Representative Ford. A few minutes ago I asked you a question about checking with confidential informants. Did this check involve only confidential informants in Fort Worth as far as the Communist Party was concerned, or would it have a broader check?
Mr. Fain. These were the confidential informants available to me in Fort Worth only.
Representative Ford. Would there be a different set of informants in Dallas?
Mr. Fain. Yes; they had informants, I suppose, one or two from the area there, but we certainly had two when I considered to be excellent right in Fort Worth and I am sure they had good access.
Representative Ford. But would such a check of informants at Fort Worth necessarily mean there couldn't have been some relationship Oswald had with the Communist Party in Dallas, for example?
Mr. Fain. Well, these in Fort Worth are familiar with some of the activity in Dallas, too.
Representative Ford. There would be a connection between your informants in Fort Worth——
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir.
Representative Ford. And those that might exist in Dallas?
Mr. Fain. Yes, sir. I contacted these on several occasions, on two occasions that I remember, and, I felt, if this man was a member of the Communist Party they would know about it.