Mr. FAIN. A recommendation, yes, that he be reinterviewed because I
wasn't thoroughly satisfied with some of the answers he gave.
Mr. DULLES. I wonder, Mr. Chairman, whether we should not have that
transmittal letter; it seems to be pertinent to the case.
Representative FORD. I think it would be helpful in light of the
testimony, Mr. Fain.
Mr. FAIN. It was a lead sheet, what we call a lead, and I recall that
on that I suggested that the records of Immigration and Naturalization
Service be checked and incorporated, and also that he be reinterviewed.
Those were the two things I remember specifically having put in the
report.
Representative FORD. That would be a cover to Commission No. 823?
Mr. FAIN. A lead sheet; yes, sir.
Mr. STERN. We are going to have the testimony, gentlemen, of Mr. Alan
Belmont, the third-ranking official of the Bureau, who can testify
from an overall Bureau viewpoint on the way this case was handled and
be able to respond to questions of that sort, what was in the internal
memoranda, transmittal documents, and things of that sort.
Mr. DULLES. That is satisfactory.
Mr. STERN. Anything else at all, Mr. Fain, that you can tell us about
this interview that we haven't covered already?
Mr. FAIN. No, sir; I put it all on this 302.
Mr. STERN. Mr. Chairman, may we have admitted Commission Exhibit 823
for identification?
Representative FORD. It will be so admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 823 for
identification and received in evidence.)
Mr. STERN. Mr. Fain, I show you a report marked Commission No. 824 for
identification, an eight-page report dated August 30, 1962. Can you
identify this report?
Mr. DULLES. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. FAIN. Yes, sir; this is my report of August 30, 1962. It is a
closing report, a report that records the result of an investigation
pursuant to the lead I set out in this other report, referring to the
reinterviewing.
Mr. STERN. This followed your other report by some 7 weeks?
Mr. FAIN. Yes. I talked to him the last time June 26, 1962, and this
interview was conducted August 16, 1962.
Mr. STERN. And the early report was dated July 10, 1962.
Mr. McCLOY. July 10, 1962.
Mr. FAIN. Yes, sir; and this report August 30.
Mr. STERN. August 30.
Mr. FAIN. Yes, sir.
Mr. STERN. Have you reviewed this report recently, Mr. Fain?
Mr. FAIN. I have.
Mr. STERN. In preparation for your testimony today?
Mr. FAIN. I have.
Mr. STERN. Is there any statement in it you would like to correct?
Mr. FAIN. No, sir.
Mr. STERN. Any information you would like to add to the data that are
set forth?
Mr. FAIN. No, sir.
Mr. STERN. What was the occasion for the investigative work reported in
this document, Mr. Fain?
Mr. FAIN. You will recall that I had set out a lead to reinterview
him. I felt that he had just gotten back, from Russia on the previous
interview, and that he might have been upset naturally, and a
reinterview might be more productive. He might feel now settled down,
so I set about to locate him and to talk to him again.
Mr. STERN. How did you locate him, Mr. Fain?
Mr. FAIN. On August 14 I contacted Robert again, Robert L. Oswald, the
older brother, at 7313 Davenport, and he told me that Lee Harvey had
moved, that he didn't have his house number, but he was on Mercedes
Street, west of Montgomery Ward & Co., just off Seventh Street.
Mr. STERN. In Fort Worth?
Mr. FAIN. Yes, sir; in Fort Worth. And then I went there. He gave me
the name of the street, and I went there and made some inquiries, and
finally ascertained from an adjoining neighbor, just east of Lee's
house--these were little duplex apartments--and she told me, yes, there
is a Mr. Oswald who just moved in next door a few days ago.