Representative Ford. Would you in the June determination have had the files from the Department of State which showed that on October 31 Oswald walked into the American Embassy.
Mr. Chayes. Oh, yes.
Representative Ford. And said "I, Lee Harvey Oswald, do hereby request that my present citizenship in the United States of America be revoked."
Mr. Chayes. Oh, yes; the entire file.
Representative Ford. And would it also have had the one of November 3d where he said "I, Lee Harvey Oswald, do hereby request that my present United States citizenship be revoked"?
Mr. Chayes. Yes; It would have had all of that.
Representative Ford. It would have had all of that?
Mr. Chayes. Yes.
Representative Ford. And it would have had the——
Mr. Chayes. But it would also have had the determination that he had failed to expatriate himself and that he was an American citizen. I, myself, doubt that an abortive attempt at expatriation would, certainly without more, warrant the denial of a passport to a person who was in fact a citizen.