NODULE X7 OSWALD IN MINSK AND THE U2 DUMP: JANUARY ...

I can‟t say wether I will ever get back to the States of not, if I can get the
government to drop charges against me, and get the Russians to let me
out with my then maybe I‟ll be seeing you again. But" you know it is not
simple for either of those two things. I am in touch with the American
Embassy in Moscow so if anything comes up I‟ll know.
In his next letter to Robert Edward Oswald, June 26, 1961 he wrote: "I assume the
government must have a few charge's against me, since my coming here like that is
illigle. But I really don't know exacly what charges."
On July 11, 1961 Snyder wrote this about his interview with OSWALD:
Oswald indicated some anxiety as to whether, should he return to the
United States, he would face possible lengthy imprisonment for his act of
remaining in the Soviet Union. Oswald was told informally that the
Embassy did not perceive, on the basis of information in its possession,
on what grounds he might be subject to conviction leading to punishment
of such severity as he apparently had in mind. It was clearly stated to him,
however, that the Embassy could give him no assurance as to whether
upon his desired return to the United States he might be liable for
prosecution for offenses committed in violation of laws of the United
States or any of its States. Oswald said he understood this, He had simply
felt that in his own interest he could not go back to the United States if it
meant returning to a number of years in prison, and had delayed
approaching the Soviet authorities concerning departing from the Soviet
Union until he “had this end of the thing straightened out.”
In yet another letter he wrote in January 1962 he asked his brother: "You once said that
you asked around about weather or not the U.S. government had any charges against
me, you said at that time 'no', maybe you should ask around again, its possible now that
the government knows I'm coming and will have something waiting." [ltr. 1.30.62]
BORIS KLOSSON
When OSWALD was interviewed at the American Embassy, Moscow, on July 11, 1961,
Boris Klosson (born January 21, 1919; died 1990) questioned him about the statement
"which he had made to the interviewing officer at the time of his first appearance at the
Embassy on October 31, 1959, to the effect that he would willingly make available to the
Soviet Union such information as he had acquired as a radar operator in the Marine
Corps." OSWALD stated:
…he was never in fact subjected to any questioning or briefing by Soviet
authorities concerning his life experiences prior to entering the Soviet
Union and never provided such information to any Soviet organization. He
stated he doubted in fact that he would have given such information if
requested despite his statements made at the Embassy. OSWALD