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# 13-00000nished him with any funds or money or compensated him directly or indirectlyin any fashion, and Lee Harvey Oswald was never associated or connecteddirectly or indirectly in any way whatsoever with the Agency. When I usethe term "Agency," I mean the Central Intelligence Agency, of course.Representative FORD. Does that include whether or not he was in the UnitedStates, in the Soviet Union, or anyplace?Mr. MCCONE. Anyplace; the United States, Soviet Union, or anyplace.Mr. RANKIN. Mr. McCone, is that the affidavit you are going to supply theCommission in connection with our request for it?Mr. MCCONE. Yes; this is the substance of the affidavit which I will supplyto you.Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Chairman, I ask leave to mark that Exhibit 870 and have itintroduced in evidence as soon as we receive it from Mr. McCone as a part ofthis record.The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.(Commission Exhibit No. 870 was marked for identification and received inevidence.)Mr. RANKIN. Would you tell us about your procedures in regard to havingan agent or informer or any person acting in that type of capacity? Does thathave to pass through your hands or come to your attention in the Agency?Mr. MCCONE. No; it does not have to come through my personal hands.Mr. RANKIN. Without disclosing something that might be a security matter,could you tell us how that is handled in a general way in the Agency?Mr. MCCONE. Mr. Helms, who is directly responsible for that division of theAgency's activities as a Deputy Director, might explain. Would that bepermissible?Mr. RANKIN. Could we have him sworn then?The CHAIRMAN. Yes.The CHAIRMAN. Would you raise your right hand and be sworn. Do yousolemnly swear the testimony you are about to give before this Commissionshall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help youGod?Mr. HELMs. I do.Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Helms, you heard the inquiry just directed to Mr. McCone.Could you answer the question directly?Mr. HELMS. Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all caseswhere the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence orwhatever the case may be, with an individual. We not only have a record ofthe individual's name, but we also usually get information of a biographicalnature. We then check this individual's name against our record. At thatpoint we make a determination as to whether we desire to use this man or notto use him. It varies from case to case as to how many officers may be involvedin approving a specific recruitment. May I go off the record?(Discussion off the record.)Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Helms, did you have anything to do on behalf of yourAgency with determining whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald was acting in anyof the capacities I have described in my questions to Mr. McCone?Mr. HELMS. Yes; I did.Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us what you did in that regard?Mr. HELMS. On Mr. McCone's behalf, I had all of our records searched to seeif there had been any contacts at any time prior to President Kennedy's assassi-nation by anyone in the Central Intelligence Agency with Lee Harvey Oswald.We checked our card files and our personnel files and all our records.Now, this check turned out to be negative. In addition I got in touch withthose officers who were in positions of responsibility at the times in questionto see if anybody had any recollection of any contact having even been sug-gested with this man. This also turned out to be negative, so there is no ma-terial in the Central Intelligence Agency, either in the records or in the mindof any of the individuals, that there was any contact had or even contemplatedwith him.121