Rankin. In order that the Commission will understand, whenever the FBI would try to ask you any questions, Mrs. Paine would interpret for you?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. And would she at the same time answer things in English, too, herself?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. So, in effect, the FBI was——
Mrs. Oswald. Excuse me—she loves to talk.
Mr. Rankin. The FBI was interviewing both of you at the same time, to some extent, is that right?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. They asked her about Lee, as far as I know.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall that you did have such an interview at Mrs. Paine's house when she acted as interpreter on November 1, 1963?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Were you present on November 5, 1963, when FBI agents Hosty and Wilson interviewed Mrs. Paine at her home?
Mrs. Oswald. I was in my room at that time busy with little Rachel, and I heard voices which I thought were voices of the FBI. I came out of the room and they were in a hurry to leave. They did not talk to me at that time, other than just a greeting.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know whether or not they had been talking to Mrs. Paine about you or your husband?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. She told me about it, but I was not especially interested. She does not interpret quite exactly. She is hard to understand. But she told me that in general terms.
Mr. Rankin. You have told us about the fact that you got the telephone number of the FBI agent and gave it to your husband. Was that the November 1 interview when that happened?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. I will hand you Exhibit 18, and ask you if you can identify that for us, and tell us what it is.
Mrs. Oswald. Lee's notebook.
Mr. Rankin. Is your handwriting in that Exhibit 18?
Mrs. Oswald. It must be, yes, I will find mine. There are many different handwritings in here. Different people have written in this notebook. Sometimes Russian friends in Russia would note their address in this notebook.
This is mine.
Mr. Rankin. Will you tell us—is it a long notation by you?
Mrs. Oswald. No. That is my aunt's address when Lee would remain in Minsk while I went on vacation.
Mr. Rankin. Is much of that notebook, Exhibit 18, in your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. Oswald. The majority, mostly.
Mr. Rankin. Except for the page with your handwriting on it and the notations of other friends that you referred to, is it generally in your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. Oswald. I can tell exactly which is noted down by Lee and which is noted down by others.
Mr. Rankin. And it is a regular notebook that he kept for all types of notes?
Mrs. Oswald. This is from Russia.
Mr. Rankin. He started it in Russia?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. And there are a number of notations that were made after you returned to this country, is that right?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. We offer in evidence Exhibit 18.
The Chairman. It may be admitted with that number.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 18, and received in evidence.)
Mrs. Oswald. There is a Russian term for "wedding ring" noted in there. Before we were married I wrote that down for him, because he didn't know the Russian expression for it. I didn't tell him. He looked it up in the dictionary himself and translated it.
Mr. Rankin. I would like to hand this back to you and call your attention to the page of Exhibit 18 where the little white slip is.
I ask you if you recognize the handwriting there, where it refers to Agent Hosty.
Mrs. Oswald. Lee wrote that. And this is the license number.
Mr. Rankin. And the telephone number?
The license number, the name, and the telephone number are all in your husband's——
Mrs. Oswald. The date when he visited him, FBI agent, telephone, name, license number, and probably the address.
Mr. Rankin. Are all in your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know when they were entered in that notebook, Exhibit 18?
Mrs. Oswald. After the first visit.
Mr. Rankin. Did you note the notation "November 1" on that page?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. You think that is about the date of the first visit, then?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Now, did you report to your husband the fact of this visit, November 1, with the FBI agent?
Mrs. Oswald. I didn't report it to him at once, but as soon as he came for a weekend, I told him about it.
By the way, on that day he was due to arrive.
Mr. Rankin. That is on November 1?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. Lee comes off work at 5:30—comes from work at 5:30. They left at 5 o'clock, and we told them if they wanted to they could wait and Lee would be here soon. But they didn't want to wait.
Mr. Rankin. And by "they" who do you mean? Do you recall the name of the other man beside Agent Hosty?
Mrs. Oswald. There was only one man during the first visit. I don't remember his name. This was probably the date because there is his name and the date.
Mr. Rankin. Now, what did you tell your husband about this visit by the FBI agent and the interview?
Mrs. Oswald. I told him that they had come, that they were interested in where he was working and where he lived, and he was, again, upset.
He said that he would telephone them—I don't know whether he called or not—or that he would visit them.
Mr. Rankin. Is that all you told him at that time about the interview?
Mrs. Oswald. No. I told him about the content of the interview, but now I don't remember.
Mr. Rankin. Do you remember anything else that happened in the interview that you could tell the Commission at this time?
