Mr. Dulles. Could I see that passport for a moment? I think at this particular time this passport was issued, I thought the only stamp was Hungary.
Mr. Snyder. I think there must have been others, and Hungary was added after 1946.
Mr. Dulles. I will just read this.
"This passport is not valid for travel to the following areas under the control of authorities with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations: Albania, Bulgaria, and those portions of China, Korea, and Vietnam under Communist control."
Now, that speaks as of—this is a printed notice in the passport, and that speaks as of the date of issue of the passport, September 10, 1959. And then there is a stamp—I guess that is printed on the passport—also printed, in a special box, "This passport is not valid for travel in Hungary."
Mr. Chayes. And then that is superimposed with a void stamp when we took Hungary off the list of restricted areas.
Mr. Dulles. Right. I don't know whether that void stamp was put on in 1959—but it is not important as far as we are concerned.
In any event, this passport, as I understand, is perfectly good to travel to Russia without any notification to the State Department, is that correct?
Mr. Snyder. Oh, yes.
Mr. Coleman. I should state for the record, sir, actually the application which Oswald filed on September 4, 1959, included Russia as a place where he intended to visit.