Mr. Coleman.

18, 1961, what was the next occasion on which you had anything to do with the Oswald file?

Mr. Seeley.

So far as I can determine

Mr. Coleman.

The Commission Exhibit No. 979 is the same as I have marked as Seeley Exhibit No. 3.

Mr. Seeley.

So far as I can determine by examination of the file, the next contact I had with the file concerns a slip that is part of State X-19, consisting of a DS-10 reference slip dated 12-29-61.

Mr. Coleman.

That is attached to a letter from L. A. Mack, to the Director of the Passport Office of the State Department, is that correct?

Mr. Seeley.

Mr. Coleman, on that particular item, I don't think that that was what it was attached to. I think it was probably attached to X-20.

Mr. Coleman.

What is that?

Mr. Seeley.

That is a memorandum from Miss Knight to Mr. Boswell.

Mr. Coleman.

Will you read that memorandum into the record ? It is short.

Mr. Seeley.

Yes; the subject is: "Lee Harvey Oswald." It is classified "Confidential."
It states: "We refer to the Office Memorandum of July 27, 1961, from SY, which stated that renounced United States citizenship. Mr. Oswald attempted to renounce United States citizenship but did not in fact renounce United States citizenship. Our determination on the basis of the information and evidence presently of record is that Mr. Oswald did not expatriate himself, and remains a citizen of the United States."

Mr. Coleman.

You say that your reference slip of 12-29-61 was attached to that memorandum?

Mr. Seeley.

I would presume it was.

Mr. Coleman.

Would you look at the letter, the Mack letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Director of Passports?

Mr. Seeley.

I am looking at it.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you see that letter or did you have anything to do with that letter?

Mr. Seeley.

So far as I know, I had nothing to do with that letter. I have seen the letter.

Mr. Coleman.

By the time you did, the reference slip of 12-29-61--which I would like the reporter to indicate was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 4 what was your job in the State Department?
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 4 for identification.)

Mr. Seeley.

At the time that I---I was still Chief of the Security Branch of the Legal Division.

Mr. Coleman.

What does PT-L mean?

Mr. Seeley.

PT-L, Passport-Legal, PT-LS, Passport-Legal Security.
To give you an idea about it, the Legal Division is divided into two branches, and we have a short designation for it, PT-LS and PT-LAD.

Mr. Coleman.

I See.

Mr. Seeley.

I will tell you further if you wish, about this particular item. This was--

Mr. Coleman.

What is this particular item? You are now talking about the letter?

Mr. Seeley.

The letter; yes.

Mr. Coleman.

It is the Mack letter?

Mr. Seeley.

State Department File X-19. It was addressed to our Liaison Branch, and I see at the bottom it was reviewed by Mr. Reichman, of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. And I would presume that I did not, that this was not in the file at the time that this DS-10, that it was probably in Liaison, and the file was called for. It was reviewed. The file was then reviewed by Mr. Reichman who answered for his own service.
(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Coleman.

Now, sir; what was the next occasion on which you had anything to do with the Oswald file?

Mr. Seeley.

The next occasion concerns Item X-11.

Mr. Coleman.

We have marked as Seeley Deposition Exhibit No. 5 a memorandum from Robert Owen, to Michael Cieplinski, dated March 23, 1962.