Mr. Ford. I had an impression that he was not the type of person I could make friends with very easily. He didn't impress me as being friendly to me as a person. He was kind of closed up within himself. And it seemed to me he preferred to speak in Russian rather than in English. He wanted to practice speaking Russian with the Russian speaking people rather than talking to me.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Mrs. Oswald have any bruises on her at that time?
Mr. Ford. Yes, she did. On her face.
Mr. Liebeler. On her face. Was there any conversation about that?
Mr. Ford. Not directly with me. My wife told me that Mrs. Oswald told her it was due to some accident of running into a door at nighttime while she was getting up to see what—the baby crying, something like that.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you accept that explanation?
Mr. Ford. I didn't—well, really, I didn't accept it. It just didn't make much sense but it didn't make an impression one way or the other to me. I frankly at the time thought of a standard cartoon joke of a kid explaining his black eye, by a kid explaining he ran into a doorknob.
Mr. Liebeler. Was there anything that happened at this first luncheon that impressed you about Oswald or his attitude, in any way that you think the Commission should know about?
Mr. Ford. Very little. Except he seemed reserved, and I would call excessively polite, and the fact I don't think he made any effort to make friends with the other people.
Mr. Liebeler. When was the next time that you had any contact with Oswald?