Why didn't you do that in the light of the fact--
Miss JAMES. Because there was no reason at this time. He was in the Soviet Union trying to get out, and it would not have occurred to me to predict that 5 years from now he might want to go back and we should put a stop on his passport. In fact, I don't ever recall taking such action.

Mr. Coleman.

After you drafted this memorandum, did you send the telegram to the Embassy which you suggest in the last paragraph should be sent?
Miss JAMES. I did not send any telegram as far as I know. If it had been sent, it would have been sent by the Visa Office on the basis of our recommendation. I would assume if they agreed to this memorandum, they sent it.

Mr. Coleman.

Was the memorandum which I have marked as James Exhibit No. 2 in any way motivated or written as a result of the telegram dated March 15, 1962, which you received from the Embassy in Moscow, which says: "Please advise when decision on petition in 243(g) waiver Lee Oswald wife may be expected," which I have marked as James Exhibit No. 3 and am showing you a copy of it.
(The document referred to was marked James Exhibit No. 3 for identification.)
Miss JAMES. May I have you repeat that question again, please?

Mr. Coleman.

I am asking you was the memorandum of March 16, 1962, drafted by you, which we have marked as James Exhibit No. 2, in any way motivated by the telegram from the Embassy dated March 15, which I have marked as James Exhibit No. 3? It came out of State Department file IV-13.
Miss JAMES. My memory is that it was not motivated in entirety, although undoubtedly the telegram brought the case to our attention. As I recall in those days or weeks preceding March 16, I had been in conversation with Mr. Crump and Mr. Owen and I had been discussing the case, and I cannot be sure, but I believe that we would have had this in our mind before the telegram came in. But undoubtedly the telegram would make us expedite the writing of this memorandum.

Mr. Coleman.

After you wrote the memorandum of March 16, 1961, did you draft the letter which Mr. Crump sent to INS, asking it to reconsider its original decision that it would not waive section 243 (g)?
Miss JAMES. May I see a copy of that letter? You asked me if I drafted it?

Mr. Coleman.

Yes.
Miss JAMES. No; I did not draft it, but I believe some of the reasoning in the letter was based on the memorandum from SOV.

Mr. Coleman.

Can you tell me who drafted?
Miss JAMES. Mr. Crump has his initials on the file copy. Again, I didn't clear that outgoing letter. Mr. Owen cleared it.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you draft a memorandum from Mr. Hale to Mr. Cieplinski, dated March 20, 1962, or did Mr. Crump draft that?
Miss JAMES. Mr. Crump drafted that.

Mr. Coleman.

March 20,1962.
Miss JAMES. We have March 23 from Hale to Cieplinski. It was drafted on the 20th, apparently sent on the 23d.

Mr. Coleman.

I will mark as James Exhibit No. 3-A a memorandum from Mr. Hale to Mr. Cieplinski in re immigrant visa of Mrs. Marina H. Oswald, and ask you whether you have seen a copy of that document.
Miss JAMES. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

You got a copy, but you didn't draft it?
Miss JAMES. No; you said, did I see a copy of it, I thought.

Mr. Coleman.

Yes; and is that the same document that you described as the memorandum dated March Miss JAMES. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

After the memorandum-
Miss JAMES. May I have a moment, please, to read this letter that they sent to the INS?

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