*Mrs. OSWALD. Once, when I lived with Katya Ford in February of this
year, and the next time I do not recall--maybe 1 month later.
In my house.
Senator COOPER. You had quite an association with her, and I need not
recall all of the facts, but is there any reason now that you do not
wish to see her?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. One of the reasons is that she belongs to the Civil
Liberties Union and I don't want to get mixed up in anything. I already
have plenty of grief.
Senator COOPER. Just one other question--is there any other fact about
this subject, which you have been asked by the Commission or by anyone
else that you have knowledge of that you have not told us about it? Any
fact that would bear on this inquiry?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. I would be glad to, but I don't know of any.
Representative BOGGS. May I just ask one or two questions?
Have you seen Mrs. Marguerite Oswald at any time since you first
appeared before the Commission?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Representative BOGGS. Have you heard from her?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Representative BOGGS. You've had no communication from her either
directly or indirectly?* **
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
*She tried to get in touch with me.
**Through Attorney McKenzie.
Representative BOGGS. And you refused to see her?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
*I think that she may have been bad influence with the
children--improper influence with the children.
**I feel that--I hardly believe--that Lee Oswald really tried to kill
President Kennedy.
Mrs. OSWALD. I feel in my own mind that Lee did not have President
Kennedy as a prime target when he assassinated him.
Representative BOGGS. Well, who was it?
*Mrs. OSWALD. I think it was Connally. That's my personal opinion that
he perhaps was shooting at Governor Connally, the Governor of Texas.
Senator RUSSELL. You've testified before us before that Lee told you he
was coming back to Texas--if he was back in Texas, he would vote for
Connally for Governor. Why do you think he would shoot him?
Mrs. OSWALD. **I feel that the reason that he had Connally in his mind
was on account of his discharge from the Marines and various letters
they exchanged between the Marine Corps and the Governor's office, but
actually, I didn't think that he had any idea concerning President
Kennedy.
Representative BOGGS. Well, now, my next question is--did he ever
express any hostility to Governor Connally?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. He never expressed that to me--his displeasure or hatred
of Connally, but I feel that there could have been some connection, due
to the fact that Lee was dishonorably discharged from the Corps, and
there was an exchange of letters between the Governor's Office and Lee.
That's my personal opinion.
Representative BOGGS. Just a minute. Excuse me, Senator.
I asked you in February, Mrs. Oswald, I said, "What motive would
you ascribe to your husband in killing President Kennedy?" And, you
said, "As I saw the documents that were being read to me, I came to
the conclusion that he wanted by any means, good or bad to get into
history, and now that I've read a part of the translation of some of
the documents, I think that there was some political foundation to it,
a foundation of which I am not aware."
And then you go on and you express no doubt in your mind that he
intended to kill President Kennedy.
Mrs. OSWALD. **Did I say that, this last time in Dallas? The last time
in Dallas, apparently there was some misunderstanding on the part of my
answers to the Commission, because I was told by Mr. McKenzie that it
wasn't reported accurately.
*The record should read that on the basis of the documents that I have
read, I have no doubt--that I had available to me to read--I had no
doubt that he did----