Mr. Stern.

Will you now tell, Mr. Clements, as much as you can recall of your interrogation of Oswald at that time?

Mr. Clements.

I informed him of the purpose of my interview. He made no objection. I proceeded to get his name in full. I asked him questions as to his date and place of birth, height, weight, color of his hair and eyes, and as to the existence of any permanent scars or marks. As to the identities of close relatives, their addresses and occupations, and asked him as to his own occupation, residence, attempting to get them in chronological order, and asked as to his past occupations.

Mr. Stern.

Did you review with him the contents of his wallet and ask him questions on any of it?

Mr. Clements.

I questioned him as to the fictitious, and obviously fictitious selective service card, which I found in his wallet. I recognized it as being fictitious card from the fact that the photograph was mounted on the card, and that there were obvious erasures in typing of information on the card itself. The card was in the name of an Alek James Hidell, but bore the photograph of Oswald.

Mr. Stern.

What did he say about that card?

Mr. Clements.

He declined to answer any questions as to the reason of his possession of it.

Mr. Stern.

Were there any other questions you put to him that he refused to answer?

Mr. Clements.

Toward the conclusion of the interview and after he had been absent and returned I continued with the questions of past residence and past occupations. He responded to my questions. At a time when I asked him as to his present occupation he hesitated and told me that he thought the obtaining of his description and background information had become somewhat prolonged. He said that he had refused to be interviewed by .other law enforcement officers previously, and that he had no intention of being interviewed by me. He continued that he knew the tactics of the FBI. He stated there was a counterpart or a similar agency in Russia, that I was using the soft touch, where the approach of a Russian agency would be different, but the tactics would be the same.

Mr. Stern.

At that point did he stop answering questions?

Mr. Clements.

No; at that point I asked the same question that I had asked previously, and he answered.

Mr. Stern.

Did the interview continue beyond that?

Mr. Clements.

That was substantially the end of the interview.

Mr. Stern.

Were there other persons present besides the two Dallas police officers who were guarding him?

Mr. Clements.

No.

Mr. Stern.

At either time, either before or after he had been withdrawn from the lineup?

Mr. Clements.

No.

Mr. Stern.

Did he seem hostile or resentful or irritated by the fact that you were an FBI agent?

Mr. Clements.

He did not state that, if that were the case. He was courteous, responsive as to any question. Volunteered little information.

Mr. Stern.

But volunteered very little information. Did he seem a person in command of himself?

Mr. Clements.

He seemed to be in command of himself both physically and mentally. He had what appeared to me to be a slightly haughty or arrogant attitude.

Mr. Stern.

Did he complain to you about the treatment he was receiving?

Mr. Clements.

No.

Mr. Stern.

Did he say anything to you about obtaining counsel, whether he had tried to?

Mr. Clements.

He said nothing whatsoever in that regard.

Mr. Stern.

Did he say anything about any effort on his part to reach his family that had been unsuccessful?

Mr. Clements.

No; he did not.