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

American Embassy replied to Washington that no action had been taken, because
OSWALD could not be located. [DOS prim. ser. 0056; WCE 12C file 294 DOS; SCS
261.1122]
A State Department Operations Memorandum dated MARCH 23, 1960, read:
TO: American Embassy, Moscow
FROM: The Department of State
SUBJECT: CITIZENSHIP AND PASSPORTS - LEE HARVEY OSWALD
Unless and until the Embassy comes into possession of information or
evidence upon which to base the preparation of a certificate of loss of
nationality in the name of LEE HARVEY OSWALD, there appears to be no
further action possible in this case. An appropriate notice has been placed
in the Passport Office's lookout card section in the event that Mr.
OSWALD should apply for documentation at a post outside the Soviet
Union.
PPT: B Waterman: Jn: March 25, 1960.
REFUSAL CARD ISSUED
Reason for refusal: "May have been naturalized in the Soviet Union or
otherwise have expatriated himself. Frances G. Knight. March 25, 1960.
A refusal sheet is prepared for insertion in the passport file when information is received
which may affect the issuance of the passport. It is used primarily as a 'flag' and does
not necessarily mean the person concerned should be denied passport facilities. It does
indicate, however, that a lookout card for the named individual should have been
prepared. The State Department reported: "The FEA card record shows as follows:
March 13, 1960, case to BW (Bernice Waterman)...March 28, 1960, Refusal for
Warning..."
The State Department reported:
The information from Moscow, beginning in October 1959, indicating that
OSWALD desired to renounce his citizenship and to acquire Soviet
citizenship, was sufficient basis for the preparation of a lookout card for
use until the expatriation question was resolved. The passport file shows
that a refusal sheet was prepared on March 25, 1960, at the same time an
Operations Memorandum was drafted to the American Embassy at
Moscow. The Operations Memo which was approved and mailed on
March 28, 1960, stated in part: 'An appropriate notice has been placed in
the lookout section of the Passport Office in the event that Mr. OSWALD
should apply for documentation at a post outside the Soviet Union.' The
refusal sheet should have led to the placement of a lookout card in the