Mr. Stern. If there are no other questions in this area, I have just one other point I would like to cover with Mr. Fain, and that is what were your instructions, Mr. Fain, as a special agent of the FBI, with regard to referring to the Secret Service information bearing upon the protection of the President, not in this case but as a general proposition?
Mr. Fain. As a general proposition, if there was any information coming to our attention, express or implied, or any implication that the President might be in danger or anyone had made a threat of that character, we would always refer it to the Secret Service, that was made clear to us from the very beginning of my service.
Mr. Stern. In your 20 years of service as a special agent did you ever have any occasion to refer information to the Secret Service?
Mr. Fain. I don't remember any specific instances but I am sure there have been a few occasions where I have turned over some information like that and I have run several investigations out as to who this individual was and as to what he was, and so forth.
But any indication of, a threat or otherwise I would have contacted my supervisor—it happened at Fort Worth at that time we didn't have a representative of Secret Service, it was covered out of Dallas, but if there had been anything like that, any indication of potential for violence or any threats I would have called my Dallas office and they would have in turn advised the Secret Service.
Mr. Stern. Did you see any reason to refer Lee Harvey Oswald to the Secret Service?
Mr. Fain. No, sir; no, sir. I didn't see any potential for violence at that time; no, sir.
Mr. Stern. Did he ever mention the President or the Presidency or——
Mr. Fain. No, sir.
Mr. Stern. Or any elected official to you?