Mr. Dulles.

At what time was that?

Mr. Hosty.

November 1 when we got the report.

Mr. Stern.

When you reviewed Mr. Kaack's report?

Mr. Hosty.

Right.

Mr. Stern.

You were aware when you read that report that he had----

Mr. Hosty.

Lied; or was inconsistent.

Mr. Stern.

He had said in New Orleans that he had been married in Fort Worth, married a girl named Prossa, that he had originally told the New Orleans police that he had been born in Cuba.

Mr. Hosty.

Yes.

Mr. Stern.

You were aware of all these inconsistencies?

Mr. Hosty.

Right.

Mr. Stern.

What did these suggest to you in view of what you knew about Oswald?

Mr. Hosty.

I knew that he was not telling the truth in his interview in New Orleans, because I had previously checked the background of his wife and himself, and I knew that she was born in Russia and her name was not Prossa. They were not married in Fort Worth, so I knew he was not telling the truth.

Mr. Stern.

You knew that on November 1.

Mr. Hosty.

Right.

Mr. Stern.

And at what time did you know of Oswald's trip to Mexico City and his apparent appearance there at the Russian Embassy?

Mr. Hosty.

The 25th of October.

Mr. Stern.

Had you received any----

Mr. Mccloy.

Let's get these years right.

Mr. Hosty.

The 25th of October 1963.

Mr. Stern.

Had you received any information about any other contacts with Russian officials by Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Hosty.

Not at that time.

Mr. Stern.

What other information did you have at anytime about that?

Mr. Hosty.

On November 22, after the assassination of President Kennedy, I was advised that our Washington field office of the FBI had determined that he, Lee Oswald, had been in contact with the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. I learned that after the assassination.

Mr. Stern.

After the assassination?

Mr. Hosty.

Right, sir.

Mr. Stern.

Putting that aside for the moment, what was your evaluation of Lee Harvey Oswald based on the work that you had done and the reports that you had made, the information you gathered early in November?

Mr. Hosty.

Well, there were many questions to be resolved. I was quite interested in determining the nature of his contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. I had not resolved that on the 22d of November. We were still waiting to resolve that. Prior to that, I mean that would be the only thing----

Mr. Stern.

What had you planned to do after November 5 about this case?

Mr. Hosty.

Well as I had previously stated, I have between 25 and 40 cases assigned to me at any one time. I had other matters to take care of. I had now established that Lee Oswald was not employed in a sensitive industry. I can now afford to wait until New Orleans forwarded the necessary papers to me to show me I now had all the information. It was then my plan to interview Marina Oswald in detail concerning both herself and her husband's background.

Mr. Stern.

Had you planned any steps beyond that point?

Mr. Hosty.

No. I would have to wait until I had talked to Marina to see what I could determine, and from there I could make my plans.

Mr. Stern.

Did you take any act-ion on this case. between November 5 and November 22?

Mr. Hosty.

No, sir.

Mr. Stern.

I think we can then turn to the events of November 22, and have you tell us what transpired that day, beginning with the morning.

Mr. Hosty.

All right. The first order of business from 8:15 to 9 o'clock the special agent in charge held the regular biweekly conference. Now we held a conference in our office every other Friday morning. It so happened that this was the Friday morning which we would hold this conference, at which time