Senator Cooper. At Kharkov?
Mrs. Oswald. At Minsk.
Senator Cooper. With whom did you file your declaration for an exit visa?** *
*Mrs. Oswald. There is a special institution in Minsk where prospective departees filed application for exit visa. They leave the application in that institution, and that institution transmits it to Moscow where the decision is made whether to grant or to deny the exit permit. The reply then comes to the MVD in Minsk.
*I want to assure the Commission that I was never given any assignment by the Soviet Government or the American Government, and that I was so surprised myself that I got the exit visa.
Senator Cooper. When you talked to Colonel Aksenov, what did he tell you when you asked him about the exit visa?*
*Mrs. Oswald. When I went to see Colonel Aksenov, I went to ask him about the state in which my application is for exit visa, and he replied——
Mr. Gopadze. No. "Was it favorable or not," and he said it was favorable.
Mr. Gregory. Yes, and he said——
Mr. Gopadze. That it takes official process of getting the answer.