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13-00000slowly. It wasn't going at a high rate of speed, so that he had perfect oppor-tunity to do it.Now, some people have raised the question: Why didn't he shoot the Presi-dent as the car came toward the storehouse where he was working?The reason for that is, I think, the fact there were some trees between hiswindow on the sixth floor and the cars as they turned and went through thepark. So he waited until the car got out from under the trees, and the limbs,and then he had a perfectly clear view of the occupants of the car, and Ithink he took aim, either on the President or Connally, and I personally believeit was the President in view of the twisted mentality the man had.But he had given no indication of that we had interviewed him, I think,three times. Of course, our interviews were predicated to find out whether hehad been recruited by the Russian intelligence service, because they frequentlydo that.Representative Boggs. And had he been?Mr. HOOVER. He had not been, so he said, and we have no proof that he was.He had been over there long enough but they never gave him citizenship inRussia at all. I think they probably looked upon him more as a kind of aqueer sort of individual and they didn't trust him too strongly.But just the day before yesterday information came to me indicating thatthere is an espionage training school outside of Minsk-I don't know whetherit is true and that he was trained at that school to come back to this countryto become what they call a "sleeper," that is a man who will remain dormantfor 3 or 4 years and in case of international hostilities rise up and be used.I don't know of any espionage school at Minsk or near Minsk, and I don'tknow how you could find out if there ever was one because the Russians won'ttell you if you asked them.They do have espionage and sabotage schools in Russia and they do havean assassination squad that is used by them but there is no indication he hadany association with anything of that kind.Representative Bogas. Now we have some people, including this man's mother,talk about Oswald having been an agent of the Government of the United States.I think his mother mentioned the CIA; she has made these statements publiclyfor money, apparently.Mr. HOOVER. Yes; she has.Representative Boggs. Just for the purpose of the record, I think it would bewell if you would comment on that, Mr. Director.Mr. HOOVER. Of course, we have interviewed his mother and his wife, andall his relatives, and everybody that he is known to have associated with. Hismother I would put in a category of being emotionally unstable. She hasbeen around the country making speeches, and the first indication of heremotional instability was the retaining of a lawyer that anyone would nothave retained if they really were serious in trying to get down to the facts.But she has been in New York City; she has been in Chicago; I think otherparts of the country, always speaking for money.Now, that kind of an individual is the type we have seen over the years,who will say almost anything to draw a crowd. Just to be able to say something sensational. Many times we have gone out to such people and askedthem specifically, "Now, what is your basis for this?" And they will say,"Well, I just had a feeling that that was true, so I said it."She has never made that statement to us, but we have many other instanceswhere that kind of statement is made. They don't have the legal evidence thatyou must have if you are going to take any positive action. I would put verylittle credence in anything that his mother said.I think his wife was a far more reliable person in statements that she made,so far as we were able to ascertain, than his mother. I think the mother hadin mind, naturally, the fact she wanted to clear her son's name, which wasa natural instinct, but more importantly she was going to see how much moneyshe could make, and I believe she has made a substantial sum.Representative Boggs. And the allegations she has made about this man beingan agent either of the CIA or the FBI are false?Mr. HOOVER. Well, I can certainly speak for the FBI that it is false, and I105