Mr. Seeley.

the memorandum. That is in the normal course of business, that would be the way it was handled.

Mr. Coleman.

But you don't have any independent recollection of whether you checked through the file to see whether--

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I do not.

Mr. Coleman.

Could you tell me who wrote the memorandum from looking at the initials?

Mr. Seeley.

I think it was a Mrs. Abboud.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you discuss it with her before?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; I did not. This came from the citizenship area. She is in the citizenship area.

Mr. Coleman.

If they prepare a memorandum for your signature, just merely because somebody in the citizenship area drafts it doesn't mean that you sign it, does it?

Mr. Seeley.

No, sir; it does not. I would imagine, although I don't have any recollection, that I did look into the file.

Mr. Coleman.

Is it fair to say that you would not just initial it merely because somebody else had drafted it?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

And normally you would look through the file?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; in the normal course of business I would look at the file see what my own conclusion was.

Mr. Coleman.

After you drafted or after you initialed the memorandum which has been marked as Seeley Exhibit No. 6, what was the next occasion you had to look at the Oswald file?

Mr. Seeley.

The next occasion concerned the two items that are identified as X-5.

Mr. Coleman.

Could we mark as Seeley Exhibit No. 7 a photostatic copy of an article which appeared in the Washington Post on Saturday, June 9, 1962, and also attached is a reference slip.
(The document referred to was marked Seeley Exhibit No. 7 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

Are they the two items that you refer to?

Mr. Seeley.

Yes, sir; they are.

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?