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USMC letterhead stationery, and because he told the ARRB (see Call Report,
attachment 18), and also reportedly told the La Fontaines that he had no
recollection of it whatsoever.(4) One can safely presume, following this
line of reasoning, that although turned in 5 days after it was dated, the
"To Whom It May Concern" memo was submitted because the passport office
implicitly had refused to process Oswald's passport application until or
unless he provided evidence that he was being ieleased from active duty.

                (4)Oswald Talked (Pelican): pages 84-85.


              Oswald's Passport


Printed ("issued") on September 10, 1959 (see attachment 11), but
probably not picked up by Oswald until September 11, 1959. A review of
Oswald's passport reveals that it was "issued" (manufactured) on September
10, 1959, one day after the "To Whom It May Concern" memo was received at
the passport office; this 24-hour delay from the time the memo was
received on September 9 was the normal passport processing time in that
era (namely, one day), corroborating the above argument that the memo
assuring DOS that he was leaving active duty was essential to the
processing of his application. But the date the passport was issued is not
necessarily the date it was picked up, since the I.D. card used by Oswald
to verify his identity and status when he picked up the card was
apparently not issued until September 11, 1959 (see below). The earliest
date Oswald could have picked up his passport was September 10, 1959, the
day it was issued by the passport office; this would have required Oswald
to be in receipt of his DD 1173 I.D. card one day early-- although this
is conceivable (and much more likely than having it one week early per the
speculations of Paul Hoch and the La Fontaines), there is no documentary
evidence for this that the author is



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