Mrs. Ford. Yes; George Bouhe was attempting to teach her to write and was giving her lessons.
Mr. Liebeler. Can you tell us something about that?
Mrs. Ford. Well, he was telling me that he had gotten her a dictionary and he had—or some other book anyway and he was telling me that every time he saw her, made an attempt to see her I don't know how he did that but anyway he was giving her a lesson and she was supposed to have completed it by the next time in writing.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Mr. Bouhe tell you anything about Marina's ability to speak English or write English? Did Marina learn as a result of that?
Mrs. Ford. He said she was doing very well. I don't know if she learned to speak but he said she was a good student.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Lee Oswald ever object to this effort on Mr. Bouhe's part?
Mrs. Ford. Well, he was objecting to anyone of the Russians helping her.
Mr. Liebeler. Helping her learn English?
Mrs. Ford. Not learning English, but I mean helping her about anything. I don't know whether he was objecting to that. But we talked with Lee about this, why he wasn't teaching her English and he wasn't speaking to her and he said that he didn't want to forget Russian and he really said, "If she wants," this is what Marina said the other day, that he didn't actually object, but he thought if she could learn Russian just by herself in any way she could, she could, but he is not going to help her. He just didn't want to help her by speaking English.
Mr. Liebeler. You mean English.