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they had headquarters in *ev ^orV and tbat he had been ' ecretary for tHf:
organisation in Haw "rleans wben he lived there. He also said that h sup-
ports the Castro Revolution. One of the officers had told me that he had
rented the room on keckley under the mme of L , ♦ ^ee. I ■ sked hi?a why
he did this. H® said the landlady did it. %e didn't understand his
mm correctly.
Oswald asked if he was allowed an attorney and I told hiin he could
have any attorney be liked, and that the telephone would he available to him
up in the jail and he could call anyone he wished* 1 believe it was dur-
ing this interview that be f'rst expressed a desire to talk to Mr. Abt, an
attorney in Wew Aork. Interviews on thin day were interrupted by sbowups
where witnesses identified Oswald positively as the mn who killed Officer
Ti*~pit, and the tiwe that X would have to talk to another witness or to
so^e of tbe officers. One of these showups was held «t h*3f> rm arse the
next one at 6 s30 and at 7s$? p * At 7s0*> rm I signed a complaint he-
fore Bill Alexander of the ri-strict attorney's office, charging Oswald with
the fippit umrder* At 7s 10 rm Tippit was arraigned before ^udge Johnston*
During the second day interviews 1 asked Oswald about a card that he had in
his purse showing that he belonged to the Fair Play foi Cuba Committee, which
he admitted was his. 1 asked hiia about another identification card in his
pocket hearing the name of Alex Hidell* He said he picked up that name
in lew Orleans while working in the fair **lay for Cuba organization# He
said he spoke Fussian, that he corresponded with people in Russia, and that
he received newspapers .from Russia*
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