Mrs. Gibson. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. Drawing on the whole span of your acquaintance with the Oswalds, rather than merely those first 2 days, did you ever hear Lee Oswald address his child other than in Russian?
Mrs. Gibson. Oh, like I said, sometimes he'd lapse into English. I imagine it was mainly for our benefit, more so than the child's. I mean normally he probably spoke to the child alone or when he was with Marina always in Russian. He never spoke English to her ever or even tried to teach her English, never attempted to.
Mr. Jenner. That is he never spoke to Marina other than in Russian, and as you say, he never tried to teach her English?
Mrs. Gibson. He never tried to teach her English, never, not one word.
Mr. Jenner. Did that strike you and your husband Gary as a little out of the ordinary?
Mrs. Gibson. Well, we told him we thought that it was extremely stupid and we asked him why, and he said that he didn't want to lose his Russian. She, of course—in Russia I believe she worked in a pharmacy. Wasn't she a pharmacist? And therefore we said to be able to get a license over here she would have to speak English, and it didn't seem to bother him. I think he didn't like the idea of her having more education than he did. I think he wanted her to remain solely dependent on him.
Mr. Jenner. During all the period that you and your husband were acquainted with the Oswalds, was there ever any discussion about either of them returning to Russia?
Mrs. Gibson. No; he did not want to go back.
Mr. Jenner. Did he say that?