Mr. Ballen. No; it did not. The sum total of his reaction, limited as it was that I got from this individual, is that this man would have—this is subjective, I can put no concrete support in there, but I would have thought that this is an individual who felt warmly towards President Kennedy.
Mr. Liebeler. You drew that inference simply as a general impression based on the 2 hours that you spent conversing with him?
Mr. Ballen. That's correct.
Mr. Liebeler. Could you—and you can't pinpoint anything specifically that led you to that conclusion?
Mr. Ballen. No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you have any discussion, or was the name of Governor Connally mentioned?
Mr. Ballen. No; it was not.
Mr. Liebeler. Did Oswald manifest any hostilities toward any particular institution of the United States?
Mr. Ballen. Yes. I think he had referred sarcastically to some of our religious institutions, or all religious institutions, and I think he referred with some venom and sarcasm to some race prejudices in the United States. I cannot document that with any specific items which were discussed, but it is pretty strongly a general feeling that this had come out during that discussion.
Mr. Liebeler. Was it discussed in terms of the Negro race problem?