Mr. Coleman.

Miss WATERMAN. Yes; and I think that most of Mrs. Oswald's letters were quite involved, and brought up several questions.
(At this point, Mr. Dulles withdrew from the hearing room.)

Mr. Coleman.

Then the next document which I want to ask you questions about is your X-55.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

That we have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 966. Now, this letter, though signed by Miss Knight, was prepared by you?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

And it was a reply to an inquiry made by Congressman Wright?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

With respect to the Oswald case.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; this was--we probably either received a memorandum from SCS or telephone call, something of that sort.

Mr. Coleman.

The next contact you had with the Oswald case was as a result of the Embassy Despatch dated February 28, 1961, which is X-42(2).
Miss WATERMAN. Are you talking about the Department's Despatch?
(At this point, Mr. Dulles reentered the hearing room.)

Mr. Coleman.

Yes; despatch. The Foreign Service Despatch.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; our despatch to the Embassy.

Mr. Coleman.

I beg your pardon. It is a despatch from the Embassy to you.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; that is right.

Mr. Coleman.

Which we have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 967.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

When that was received in Washington, you got a copy of it, did you not?
Miss WATERMAN. Well, I think--we seem to have the original in our file.

Mr. Coleman.

Yes; you saw the document?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

And then as a result of seeing the document on March 27, 1961, you prepared a draft of the instruction which should go to Moscow in response, is that correct?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Coleman.

And that is in the file as X-46, and we have marked it as Commission Exhibit No. 968. And the draft that you prepared which was attached to Commission Exhibit No. 968 is the next document, which is X-47, which we have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 969, is that correct?
Miss WATERMAN. You mean the copy of the----

Mr. Coleman.

The proposed State Department instruction.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; I see that.

Mr. Coleman.

And it indicates on the copy that the original was not sent, is that correct?
Miss WATERMAN. That is right, nothing was sent.

Mr. Dulles.

Can I get this clear now? I am not sure which was the document that was not sent?

Mr. Coleman.

That is X-47 (Commission Exhibit No. 969).

Mr. Dulles.

Could you identify that for the record--because just reference to documents in our record would be meaningless to the reader. I think we ought to identify each document as we can, because I am lost completely.

Mr. Coleman.

It is Commission Exhibit No. 969, which is a draft of the State Department instruction to be sent to the Embassy in Moscow, as a result of the Embassy's dispatch of February 28.

Mr. Dulles.

And this was drafted on March 27, was it?

Mr. Coleman.

Yes.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.

Mr. Dulles.

And you, I gather, Miss Waterman, drafted this?
Miss WATERMAN. I drafted this, and then apparently we had--everyone had second thoughts on some of the statements in there, and I believe that it was at this time--wait a minute.
We sent this to Miss Knight's office for the special attention of Mr. Hickey.

Mr. Coleman.

And is that the memorandum dated March 31, 1961?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; that is right.