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# DISPATCHTO: Chiefs of all StationsFROM: Chief, KUDOVESUBJECT: Warren Commission Testimony - Selected ExcerptsACTION REQUIRED: FYI1. The Warren Commission's Report on the assassination of President Kennedy focused attention on the magnitude of the problem. Involved in the protection of the Chief Executive. As you know, it is our responsibility, overseas and in headquarters, to render every support possible to the Secret Service in the conduct of its statutory responsibilities in the United States, and especially when the President travels abroad.2. The circumstances confronting the Warren Commission produced discussion and testimony on various aspects of the problem of Presidential protection and on interagency operational cooperation, which normally do not find their way into the public domain. These include the acquisition and dissemination of information, consultation, coordination, and operational interchanges. I believe you will be interested in the attached extracts of testimony given before the Warren Commission by U.S. intelligence and security officials. Pertinent portions have been side lined. I commend these materials for reading by all officers in positions of senior responsibility in headquarters and overseas.Document Number 988-927 BDfor FOIA Review on SEP 1976FLETCHER M. KNIGHT23 Dec. 1964 2 FEB 1905Book Dispatch No. 4726HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER: 100-300-12Raymond G. RoccaDDPRichardDISPATCH
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S-E-C-RE-TDiibution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726.AF DivisionAbidjan ✓Accra ✓Addis Ababa ✓Algiers✓Bamako ✓Brazzaville ✓Bujumbura ✓Conakry ✓Dakar ✓Dar-es-Salaam ✓Freetown ✓Kampala ✓Khartoum ✓Lagos ✓Leopoldville ✓Lome ✓Lusaka ✓Mogadiscio ✓Monrovia ✓Nairobi ✓Pretoria ✓Rabat ✓Salisbury ✓Tananarive ✓Tripoli ✓Tunis ✓Yaounde ✓The above listing has beenreviewed in the AF Division.(Initials)EE DivisionAthens ✓Bern ✓Frankfurt ✓Nicosia ✓Vienna ✓The above listing has beenreviewed in the EE Division.(Initials)FE DivisionBangkok ✓Djakarta ✓Hong Kong ✓Honolulu ✓Kuala Lumpur ✓Manila ✓Melbourne ✓Okinawa ✓Phnom PenhRangoon ✓Saigon ✓Seoul ✓Taipei ✓Tokyo ✓Vientiane ✓Wellington ✓The above listing has beenreviewed in the FE Division.себС-(Initials)S-E-C-R-E-T
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Distribution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726NE DivisionAden ✔Amman ✔Ankara ✔Baghdad ✔Beirut ✔Cairo ✔Colombo ✔Damascus ✔Jidda ✔Kabul ✔Karachi ✔Kathmandu ✔Kuwait ✔New Delhi ✔Tehran ✔WE DivisionBrussels ✔Copenhagen ✔The Hague ✔Helsinki ✔Lisbon ✔London ✔Luxembourg ✔Madrid ✔Oslo ✔Ottawa ✔Paris ✔Paris/LCPIPIT ✔Reykjavik ✔Rome ✔Stockholm ✔The above listing has beenreviewed in the NE Division.The above listing has beenreviewed in the WE Division.(Initials)(Initials)
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Distribution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726WH DivisionAsuncion ✓Bogota ✓Buenos Aires ✓CaracasGeorgetown ✓Guatemala City ✓Kingston ✓La Paz ✓Lima ✓Managua ✓Mexico City ✓Montevideo ✓Panama City ✓ParamariboPort-au-Prince ✓Port of SpainQuito ✓Rio de Janeiro ✓San Jose ✓San JuanSan Salvador ✓Santiago ✓Santo Domingo ✓Tegucigalpa ✓The above listing has beenreviewed in the WH Division.![signature of reviewer](Initials)
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S-E-C-R-E-THeadquarters Distribution forBook Dispatch No. 47262 DDP 2 C/WE1 ADDP 1 C/WE/11 C/OPSER 1 C/WE/21 C/TSD 1 C/WE/31 C/CA 1 C/WE/41 C/CCS 1 C/WE/51 C/SOD 1 C/WE/BC1 C/CI1 C/FI 2 C/WH1 C/WH/12 C/AF 1 C/WH/21 C/AF/1 1 C/WH/31 C/AF/2 1 C/WH/41 C/AF/3 1 C/WH/51 C/AF/4 1 WH/COPS1 C/AF/5 1 WH/POA1 C/AF/6 1 WH/POB1 WH/Plans2 C/EE1 C/EE/G 2 CI/R&A1 C/EE/K 1 CI/LIA1 C/EE/SA 1 CI/OPS/AF1 CI/OPS/EE2 C/FE 1 CI/OPS/FE1 C/FE/CH 1 CI/OPS/NE1 C/FE/HULA 1 CI/OPS/SS1 C/FE/JKO 1 CI/OPS/WE1 C/FE/PMI 1 CI/OPS/WH1 C/FE/TBL1 C/FE/VNC1 RID2 C/NE1 C/NE/11 DC/NE/AA1 C/NE/41 C/NE/51 C/NE/6Originated by: Chief, CI/R&A, Ext. 7468/23 December 1964
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# SECRET2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992FIELD DISTRIBUTION - BD #5847# AP DIVISIONJohannesburgLagosNairobiPretoriaRabatSalisbury# FE DIVISIONBangkokDjakartaHong KongHonoluluKuala LumpurKuchingManilaMedanMelbourneOkinawaRangoonSaigonSeoulSingaporeTaipeiTokyoVientianeSurabayaWellington# EUR DIVISIONBarcelonaBerlinBernBonnBrusselsCopenhagenGenevaThe HagueHamburgHelsinkiLisbonLondonMadridMilanMunich Liaison BaseMunich Ops. Base (Laurion)OsloOttawaParisLCPIPITRomeSalzburgStockholmViennaZurich# WH DIVISIONAsuncionBogotaBrasiliaBuenos AiresCaracasGeorgetownGuatemala CityGuayaquilJMMAVEKingstonLa PazLimaManaguaMexico CityMonterreyMontevideoNorfolk (REPLANT)Panama CityPort au PrincePorto AlegreQuitoRecifeRio de JanerioSan JoseSan SalvadorSantiagoSantiago de losCaballerosSanto DomingoSao PauloTegucigalpa# NE DIVISIONAnkaraAthensBeirutCalcuttaColomboIstanbulNew DelhiRawalpindiTeheren# SECRET
