Mr. Stern.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May we admit Exhibit 822 for identification at this time?

The Chairman.

It may be admitted under that number.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 822 for identification and received in evidence.)

Mr. Stern.

Mr. Fain, I show you Commission Exhibit No. 823 for identification, a report of 15 pages dated July 10, 1962. Can you identify this report for the Commission?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; this is my report dated July 10, 1962.

Mr. Stern.

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

Mr. Fain.

I have.

Mr. Stern.

Is it correct in all respects concerning the material covered?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Stern.

Is there anything you would like to add to any of the data set forth there?

Mr. Fain.

No, sir; I believe not.

Mr. Stern.

It carries on page 1 after the synopsis the symbol "P." What does that mean, Mr. Fain?

Mr. Fain.

Pending, a pending case.

Mr. Stern.

Now, the case was closed, I believe you told us, as of the time of your last report which was Commission No. 822. Can you tell us how this report, this Exhibit 823 for identification, came to be prepared, and how the investigation reflected in this report came to be held?

Mr. Fain.

Yes, sir; there began to appear various items of information that this subject, Lee Oswald, was preparing or was desiring to come back to the United States, and----

Mr. Stern.

How did you learn this, Mr. Fain?

Mr. Fain.

Well, the various communications which I received or which our office there received, and various checks that the State Department----

Mr. Stern.

Excuse me, by your office there what do you mean, Dallas?

Mr. Fain.

The communications would come over to me from Dallas from my supervisor.

Mr. Stern.

Yes.

Mr. Fain.

And he would get the communications from the seat of Government.

Mr. Stern.

"The seat of Government" is the way you refer in the Bureau to the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

Mr. Fain.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation or it might have come from the Washington field office here.

Mr. Stern.

So the seat of Government can mean any communication from Washington, either from your field office here or from your headquarters?

Mr. Fain.

That is the way I have been referring to it as seat of Government.

Mr. Stern.

I see. All right. Please continue telling us how this investigation was carried out.

Mr. Fain.

I was given the assignment to contact his folks, Mrs. Oswald, his mother, and----

Mr. Stern.

By whom, if you recall, Mr. Fain? Was this an assignment that came from FBI headquarters or from----

Mr. Fain.

This incidentally, this communication, we got dated September 1, 1961, from the Washington field office. You see the seat of Government is the main headquarters, in D.C.
Then we have a field office there, Washington field office, that we refer to as WFO, which is an office similar to the Dallas division or the Buffalo division or other divisions, a working division that goes out and conducts investigations in the area. I was given the assignment to contact Mrs. Oswald, the mother, and to find out any information that she might have.. They had been cooperative, and I wanted to see what the situation was, and especially when this boy was coming home. We wanted to interview him and stay on top of the situation, and in that connection I contacted Robert Lee Oswald again because she wasn't in town, I couldn't locate her.

Mr. Stern.

Where in your report is that stated?

Mr. Fain.

On page 4. He gave me her address, said she had gone to a ranch