Mr. Coleman. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
The Chairman. Back on the record.
Mr. Coleman. Would you be kind enough to read Commission Exhibit No. 910 into the record?
Mr. Snyder. In paraphrase?
The Chairman. Paraphrase, yes; in your own way.
Representative Ford. Of course keeping the intent of what was said precisely as it was sent.
Mr. Snyder. Yes, sir.
A person appeared at the Embassy today, October 31, identified himself as Lee Harvey Oswald, and stated that he had come to renounce his American citizenship. He was the bearer of U.S. passport No. 1733242, date of issuance September 10, 1959, which showed him to be unmarried and gave his age as 20, or which showed him to be 20—it gives his date of birth. Mr. Oswald stated that he had applied for Soviet citizenship in Moscow. He stated that he had entered the Soviet Union from Helsinki, Finland, on October 15. He said that he had contemplated this action for the previous 2 years. The main reason given was that "I am a Marxist." He has a mother living at 4936 Collinwood Street, Fort Worth, Tex., which was also his last address.
His attitude was arrogant and aggressive. He stated that he had recently been discharged from the Marine Corps. He also volunteered the information that he had offered to the Soviet authorities any information which he had acquired as an enlisted radar operator in the Marines.