Mr. Coleman. If you had disapproved it, at least there would have been further discussion?
Mr. Seeley. Yes, sir; there would have been.
Mr. Coleman. So, to that extent, you did have something to do with the decision?
Mr. Seeley. Well, to that extent, there was no consultation. This was sent up for clearance, and insofar as the citizenship angle was concerned, I agreed with what they had done.
Mr. Coleman. Did you call for and look at the file prior to the time you initialed the operations memorandum of August 18, 1961?
Mr. Seeley. I would presume that I had the whole file. Mr. Ehrlich has suggested that I mention that I was not in the citizenship area at the time that I put my concurrence on this operations memorandum, and I was looking at it only from the aspect of my own area.
Mr. Coleman. What was your area?
Mr. Seeley. I was in the Security Branch. I was Chief of the Security Branch of the Legal Division.
Mr. Coleman. What did you have to do with the decision?
Mr. Seeley. In this particular case if you had objected, I am sure that there would have been further discussion on this particular case.