Mr. Stern. And she didn't tell you?
Mr. Hosty. She didn't volunteer. She told me she did not know where he lived.
Mr. Stern. Why don't you continue with the chronological report.
Mr. Hosty. As I say, then I forwarded this airmail communication.
Mr. McCloy. May I ask at this point, did she indicate whether there were any belongings of Lee Oswald in the house?
Mr. Hosty. She did not indicate, but, of course, she did tell me his wife and children were there, and I assumed that their personal effects would be there. We didn't go into that.
Mr. McCloy. You made no search of the house?
Mr. Hosty. No, sir; that would have been illegal. I couldn't have done it without his consent. There was no attempt to do that.
Mr. Stern. Did you have any thought of interviewing Marina Oswald at the time she came into Mrs. Paine's living room in connection with the investigation of Marina Oswald that you had started out thinking about in March?
Mr. Hosty. Yes; I could have interviewed her here, but I thought at the time she was under a little emotional stress, this was maybe not a good time. Also, as I said before, we have a requirement to have two agents present when a subject is interviewed. I was alone. And, also, I wanted to get the New Orleans office to check their files to see if there was anything that I didn't have. For all I knew, they could have already interviewed her. I didn't know this. So before I would proceed with that, I wanted to make sure I had all the records, another agent, and at a better time where I could talk in more detail with Mrs. Oswald.