Mr. Rankin. Did anyone at anytime advise you or tell you not to tell the Commission about this incident?
Mrs. Oswald. Martin told me that it is not necessary to mention this. But when they were asking me here in the Commission whether I had anything to add to my testimony, I really forgot about it. When Martin and I were talking about it he said, "Well, try not to think about these things too much."
Mr. Rankin. Did he say anything about why it wasn't necessary to tell about this incident?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't remember. I don't think he told me why. Maybe he told me and I just didn't understand because I didn't understand English very well.
Mr. Rankin. When you were telling about the Nixon incident you referred to your husband's sadistic streak. Do you recall that?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us a little more about that, how it showed?
Mrs. Oswald. Anytime I did something which didn't please him he would make me sit down at a table and write letters to the Russian Embassy stating that I wanted to go back to Russia. He liked to tease me and torment me in this way. He knew that this—he just liked to torment me and upset me and hurt me, and he used to do this especially if I interfered in any of his political affairs, in any of his political discussions. He made me several times write such letters.
Mr. Dulles. I have just one question: What did you or your husband do with these letters that you wrote? Did any of them get mailed or did they all get destroyed?
Mrs. Oswald. He kept carbons of these letters but he sent the letters off himself.