Mr. Cole.

It is my ConclusiOn that the negatives 803, 804, and 805, were in fact made from Exhibit No. 801.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, how were you able to link up the negatives 803, 804, and 805, and the Oswald notice. Exhibit No. 801 ?

Mr. Cole.

That was done chiefly by a close study of the typewritten material
following the line I am now referring to Exhibit No. 801--following the line "Selective Service Number," in which there are four small rectangles showing the insertion of typewritten numbers, and by study of the signature of the member or clerk of local board where it intersects printed matter of the original form. The typewritten matter and the inked lines of the signature have been the subject of opaquing or retouching. With respect to the typewriting of the Selective Service number, the original typewriting fell exactly on the base line of the ruled rectangles of the original printed card. This created a rather difficult problem about opaquing out the typewritten matter. The opaquing material was brought very close to the ruled line, but some of that line was permitted to remain unretouched. Since this line had in effect been reinforced by the base of the typewritten material, the line appears somewhat heavier. This heaviness comes through on the final photographic print which is Exhibit No. 795.
Now, by this strange heaviness, I am referring to the lower border of the four rectangles which follow the wording "Selective Service Number."
Now, with respect to intersections of the signature of member or clerk of local board, this also presented quite a problem of retouching; that is, in an effort to remove the signature or opaque it from the negative 803, it was necessary to retouch or deform certain parts of the original printing as represented by that negative, one word being the word "President" at about the center of the right side of the card. The letter "r" has been mutilated by the opaquing material and this mutilation comes through on the final print, which is Exhibit No. 795.
Also where an effort was made to opaque the lower extension of the two letters "f" of the signature previously referred to, which intersects the word "violation," here also there was a mutilation of certain letters of that word, namely, the "v" and "i" and the "a."
This mutilation also comes through on the final print, Exhibit No. 795. So that there is a clear record from the original card, Exhibit No. 801, through to the negatives, exhibits 803, 804, and 805, and then to the final print, Exhibit No. 795.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, Mr. Cole, did you attempt to determine whether the negative 811 was a negative of the reverse side of the registration certificate in the name of Oswald, Commission Exhibit No. 802?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir. I did' make such a determination.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And .what was your conclusion?

Mr. Cole.

That the negative, Exhibit No. 811, is in fact a photographic reproduction made from the original card, Exhibit No. 802. That is referring to the reverse of this card.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, did you also make a print from that negative, Mr. Cole?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And is that print Cole Exhibit No. 7, which I now hand you?
(Cole Exhibit No. 7 was marked for identification.)

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And are the sections of Cole Exhibits Nos. 5 and 6 which are

labeled 811, photographs taken of that negative by reflected light?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, did you attempt to determine, Mr. Cole, whether the negative 811 had been used to make the reverse side of the Notice of Classification in the name of Hidell ?

Mr. Cole.

Yes, sir; I did make such a determination.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What was your conclusion?

Mr. Cole.

It is my conclusion that the negative 811 was actually used to make the photographic reproduction, that is, a photographic print, which is the reverse of Exhibit No. 795.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, can you tell us how you were able to link-up the