Representative Ford. Who makes that determination, Mr. Hosty?
Mr. Hosty. Well, sir; actually it is made by the person who resides in their area, sir. When they reside in their area and work in their area they automatically become office of origin.
The old office of origin sends a form to the new office and advises them, "You are now office of origin." Of course the Bureau gets a copy of that.
Representative Ford. Do you actually move the files or do they get duplicates?
Mr. Hosty. No, sir. What we do is we review our files and see what communications in the file they do not have copies of. Then they are then sent the copies of any communications they don't have, so that they have a complete file. There is nothing that they don't have.
Representative Ford. You don't actually transfer anything from your office?
Mr. Hosty. No; the file is not transferred. Individual communications would be if they were lacking a particular communication. Now, in this case New Orleans had previous communications. They did have some background. It was necessary for me to give them a couple of Mr. Fain's reports that you people have looked at earlier. I had to send those reports to them. They hadn't gotten them.
Mr. Stern. I think it is appropriate to have this admitted at this time, if we may, Mr. Chairman.
The Chairman. The document that has been numbered 829 may be admitted.
(The document heretofore marked Commission Exhibit No. 829 for identification was received in evidence.)