Mr. Fain.

Someone, some employee of the FBI here at the seat of Government.

Mr. Mccloy.

How did you know it was made?

Mr. Fain.

How did I know it was made?

Mr. Mccloy.

Yes.

Mr. Fain.

The communication concerning the results of the check were sent by mail back to Dallas, and then my supervisor sent it to me at Fort Worth.

Mr. Mccloy.

That is how it came to be embodied in your report?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; and I covered it in my report.

Mr. Mccloy.

I see. Have we got a copy of that? Do we have that review, the report of that review?

Mr. Stern.

We will receive testimony concerning it from the Assistant to the Director of the Bureau.

Mr. Mccloy.

Will we be able to examine the person who examined Mrs. Oswald and to whom apparently she said that she thought he was a secret agent, that Oswald was a secret agent?

Mr. Stern.

I am sure we can arrange that. That would have been someone in the State Department.

Mr. Mccloy.

That is right. But you don't know anything except what is stated in the report here?

Mr. Fain.

That is correct, as a result of a communication from this office to Dallas.

Mr. Mccloy.

No further reasons that you recall in that report as to why she thought he was a secret agent or he might have been a secret agent?

Mr. Fain.

No, sir; I am sure I copied it from that report just like it was there. She expressed the thought that, perhaps, her son had gone to the Soviet Union as a secret agent, and the State Department was not doing enough to help him.

Mr. Mccloy.

All right.

The Chairman.

Congressman Ford.

Representative Ford.

No questions.

The Chairman.

Senator Cooper.
Senator COOPER. Again I ask you, on page 6, the second paragraph, it states, "Mrs. Oswald also stated the subject had mentioned something about his desire to travel and said something also about the fact that he might go to Cuba." Do you remember whether or not she talked to you about that?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; that was the information that she gave me on April 28. If you will notice from the first paragraph on April 28, 1960, Mrs. Marguerite Oswald stated--that was a repeat, in other words, of the information that actually was contained in this first report we mentioned a while ago.
Senator COOPER. On page 8 she stated she had not been requested to furnish any items of personal identification of the subject in Russia. What is meant by that "personal identification"?

Mr. Fain.

Well, in these espionage cases we wanted to be sure that they hadn't been contacted by the Soviet intelligence agencies for any purpose or any reason at all. We didn't know whether maybe he went over there and maybe they had gotten in touch with his parents or his relatives and demanded any information about him to verify who he was, and so forth.

Mr. Mccloy.

Could you remember the photograph that Mrs. Oswald presented to you of Lee Oswald?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; I don't remember the details right now, but I believe it was a photograph of him in the service.

Mr. Mccloy.

So far as you can recollect it was in uniform?

Mr. Fain.

I just don't recall the facts.

Mr. Mccloy.

You don't recall that he was carrying any weapons?

Mr. Fain.

He was not. I am sure he was not carrying any weapons. I don't believe, I am certain--I don't believe he was in uniform at all. I think it was a picture of him. The picture, as I recall it, was not a recent picture. It was 3 or 4 years old.

Mr. Mccloy.

All right.
(At this point in the proceedings, Senator Cooper leaves the hearing room.)

The Chairman.

Very well, Mr. Stern, you may continue with the next item.