And he said that if there would be a trial, and that if I am questioned it would be my right to answer or to refuse to answer.
Mr. Gopadze. She asked me if she talked about that thing, the first evening when I talked to her with the FBI agents, she asked me if she didn't have to tell me if she didn't want to. And warning her of her constitutional rights, telling her she didn't have to tell me anything she didn't want to—at that time, she told me she knew about that, that she didn't have to tell me if she didn't want to.
Mrs. Oswald. And he then asked me, "Who told you you had that right?" And then I understood that he knew about it.
Mr. Gopadze. At that time I did not know.
Mrs. Oswald. I thought you had been told about it because the conversation had certainly been written down. I am sure that while I was talking to Lee—after all, this was not some sort of a trial of a theft, but a rather important matter, and I am sure that everything was recorded.
Mr. Rankin. Let me see if I can clarify what you were saying.
As I understand it, Mr. Gopadze had talked to you with the FBI agents after the assassination, and they had cautioned you that you didn't have to talk, in accordance with your constitutional rights, is that correct?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, that is right.
Mr. Rankin. And you told Mr. Gopadze you already knew that?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't remember what I told him.