Mrs. OSWALD. No. He is the head of the forestry department in MVD. I
don't know what he is doing there.
Senator RUSSELL. Did you ever have any occasion or know any other
Russian wife of a foreigner who tried to leave Russia?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Mrs. Zeger. Mrs. Zeger and her husband lived in Argentina
for 25 years----
Senator RUSSELL. Well, you testified very fully about them. But I am
asking now if you know of any Russian national or citizen who was
married to a foreign national who ever was able to get a visa to leave
from Russia?
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; I don't know--I don't know of anyone. I only heard
in the American Embassy in Moscow, where I heard of a Russian woman
married to an American, who had difficulty leaving the country.
Senator RUSSELL. Well, that's what I had in mind.
*Mrs. OSWALD. Therefore, to the very last moment we did not believe
that they would let us out of the Soviet Union.
Senator RUSSELL. Did they examine you very much or ask you many
questions about why you wished to leave, other than the fact that your
husband decided to return to the United States?*
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
*No. We only filled out a proper questionnaire containing a statement
that this will be a permanent residence in the United States, or
leaving the Soviet Union for permanent residence in the United States.
Senator RUSSELL. And none of the officials or police examined you at
all about your reason for wishing to leave?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. It's very surprising, but nobody did.
Senator RUSSELL. Do you know as to whether or not Lee corresponded with
any of his friends in Russia after he came back to this country?*
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
*He did.
Mrs. OSWALD. With Mr. and Mrs. Zeger.
*With Mr. and Mrs. Zeger, and Erich; the medical student. I don't
recall the medical student, and Pavel Golovachev.
Senator RUSSELL. Paul--he was one of your old boy friends, wasn't he?
Mrs. OSWALD. Paul?