PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
ON THE ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, _ss_:
James D. Crowley, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
On August 13, 1961, he was duly appointed an officer in the Department
of State, as a specialist in intelligence matters; that he has
continued to serve in that capacity since that time, and that he has
personal knowledge of the matters related in this affidavit:
1. I am one of the officers in the Department of State responsible for
disseminating throughout the Department various reports, memoranda
and documents which are received from other United States Government
agencies.
2. The first time I remember learning of Oswald's existence was when I
received copies of a telegraphic message, dated October 10, 1963, from
the Central Intelligence Agency, which contained information pertaining
to his current activities. I requested that a search of the Office
of Security records be made on October 11, 1963, to determine if the
Department had received any information previously. Based on a quick
review of the Office of Security file on Oswald, I disseminated copies
of the Central Intelligence Agency message to the various offices
within the Department which were interested in receiving this type of
material.
3. I also briefly reviewed Oswald's Office of Security file on November
14, 1963. Although I am not certain, I believe the impetus for this
review was either my receipt of a Federal Bureau of Investigation
report dated October 31, 1963 on Lee Harvey Oswald or my receipt
of a Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated October 25, 1963
on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee--New Orleans Division. Both of
these reports were received in the Intelligence Processing Section on
November 8, 1963.
4. In both instances, I reviewed the Office of Security file in a
routine manner and had it returned to the Office of Security File Room
the same day in which it was charged to me.
Signed this 12th day of June 1964.
(S) James D. Crowley,
JAMES D. CROWLEY.
Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant
preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Misspellings in quoted evidence not changed; misspellings that could be
due to mispronunciations were not changed.
Some simple typographical errors were corrected.
Inconsistent hyphenation of compound words retained.
Ambiguous end-of-line hyphens retained.
Occasional uses of "Mr." for "Mrs." and of "Mrs." for "Mr." corrected.
Dubious repeated words, (e.g., "What took place by way of of
conversation?") retained.
Several unbalanced quotation marks not remedied.
Occasional periods that should be question marks not changed.
Occasional periods that should be commas, and commas that should be
periods, were changed only when they clearly had been misprinted (at
the end of a paragraph or following a speaker's name in small-caps at
the beginning of a line). Some commas and semi-colons were printed so
faintly that they appear to be periods or colons: some were found and
corrected, but some almost certainly remain.
In the source for this Volume, the name "De Mohrenschildt" sometimes
is printed in quoted material or Affidavits as "de Mohrenschildt"
or "deMohrenschildt", and all variations have been retained here.
In another Volume, which contained testimony from Mr. and Mrs. De
Mohrenschildt, "De" always was capitalized and was a separate word.
Footnotes have been repositioned to immediately follow the Affidavits
or other information that reference them.
The Index and illustrated Exhibits volumes of this series may not be
available at Project Gutenberg.
The Preface and Contents refer to "Mrs. J. V. Allen" but the name in her
Affidavit is "Mrs. J. U. Allen". None of these were changed here.
Page 67: "enclosed is an envelope" probably should be "in".
Page 70: "Mr. Pic. Is just a letter marked Exhibit No. 34." is a
misprint for "Mr. Jenner."
Page 94: "merely to with the argument" probably should be "to win".
Page 212: "Out Intourist Guide's name" was printed that way.
Page 282: "ribbons in here hair" was printed that way.
Page 288: "I wasn't in her being down there at the time." was printed
that way.
Page 301: "The testimony of Maj. Eugene D. Anderson was taken" was
misprinted with the initial "A" instead of "D"; changed here for
consistency with other instances.
Page 373: "put an Americano came too" possibly should be "name".
Page 437: "from a 22 caliber rifle" was printed without a period
before "22".
Page 439: "carlot" was printed that way.
Page 473: "Jack W. Bucham" was printed with that way, not as "Burcham".