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. 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 O. 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 the memorandum. That is in the normal course of business, that
would be the way it was handled.
Mr. COLEMAN. But you don't have any independent recollection of whether
you checked through the file to see whether----
Mr. SEELEY. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. COLEMAN. Could you tell me who wrote the memorandum from looking at
the initials?
Mr. SEELEY. I think it was a Mrs. Abboud.
Mr. COLEMAN. Did you discuss it with her before?
Mr. SEELEY. No, sir; I did not. This came from the citizenship area.
She is in the citizenship area.
Mr. COLEMAN. If they prepare a memorandum for your signature, just
merely because somebody in the citizenship area drafts it doesn't mean
that you sign it, does it?
Mr. SEELEY. No, sir; it does not. I would imagine, although I don't
have any recollection, that I did look into the file.
Mr. COLEMAN. Is it fair to say that you would not just initial it
merely because somebody else had drafted it?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir.
Mr. COLEMAN. And normally you would look through the file?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir; in the normal course of business I would look at
the file--see what my own conclusion was.
Mr. COLEMAN. After you drafted or after you initialed the memorandum
which has been marked as Seeley Exhibit No. 6, what was the next
occasion you had to look at the Oswald file?
Mr. SEELEY. The next occasion concerned the two items that are
identified as X-5.
Mr. COLEMAN. Could we mark as Seeley Exhibit No. 7 a photostatic copy
of an article which appeared in the Washington Post on Saturday, June
9, 1962, and also attached is a reference slip.
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 7 for
identification.)
Mr. COLEMAN. Are they the two items that you refer to?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir; they are.
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