Mr. Hosty.

would have been the person I would have furnished this information to as the head of the intelligence section. He would be the logical and correct person to give this information to.

Mr. Stern.

Was that the extent of your advice to the Dallas police?

Mr. Hosty.

Right.

Mr. Mccloy.

Did you tell Chief Curry that you had a file?

Mr. Hosty.

No, sir; I haven't talked to Chief Curry in several years. Of course I don't deal with him too much on a chief level.

Mr. Stern.

Wouldn't it be difficult for Lieutenant Revill to have gotten this information from you under the conditions that you described, running up the stairway and the rest of it? Do you think he heard enough of this?

Mr. Hosty.

Well, that is true, he might not have. But you see Oswald then proceeded to tell himself, he told the police all this information, so there was no point in me repeating it when he himself, Oswald, had furnished it directly to the police.

Mr. Mccloy.

But you did tell Revill that you had a file on Oswald?

Mr. Hosty.

No; I didn't tell him I had a file; no, sir.

Mr. Mccloy.

You did not?

Mr. Hosty.

Just as I related here in the affidavit.

The Chairman.

Mr. Hosty, I think the answer to this question is implicit in your testimony, but I would just like to ask it directly. Did you or anyone in the FBI to your knowledge for compensation or in any manner whatsoever use Oswald as an informant in any way, shape or form?

Mr. Hosty.

I have previously furnished a sworn affidavit to this Commission to the effect that I had never seen or talked to Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the 22d of November 1963. I had never made payments of any kind to him, and, in addition, I had never made any attempt to develop him as an informant or source of information. I have made a sworn affidavit to that effect.

The Chairman.

Your answer to my question then is "No."

Mr. Hosty.

Correct.

Mr. Stern.

This might be a good opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to have him identify this affidavit. I show you from Commission Exhibit 825 a one-page affidavit. Can you----

Mr. Hosty.

This is my affidavit. This is my signature.

Mr. Stern.

And it was made when?

Mr. Hosty.

On the 5th day of February 1964.

Mr. Stern.

Why don't you read that?

Mr. Hosty.

"I, James P. Hosty, Jr., Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since January 21, 1952, having been duly sworn, make the following statement:
"At no time prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy did I ever see or talk to Lee Harvey Oswald. I have never made payments of any kind to him. In addition, I have never made any attempt to develop him as an informant or source of information."
Signed, James P. Hosty, Jr., Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mr. Stern.

Mr. Chairman, may we have admitted Exhibits 831 and 832, which Mr. Hosty has identified, the letter from the Director of the FBI enclosing Mr. Hosty's affidavit as 831, and 832, which is his two-page memorandum on the interview?

The Chairman.

That may be admitted with those numbers.
(The items marked Commission Exhibits Nos. 831 and 832 for identification were received in evidence.)

The Chairman.

Is that all, Mr. Stern?

Mr. Stern.

There are a few other points.

The Chairman.

Let's hurry them along.

Mr. Stern.

To conclude that last point, Mr. Hosty, do you have any knowledge of anyone else in the government service, either FBI or any other branch----

Mr. Hosty.

No, sir.

Mr. Stern.

That tried or was successful in recruiting Lee Harvey Oswald as an informant or employee or agent?

Mr. Hosty.

No, sir.