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. aha { - DeLoach to Mohr 6-4-64 Re: William: Manchester, Author of Kennedy Book . To, Be Published in 1969 +h Tilsen ntae int Appointment with 471i ector, 4VA4 wae f_A_BA VGjileg VU'ErVs "* _” yfanchester asked if the matter of a President being assassinated b ‘not being a Federal crime had ever been discussed fully by the Congress, or anyone else > according to the Director's kmowledge. The Director replied that there had been no ¢c.scussion to any extent. He stated the matter had just never been considered, ie ma A Pape ge Manchester inquired as to whether the FBI bad prior material on Oswald wRatnewas tha asancctnatian ha Tec antaw wanlisadA that <-- ee ee ee ee eee ee Luisa Lue assaSsi1iauoh, The MLLCULYS LOCPLICU WLlAb We did Udve Sve information regarding Oswald, however, it was cuite flimsy in nature, The Director then explained at some length the background of Oswald, He told Manchester of the press releases that Oswald made in Moscow. He told Manchester of Oswald's employment in a factory in Minsk, Russia, and of the fact that Oswald had later returned to Moscow. The Director stated that he certainly did not understand why the Department of State had failed to have Oswald sign an affidavit forfeitting his American citizenship at the time Oswald returned to Moscow and visited the U. S. Embassy. Manchester spoke up and stated that the, State Department claimed they had wanted to find out if Oswald had committed an extraditable crime in the Soviet Union, therefore, no signed affidavit was taken from hir. The Director again deplored the failure to have such an affidavit executed. The Director continued that we had interviewed Oswald within two or three dzys following his arrival in the United States. He explained that we, of course, desired to find out if Oswald had been recruited as an intelligence agent by the Soviet Union. The Director told Manchester that this did not appear to be true. He acded that Oswald had ciassified himself as a Marxist rather than a communist, The Director added that Oswald had later been interviewed in New Orleans after getting into a street squabble with anti-Castroites over leaflets being handed out by Oswald, The Director told Manchester that Oswald could best be termed a "loner." He explained Oswald's toczunuuiications with the Communist Party in the United States but added that Oswald .ad never joined the Party. The Director told of the incidents surrounding Oswald's attempt to kill General Walker in Dallas. He added that Oswald's wife, Marina, had advised us of this incident following the assassination, The Director summarized this part of the interview by indicating there appeared to be nothing in Oswald's background which would reflect that he was a man of violence and most certainly nothing which indicated that Oswald had any intentions of assassinating the President. Manchester asked if the Director did not find it odd that Mrs. Oswald had failed to tell anyone about the attempted assassination of General Walker until after the murder of President Kennedy, The Director replied that he did not find this ocd in view of the cold relationship between Oswald and his wife, the language barrier or the pari of Mrs. Oswald and the fact that Mrs. Oswald did not have the natural instincts of an American woman but to the contrary hada different attitude altogether, He stated he placed no significance in Mrs. Oswald's failure to advise of this incident prior to the assassination, J w\ -~§-