Representative Ford.

Was there anything in your files that Lee Harvey Oswald had been involved with the Dallas police force?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir.

Representative Ford.

No record whatsoever?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Was there any record of his having made a trip to the Soviet Union and returned?

Mr. Curry.

Not in our files.

Mr. Dulles.

And returned to Texas?

Mr. Curry.

We didn't have anything in our files regarding Lee Harvey Oswald.
Senator COOPER. Could I follow up on that, did you have any record of any individuals, persons, in Dallas, or the area, who because of any threats of violence against the President or any Communist background required you to take any special security measures?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir; when we have notables, celebrities visiting us, there are some groups in Dallas that are known to be extreme rightwing and extreme leftwing groups. We try to keep track of these people and what their plans are. We have been able to infiltrate most of their organizations.
Senator COOPER. Now prior to the President's visit, did you take any--did the Dallas Police force take any special security measures about any persons that you might suspect of possible violence?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir; we kept some people under surveillance or groups under surveillance. We had prior to this visit, we had some information brought to us, I don't know who brought it to us, that there was a man in Sherman or Denison, who said that he is going to see that the President was embarrassed when he came to Dallas.
Senator COOPER. Who was that man, do you know?

Mr. Dulles.

We have a Secret Service report, I believe with regard to this case. Here is one from the chief of police of Denton, Tex.

Mr. Curry.

Yes; we had some information that the students at North Texas were planning some demonstrations.

Senator COOPER. My question is, did your police force take any special security measures about anyone that you felt might be capable of violence against the President?

Mr. Curry.

Not at this particular time, because we had reports from the different groups, and we had information from inside these groups that they were not planning to do anything on the day the President was there. We knew that General Walker was out of the city, and we knew that his group that sometimes put on demonstrations.
Senator COOPER. When you say planning, you are not limiting it to any violence, but you are talking about any possible demonstrations?

Mr. Curry.

Yes; demonstrations.
Senator COOPER. I want to come back to that point later, but I want to ask this, outside of what you had in your police files, your records, did you know yourself, or did you know whether anyone in authority in the police force or anyone in the police force, to your knowledge, had any knowledge of the presence of Oswald in Dallas?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir; I have asked my criminal intelligence section, which would have been the persons who had knowledge of this.
Senator COOPER. Had anyone informed you that he was working in the Texas School Book Depository Building?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir.

Mr. Dulles.

Had he ever tangled with the Dallas Police in any respect of which there is any record?

Mr. Curry.

We have no record at all of him.

Representative Ford.

Did the Secret Service people inquire of you as to your knowledge of these various groups that you had infiltrated?

Mr. Curry.

I don't remember them specifically asking me what were these groups planning to do.

Representative Ford.

Did you volunteer any information on it?