Miss Waterman. Yes; "SCS. Took initial action on action copy, case of split action. Copy our action to go to SCS."
Mr. Coleman. Do you know or do you have any knowledge what they meant about case is split action?
Miss Waterman. Well, it has been a long time since I have seen the material. But I believe that the mother, Mrs. Oswald, in writing to the Department, to the Secretary, probably brought up various questions about her son. Now—questions which related to his welfare or physical repatriation, or something of that type, which would come under the jurisdiction of the Special Consular Services, should be answered there. Any inquiries which were about his citizenship or his passport, anything that came within the purview of the Passport Office, should have a reply drafted by Miss Knight's office, or elsewhere in the office.
Mr. Coleman. In other words, you are saying that the phrase, split action, on Commission Exhibit No. 965, doesn't mean that——
Miss Waterman. The decision was split; no.
Mr. Coleman. It just means that different offices in the Department would have to make different decisions, or take different action?
Miss Waterman. Yes; and I think that most of Mrs. Oswald's letters were quite involved, and brought up several questions.
(At this point, Mr. Dulles withdrew from the hearing room.)
Mr. Coleman. Then the next document which I want to ask you questions about is your X-55.
Miss Waterman. Yes.