Mr. Dulles. Was he reading Russian books or mostly English books?
Mrs. Oswald. He could read Russian, but he read only English works.
Mr. Dulles. Was he doing much writing in this period, during the American stay?
Mrs. Oswald. When we were living on Elsbeth Street, he wrote something, and also on Neely Street, I think it was in connection with the Walker, General Walker incident.
Mr. Dulles. Do you know what happened to that particular writing?
Mrs. Oswald. I know that he destroyed this after the Walker business.
He had a map of Dallas, and he used to go off by himself and think about the map, and work on it. I think you have this map in among the materials of the Commission. He used to work on it, and the least disturbance used to upset him very much when he was working on this map.
Mr. Dulles. When you say he used to go away, do you mean go away in the house or outside the house with the map?
Mrs. Oswald. In the house, in the kitchen, and would tell me not to come in, not to make any noise at all.
Mr. Dulles. Could you specify as to time and date, as to about when he acquired this map and began this study of the map?