Oswald. Murret.
Mr. Jenner. The family you identified yesterday—the Murret branch of your family?
Mr. Oswald. I don't recall identifying them.
Mr. Jenner. There was one occasion yesterday.
Mr. Oswald. All right. Yes, sir; that is correct. And that he was——
Mr. Jenner. That is an Aunt on which side—your father's or mother's?
Mr. Oswald. My mother's side. And that he was going to visit with them, and at the same time find a job in New Orleans, and make his home in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Mr. Jenner. Did he give you any indication at any time during his stay—this was in Fort Worth?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. During his stay in Fort Worth, upon his return and discharge from the service, and while he was there, that gave you any indication whatsoever of any intention on his part to leave the country?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; none whatsoever.
Mr. Jenner. Whether he was going to go to Europe, Russia, or anywhere else?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir. The only information he gave me was that he was going only to New Orleans, Louisiana, from Fort Worth, Texas.
Mr. Jenner. Did you spend a good deal of time with him while he was in Fort Worth, Texas, in this interim period?
Mr. Oswald. Approximately one day out of the two or three days he was there.
Mr. Jenner. Are you suggesting that most of your contact with him during this period was on one of those days, or that the total amount of time that you spent with him during that period aggregated one day?
Mr. Oswald. I believe, sir, that I at least talked to him on the telephone on one day, and then the next day he spent the day at our home.
Mr. Jenner. And that is the day that you went off hunting, which you testified about yesterday?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner. And never during any of the contact that you had with him did he imply or state directly that he had any contemplation of a trip which would take him out of the United States?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Dulles. You didn't know about his having applied for a new passport?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, I did not know he applied for any passport.
Mr. Jenner. During the day that he visited you, did your mother visit at your home on that day?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; she did not.
Mr. Jenner. At any time during the period between his discharge from the Marines and his arrival in Fort Worth, and his departure, was there any occasion on which both you, your mother, and your brother Lee were together?
Mr. Oswald. None that I recall, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Was there any discussion between you at any time during that period of the reason, if any special reason, for his discharge from the Marine Corps, earlier than he might have been discharged in normal course, which as I understand would have been in December of that year?
Mr. Oswald. I believe, sir, we had a brief discussion on that.
Mr. Jenner. Who initiated it?
Mr. Oswald. I feel certain like I did.
Mr. Jenner. And what did you do? Ask him—just tell us what you asked him. And why you were curious, if you were.
Mr. Oswald. To the best of my memory, I asked him—because I was aware of his approximate date of discharge, his regular date of discharge, or release from the service, and I asked him why he was discharged or released earlier than that date. And his reply was that mother had written the Red Cross and requested that he be released earlier.
Mr. Jenner. Written the Red Cross?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. I also——
Mr. Jenner. Did he say why she had written requesting that he be released earlier?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, not to my recollection.
Mr. Jenner. He just said mother had written the Red Cross asking that he be released earlier.
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. That is all he said?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. He didn't elaborate on that?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And you didn't inquire of him beyond that?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, I did not.
Mr. Jenner. When had you last seen your mother prior to this occasion?
Mr. Oswald. May I have his release date, please?
Mr. Liebeler. September 11, 1959.
Mr. Oswald. I would say approximately three or four months earlier.
Mr. Jenner. Three or four months. That would be sometime in May?
Mr. Oswald. Approximately, yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. 1959?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Had you talked with her in the interim period?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I had.
Mr. Jenner. How long prior to his return to Fort Worth on September 11 or 12, 1959, had you talked to her?
Mr. Oswald. I do not remember, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Well, could you give us an estimate, that is in terms of whether it was weeks or several months?
Mr. Oswald. I can give an estimate of several months.
Mr. Jenner. Several months?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Your mother was then residing in Fort Worth, was she not?
Mr. Oswald. That is correct.
Mr. Dulles. Was she hospitalized at this period?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, she was not. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. Jenner. Were you aware of her state of well being?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. During the four month period?
Mr. Oswald. Sir? During the four month period?
Mr. Jenner. You say for three
