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I have read the affidavits, and they were compiled as an enclosure and sentover with this letter.Mr. STERN. You have reviewed them in preparation for your testimony beforethe Commission?Mr. BELMONT. Yes, sir.Mr. STERN. To your knowledge, are they accurate?Mr. BELMONT. They are accurate, to my knowledge, yes.Mr. STERN. Are they complete?Mr. BELMONT. Yes.Mr. STERN. They do not omit any significant fact you know of?Mr. BELMONT. No.Mr. STERN. In connection with the material they cover?Mr. BELMONT. No.Mr. STERN. Unless there are any questions on that, Mr. Chairman, I suggestwe admit this document.The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted as No. 825.(The document referred to, previously marked Commission Exhibit No. 825for identification, was received in evidence.)Mr. STERN. Mr. Belmont, I show you a letter dated March 31, 1964, fromDirector Hoover to Mr. Rankin, the General Counsel of the Commission, witha series of attachments. Can you identify this which has been marked foridentification as No. 836. Can you identify this for the Commission?(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 836 foridentification.)Mr. BELMONT. This is a letter dated March 31, 1964, to the Commission fromthe FBI to which is attached the instructions contained in our manuals as to thetype of information which should be disseminated to Secret Service and ourrelations or liaison with Secret Service.Mr. STERN. It was prepared in response to a request from the Commission?Mr. BELMONT. That is correct.Mr. STERN. Did you supervise or assist in the preparation?Mr. BELMONT. I did.Mr. STERN. Have you reviewed it recently?Mr. BELMONT. Yes.Mr. STERN. Is it complete with respect to the matters covered?Mr. BELMONT. Yes; it is.Mr. STERN. Is there anything you would like to add to it with respect to thematters covered?Mr. BELMONT. Well--Mr. DULLES. May I just interrupt here a moment. Is this inquiry directed tothe question of whether it is now adequate or whether this is complete as of thetime of the assassination? I think we have two questions there to consider.Mr. BELMONT. Mr. Dulles, this letter outlines our relations with Secret Serv-ice and the material that is attached covers both the instructions to our agentsprior to the assassination and the current instructions.Mr. DULLES. Subsequent to the assassination?Mr. BELMONT. Yes, sir.Mr. DULLES. Yes.Mr. STERN. What were the criteria you employed and instructed your agents toemploy before the assassination in determining what information should bereported to the Secret Service regarding threats against the President, membersof his family, the President-elect, and the Vice President?Mr. BELMONT. These are contained in detail in the attachments which repre-sent sections of our manual of instructions which are available to all of ourpersonnel in the field as well as the seat of Government, and also in the FBIhandbook which is in possession of the individual agent in the field. Theseinstructions require that any information indicating the possibility of an at-tempt against the person or safety of the persons mentioned by you must bereferred immediately by the most expeditious means of communications to thenearest office of the Secret Service. Further, that our headquarters in Wash-ington must be advised by teletype of the information and the fact that it hasbeen furnished to Secret Service.