with the question whether he had expatriated himself, and whether a passport should be reissued to him in 1961. And also she has some information concerning the waiver for Marina under 243 (g).

Mr. Dulles.

Miss Waterman, I wonder if you would just give us a brief outline of your experience with the State Department.
Miss WATERMAN. Well, I entered the Passport Office in March of 1926, and I was there until I retired in February 1962, and during that time I progressed from the position of typist to working on citizenship cases, and became an adjudicator.

Mr. Dulles.

Can you hear?
Miss WATERMAN. Then I became in charge of a section adjudicating citizenship cases from certain places. I continued in citizenship work until I retired.

Mr. Dulles.

Would you proceed, Mr. Coleman.

Mr. Coleman.

Miss Waterman, I have had marked 25 documents beginning with Commission Exhibit No. 957 and going through Commission Exhibit No. 982, and just before you came in, I showed you a set of these files. Have you had opportunity to review those files?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; I did look over the State Department file. I don't mean State Department files, I mean Passport Office ties on Oswald.

Mr. Coleman.

And I take it that you would agree that every one of the documents I showed you was a document which you prepared, or was a document which was sent to you and you had occasion to read it prior to the time I gave it to you today?
Miss WATERMAN. I believe so.

Mr. Coleman.

Now would you tell the Commission the first time, to the best of your knowledge, that you heard the name Oswald and in what connection?
Miss WATERMAN. Well it was rather seeing it in connection with the---

Mr. Coleman.

I call your attention to Commission Document No. 961, which is the second document in the folder I gave you, a telegram dated November 2, 1959.
Miss WATERMAN. The telegram--this is a reply.

Mr. Coleman.

Yes; I am talking about the telegram dated November 2, 1959.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; I recall from examination of the file that on November 2, 1959, I saw the telegram from the Embassy at Moscow reporting that Mr. Oswald had called there, and that was sent for reply. Sent to me for reply.

Mr. Coleman.

I show you Commission Exhibit No. 910, which is a copy of a telegram from Moscow to the Secretary of State, dated October 31, 1959, and I ask you whether that is the telegram you saw on November the 2d?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; this is the telegram, and this is the telegram to which I prepared an interim reply on the same day received, November 2, 1959.

Mr. Coleman.

And the reply that you prepared is Commission Exhibit No. 961. That is the telegram of November 2? It is the second document in the file before you.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

And that telegram indicated that it was prepared----

Mr. Dulles.

Miss Waterman's file doesn't have the exhibit numbers on it so you will have to identify it in some other way.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

That telegram shows that it was prepared by you because your name appears in the lower left hand corner, is that right?
Miss WATERMAN. That is right.

Mr. Coleman.

Now below that you indicate "Clearances EE: SOV: V. James in substance paraphrased by telephone." Will you indicate to the Commission what that notation means?
Miss WATERMAN. This is a telegram, isn't it?

Mr. Coleman.

Yes.
Miss WATERMAN. Well, as I recall all telegrams which we dispatch to Embassies or offices within the Iron Curtain countries were sent at least with the lowest classification, official use only, and we had previously received instructions that the telegrams which we prepared on any subjects going to the offices in the Iron Curtain countries should be cleared with the desk officers of the appropriate divisions, that is EE and so on.

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