(Testimony of Sylvia Odio)
Mrs. Odio.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
A different one?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Who is he?
Mrs. Odio.
Martino is one that has written a book called "I was a Prisoner in Castro Cuba," and he was on the Isle of Pines for 3 years. He came to Dallas and gave a talk to the Cubans about conditions in Cuba, and she was one of the ones that went to the meeting.
Mr. Liebeler.
Mrs. Connell?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes; and my sister Annie went, too.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Dr. Einspruch tell you that he had talked to the FBI?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
About this?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you roughly what his conversation with the FBI was?
Mrs. Odio.
He told me that they had asked him if I had hallucinations, that I was a person who was trying to make up some kind of story. That was the context of our story. I trusted Dr. Einspruch very much. He always told me the truth.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you he had told the FBI that you did not have hallucinations and you had probably not made this up?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes. Other people make it up, but--
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Mr. Einspruch tell you he had discussed this question with some representatives of the President's Commission?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you what that conversation was about?
Mrs. Odio.
He told me that they had talked about an hour and a half about this whole thing, and he told them that he had already told me the whole facts of the thing, and he said let's not mention it any more. You know what we discussed. Don't be afraid.
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you Still seeing Dr. Einspruch?
Mrs. Odio.
No; I am through with therapy. He left.
Mr. Liebeler.
He is no longer in Dallas?
Mrs. Odio.
No; he left for Philadelphia for the U.S. Naval Hospital.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you tell Dr. Einspruch that you had seen Oswald .in more than one anti-Castro Cuban meeting?
Mrs. Odio.
No; I don't think so, because I have never seen him before except the day he came to the door.
Mr. Liebeler.
You have never seen him since?
Mrs. Odio.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
You told us before that you had a fainting spell after you heard about the assassination. Would you tell us about that, please?
Mrs. Odio.
Well, 'I had been having fainting spells all the past year. I would pass out for hours, and .this was part of my emotional problems. I was doing quite well except that I had come back from lunch, and I can, not deny that the news was a great shock to me, and I did pass out. I was taken in an ambulance to a hospital in Irving.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you pass out as soon as you had heard that the President had been shot?
Mrs. Odio.
No; when I started thinking about it.
Mr. Liebeler.
Had you heard that Oswald was involved in it before you passed out?
Mrs. Odio.
Can I say something off the record?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
(Witness talks off the record.)
Mr. Liebeler.
At this point let's go back on the record. You indicated that you thought perhaps the three men who had come to your apartment had something to do with the assassination?
Mrs. Odio.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And you thought of that before you had the fainting spell?
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