dallas just as
fast as possible. And she stated that she believed she would stay at
the Baker Hotel, and asked me to meet her there.
I agreed to this. However, this meeting never did take place at the
Baker Hotel.
Mr. JENNER. A meeting did take place at the Adolphus?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir. As prior testimony--at the Dallas police station,
on the night of November 22, 1963.
Mr. JENNER. You referred to, on page 3--to a Fort Worth general office,
and a gentleman by the name of Reger.
Mr. OSWALD. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. And that is the Fort Worth general office of the Acme Brick
Co.?
Mr. OSWALD. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. You mentioned another gentleman there. I don't know if I
read your writing correctly. Bill----
Mr. OSWALD. Darwin.
Mr. JENNER. Did you speak with him on that occasion that you related in
your notes?
Mr. OSWALD. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. JENNER. And what was the purpose of your talking with those
gentlemen?
Mr. OSWALD. The purpose of talking to Mr. Darwin was to advise him that
I needed to go to Dallas, and his immediate reply was yes, he had just
heard--I believe he did say--about Lee, or about my brother, and that I
was to do just anything that I deemed necessary and not worry about the
office.
And he did inform me at the latter part of this conversation that the
FBI had called the Fort Worth general office in an attempt to talk to
me or to locate me.
Mr. JENNER. Was any suggestion made by him at that time that you get in
touch with the Fort Worth Office of the FBI?
Mr. OSWALD. No, sir; I advised him that I would contact the FBI upon
completion of our conversation.
Mr. JENNER. And you did so?
Mr. OSWALD. I did so.