Mr. Stern.

to you in any way that she thought Lee Harvey Oswald had gone to Russia in any capacity other than as a private citizen?
Mr. FAIN; she did not. She apparently didn't know why he had gone at all. She was surprised he had gone in the first place.

Mr. Stern.

She did not suggest in any way that he might have been an agent of the United States or serving United States interests in Russia?

Mr. Fain.

I think she did remark something about she believed he was a secret agent. Maybe she was clutching at anything

Mr. Stern.

She did? Is that covered in that report?

Mr. Fain.

In one of these reports I believe it is.

Mr. Stern.

I am tailing about this one, as of this time.

Mr. Fain.

No; I believe that came in something else. She told evidently the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Stern.

Yes.

Mr. Fain.

That is where that came from.

Mr. Stern.

I am asking whether she suggested this to you at the time of your interview of Mrs. Oswald on April 28, 1960.

Mr. Fain.

No; I don't recall anything of that. I have confused that.

Mr. Stern.

Mr. Chairman, may we have the report admitted into evidence?

The Chairman.

It may be and it will take the next number.

Mr. Stern.

That was marked for identification 821.

The Chairman.

All right. No. 821 may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked. Commission Exhibit No; 821 for identification, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Stern.

Mr. Fain, I show you a report of 11 pages dated July 3, 1961, entitled "Lee Harvey Oswald." Can you identify this report for us, and we will number it for identification No. 822.

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; this is my report It isolated July 3 of 1961.

Mr. Stern.

Have you reviewed this report recently in preparation for your testimony today?

Mr. Fain.

I have.

Mr. Stern.

Is the report complete in all respects of the subject matter it covers?

Mr. Fain.

Yes; it is.

Mr. Stern.

Is it accurate in all respects of the subject matter it covers?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Stern.

Is there any addition or correction you would like to make to the report as it stands now?

Mr. Fain.

No, sir.

Mr. Stern.

The report shows on the cover page, Mr. Fain, that a copy was sent to the Office of Naval Intelligence in New Orleans, La. Can you tell us why that was done?

Mr. Fain.

Well, this investigation at this time was under internal security category R, and you will notice that predicated on information received by a communication of January 11, 1961, from District Intelligence Office, Naval District, New Orleans, La., advising that Oswald, who had attempted to defect in Russia in October 1959, and who was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Re serve had been given an undesirable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve on August 17, 1960.

Mr. Stern.

When you say the investigation was predicated on this information, what precisely do you mean?

Mr. Fain.

That was the reason that this report was initiated from that incoming communication from New Orleans.

Mr. Stern.

And how did this information come to you? Was it sent to you directly, if you know, from the New Orleans Naval District or did it come from FBI----

Mr. Fain.

It would have come through Dallas, the headquarters division office in Dallas.

Mr. Stern.

But so far as you know was it sent from New Orleans to Dallas or from New Orleans to FBI headquarters in Washington and then disseminated to Dallas?

Mr. Fain.

I expect it came directly to the Dallas office. It could have been,