Mr. Bouck. On the President's route.
Mr. Stern. Would it have made a difference to you if he was a legitimate employee of that institution?
Mr. Bouck. Well, not from our standpoint of having us look at it. I can't predict too well what the field office would have done after they looked. It would depend on what they found out, but the field office would have checked that. We would has asked them to check it and they would in fact have checked it not knowing what conclusions they would have arrived at, I don't quite—I am not quite able to predict just what measures they would have taken.
Senator Cooper. May I ask a question on this point? Have you examined your records since the assassination of President Kennedy to determine if the name Lee Oswald appears in your files?
Mr. Bouck. We have never had it prior in any connection, never in our records.
Senator Cooper. I gathered from what you said in response to Mr. McCloy's question you do not keep any special file relating to defectors?
Mr. Bouck. No, sir.
Senator Cooper. In this country?
Mr. Bouck. Not unless there is something much more to it than the fact they defected.
Senator Cooper. Then in the case of Lee Oswald from your statement that you do not keep any file on defectors, if you had known about his presence there, what would have been the cause then for you to have taken special notice of him?