Miss James. I believe the Department—I will say our office was sure that he was an unstable character by the very fact that he had tried to renounce his American citizenship, and then come—by the fact he had tried to renounce his American citizenship, makes him an unstable character to me.
Mr. Coleman. Was it your thought that once he got out of Russia and back into the United States, that we wouldn't let him go back again?
Miss James. I think we would have—I would have, based on my work in the office, I would have hoped we would have done everything to keep him from going back. Whether the passport regulations would have made this possible, I don't know.
Mr. Coleman. You never wrote a memorandum to the Passport Office, though?
Miss James. No; that if he applies again, don't let him go back—no; we did not.
Mr. Coleman. Why didn't you do that in the light of the fact——
Miss James. Because there was no reason at this time. He was in the Soviet Union trying to get out, and it would not have occurred to me to predict that 5 years from now he might want to go back and we should put a stop on his passport. In fact, I don't ever recall taking such action.
Mr. Coleman. After you drafted this memorandum, did you send the telegram to the Embassy which you suggest in the last paragraph should be sent?
Miss James. I did not send any telegram as far as I know. If it had been sent, it would have been sent by the Visa Office on the basis of our recommendation. I would assume if they agreed to this memorandum, they sent it.
Mr. Coleman. Was the memorandum which I have marked as James Exhibit No. 2 in any way motivated or written as a result of the telegram dated March 15, 1962, which you received from the Embassy in Moscow, which says: "Please advise when decision on petition in 243(g) waiver Lee Oswald wife may be expected," which I have marked as James Exhibit No. 3 and am showing you a copy of it.