Mr. Gregory. Yes. But I have never met her.
Mr. Liebeler. What was the conversation between you and her?
Mr. Gregory. She asked me if I would tutor her in writing letters in Russian. If I remember, she mentioned that she either was going to write to the Soviet Embassy or Soviet Union, something like that, but I told her I was just too busy, I have no time for that. In fact, I didn't want to have anything to do with that sort of—I didn't want to write letters to the Soviet Union or to the Embassy or anybody else.
Representative Ford. How long have you taught Russian, Mr. Gregory?
Mr. Gregory. In the library?
Representative Ford. Yes.
Mr. Gregory. For approximately 3 or 4 years from 10 to 20 weeks a year.
Representative Ford. Have you taught Russian in any other area or capacity?
Mr. Gregory. Yes, sir; I taught Russian a couple of years ago, not more than 2 years ago, at Carswell Air Force Base at Fort Worth, where I had a class of officers and men in the Russian language. With the result that two out of my class passed the Russian examination, and the rest flunked.
Representative Ford. How long would you estimate it would normally take for a person of average intelligence to learn to speak and write Russian as fluently as Oswald did?