Mr. Jenner. I take it it was your opinion he was not a Communist at the time he was assigned to El Toro?
Mr. Thornley. That was my opinion.
Mr. Jenner. I take it you have never seen or talked with Oswald subsequent to the time he left or you left for Japan, from El Toro?
Mr. Thornley. No.
Mr. Jenner. That is, my statement is correct.
Mr. Thornley. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. It follows, I take it, that you were never aware that he was in New Orleans when you were there?
Mr. Thornley. No; I wasn't.
Mr. Jenner. You were not aware of his comings and goings other than the newspaper report that your folks sent you?
Mr. Thornley. I was aware that he had come back from the Soviet Union and gone to Dallas, and I know I at that time did think about going to see him in Dallas for the book, to find out just why he did go to Russia, to check it with my own theory.