Senator Cooper. Would it be normal in your judgment that this period of time, from the time he applied to the Soviet for citizenship, the Supreme Soviet, which was on October 16, as he said, it would not be acted upon in 2 weeks?
Mr. Snyder. I would think it would be highly unusual if it were acted upon in 2 weeks; yes, sir.
Senator Cooper. Did others talk to him in the Embassy beside you?
Mr. Snyder. Not to my knowledge; no, sir.
Senator Cooper. Did you know whether or not newspaper people, American newspaper people were talking to him?
Mr. Snyder. I know that Priscilla Johnson talked to him. Whether others got to him, I don't know. He wasn't terribly communicative.
Senator Cooper. Did she tell you she talked to him?
Mr. Snyder. Oh, yes.
Senator Cooper. But you do not know whether or not other members of the Embassy staff talked to him?
Mr. Snyder. I have no reason to believe that anyone else talked to him, other than myself, Senator Cooper. That is, at this time. I mean at a later time, Mr. McVickar, I presume, talked to Oswald. He talked to his wife, I am quite sure. I presume that Oswald was with her. But up until the time that I left Moscow, Oswald was my baby, and I don't think anyone else talked to him in the Embassy.