Mr. Coleman. Even though the passport was issued specifically saying it was only good for return to the United States and only good for 1 month.
Miss Knight. That is right.
The passport was limited and could not be used beyond the time it was limited for.
Mr. Dulles. Would that have caused the card to be removed?
Miss Knight. Yes.
Mr. Dulles. Issuance of that passport, even a limited passport would have resulted in the card being withdrawn?
Miss Knight. The card would have been withdrawn at the time that his citizenship was adjudicated, and when it was found that he had not expatriated himself. The card which was put in the file related only to his citizenship status.
Mr. Dulles. That is what—somewhat earlier, that is several months before the passport was extended?
Miss Knight. Oh, yes.
Mr. Coleman. That would mean when he came back into the United States and he then reapplied 2 days later for another passport it would have gone through routinely and you would not have picked up the fact that it was Oswald the defector that was now going to go back out of the United States?