Mr. Gregory. Yes.
Representative Ford. Is that unusual?
Mr. Gregory. Well, frankly. I don't know. You see, Congressman, the city of Minsk is what we call, they call it, not we call, they call it in the White Russia Republic. You know they called this the Union of Republics, you know, in the White Russian Republic, and Minsk, I guess, is the capital of it.
It is fairly close to Poland, and there are all sorts of people, Poles, Lithuanians, probably Latvians, that lived in that part of the country, and none of those people speak pure Russian.
Now, whether she had reference, whether that had anything to do with her statement——
Representative Ford. Her observations?
Mr. Gregory. Right; I don't know.
Now, I thought that Lee Oswald spoke with a Polish accent, that is why I asked him if he was of Polish descent.
Representative Ford. But leaving——
Mr. Gregory. But, otherwise, I would say it would be rather unusual, rather unusual for a person who lived in the Soviet Union for 17 months that he would speak so well that a native Russian would not be sure whether he was born in that country or not.