Mr. Ofstein. No, sir; he asked me where I had learned it and I told him I had picked it up during the time I was in the service, as well as the German language, which I picked up while I was stationed in Germany, and I asked him where he had learned to read Russian and he wouldn't elaborate on it at first, and after a period of time—I don't know how long—he did admit to me that he had been in the Soviet Union and my assumption was possibly that he had worked as an agent of the United States at the first.
Mr. Jenner. What did he tell you, if he ever did, as to where he acquired his knowledge of and facility with the Russian language?
Mr. Ofstein. He never did elaborate on whether he learned it in the Soviet Union or before or just how he had picked it up.
Mr. Jenner. He was uncommunicative on that subject?
Mr. Ofstein. More or less; yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. But you did ask him directly?
Mr. Ofstein. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. And he did not respond?
Mr. Ofstein. No, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Did you attempt to converse with him in Russian or he with you?