Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. And where were you when that announcement was made?
Mr. Oswald. I was in the office of the new Denton plant when this announcement was made, or at least I first became aware of the announcement on the radio at that time.
Mr. Jenner. Now, would you give us your immediate mental reaction when you heard that?
Mr. Oswald. I believe, sir, my reaction to that would be somewhat stunned.
Mr. Jenner. Stunned in the sense of disbelieving? You just could not absorb it?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; not to that extent. If I may say this. My own personal mental attitude, through my entire life, seems to react to trouble to the extent that I do not perhaps go to pieces, so to speak, that I react apparently calmly in the face of adversity.
Mr. Jenner. I take it with that disposition that you have that anything in life is possible—no matter how extraordinary it may seem at the moment—you retain a grip on yourself?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; or at least attempt to.
Mr. Jenner. You were disbelieving, but it might have been—at least your thought was that it was possible, though, you were disbelieving at the moment?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. Then you state in your memorandum on page 2 that you immediately called your wife Vada.
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. And you went directly to the phone and called her?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. What did you say to her?
Mr. Oswald. I asked her first had she been listening to the television or the radio set, and was she aware that Lee had been arrested. She stated she had not heard this, even though she had been listening to television. In her statement to me, to the best of my recollection at that time, was that they had not, over the television set, referred to Lee by name.
Mr. Jenner. And, as I recall in your memorandum, you immediately told her you were going to come right home.
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. And you did depart for home?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. On page 3 of your memorandum, you make a reference to your brother's arrest.
Would you find that place on page 3? The report to you of his arrest.
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I have it.
Mr. Jenner. And as I recall, that was a report to you that he had been arrested?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. By whom, and by what means?
Mr. Oswald. Over the telephone, by Mr. Dubose, the credit manager in our Fort Worth general office. And, "Bob, brace yourself, your brother has been arrested."
Mr. Jenner. What did you say?
Mr. Oswald. "Yes; I know. I just heard."
Mr. Jenner. Did Mr. Dubose elaborate? Did he say only your brother has been arrested?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir. To the best of my recollection that was his exact words.
Mr. Jenner. Did he add, if I may refresh your recollection, assuming it is so, that he had been arrested in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy, and the murder of Officer Tippit?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I believe I did not give him an opportunity, if he wanted to state that, to complete his statement.
Mr. Jenner. You have now given us the whole of that particular conversation?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
If I might add—other than that as noted on page 3, that he did advise me that my mother was trying to reach me, and gave me a number to call.
Mr. Jenner. I wish to go to that next. You did call her?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. And where was she? To where was your call directed?
Mr. Oswald. To Fort Worth, Tex., to which address I am not acquainted, but the telephone number is her residence in Fort Worth, Tex. I believe that to be 1220 Thomas Place.
Mr. Jenner. And when you called that number, your mother was home?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
What did you say to her?
Mr. Oswald. My comment to her that this was Robert, and she immediately started advising me of what she had heard, and that she had been in contact with a Star Telegram reporter.
Mr. Jenner. That is the Star Telegram reporter for the Dallas Star Telegram?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir, for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Thank you.
Mr. Oswald. And that she was going to go to Dallas in the presence of this Fort Worth Star Telegram, and she asked me did I have enough money to fly down immediately.
I advised her I was 35 or 30 miles away from Dallas, Tex., that I was not in Arkansas, and that it was my intention to go to Dallas just as fast as possible. And she stated that she believed she would stay at the Baker Hotel, and asked me to meet her there.
I agreed to this. However, this meeting never did take place at the Baker Hotel.
Mr. Jenner. A meeting did take place at the Adolphus?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir. As prior testimony—at the Dallas police station, on the night of November 22, 1963.
Mr. Jenner. You referred to, on page 3—to a Fort Worth general office, and a gentleman by the name of Reger.
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. And that is the Fort Worth general office of the Acme Brick Co.?
Mr. Oswald. That is right.
Mr. Jenner. You mentioned another gentleman there. I don't know if I read your writing correctly. Bill——
Mr. Oswald. Darwin.
Mr. Jenner. Did you speak with him on that occasion that you related in your notes?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Jenner. And what was the purpose of your talking with those gentlemen?
Mr. Oswald. The purpose of talking to Mr. Darwin was to advise him that I needed to go to Dallas, and his immediate reply was yes, he had just heard—I believe he did
