Mr. Belmont. Any information indicating the possibility of a threat against the President and Vice President and members of the family.
Mr. Stern. Have you broadened——
Mr. Belmont. I may say, sir——
Mr. Stern. Yes.
Mr. Belmont. That this practice was assiduously followed, and you will find that the files of the Secret Service are loaded with information over the years that we have furnished them. That was a practice religiously followed and a practice voluntarily followed without request. In other words, we do not have a written request for this type of information but rather considered it our responsibility and duty to furnish this information.
Mr. Stern. Did you ever participate in or do you know of any discussion with the Secret Service before the assassination regarding the kind of information they were interested in?
Mr. Belmont. We had close liaison with Secret Service, and I have no doubt that in oral discussions that the question came up. I wasn't present but I would assume it has come up, particularly as we were constantly furnishing information. We have no written criteria, you might say, as to what should be furnished.
Mr. Stern. That is, established by the Secret Service.
Mr. Belmont. That is correct.
Mr. Stern. And you yourself never participated in any discussion of——