Mr. Jenner. Had you had any conversation prior thereto during your lifetime and that of your brother Lee in which he expressed his views of the character that he wrote in this letter of November 8, 1959?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; I most certainly did not.
Mr. Jenner. Had you ever discussed with him, in any conversation between you and your brother Lee, with or without your brother John present or your mother, in which his feeling toward or reaction to the government of the United States had been discussed?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; at no time, as I stated yesterday, have we ever discussed politics, and most assuredly I did not have any inclination in any degree that anything of this nature was in his mind.
Mr. Jenner. So the views expressed by your brother in the letter of November 8 came to you as a complete surprise?
Mr. Oswald. Yes, sir; with the qualification that this is what I expected after reading the newspapers.
Mr. Dulles. May I ask one question there.
When your brother left, after that short stay following his service in the Marine Corps, did you know that he was going to Russia—did he say anything to you about going to Russia at that time?
Mr. Oswald. No, sir; he did not.
Mr. Jenner. What did he say to you as to his plans?