Mr. Stern. How about the way he handled himself? Was he any calmer, any more communicative Saturday morning than he had been Friday afternoon?
Mr. Bookhout. Well, I think that he might not have been quite as belligerent on the 23d as he was on the 22d. But he still refused to discuss certain points indicated above, selective service card being one point that I recall. I remember he was asked if he would take a polygraph, and he said he would not, that it had always been his practice not to agree to take a polygraph.
Mr. Stern. Did he suggest that he had been asked before to take a polygraph?
Mr. Bookhout. He made some comment along the line that it had never been his policy—before, to take a polygraph.
Mr. Stern. But he didn't elaborate on it?
Mr. Bookhout. He didn't elaborate on it.
Mr. Stern. Did he make any further comment at this interview about his interviews with the FBI, or their interviews of his wife?
Mr. Bookhout. I think probably this is the one I referred to a while ago. Yes, it would be in this interview that he made further comment that on the interview of Ruth Paine by the FBI, regarding his wife, that he felt that his wife was intimidated. Also, in this interview that he made mention as previously stated above that he had arrived about July 19, 1962, from Russia, and was interviewed by the FBI at Fort Worth, Tex.
He stated that he felt that they had overstepped their bounds and used various tactics in interviewing him.
Mr. Stern. Did he specify what the tactics were?