Mr. Snyder. Well, as for the time of day, I am afraid I draw a blank. I can make some assumptions as to the time of day, for what they are worth.
But since I told Oswald—and you will come to this, I think, a little later on—that the Embassy was closed theoretically at the time, I presume this was a Wednesday afternoon or perhaps a Saturday afternoon, but I just don't recall.
Mr. Coleman. For the record, I think it was a Saturday, sir.
Mr. Snyder. Was it a Saturday?
So, at any rate—if it had been a morning, I could not have used this particular approach with him. So I presume it was an afternoon.
Oswald came into the Embassy without prior announcement. He didn't call or in any other way communicate with us, to the best of my knowledge.
Mr. Dulles. You had no way of knowing he was in Russia?
Mr. Snyder. I had no previous knowledge of his presence; no, sir.
At any rate, he came in to me cold, so to speak. I was told that an American wanted to see me, wanted to see the consul. And I am not sure whether I went out and brought him in or whether he was taken into my office by someone else. At any rate, this was my first meeting with Oswald.
I will be glad to give you such recollections as I have as to his general demeanor and this sort of thing, if you would like.