Mr. Rankin.

Did you at one time have such a connection?

Mr. Lee.

Yes; I did.

Mr. Rankin.

During what period?

Mr. Lee.

From the year of 1963--yes, last year.

Mr. Rankin.

When was it closed up?

Mr. Lee.

Officially the office went out of existence. December 1963.

Mr. Rankin.

In 1963?

Mr. Lee.

December 1963. Eviction notice was served and the office was closed.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you have some communications with Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Lee.

Yes; I did.

Mr. Rankin.

Have you made a search of your files for all communications that you had with him?

Mr. Lee.

Upon being communicated with by the Federal agents, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, at their behest I made an exhausting search throughout the whole Fair Play offices for any and all communications which were there, and finding certain communications I turned them over to the Federal agents, particularly Federal Agent Kennedy, in early December 1963.

Mr. Rankin.

When did you make that search?

Mr. Lee.

Within a day or two after being contacted by the Federal agents.

Mr. Rankin.

Can you tell us the approximate date of that contact?

Mr. Lee.

I believe it was the first week of December.

Mr. Rankin.

1963?

Mr. Lee.

1963, yes. I am not positive. I am pretty sure it was somewhere around that time.

Mr. Rankin.

Was that search made by you personally?

Mr. Lee.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Rankin.

Was it a thorough and complete search?

Mr. Lee.

Well, I went through every scrap of paper down to the last little scrap behind the desk and under radiators and in cabinets and in drawers and under desk blotters and every possible conceivable place any piece of paper might have been stored or fallen to and laid down or anything else.

Mr. Rankin.

So you are satisfied

Mr. Lee.

As far as I know I went through every--to the best of my knowledge I went through everything I could find and everything that I found I turned over to the agents afterwards, after having copies made.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you or anybody on behalf of your committee have any oral communications with Lee Harvey Oswald that you know of?

Mr. Lee.

To my knowledge there was never any such communication. I can't ever remember ever having such communication myself. I don't know that anybody else did. Nobody that I have known has ever mentioned such a thing to me.
(Document marked Lee Exhibit No.)

Mr. Rankin.

I hand you Exhibit No. 1 and ask you if that is a letter that you or your committee received from Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Lee.

This looks very much like such a letter, sir.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you receive it near the date that it bears?

Mr. Lee.

There is not a date--it is not dated. This particular letter is not dated. Evidently here on the bottom is a notation which is made. This letter requests that the organization send some literature which the organization had published and there is a notation on the bottom which says the material was sent. It says "Sent 4/19/63," which I assume was quite some time ago. I can remember when people wrote in we had many, many communications from many parts of the country, and when they asked for something we would send it to them and we would mark the thing "Sent so and so," so we would know the communication had been answered and what had been done about it.

Mr. Rankin.

Do you know whether hat notation "Sent 4/19/63" and also the circling of the "50" was done by you?

Mr. Lee.

This is doubtful because at that time, let's see, at that time I was not in the New York office. I was out on a national tour, I believe I was on the west coast at that time. We have had other people coming in to volunteer to, you know, wrap packages and address envelopes and things like that, come in for an hour or two, and go on about their business, whatever it is