Senator Cooper. What?

Mr. Martin. I tried to avoid most of these things. I don't know, I figured they would be a sore spot with her, but I don't know whether they were or not.

Senator Cooper. It would be tremendously helpful to this Commission to know if she did talk to you about the assassination of President Kennedy and anything that Lee Oswald might have said about him before and tell us anything——

Mr. Martin. If she had said anything to me about it I would definitely tell you. I cannot recall any incident that—of the conversation between she and Lee about any other assassination or about the President.

Mr. Dulles. Had you ever met or heard of Lee Harvey Oswald prior to November 22, 1963?

Mr. Martin. No.

Representative Boggs. Mrs. Oswald lived in your home for how long?

Mr. Martin. About 2½ months.

Representative Boggs. You had many conversations with her in that period of time.

Mr. Martin. No, not really many. I was usually out of the house, and there weren't many opportunities that arose to have a conversation.