Mr. Stern. Is there anything you would like to add to the information covered in there with respect to your practices regarding informants?
Mr. Belmont. No; only in my personal knowledge this is a correct statement and Lee Harvey Oswald was not an informant of the FBI.
Mr. Stern. Did you ever use the term "agent" to apply to anyone other than an employee, a special agent employee of the FBI?
Mr. Belmont. No; we do not.
Mr. Dulles. Could I ask you, Mr. Belmont, whether Mr. Fain's separation from the FBI had anything whatever to do with the Oswald case or in his handling of the Oswald case?
Mr. Belmont. No; indeed not. Mr. Fain came to the retirement age and decided he wanted to retire, which is his privilege, and he retired and is presently working in Texas and very happy, I understand.
Mr. Dulles. Thank you.
Mr. Belmont. He retired in good graces, good standing, so far as the FBI is concerned.
The Chairman. And a year before the assassination.
Mr. Belmont. Frankly, I don't recall.