Mr. Chayes. He was then the Acting Secretary because the Secretary of State as you recall was on a plane over the Pacific. So he was the Acting Secretary. But even if he had been the Under Secretary he is my client.
Representative Ford. He still had some authority.
Mr. Chayes. Yes; he directed me to gather together the files in the Department on Oswald, and to prepare a report to be available for him the first thing in the morning covering as best we could within that time span the contacts that Oswald had with the Department.
We got the passport file. We got the security office file. We got the special consular services file which covered Mrs. Oswald's visa and the repatriation loan. I think those three files were the ones that we had. It may have been there was a smaller fourth file, but I think those three were the ones.
Representative Ford. What would that smaller fourth file be?
Mr. Chayes. I can't remember. It was duplicates if it was anything. Oh, that is right, we had a visa file and an SCS file so those were the four. The SCS file, that is Special Consular Services in the office, in the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs.
Representative Ford. You got this order on or about 5 o'clock the 22d of November?
Mr. Chayes. The 22d; yes, sir.
Representative Ford. And you issued orders to have these files brought in, or did you go and get them yourself?
Mr. Chayes. No.