Mr. Coleman.

(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 5 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

I ask you, sir; whether that is the document you refer to.

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you draft Seeley Exhibit No. 5?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

You reviewed it?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; on March 28, 1962.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you have anything to do with Seeley Exhibit No. 5 other than the fact that you just read it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

Why would you be reading it?

Mr. Seeley.

The item was referred to, a copy of this item was referred to Miss Knight. It was, in turn, referred to the Legal Division, and then in turn referred to the Security Branch of the Legal Division.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you take any action with respect to it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I did not, other than to note that I had read it and initialed it.

Mr. Coleman.

Did the fact that he had originally stated that he had information as a radar operator in the Marine Corps which he would make available to the Soviet Union--did that in any way raise in your mind a security problem?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; I thought that this certainly raised a doubt. He had originally, I think, way back had made some similar type statement. Here he made the statement, "Oswald stated he had never in fact been subjected to any questioning or briefing by the Soviet authorities concerning his life or experiences prior to entering the Soviet Union, and never provided such information to any Soviet organ." I thought that certainly there were two statements by him.

Mr. Coleman.

I note on the copy you have there is a red check right beside the line which I read. Did you place that red check on there?

Mr. Seeley.

I don't think so, sir. It looks like I think I had a regular pencil, and I think I would have done it with a pencil.

Mr. Coleman.

Merely because a person who had attempted to defect now says when he is trying to get back into the country, "I really didn't tell the Soviets anything," that wouldn't completely satisfy you that maybe he hadn't, would it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; but I had no information that he had in fact done so. He had just made a statement that he would. I think that was his original statement.

Mr. Coleman.

But you didn't do anything other than read Seeley Exhibit No. 5?

Mr. Seeley.

That is right, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

When was the next occasion you had anything to do with the file?

Mr. Seeley.

The next concerns Item X-7, which is a memorandum from Robert D. Johnson to William 0. Boswell, dated May 4, 1962.

Mr. Coleman.

We have marked that as Seeley Exhibit No. 6, and identified as a memorandum from Robert D. Johnson to William O. Boswell, dated May 4, 1962.
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 6 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

Did you draft this memorandum?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I did not.

Mr. Coleman.

What did you have to do with it? You just read it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I signed it in Mr. Johnson's stead, to send it on its way to Mr. Boswell.

Mr. Coleman.

In effect, you said that based upon the evidence and information of record, that Oswald had not expatriated himself under the pertinent laws of the United States?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you review the file before you wrote that memorandum?

Mr. Seeley.

I didn't write the memorandum. Before I signed it?

Mr. Coleman.

Yes.

Mr. Seeley.

I don't have any recollection of it. I presume the file was with