Mr. Belmont.

Oswald had been in communication with The Worker, the east coast Communist newspaper. He therefore reinstituted the case, and sent out a lead to check Oswald's employment. He also received information, as I recall it, that Oswald had been in communication with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, so there were two incidents that aroused his interest.
In June 1963 our New Orleans office likewise received information that Oswald had communicated with The Worker or was on a subscription list for The Worker. So that the case was revived in Dallas by Hosty.

Mr. Dulles.

That was even before what we call the New Orleans incident?

Mr. Belmont.

Correct.

Mr. Dulles.

Yes.

Mr. Belmont.

And he learned that Oswald had left Dallas, the residence was then picked up in New Orleans, and the case was revived. So that actually there was a joint revival of the case.
Then on August 9, 1963, Oswald was arrested by the New Orleans police in connection with a disturbance of the peace in passing out these pamphlets, which further aroused our interest. So that the reopening of the case after the closing was due to these incidents that I have mentioned.

Mr. Dulles.

Thank you. So that at the time of the assassination, this was an open and not a closed case as regards the Dallas office.

Mr. Belmont.

That is correct. At the time that Oswald was found to be living in New Orleans, and this was definitely established that he was actually residing there, the Dallas office in accordance with the procedure that I mentioned, transferred the case to New Orleans as office of origin.
Subsequently, the case was again transferred back to Dallas when it was determined that Oswald was again residing in the Dallas area.

The Chairman.

All right, Mr. Stern.

Mr. Stern.

We were getting, Mr. Belmont, to the question of whether you had been personally involved in the investigation since the assassination.

Mr. Belmont.

I said I have indeed.

Mr. Stern.

Yes. As a part of that you have reviewed in detail the investigation made prior to the assassination?

Mr. Belmont.

Yes.

Mr. Stern.

Have you participated in or supervised the preparation of reports and other correspondence to the Commission in response to questions from the Commission?

Mr. Belmont.

Yes.

Mr. Stern.

I show you a letter with attached memorandum which has been marked for identification Commission Exhibit No. 833. Can you identify this document, Mr. Belmont?
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 833 for identification.)

Mr. Belmont.

This is a letter transmitted on April 6, 1964, to Mr. Rankin by the FBI with enclosure answering a number of questions which the Commission posed to the FBI.

Mr. Stern.

Did you supervise the preparation of this letter?

Mr. Belmont.

Yes.

Mr. Stern.

And you have reviewed it and are familiar with it?

Mr. Belmont.

Yes.

Mr. Stern.

We have covered in your answers to Mr. Dulles and Mr. McCloy a good deal of the material in here.
I would like briefly to touch upon several of the questions, the more important questions, regarding the nature of the FBI's interest in Lee Harvey Oswald at various times, and I would like you to refer to each question that I indicate but not read your answer. Paraphrase it. I think we have had a good deal of the specific detail but what I am interested in is a description from your examination of the investigation as it was carried on, of the nature of the FBI interest in Oswald.
I would like to turn to the first question in which we asked----

The Chairman.

You mean by that that you could get, we could get, a better idea from paraphrasing the answer than we could get from the exact answer itself?