Mr. Gregory. I couldn't say at all. I imagine he would have quite a bit of difficulty, because I don't think he had any understanding of the grammar.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you think that his proficiency in Russian was particularly good, or about average for the length of time he had been in the Soviet Union?
Mr. Gregory. I couldn't judge. All I think is, he was fluent and he could read well in Russian. Probably he did have a better grammatical knowledge than I thought, because of all of the reading which I saw him do, excepting for a few books, was in Russian.
I mean, if he would sit down to read a book, he would be reading in Russian.
Mr. Liebeler. How much did he read?
Mr. Gregory. I couldn't say. He was always going down to the library and coming back with all kinds of books. Usually he would not read in my presence, because we would all sit around and talk. Toward the end, I was writing a paper and I needed Marina's help to correct the grammar, and we would go over to one side and work on that, and he would sit and read. He read Lenin. I can't remember which book it was, but that is the only thing I have really seen him read. And then he always spoke about his, he said, this great love of history.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ever see him read any books other than this book about Lenin?
Mr. Gregory. No; it was not about, it was Lenin writings, and Lenin was all.
Mr. Liebeler. Do you remember the name of any books that Oswald brought home from the library that you saw in his apartment?
Mr. Gregory. I can't remember. It would have been nothing extremely interesting. I can't give any titles.