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what I didn't know I looked up in the book we had there,
which was a new product to us too, that van. So then they
got the bid made up, and the man seemed to be satisfied
with it and the total amount of money, and the price the
product was going to cost them. And then this man's name
was mentioned and then this fellow appeared to be about,
like I said, 5'6 or 7" maybe, kind of thin, about 140
umaybe a little less. He looked like he needed a meal and
he looked like he needed a haircut. He was clean but he
wasn't well dressed and he wasn't shabby. He said by the
way, you'd better put my down on there becuase I'm the man
handling the money. He got kind of spruced up you know,
and he hadn't said too much before that. He was kind of
overseeing the thing. The fact is, he didn't have much to
say about the quality or anything like that. He was just
observing before that. And then we got to talking and
OSCAR says "What. is your name?" and if I remember he used
just LEE OSWALD not HARVEY.
JG:
He didn't use OSWALD he used LEE.
FS:
Was it LEE?
JG:
Do you ever recollect he said LEE OSWALD?
FS:
I think LEE OSWALD, and I think OSCAR wrote it down. Or
that may be - it's been six years I may be wrong. If you
have that paper you know. I can't remember that long. But
I remember the men. So then when the President was assas-
inated and the name came out, OSCAR come in either the nex
morning or the morning after and and said, "Say Fred, do
you remember-Chose two guys who was in here from Cuba
trying to get some buses cheap?* and I said, "Yes". He sai
"I think that one of those men was the one who killed the
President." I said, "Aw your kidding" and he said "We've
got a piece of paper around here somewhere with a bid on
it. " He went and hauled that piece of paper out and the
OSCAR called the F.B.I.
JG:
Did it have "OSWALD" on it or "LEE OSWALD"? Do you
remember looking at it?
FS:
I can't remember that. It's been six years but I know
that the man who identified himself as OSWALD was in the
office and made that remark. Now, I do know that.
JG:
You do remember that. (not understandable ) Kind of
Latin type?
FS:
Yes. Kind of olive complexioned and he was, like I said,
he was à good technician. I've been in this business abou
30 years and he knew his business and what he wanted to bu
JG:
Was he heavy -set or thin.
FS:
No.
JG:
He wasn't heavy-set?
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