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. Now, I take it you just read this and put it in the file.
Mr. SEELEY. I would presume that I cut this article out. I see that it
is my printing on the side there where it says "Oswald, Lee Harvey" on
the right-hand side.
Mr. COLEMAN. That is your printing?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir; and I would presume that I saw the article in the
newspaper, cut it out and brought it to be filed with this case.
Mr. COLEMAN. Sir, I show you a sheet which has the word "Refusal"
Commission Exhibit No. 962, and ask you whether that hand printing that
appears there is your printing, too?
Mr. SEELEY. No, sir; that is not. I have looked at that. It doesn't
look like mine.
Mr. COLEMAN. Now, after you put this newspaper article in the file, did
you have anything else to do with the file?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes; I sent this item, this is CS, these items to our
Special Services, Miss Waters.
Mr. COLEMAN. Do you know what she did?
Mr. SEELEY. No; I don't. I have no recollection. I see that it was as
requested. It may have been a telephone request.
Mr. COLEMAN. Did you have anything else to do with the file?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. COLEMAN. What was that?
Mr. SEELEY. That was on October 22, 1963.
Mr. COLEMAN. What occasioned your looking at the file on October 22,
1963?
Mr. SEELEY. I am looking right now at State Department Exhibit X-3.
Mr. COLEMAN. And what occasioned your looking at the file on October
22, 1963?
Mr. SEELEY. It was the transmittal from INR of the Department
transmitting a secret--well, I know what it is, a CIA document,
telegram, to the Passport Office.
Mr. COLEMAN. Can you recall what the CIA telegram said?
Mr. SEELEY. The telegram said in effect that Lee Oswald had appeared
or had contacted, I believe was the word, the Soviet Embassy in Mexico
City in October 1963.
Mr. COLEMAN. Now, did the telegram also indicate that Oswald was the
person who in 1959 had attempted to defect?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir.
Mr. COLEMAN. Now, when you got the telegram on your desk, did you also
get the file with it?
Mr. SEELEY. Yes, sir; the passport file.
Mr. COLEMAN. That came to you at the same time, or did you get the
telegram and then send for the file?
Mr. SEELEY. I had the whole thing. I am morally certain on this, that
I had the whole file. I can tell by the reconstruction on this. Mr.
Ritchie and myself have discussed this. We are both sure how this went
about.
Do you want me to give this reconstruction?
Mr. COLEMAN. You can, if you wish to; yes.
Mr. SEELEY. I notice that there was a little note. "Mr. Anderson pull
previous." "Previous" means to pull the file, whatever file there is.
This was on October 17. The file was pulled according to our records in
our office on October 17 or 18, I forget the exact date. It was within
a day or so thereafter this. And I presume that this was first reviewed
by Mr. Ritchie and then reviewed by myself.
Mr. COLEMAN. When you pulled the file which is the State Department
file X----
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