Representative Ford.

himself under the pertinent laws of the United States"--where is their documentation, if any, that the Embassy has come to that conclusion?

Mr. Coleman.

Sir, I think she is referring to the despatch of July 11, 1961, which is identified as Commission Exhibit No. 935.

Representative Ford.

Do you come to that conclusion based on the total content of the July 11, 1961, memo from the Embassy in Moscow, or something specifically set forth in that memorandum?
Miss WATERMAN. Well, I think all of the material together. In other words, Oswald was not documented as a Soviet citizen. Apparently he didn't expect to be. The Embassy had questioned him. And, in addition to their knowing that during his visits to the Embassy itself he had not expatriated himself, they received no information from him in what questioning they could do that he had performed any act at all to expatriate himself under U.S. laws.

Representative Ford.

Mr. Coleman, do you have that paper we had yesterday, where the cross-out was present?

Mr. Coleman.

Yes, sir; here it is.

Representative Ford.

On Commission Exhibit No. 938, Oswald crossed out "have not"----

Mr. Dulles.

What is the date of that, Mr. Ford?

Representative Ford.

It is dated----

Mr. Coleman.

July 11, 1961, and it is Oswald's application for renewal of passport.

Mr. Dulles.

I remember the paper. That is subsequent to this document here that we are discussing now.

Mr. Coleman.

Done at the same time. The State Department document shows---I mean the Embassy document shows that one of the covering material Sent to the State Department was the application for renewal of passport executed by Oswald July 10, 1961.

Mr. Dulles.

And this was sent with their dispatch of July 11, 1961, which we are now discussing.

Mr. Coleman.

Yes, sir.

Representative Ford.

Did you have that document at the time you wrote the statement, "We concur," and so forth?

Mr. Coleman.

Which is Commission Exhibit No. 979.
Miss WATERMAN. What is the date?

Mr. Coleman.

It is your X-27.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; I think we had that. Because we referred to it.

Representative Ford.

Well, does that statement, the way it is set forth there, raise any questions about whether there was any information or evidence about his expatriation?
Miss WATERMAN. His questionnaire discloses no information.

Representative Ford.

But what about the statement on the first page? Will you read it, for the record--the printed part?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; "I have been naturalized as a citizen of a foreign state." Well, of course, that would be prepared by the Embassy. I think they just crossed out the wrong one.

Representative Ford.

But all we can go by is what we see.

Mr. Coleman.

Would you examine the original in the State Department file, and see what was crossed out there?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes--"I have not." I think that was an Embassy error.

Representative Ford.

That is a fairly important error, though.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; it is.

Representative Ford.

Will you read the full text of what is shown there as it is shown on the original?
Miss WATERMAN. "I have been naturalized as a citizen of a foreign state; taken an oath or made an affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state; entered or served in the armed forces of a foreign state; accepted, served in or performed the duties of any office, post or employment under the government of a foreign state, or political subdivision thereof; voted in a political election in a foreign state or participated in an election or plebiscite to determine the sovereignty over foreign territory; made a formal renunciation of nationality, either in the United States or before a diplomatic or consular