The Chairman. May I interrupt a moment, gentlemen? I have a commitment at the Smithsonian Institution for about 45 minutes, and so I will be obliged to leave at this time. Congressman Ford, will you preside during my absence, and if you should be obliged to leave for your congressional duties, leave it in charge of Mr. McCloy to do it. I expect to be back in three-quarters of an hour.
(At this point in the proceedings, the Chairman leaves the hearing room.)
Representative Ford [presiding]. Will you proceed, please, Mr. Stern.
Mr. Stern. Yes, sir. Was your interview with Robert Lee Oswald at your instance or did he volunteer?
Mr. Fain. I located him for interview and tried to locate his mother and, incidentally, in that connection he was very cooperative, and I obtained all the information that he had that I could, and he volunteered a lot of this information.
Mr. Stern. Had you previously asked him to let you know if he had received any communication from his brother?
Mr. Fain. I had asked him to be sure to let us know in case—I told him we wanted to talk to him when he came back.
Mr. Stern. You told him you wanted to know when Lee Harvey Oswald was coming back, but not whether he had any specific communication?
Mr. Fain. We specifically wanted him to let us know if he had any contact with Soviet intelligence agents, anything like that, anything that he thought might not look right, to be sure and let us know.
Mr. Stern. Then on page 8 it says that "Mrs. Robert Oswald promised to advise upon his arrival." Were you——