Mr. Bouhe. In the home of Mr. Gregory. I asked him, "Now 90 rubles you got. Rent is free. Boots are 19 rubles—and I can't imagine what it is in Minsk when it rains—what about the food?"
And that figure I remember distinctly.
In the cafeteria or whatever that was where the laborers eat, it cost him, he said, 45 rubles a month to eat. So 19 and 45, and just to mention a couple of items, I didn't go any further because either he was lying or else he was going without shoes and coats or something because there was not enough money left to buy.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ask him whether the 90 rubles of which he spoke was all the money he received while he was in Russia?
Mr. Bouhe. I did not ask that question; no.
Mr. Liebeler. But it appeared to you from this discussion that he must have received more or else he was going without certain items, is that correct?
Mr. Bouhe. Well, it would so appear, but I could not ask him. I said, "90 minus 45, minus 19, what is left?"
No answer.
But I could not press him because it was a social gathering and I couldn't cross-examine.
Mr. Liebeler. You never discussed that question with him subsequently, is that correct?