Mr. Alexander. “Did your trip to Havana have any connection with the shooting of Oswald, however remote?”
Mr. Ruby. Have I ever had any business dealings—I want them to know my relationship.
Mr. Alexander. “Have you ever had any political or business connection with Castro or Cuba?”
Mr. Ruby. That’s a good question. Or, why did I make that trip to Havana?
Mr. Alexander. “Was your trip to Havana personal or business?” I think that’s overlapping that Cuban deal.
Mr. Ruby. Yes, but here’s the thing. When people ask me—they say, “Jack, you went to Havana, Cuba” and I say, “I went there for a vacation.” They say, “How long did you stay?” When I say, “8 days,”—you somehow have got to answer specifically that it was a vacation, because a person can be very evasive and say he went for a vacation but yet had other dealings there.
Mr. Alexander. “Was your trip to Havana purely for vacation and pleasure?”
Mr. Ruby. That’s right.
Mr. Alexander. Jack, my memory is just vague—you’ve never been to Mexico?
Mr. Ruby. I never have been to Mexico, but Bill, you know a lot of questions to ask me, I’m sure you know, that I’d like to get cleared up.