Mr. Fain.

Just what I read in the newspapers about his having gone over into Russia. The papers played it up.

Mr. Stern.

Did you have any official responsibility in connection with Lee Harvey Oswald before the time covered by this report?

Mr. Fain.

No, sir; no, I did not.

Mr. Stern.

On page 2 of the report--is this a record of an interview that you held, Mr. Fain?

Mr. Fain.

It is. It is a record of the interview that I conducted.

Mr. Stern.

Is this a form normally used for reporting interviews?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Stern.

What is your practice or what was your practice, while an FBI agent, in making interviews? Would you make notes of the interview as you interviewed a subject?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Stern.

Are you familiar with any shorthand method?

Mr. Fain.

I had a course in shorthand and, of course, still know some of the symbols and, at that time, did use it, mixed it up with my other English as I wrote it. I did use it.

Mr. Stern.

Can you tell from this report when you made the interview?

Mr. Fain.

I interviewed Robert Lee Oswald, who was the brother, older brother, of Lee Harvey Oswald, the subject of this case, on April 27, 1960 at Fort Worth, Tex.

Mr. Stern.

Can you tell the Commission where that appears from your report?

Mr. Fain.

The date of the interview?
(At this point in the proceedings, Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)

Mr. Stern.

Yes.

Mr. Fain.

The date of the interview is located on the lower left-hand corner and also the place of the interview.

Mr. Stern.

When did you transcribe or, first, how would you do that normally?

Mr. Fain.

Well, I dictated this on May 2, 1960. It evidently was transcribed by the stenographer, as noted, on the upper right-hand corner--this is a little dim--but it looks like May 6, 1960. This is a very old copy.

Mr. Stern.

You would dictate this to a secretary, Mr. Fain?

Mr. Fain.

Some of it I dictated on the dictaphone, some of it I would do by rough draft and send by mail to Dallas, and if I happened to be in Dallas, I would dictate to the stenographer.

Mr. Stern.

Would you ordinarily preserve your rough notes of the interview after you dictated your report?

Mr. Fain.

Not after it gets in this form, because this contains all the information in the notes we have. In other words, we put everything right in. Now this is supposed to be an exact transcript of the information. It is not a recording of the information. I don't mean to leave that impression.

Mr. Stern.

And you would normally destroy your notes?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; unless there was some there would be no reason to keep my notes, once I put all the information I was assured was in here. Once that is true I destroyed them.

Mr. Stern.

I think these reports largely speak for themselves, Mr. Fain, but I would like to ask you a few details to clarify statements in the report.
On page 3 in the report of your interview of Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, you say in the second line, "She volunteered for interview." What does that mean in this connection?

Mr. Fain.

You will notice that on the lower left-hand corner it indicates I talked to her on the 28th, April 28, which was the day after I talked to her son Robert Lee, and evidently he had gotten in touch with her on the same afternoon that I talked to him or that night. Anyway she knocked on the door the next day and wanted to talk to me; and she came in voluntarily. I believe Robert told
me that he would get in touch with her. He gave me her address, at least, and I was going to send out a lead to have her interviewed down there, but she came In to talk to me, voluntarily.