NODULE X7 OSWALD IN MINSK AND THE U2 DUMP: JANUARY ...

Coleman: How could that be a possibility? Don't you pretty much negate
that possibility by the fact that you did require him to fill out the
questionnaire which only has to be filled out if he admits he has done one
of the various acts?
Snyder: No; the questionnaire is filled out routinely in Moscow in any kind
of problem case.
Coleman: Even though the citizen has done none of the acts which are set
forth in the passport renewal application?
Snyder: Yes; well I say in a problem case. I don't mean an American
citizen coming in to get his passport renewed, on whom there is no
presumption of any problem at all. But a person who has resided in the
Soviet Union -
Coleman: Is it your testimony this is only a typographical error?
Snyder: This is one possibility. The other possibility is that he may have
said, "I have taken an oath or made an affirmation or formal declaration of
allegiance to a foreign state." He had, on several occasions, you know,
stated that his allegiance was to the Soviet Union. He may have put this
down - that is he may have said "have," having that act in mind, knowing
that I knew it, and that there was no need to attempt to hide the fact. This
is possible.
Coleman: Do you now recall what reaction you had in mind when you
received the application that had been crossed out in such a way that
indicated that he was admitting that he had done one of the various acts
which are set forth on the form?
Snyder: No, I don't. Of course what I would have been concerned with at
the time in more detail really is the questionnaire, which is an expansion of
this paragraph and is much more meaningful. So I would have been
concerned both with what he said on the questionnaire and with the facts
of his case whether he thought he committed one of these acts is not
material to the fact of whether he had committed it or whether he lost his
citizenship thereby. At any rate, my attention would have been directed to
the expanded questionnaire in which he had to fill out individual
paragraphs concerning each one of these things, and to a determination
of the facts in the case.
Dulles: Do recall whether or not that striking out was noted at the time the
passport application or extension was considered?
Snyder: I do not Mr. Dulles, no.