*Mrs. OSWALD. He was dissatisfied with high prices for everything that
he had to pay. He was dissatisfied with the quarters, living quarters
that he had.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you know whether or not he had any friends that he
made there in Minsk while he was living there?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Senator RUSSELL. Did most of them work in the same plant where he did
or did he make other friends out in the community?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He had many acquaintances that worked in the same place,
but he had no friends. He had two friends at work, in other words,
closer than acquaintances--friends--those that I know personally.
Senator RUSSELL. But none other than those that worked there in the
same plant?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. There was one young man who was a friend of his, which
did not work in the same plant, but was a student at the medical
college.
Senator RUSSELL. Did Lee go to school while he was there in Minsk? Did
he do any studying in any of the institutes?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Senator RUSSELL. He did not.
*Mrs. OSWALD. Lee wanted to attend Patrice Lumumba Institute in Moscow
but his application was turned down. He was very much put out, because
he told me that one of the main reasons he came to the Soviet Union was
to get education. He said that after his application was turned down.
He told that to me after his application was turned down.
Senator RUSSELL. Was that before or after you were married?
Mrs. OSWALD. After.
Senator RUSSELL. Now, in reading your testimony, Mrs. Oswald, I noticed
that you referred to a number of foreign students who attended the
institutes in Minsk, including, I believe you said, a number of Cubans.
Do you know whether or not Lee Oswald was acquainted with any of those
Cubans?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I have never met these Cuban friends of his, but I
do know that he and Erich; Erich is the medical student previously
referred to, they had Cuban friends. What they were talking about,
I do not know. I have never met him. Lee was interested in Cuba and
in Cuban affairs, but I don't know anything in detail, just through
conversations.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you know whether he had any Cuban friends here in
Texas or in New Orleans after he came back from Russia?