The CHAIRMAN. That is right. Mr. STERN. May we admit for the purposes of the record this list at this time, Mr. Chief Justice, which has been marked No. 834? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. There are no security matters in this? Mr. BELMONT. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted as Exhibit No. 834. (The document referred to, previously marked Commission Exhibit No. 834 for identification, was received in evidence.) Mr. STERN. Mr. Belmont, can you identify this letter dated February 6 with an attached affidavit which has been marked for identification as Commission Exhibit No. 835? (The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 835, for identification.) Mr. BELMONT. Yes; this is a letter dated February 6, 1964, to the Commission from the FBI to which is attached an affidavit by Director J. Edgar Hoover. Mr. STERN. What is the subject? Mr. BELMONT. Stating flatly that Lee Harvey Oswald was never an informant of the FBI. Mr. DULLES. Would you define informant. Obviously in the sense he knew some information as previously indicated from the previous interviews. I mean for the record, would you just define what you mean by an informant in this sense? Mr. BELMONT. An informant in this sense is an individual who has agreed to cooperate with the FBI and to furnish information to the FBI either for or without payment. Mr. STERN. Thank you. Mr. BELMONT. This would not, of course, include the cooperative citizen to whom we go, and who frequently and frankly discloses any information in his possession, but rather someone who joins an organization or seeks out information at the direction and instance of the FBI relative to subversive or criminal matters. In other words, I want to make it clear we do not regard patriotic citizens as informants. Mr. STERN. I take it you also would not have regarded Lee Oswald as an informant from the contacts with him that you have told us about and the other agents have told us about? Mr. BELMONT. Indeed not; in no way could he be considered an informant; in no way. Mr. STERN. Did you supervise or assist in the preparation of the information contained here? Mr. BELMONT. Yes, sir. Mr. STERN. And you are familiar with it? Mr. BELMONT. Yes; I am. Mr. STERN. And to your knowledge, does it accurately and completely state the Bureau's practice in recruiting a prospective informant? Mr. BELMONT. That is correct. Mr. STERN. Is there anything you would like to add to the information covered in there with respect to your practices regarding informants? Mr. BELMONT. No; only in my personal knowledge this is a correct statement and Lee Harvey Oswald was not an informant of the FBI. Mr. STERN. Did you ever use the term "agent" to apply to anyone other than an employee, a special agent employee of the FBI? Mr. BELMONT. No; we do not. Mr. DULLES. Could I ask you, Mr. Belmont, whether Mr. Fain's separation from the FBI had anything whatever to do with the Oswald case or in his handling of the Oswald case?