Mr. Coleman. Did you have any knowledge that she was also in Moscow?
Mr. Snyder. I don't really know. I can't say whether at that time I had knowledge that she was or not. I don't ever recall having seen her, no.
Mr. Coleman. When you spoke to Oswald on the 8th or on the 10th of July, did he indicate that his wife was in Moscow?
Mr. Snyder. I am sorry, I don't know.
Mr. Coleman. In connection with the various decisions you have made in this matter, did you consult with anyone?
Mr. Snyder. I think perhaps the word "consult" isn't quite the word. I kept my superiors informed of what I was doing, and, of course, they did see my communications, and in most cases countersigned them before they went out. But in the sense of asking their opinion of what I ought to do, I don't think so.
Mr. Coleman. Did anyone instruct you as to what particular decision you should make in connection with any requests made by Mr. Oswald?
Mr. Snyder. No; this was my responsibility, really. There was no one who was presumed to know more about it at the post than I did. I mean in the sense that I was the officer in charge of that activity.
Mr. Coleman. There is one other question, sir.
We have some information that Oswald stated that in 1959, when he was in the hospital, that he was in the same ward with an elderly American. Do you have any idea who the elderly American could have been?