Mr. Coleman.

which is a covering airgram and another copy of the application for renewal of passport, which is a copy which remained in the Embassy at Moscow until May 29, 1964, when it was sent to the State Department.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 947 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

I show it to you, sir, to' call your attention that on this copy the "X" is over the "have" rather than the "have not."

Mr. Snyder.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

I had originally shown you Exhibit No. 938, which was the other copy of the application for renewal of passport.
I take it when you compare those two copies, you note that one is not a direct offset of the other.

Mr. Snyder.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

Do you have an explanation of why on July 10, two separate typings were made of the application for renewal?

Mr. Snyder.

No, sir; I do not.

Mr. Coleman.

Also on or about July 11, 1961, at the same time you were interviewing Oswald, the State Department was sending instructions, answering your earlier despatch of May 26, 1961, is that correct? I show you Commission Exhibit No. 937.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 937 for identification.)

Mr. Snyder.

This communication would have been received after my departure from Moscow.

Mr. Coleman.

You never saw that communication?

Mr. Snyder.

No, sir.

Mr. Coleman.

That communication does indicate, doesn't it, that the State Department was saying, that based upon its records, that Oswald had not expatriated himself, or was still technically an American citizen?

Mr. Snyder.

Yes; the one operative sentence there in the communications states, "In any event in the absence of evidence showing that Mr. Oswald had definitely lost United States citizenship he apparently maintains that technical status."

Mr. Coleman.

But you say you never saw that document?

Mr. Snyder.

No; this arrived after I departed from the post.

Mr. Coleman.

I show you Commission Exhibit No. 939, the State Department operations memorandum dated August 18, 1961, and ask you if you saw it?

Mr. Snyder.

No; it arrived after I left.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 939 for identification.)

Mr. Coleman.

On July 8 and July 10, when Oswald was at the Embassy, did you see his wife, Marina?

Mr. Snyder.

Not to the best of my knowledge, Mr. Coleman.

Mr. Coleman.

Did you have any knowledge that she was also in Moscow?

Mr. Snyder.

I don't really know. I can't say whether at that time I had knowledge that she was or not. I don't ever recall having seen her, no.

Mr. Coleman.

When you spoke to Oswald on the 8th or on the 10th of July, did he indicate that his wife was in Moscow?

Mr. Snyder.

I am sorry, I don't know.

Mr. Coleman.

In connection with the various decisions you have made in this matter, did you consult with anyone?

Mr. Snyder.

I think perhaps the word "consult" isn't quite the word. I kept my superiors informed of what I was doing, and, of course, they did see my communications, and in most cases countersigned them before they went out. But in the sense of asking their opinion of what I ought to do, I don't think so.

Mr. Coleman.

Did anyone instruct you as to what particular decision you should make in connection with any requests made by Mr. Oswald?

Mr. Snyder.

No; this was my responsibility, really. There was no one who was presumed to know more about it at the post than I did. I mean in the sense that I was the officer in charge of that activity.

Mr. Coleman.

There is one other question, sir.
We have some information that Oswald stated that in 1959, when he was in