Mr. Snyder. Yes.

Mr. Coleman. Will you indicate for the record how you stamped the old passport?

Mr. Snyder. The passport was marked "This passport is valid only for direct travel to the United States." (Commission Exhibit No. 946, p. 6.)

Mr. Dulles. Are you quite clear you returned the passport to him before he made his final plans to return?

Mr. Snyder. I am not entirely——

Mr. Coleman. Sir, before you answer the question, I suggest if you look at the Foreign Office Despatch dated July 11, 1961, you will find that you told the Department what you did at the time.

Mr. Snyder. Oh, yes.

Mr. Dulles. Could that be read into the record—just what he did say about the handling of the passport at that time—that is July what?

Mr. Snyder. July 8, 1961.

This was July 8. "Oswald intends to institute an application"——