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HQS DISTRIBUTION - HD #5847CA STAFFDC/CACA/COPSCA/PROPCA/LOCA/B1CA/B2CA/B3CA/B4CA/B5NE DIVISIONNE/COPSNE/GTI/GNE/GTI/TNE/GTI/INEAA/INEAA/APNEAA/S&LNESA/RENESA/C&NNESA/INESA/PAF/COPS/CAAF/1AF/2AF/3AF/4AF/5AF/6WH DIVISIONWH/CAWH/CWH/C/CAWH/1WH/1/MexicoWH/2WH/2/GWH/2/PWH/H/8WH/2/CR/NWH/3WH/3/BWH/3/COWH/3/EWH/3/PWH/3/VWH/4WH/4/ARWH/4/CHWH/4/P/UWH/5WH/5/BrasilWB/6WH/7WH/7/HTWB/7/GUWH/7/DRWH/7/JTSFE/CA 14C/CO/CASB/CADO/CA 3CI/R&A 10EUR DIVISIONE/CAE/SCE/BNLE/FE/IE/IBE/GE/ASE/BC
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992# SECRETDD/P8-4635/126 NOV 1968Sir Charles C. F. SpryDirector GeneralAustralian Security Intelligence OrganizationG. P. O. Box 5105BBMelbourneDear Charles,Thank you for your letter of 15 October recommending against the declassification of Warren Commission document CD-971. I might mention that our inquiry to you in August (1968) was in anticipation of further pressure for the release of Warren Commission papers, a pressure which has not materialized. Accordingly, there is not, at the present time, any intention to release CD-971.Should the question be raised at some future time, the points made by you in your letter provide every reason to keep the document out of the public domain.With kindest regards,Sincerely,/s/ Richard HelmsRichard HelmsDirectorDocument Number 1042-947cfor FOIA Review on SEP 1976cc: DDCISignature Recommended:Deputy Director for PlansDDP/FE/PMI/AN/Amos Taylor, Jr. (X 5502):aib (25 November 1968)Distribution:1 - ADDP Orig - Addee1 - CPE 2 - DCI1 - PNI 1 - DDCI1 - PMI/AN 2 - DDP21 NOV 1968Date![handwritten notes correlating to this, including Navy's OK of 27 June 68, Release in Main File]
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET21 MAY1982US/82/71Dear Anthony,Regarding your letter 6/705 of 10 May 1982, our records indicate that Valeriy Vladimirovich Kostikov traveled to Mexico, France, Spain, the U.S. and Cuba during the period 1959-61. In 1961, he was assigned permanently to Mexico City as a consular officer and served there until August 1965. He was variously described as a translator, vice-consul, and attache. During this tour he attempted to cultivate a U.S. Government employee assigned to our embassy in Mexico City.In September/October 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald approached the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in an attempt to get a visa allowing him to return to the USSR. Kostikov, as a consular officer, handled this visa request. We have no information which indicates any relationship between these individuals other than for the purpose of Oswald's making his visa request.Kostikov returned to Mexico City for a second tour of duty in July 1968. During this tour he was again assigned to the consular section and was a second secretary. It appeared that he was tasked with following the activities of the Central American communist parties and left-wing groups, and he met often with members of these groups, reportedly providing them with funds and technical guidance. In July/August 1969, Kostikov made an unusual TDY trip to Moscow lasting three weeks. (His family remained in Mexico.) In July 1970 he made a four-day trip to Havana.Kostikov's tour in Mexico ended unexpectedly in September 1971. Our information indicated that he was not due to leave for another three to four months, and at the time of his departure, there was some speculation that the suddenness of his departure was due to the fact that he was known to Lyalin.CROSS FILE COPY FOR201-289248DO NOT DESTROYRECORD COPYSECRETXAF-0922221 MAY 82100-2-95
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While in Mexico he was considered by some to be the most effective and dangerous of intelligence officers in Mexico. He has been described as being without morals, education, and manners. Shortly after his arrival in Mexico in 1968, he was arrested in front of a house of prostitution after becoming involved in a fist fight with some locals. It appears this incident did not affect his position in Mexico City, despite the fact that it received a good deal of press coverage.We are aware only that Kostikov arrived in Beirut in June 1978. We are unable to confirm his presence there now.Although our file indicates that Kostikov may have been a member of Department 13 (Executive Action) (Department V's predecessor), we have been unable to confirm this. Also, to the best of our knowledge the KGB has not engaged in such executive action since 1959.Sincerely,/s/ DavidDavid H. BleeMr. Anthony C. M. DeVerePHOTO ATTACHEDDDO/CI/RA/Joan Paxson (21 May 1982)DISTRIBUTION:Orig & 1 - Adse1 - CI/RA Chrono1 - 100-2-951 - Reading Board1 - Paxson![secret]
