Mr. Rankin. Mr. Chairman, in order to complete the record, may I ask to have the number 866 assigned to the memo that Mr. Hoover is going to send about protection of the President, and have it admitted to this record under that number.
The Chairman. Yes; it may be.
Representative Ford. Also a number for this letter Mr. Hoover is going to submit.
Mr. Rankin. May I assign 867?
The Chairman. Yes.
(Commission Exhibit Nos. 866 and 867 were marked for identification and received in evidence.)
TESTIMONY OF JOHN A. McCONE AND RICHARD M. HELMS
The Chairman. The Commission will be in order.
Director McCone, it is customary for the Chairman to make a short statement to the witness as to the testimony that is expected to be given. I will read it at this time.
Mr. McCone will be asked to testify on whether Lee Harvey Oswald was ever an agent, directly or indirectly, or an informer or acting on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency in any capacity at any time, and whether he knows of any credible evidence or of any conspiracy either domestic or foreign involved in the assassination of President Kennedy, also with regard to any suggestions and recommendations he may have concerning improvements or changes in provisions for the protection of the President of the United States.