Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Miss JAMES. Again, it is the same interest I outlined before, which
is our responsibility of advising and knowing what is going on in the
Embassy in Moscow. We are the political office. We are responsible for
the Embassy, and we work together very closely, and we want to be sure
that what they send in is answered, how it is answered, and it is our
routine way of working to be sure that any despatch is answered, and
especially one of this type where we are interested in the case because
of the nature of the case.
Mr. COLEMAN. I show you an operations memorandum from the Department of
State to the American Embassy in Moscow, dated August 18, 1961, which
has already been marked as Commission Exhibit No. 939, and I ask you
if you saw a copy of that memorandum at or around the time when it was
sent, namely in August 1961?
Miss JAMES. My reply is we should have seen it, but whether we did or
not I don't think we did according to this file.
Mr. COLEMAN. You are saying there is nothing on the file which
indicates that you got a copy.
Miss JAMES. Nothing on the file that indicates we had it.
Mr. COLEMAN. You said that----
Miss JAMES. But I think we must have known that they made this decision.
Mr. COLEMAN. Did you have anything to do with the making of the
decision?
Miss JAMES. No; I don't think I can say we had anything to do with the
making of the decision. Those matters are legal decisions, and the
Passport Office would make it on the basis of their information.
Mr. COLEMAN. You or your office never called, to the best of your
knowledge----
Miss JAMES. To needle them on to make it? No.
Mr. COLEMAN. To make it one way or the other?
Miss JAMES. No.
Mr. COLEMAN. Could you tell me from your file the next document that
you looked at after receiving a copy of the Embassy despatch of July
11, 1961?
Miss JAMES. I have some notes I think will help me better than the file
which isn't in chronological order. I think it would have been the
Embassy report asking for a security advisory opinion on Mrs. Oswald's
visa application, which would be August 28, 1961, Commission No.
X-26----
Mr. COLEMAN. You mean State Department number.
Miss JAMES. I say, State Department No. X-26(2).
Mr. COLEMAN. Can the record show that the Commission exhibit number on
that document is Commission Exhibit No. 944.
Now, you say you received a copy of the August 28, 1961----
Miss JAMES. Yes, sir; I received that.
Mr. COLEMAN. Operations memorandum----
Miss JAMES. Twenty-five.
Mr. COLEMAN. Now, after you received a copy, what did you do?
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