And then we got busy and he opened this large package and he brought out the notes. And, as I said, they were on scraps of paper not even this big, some of them [indicating with finger], and some of them large pieces of paper, some of them were typed, some of them handwritten in ink and pencil. And he said that he had had to just do it when he could. And it was about the living conditions and the working conditions in Russia. And they were very bitter against Russia.
Mr. Jenner. His writings were bitter against working conditions?
Mrs. Bates. And living conditions. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Did he say when he had prepared these notes?
Mrs. Bates. Just whenever he could.
Mr. Jenner. When in Russia?
Mrs. Bates. Yeah. Oh, they were all done in Russia. And he smuggled them out of Russia. And he said that the whole time until they got over the border, they were scared to death they would be found, and, of course, they would not be allowed to leave Russia.
Mr. Jenner. Did he imply that Marina was aware that he had these notes?
Mrs. Bates. He didn't say. He just mentioned his wife once or twice in the 3 days he was up there. And, at the time——