Mr. Liebeler.

(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Rankin.

Will you first respond, Mr. Dobbs, to whether or not this Dobbs' No. 11 appears to be a typewritten copy of a letter that you wrote to Lee Harvey Oswald in response to his inquiry about the Socialist Workers Party?

Mr. Dobbs.

Yes, it appears to be the type of letter I would have written.

Mr. Rankin.

Do you understand that we are going to secure the original and submit it to you to see if it is in fact the letter that you did write, and if you find that it is, then it will be offered as a part of this deposition?

Mr. Dobbs.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

Will you initial now Dobbs' No. 9, please?
(Witness compiles.)

Mr. Watts.

Mr. Rankin, in his responding he did not get past that coupon.

Mr. Rankin.

Yes. Will you describe the balance of Dobbs' No. 9? I understand you completed with the coupon but not the other two pieces.

Mr. Dobbs.

The second item is a letter from Lee H. Oswald, addressed apparently to the Socialist Workers Party and marked "Received" under date of August 13, 1962, in which he requests information about the nature of the party and its policies. The third is a letter to Lee H. Oswald from the Socialist Workers Party under date of August 23, 1962, indicating that a pamphlet is being enclosed for him entitled "The Socialist Workers Party--What It Is, What It Stands For."

Mr. Rankin.

I asked you whether or not the Socialist Workers Party had any organization in Dallas. What is the fact in regard to Fort Worth and New Orleans at that time?

Mr. Dobbs.

No, we had no organization anywhere in that area.
(Document marked Dobbs' Exhibit No. 10.)

Mr. Rankin.

Will you examine Dobbs' No. 10 and tell us what that exhibit consists of.

Mr. Dobbs.

A letter signed "Lee H. Oswald" to the Socialist Workers Party, dated September 1, 1963, stating that he would like to know if he could get in direct contact with SWP representatives in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area.

Mr. Rankin.

Will you please initial that?

Mr. Dobbs.

Right on the envelope?

Mr. Rankin.

That is right.
(Witness complies.)

Mr. Rankin.

I notice that Dobbs' No. 9 refers to a Sherry Finer signed on the letter, copy of which is dated August 23, 1962.

Mr. Dobbs.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

Who is Sherry Finer?

Mr. Dobbs.

She is one of the volunteer assistants that helps me occasionally with office work.

Mr. Rankin.

And No. 11 is a typewritten copy of the original, purportedly an answer to Lee Harvey Oswald that we have already referred to, and you have said you thought it would be the type of letter at least that you would write in answer?

Mr. Dobbs.

That is correct.

Mr. Rankin.

And we have said that we would get the original and submit it to you for your examination. If you find that the original is the original of Dobbs' No. 11 when it is submitted to you, will you then initial it and return it to us so we can make it a part of the record here?

Mr. Dobbs.

I will do so.

Mr. Rankin.

Thank you.
(Document marked Dobbs' Exhibit No. 12.)

Mr. Rankin.

I hand you Dobbs' No. 12 and ask you if you know anything about the person Bob Chester that purportedly signed the original of that letter.

Mr. Dobbs.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

Who is that Bob Chester?

Mr. Dobbs.

It is an associate of mine, works in collaboration with me, a day volunteer here in the party office.