Mr. Coleman.

were concerned, that the Passport Office in Washington determined that in its opinion, that Mr. Oswald was still a citizen?

Mr. Seeley.

I would say that the operations memorandum of August 18, 1961, from the Department of State to the American Embassy in Moscow which refers to the Embassy Despatch No. 29, the passport renewal application and the questionnaire.

Mr. Coleman.

You would say that as of that date the Passport Office determined that Oswald was still a citizen?

Mr. Seeley.

I would say at that date that we concurred in the conclusion of the Embassy that he had not expatriated--that we had no information or evidence that he had expatriated himself.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you have anything to do with this decision?

Mr. Seeley.

Not the citizenship decision; no, sir. I had nothing to do with that.

Mr. Coleman.

You weren't consulted prior to the time the decision was made?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you approve the operations memorandum of August 18?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

1961; before it was sent forward?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; I did. My initials are at the bottom there.

Mr. Coleman.

If you had disapproved it, at least there would have been further discussion?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; there would have been.

Mr. Coleman.

So, to that extent, you did have something to do with the decision?

Mr. Seeley.

Well, to that extent, there was no consultation. This was sent up for clearance, and insofar as the citizenship angle was concerned, I agreed with what they had done.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you call for and look at the file prior to the time you initialed the operations memorandum of August 18, 1961?

Mr. Seeley.

I would presume that I had the whole file. Mr. Ehrlich has suggested that I mention that I was not in the citizenship area at the time that I put my concurrence on this operations memorandum, and I was looking at it only from the aspect of my own area.

Mr. Coleman.

What was your area?

Mr. Seeley.

I was in the Security Branch. I was Chief of the Security Branch of the Legal Division.

Mr. Coleman.

What did you have to do with the decision?

Mr. Seeley.

In this particular case if you had objected, I am sure that there would have been further discussion on this particular case.

Mr. Coleman.

Could we mark as Seeley Exhibit No. 3---instead of "S" I think we had better call these Seeley exhibits, the operations memorandum dated August 18, 1961, from the Department of State to the American Embassy.

Mr. Seeley.

Fine, sir.
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 3 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

That is the document that you referred to as X-27, is that correct?

Mr. Seeley.

X-27, that is correct.

Mr. Coleman.

If you had felt that there was evidence in the file that Oswald had renounced his citizenship, I take it you would not have approved this memorandum, is that correct?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I would not have.

Mr. Coleman.

You would not have approved it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I would not have approved it.

Mr. Coleman.

There would have been further discussions?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

So, therefore, as far as you were concerned in reviewing the file and what you knew and looking over it, what Miss Waterman had said and what Mr. Snyder had said, that your decision was that you saw no reason why you would disagree with the decision?

Mr. Seeley.

I was in complete agreement with the decision.

Mr. Coleman.

After you concurred in the operations memorandum of August