Mrs. OSWALD. No.
*No--one has to be accepted into Komsomol. It is not automatic.
Representative BOGGS. One further question, and this is off the record.
(Interrogatories and answers off the record at this point.)
Representative BOGGS. In response to Senator Russell, I gathered that
you plan to stay in the United States?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. Yes; if possible.
Representative BOGGS. Do you aspire to become a citizen of the United
States, or are you a citizen?*
*Mrs. OSWALD. I am not a citizen. I wish to become an American citizen.
Senator RUSSELL. Mrs. Oswald, when you were before us before, you
testified that you were not a member of any church, but you had your
own religion in your own heart, as I recall?* **
*Mrs. OSWALD. In Russia I did not belong to any church. No one belongs
to any church in Russia.
Senator RUSSELL. Except old women?
*Mrs. OSWALD. I'll say this--that I believe it's unhealthy in the
Soviet Union to openly belong to any church. While there is no
persecution of religious belief in Russia, the officials look at it
with much disfavor.
Senator RUSSELL. But you are not actually a member of the church, are
you?* **
**Mrs. OSWALD. In Russian churches, they don't have a fee or they don't
have any membership, they have dues in Russian churches.