Miss Waterman. That is right.
Mr. Coleman. Nevertheless, you indicated in the memorandum that you would indicate that the SOV had a special interest in the reply to the despatch, is that correct?
Miss Waterman. Yes; that is right.
Mr. Coleman. Did you discuss with anybody in the Department Miss James' request?
Miss Waterman. Well, I don't recall. I don't know. I wouldn't recall right now.
Mr. Coleman. Well, is this the only time, to your knowledge, where the SOV had made a request in connection with a passport?
Miss Waterman. Oh, no; I would not say that. I don't think so; no. I think probably a great many of our communications went out as office memoranda, and they received copies of them in the Division anyhow.
But I think this was probably more to avoid confusion in having classified files be traveling around the different areas of the Department. We could send a copy of an "OM" without trouble. But handing the files around was another matter. And we didn't put them around any more than we had to.
Mr. Coleman. The next document in the sheaf of papers I gave you is the Operations Memorandum dated August 18, 1961, prepared by you——
Miss Waterman. Yes.