Mr. Fain. These were the first interviews. We will get to those later. Do you want to go into those?
Mr. McCloy. Never mind. We will get to those in due course. But wasn't the touch-off on this investigation the fact that a transfer order or an attempted remittance was being sent to Oswald in Russia by his mother?
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCloy. That was the thing that prompted the inquiry, wasn't it?
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir; that is right.
The Chairman. Senator.
Senator Cooper. Yes.
Did Mrs. Oswald give you any reason for her statement she would not have been surprised if Lee Oswald had gone to Cuba or some South American country? Did she explain that statement?
Mr. Fain. No; she didn't. She just—of course, she was all upset and bothered by his having gone to Russia, and she expressed great surprise that he had gone to Russia, and she said just casually or during the course of the conversation she wouldn't have been surprised for him to have gone, say, to South America or to Cuba, but to go to Russia, she was totally surprised and taken aback.
Senator Cooper. She didn't give you any reason why she would not have been surprised——