Now, did you have any cause to believe at that time that De Mohrenschildt knew anything about the Walker incident?
Mrs. Oswald. De Mohrenschildt didn't know anything about it. Simply he thought that this was something that Lee was likely to do. He simply made a joke and the joke happened to hit the target.
Mr. Rankin. Do you conclude that from what you knew about the situation or from something that De Mohrenschildt said at some time?
Mrs. Oswald. No, I know this, myself. I know that Lee could not have told him. And, otherwise, how would he have known?
Mr. Rankin. From your knowledge, were they close enough so that your husband would have made De Mohrenschildt a confidant about anything like that?
Mrs. Oswald. No matter how close Lee might be to anyone, he would not have confided such things.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall the money that your husband borrowed from the Embassy in Moscow to come to this country? Do you know where he got the money to repay that amount?
Mrs. Oswald. He worked and we paid out the debt. For six or seven months we were paying off this debt.
Mr. Rankin. Some of the payments were rather large during that period. Do you remember that?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. And no one will believe it—it may appear strange. But we lived very modestly. Perhaps for you it is hard to imagine how we existed.