Mr. COLEMAN. The proposed State Department instruction.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; I see that.
Mr. COLEMAN. And it indicates on the copy that the original was not
sent, is that correct?
Miss WATERMAN. That is right. Nothing was sent.
Mr. DULLES. Can I get this clear now? I am not sure--which was the
document that was not sent?
Mr. COLEMAN. That is X-47 (Commission Exhibit No. 969).
Mr. DULLES. Could you identify that for the record--because just
reference to documents in our record would be meaningless to the
reader. I think we ought to identify each document as we can, because I
am lost completely.
Mr. COLEMAN. It is Commission Exhibit No. 969, which is a draft of the
State Department instruction to be sent to the Embassy in Moscow, as a
result of the Embassy's dispatch of February 28.
Mr. DULLES. And this was drafted on March 27, was it?
Mr. COLEMAN. Yes.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. And you, I gather, Miss Waterman, drafted this?
Miss WATERMAN. I drafted this, and then apparently we had--everyone had
second thoughts on some of the statements in there, and I believe that
it was at this time--wait a minute.
We sent this to Miss Knight's office for the special attention of Mr.
Hickey.
Mr. COLEMAN. And is that the memorandum dated March 31, 1961?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; that is right.
Mr. COLEMAN. Which has been given Commission Exhibit No. 970.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.
Mr. COLEMAN. And from that memorandum, you indicate that your proposed
instructions were that, one, that the passport should be mailed back to
Mr. Oswald only under proper safeguards----
Miss WATERMAN. Now, are you talking about what wasn't sent or what
finally was?
Mr. COLEMAN. The memorandum of March 31, 1961.
Miss WATERMAN. Yes; these memorandums were prepared by my superiors. In
other words, this looked a little different and more important by that
time.
Representative FORD. In other words, the State Department document No.
X-42 came back to you from higher authority?
Miss WATERMAN. No; I prepared the instruction, and I sent it to Mr.
Kupiec, who by that time was in charge of our section--Mr. Masterton
having been given other duties. And this went into the office of the
Chief of our Division, of the Foreign Adjudications Division. And Mr.
Cacciatore, who was the Assistant Chief of the Division, drafted a
memorandum in Mr. White's name to go to Miss Knight's office, and that
is a memorandum of March 31, 1961.
Mr. COLEMAN. Well, that has been given Commission Exhibit No. 970.
It is in your files as X-42.
Miss WATERMAN. Right.
Mr. COLEMAN. And you had no part in connection with the drafting of
that memorandum?
Miss WATERMAN. No, no; our branch had sent the case to our Division
Chief, either to comment or authorize the mailing of the instruction
which I had prepared.
Mr. COLEMAN. And then after this memorandum of March 31, 1961, was
drafted, a decision was finally reached in the Department as to the
form of the State Department instruction which is in your file as X-38?
Miss WATERMAN. Yes.
Mr. COLEMAN. And we have marked it as Commission Exhibit No. 971.