Mrs. Tarasoff: If any place, he would go back to Russia. Because his wife is/Russian extraction. And this is the one reason it puzzled both Boris and I that although he married a Russian, why was shé given permission to leave the country when it is so difficult for others to leave? So there must be some sort, there must have been sort of an angle there. While he married a Russian girl, and he lived there, I believe it was three or four years. Mr. Blackmer: While we're on this record, let's not get into opinions, I want to get anything that you can © recall having seen on that transcript that indicated where he wanted to go. You say he wanted financial aid, that he was broke. Did it indicate where he wanted to go? Mrs. Tarasoff: He really didn't care. He wanted to go to either Cuba or to Russia. Mr. Blackmer: Do you know that from the transcript? Mrs. Tarasoff: I would say that's exactly what he wanted, if I can rely on my memory. ’Mr. Blackmer: And your.memory. of what was in the e transcript, that he wanted to go to Cuba or to Russia. HW 55923 DBocld: 32277225 Page 102
2 -78- . Mrs. Tarasoff: He didn't want to stay in Mexico. That was for sure. His purpose in coming to Mexico was to contact either one of the embassies because he couldntt get any results in Washington.from the embassies. Mr. Blackmer: We want to stay only with the knowledge that you have based on what you transcribed. And you think that you transcribed something that indicated that he wanted to leave Mexico City and travel to Cuba or Russia? Mrs. Tarasoff: That's right. Mr. Blackmer: And is that anywhere contained in this 16 October 1963 memo? Mrs. Tarasoff: Well, as far as dates are concerned. Mr. Blackmer: You see the memo before you. Do you see anything in there that indicates that he said that he wanted to travel to Russia? Mrs. Tarasoff: No, none whatsoever. Mr. Blackmer: Do you see anything in there sir?. Mr. Tarasoff: I don't. I can't recollect. HW 55923 DBocld:32277225 Page 103
HW 55923 -79- Mr. Blackmer: Well, you have the memo in front of you. Mr. Tarasoff: Well, I mean I can't recollect the transcription. Mr. Blackmer: We will see if we can get that transcription. I want to thank you very much. I will conclude my questioning and Mr. Brooten will now conclude the remaining: session. Thank you Mrs. Tarasoff, Mr. Tarasoff. Mr. Brooten: Now I have given Mr. Tarasoff a receipt for that portable typewriter. Mrs. Tarasoff: When you send it back, have it in working order. Mr. Brooten: Just for the record, do I have your consent to take that and to run any tests on it. Mrs. Tarasoff: Yes, you certainly do. Mr. Brooten: As I explained to you, at some future date, the Select Committee on Assassinations of the House of Representatives may request your presence to appear and testify. Would you be willing to appear and testify before the Congress regarding the matters to which we have discussed Doclda: 32277225 Page 104
HW 55923 -80- Mr. Brooten: today, that is your transcription of the telephone tape between Lee Harvey Oswald and officials of the Soviet Embassy. Mrs. Tarasoff: I have no objection. As I long as it ‘would be a closed session and not a public thing. Mr. Tarassof: I have no objection. Mr. Brooten: All right. Mrs. Tarassof: You know, some of these are open to the public and everybody likes to sit in ona conversa- tion and then everybody draws their) own conclusions. | | got Mr. Tarassof: By God, the KGB has/a stack of documents about me that high. Mr. Blackmer: Kenneth, before you conclude there is one thing I did not go over with Mrs. Tarassof, and I'll do that very briefly. Mrs. Tarassof, I want to show you a few photographs. And tell me if you recognize that individual. Mrs. Tarassof: No. Docld: 32277225 Page 105