Mr. Fain. A potential danger to the security of the United States, and for instance if we had found that he was a member of the Communist Party and meeting with them, made some contact with them, I certainly would have stayed right on it.
Mr. McCloy. You would have recommended that he be kept under surveillance then?
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCloy. That is all I am getting at.
Representative Ford. Are you through, John?
Mr. McCloy. Yes.
Representative Ford. On the top page of Commission Exhibit 824 it says, and I quote, "Oswald and wife unknown to confidential informant." Did you make that check?
Mr. Fain. I did. I checked with the confidential security informants that we had there, and they said this man was not known to be a member of the party, and the party had not discussed him for membership purposes or anything like that.
Representative Ford. Do you have in this area, or did you have at that time in this area reliable confidential informants?
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir; yes, sir. Excellent informants.