Mr. Seeley. Yes, sir; I thought that this certainly raised a doubt. He had originally, I think, way back had made some similar type statement. Here he made the statement, "Oswald stated he had never in fact been subjected to any questioning or briefing by the Soviet authorities concerning his life or experiences prior to entering the Soviet Union, and never provided such information to any Soviet organ." I thought that certainly there were two statements by him.
Mr. Coleman. I note on the copy you have there is a red check right beside the line which I read. Did you place that red check on there?
Mr. Seeley. I don't think so, sir. It looks like—I think I had a regular pencil, and I think I would have done it with a pencil.
Mr. Coleman. Merely because a person who had attempted to defect now says when he is trying to get back into the country, "I really didn't tell the Soviets anything," that wouldn't completely satisfy you that maybe he hadn't, would it?
Mr. Seeley. No, sir; but I had no information that he had in fact done so. He had just made a statement that he would. I think that was his original statement.
Mr. Coleman. But you didn't do anything other than read Seeley Exhibit No. 5?
Mr. Seeley. That is right, sir.
Mr. Coleman. When was the next occasion you had anything to do with the file?
Mr. Seeley. The next concerns Item X-7, which is a memorandum from Robert D. Johnson to William O. Boswell, dated May 4, 1962.
Mr. Coleman. We have marked that as Seeley Exhibit No. 6, and identified as a memorandum from Robert D. Johnson to William O. Boswell, dated May 4, 1962.