Senator Cooper. By whom?
Miss Knight. The decision was made by experienced citizenship lawyers in the Foreign Operations Division of the Passport Office. It was determined that Oswald had not expatriated himself. He had signed the necessary papers and he answered the required questionnaire under oath, and to the satisfaction of the Passport Office. Both the consul, who had an opportunity to talk to Oswald, and the citizenship lawyers, who handled the case in the Passport Office, were in agreement that he had not expatriated himself.
Mr. Dulles. Those details are in the file in considerable extent.
Mr. Coleman. Senator Cooper, for the record let me note we have Oswald's passport which is Commission Exhibit No. 946 and it states on page 15 thereof that the passport was renewed on May 24, 1962, and it expired on June 24, 1962, and it also stated when Mr. Oswald came into the United States on June 13, 1962.
Senator Cooper. I have just two more questions then.
One, at the time you issued the passport that Oswald was issued in New Orleans to go to Mexico and the other countries there was no requirement at that time that a lookout card be fixed to his file as a defector?
Miss Knight. No, sir.
Senator Cooper. Whatever decision has been made on that has come since that time?
Miss Knight. When you say "defector," the answer to that is in the questionnaire.
Senator Cooper. When I say "defector," was there any regulation, I mean in the Department, which required any special attention to be given to a defector——