Nace ean a “ ' to renounce his American citizenship and "has offered Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Why was Oswald’ s_ 201 file opened on December Ea i960, more than a Soviet Union? . i A confidential State Department telegram dated 7 October 31, 1959, which was sent from Moscow to the CIA, - J ; , , . — stole asD reported that hee~Hasvey Oswald, a recently, discharged marine, had appeared at the United States Moscow embassy Soviets. any information he has acquired as /an/ enlisted radar operator." / At least three other communications of f . tach a confidential nature Which gave more detail on the Oswald vv & | tte’ Lane O chee? EBA) ye case were /a€pparently sent to “the Cra” e Sane ° SITET, en ae nite. A a ee ane cme I ee ae . *Two of these documents, Warren Commission Exhibits 917 and ™, 918, contained routing notations indicating that they had been’ sent to the CIA, but the documents themselves were never .—~ found in Oswald's file. aa oe, ST, Classification: f £ a ¥ Classified by derivation: Pa Meets aera
CO Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Nee | NSM, Agency officials questioned by the Committee have testified that the substance of the oo { October 31, 1959 cable was sufficiently important to warrant the opening of a 201 file. In fact, howeves, Oswald's file ? Rema oar ree was not opened until December 9, 1960. oo : The CIA was requested by the Committee to indicate NOUEETER where documents pertaining to Oswald had been disseminated internally and stored prior to the opening of his 201 file. ‘In response, the Agency advised the Committee that because — Eee CPR, document dissemination records of, low national security | noe: fia ’ vy eon. se significance are retained for only a five-year period, they f are no longer in existence for the years°1959-1963. __/ Consequently, the Agency was unable to explain either when these documents had been received or by which component. Laima teh ated Classification: Classified by derivation: __
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) An Agency memorandum, dated September 18, 1975, indicates that Oswald's file was opened on December 9, 1960. _. by virtue of the receipt of five documents: two from the Nene ateacion a ‘FBI, two from the State Department, and one from the Navy. _/ Screened ot, This reasoning, however, is inconsistent with the presence ro | | in Oswald's file of four State Department documents dated in 1959 and a fifth dated May 25, 1960. It is, of course, 7 7 © possible that the September 18, 1975 memorandum is referring to State Department documents that were received by the(BDO > cs in-October and November of 1960 and that the earlier State Department communications had been received by the CIA's Office of Security but not cne(008) , In the absence of dissemination records, however, the issue cannot be SON resolved on this basis. ‘The September 18, 1975 memorandum also states that Classification: Classified by derivation: — br
Zo) Classification: aay (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Oswald's file was opened on December 9, 1960 as a result of oa his "‘defection' to the USSR on 10/31/59 and renewed interest { in Oswald brought about by his queries concerning possible wot LV. however, that Oswald expressed,any intention W returning” bora (to any United States government officia) ‘until mid-February of 1961. Finally, reference to the original form that was a ’ used to start a file on Oswald aces not resolve this issue, A. meets 8. Rim me ON as cea oe ee | | ¢ : reentry into the United States." _/ There is no indication, oa . -because the appropriate slot whch would normally indicate _the “source document" that initiated the action makes mabertica, to an Agency component rather than to a dated document. “GTA, SOTA. The Committee was. ablé to determine the basis for the EPS, a opening of Oswald's file on December 9, 1960 by interviewing and then deposing the Agency employee who was directly responsible for initiating the opening action. This individual Classification: OE | Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) IN explained that the CIA had received a request from the State 4 Department for information concerning American defectors. After compiling the requested information, she responded to the inquiry and then opened a 201 file on each defector involved. _ / ; This statement was corroborated by review of, State | ae rr one oe Department which indicated that such a request, in fact, had - ~ been made of the CIA on October 25, 1960. Attached to the oa : State Depart ment letter was a list of known defectors; Lee=Harv@y Oswald's name was on that last. / The CIA ' responded to this request on November 21, 1960 by providing — the requested information and adding two names to the State Department's original list. _ Significantly, the Committee reviewed the files of \* : eléven individuals on the original State Department list Classification: Classified by derivation: