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
Mr. COLEMAN. After you concurred in the operations memorandum of
August 18, 1961, what was the next occasion on which you had anything
to do with the Oswald file?
Mr. SEELEY. So far as I can determine----
Mr. COLEMAN. The Commission Exhibit No. 979 is the same as I have
marked as Seeley Exhibit No. 3.
Mr. SEELEY. So far as I can determine by examination of the file, the
next contact I had with the file concerns a slip that is part of State
X-19, consisting of a DS-10 reference slip dated 12-29-61.
Mr. COLEMAN. That is attached to a letter from L. A. Mack, to the
Director of the Passport Office of the State Department, is that
correct?
Mr. SEELEY. Mr. Coleman, on that particular item, I don't think that
that was what it was attached to. I think it was probably attached to
X-20.
Mr. COLEMAN. What is that?
Mr. SEELEY. That is a memorandum from Miss Knight to Mr. Boswell.
Mr. COLEMAN. Will you read that memorandum into the record? It is short.
Mr. SEELEY. Yes; the subject is: "Lee Harvey Oswald." It is classified
"Confidential."
It states: "We refer to the Office Memorandum of July 27, 1961, from
SY, which stated that 'renounced United States citizenship.' Mr. Oswald
attempted to renounce United States citizenship but did not in fact
renounce United States citizenship. Our determination on the basis of
the information and evidence presently of record is that Mr. Oswald did
not expatriate himself, and remains a citizen of the United States."
Mr. COLEMAN. You say that your reference slip of 12-29-61 was attached
to that memorandum?
Mr. SEELEY. I would presume it was.
Mr. COLEMAN. Would you look at the letter, the Mack letter from the
Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Director of Passports?
Mr. SEELEY. I am looking at it.
Mr. COLEMAN. Did you see that letter or did you have anything to do
with that letter?
Mr. SEELEY. So far as I know, I had nothing to do with that letter. I
have seen the letter.
Mr. COLEMAN. By the time you did, the reference slip of 12-29-61--which
I would like the reporter to indicate was marked Seeley Exhibit No.
4--what was your job in the State Department?
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 4 for
identification.)
Mr. SEELEY. At the time that I--I was still Chief of the Security
Branch of the Legal Division.
Mr. COLEMAN. What does PT-L mean?
Mr. SEELEY. PT-L, Passport-Legal, PT-LS, Passport-Legal Security.
To give you an idea about it, the Legal Division is divided into two
branches, and we have a short designation for it, PT-LS and PT-LAD.
Mr. COLEMAN. I see.
Mr. SEELEY. I will tell you further if you wish, about this particular
item. This was----
Mr. COLEMAN. What is this particular item? You are now talking about
the letter?
Mr. SEELEY. The letter; yes.
Mr. COLEMAN. It is the Mack letter?
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