Mr. Coleman. Pardon me. Wasn't it really July 10? July 8 was the day he came over to the Embassy just for a few moments. Then he came back on the 10th.
Mr. Snyder. I don't know. It isn't clear from my despatch, I would say.
Mr. Coleman. Would you read——
Mr. Snyder. Actually, if we knew what day of the week the 8th was——
Mr. Coleman. Subject to check, it was a Saturday.
Mr. Snyder. "Oswald intends to institute an application for an exit visa immediately upon his return to Minsk within the next few days. His American passport was returned to him for this purpose after having been amended to be valid for direct travel—for direct return to the United States only."
Mr. Coleman. In that same Foreign Service Despatch you indicated at the end that you were sending to the Passport Office in Washington the application for renewal, isn't that correct?
Mr. Snyder. Yes; that is right.
Representative Ford. May I ask Mr. Snyder—on Commission Exhibit No. 938, where Oswald said, "I have been naturalized as a citizen of a foreign state," and so forth—if that was the only statement that was made, what effect would that have had on his application either for a renewal or a new passport?
Mr. Snyder. Well, it would have the effect of flagging the consular officer to ask some questions, Mr. Ford.