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992UK SECRET6/70510 May 1982Dear David,VALERIY VLADIMIROVICH KOSTIKOV1. Please refer to our conversation of 6 May. KOSTIKOV, born 17 March 1933, Moscow, was posted to Beirut in 1978 as 1st Secretary and may still be there. He is identified KGB and served in Mexico City from 1961-71. There is a reference to him on page 307 of BARRON's KGB which suggests that he may have been Department V. We do not appear to have asked LYALIN about him, and are now doing so.2. We also note that EPSTEIN in "Legend" claims that according to a CIA telecheck KOSTIKOV was Lee Harvey OSWALD'S KGB case officer in Mexico City. According to BARRON (page 335) OSWALD was in Mexico between September and November 1963 and was seeking to obtain a Soviet visa. There was certainly a KGB interest in OSWALD, although according to NOSENKO this was defensive.3. The reason for our current interest in KOSTIKOV will be obvious. As you are aware, our Embassy in Beirut, in common with other Western Missions, has been subject to threats and violence in recent months, and in view of earlier hostile attentions from the KGB, we have been reviewing our records of KGB staff in the area who might have been involved in promoting strong-arm tactics.4. We would be grateful for your views as to whether the KGB are likely to be behind any of the recent incidents (possibly through the Syrians) and for any information on KOSTIKOV and his activities in Mexico and in Beirut. In particular, what are your comments on the OSWALD story; can you confirm that KOSTIKOV is still in Beirut; is there anyone else in Beirut or Damascus whose trace record suggests an Active Measures role, or worse?5. We should be grateful for an early reply and as I said on 6 May will treat anything you can tell us on a strictly Service to Service basis.Yours everForm 547a ProcessedA C M de Vere> [Figure] CROSS FILE COPY FOR 201-289248 DO NOT DESTROY
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992UNCLASSIFIED INTERNAL USE ONLY CONFIDENTIAL SECRETROUTING AND RECORD SHEETSUBJECT: (Optional)FROM:E/BC4C 20 HqsEXTENSION NO14137220TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building)DATEDATE3 APR 1978OFFICER'S INITIALSCOMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column, after each comment.)CI/RTAHausman1 APR 1978chThis is the ACTION/INFO copy of a communication received on from MI-6 in Washington.Russ HolmesAnother copy is being held in E/BC.3D57Any reply should be directed to E/BC for forwarding to Liaison.Processing by IP is to be determined by.Coordination with E/BC is required prior to any dissemination of this information outside the DDO.NB: Richard A. SPRAGUE, Chief Counsel and Director of HSCA, saw a copy of attached document. See his attached letter to Sergyj CZORNONOH, 04 December 1976.RBHFORM3-62610USE PREVIOUS EDITIONSOP-187SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED
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CONFIDENTIALOur ref: GEN 1Dear Art,30 March 1978Please find attached correspondence received from one Sergyj CZORNONOH who claims that he provided information about Lee Harvey OSWALD to the American Vice Consul (presumably Tom Blackshear) in Sofia, Bulgaria, in August 1963.2. I have sent copies of these letters to the FBI and to my Head Office in London.![signature]D H Jonesfor G M L Blackburne-KanMr A H StimsonEnc.CONFIDENTIAL
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SERGYJ CZORNONOH1106-11TH STREETSACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA95814M. WallarTO BRITISH EMBASSY3100 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, N. W.WASHINGTON, D. C.![Postage stamp of eugene o'neill]USA9cSACRAMENTO1978STATE CAPITOLEUGENE O'NEILL151978STATE CAPITOL15STATE CAPITOLRETURN RECEIPTREQUESTEDREGISTEREDNO.251254
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SERGYJ CZORNONDH1106-11TH STREETSACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 95814MARCH 15, 1978TO BRITISH AMBASSADORBRITISH EMBASSY3100 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, N.W.WASHINGTON, D.C.DEAR SIR.I WROTE LETTER ON FEBRUARY 15, 1978TO MR. JAMES CALLAGHAN PRIME MINISTERI ENCLOSED REGISTERED MAIL NO. 251067.ON JULY 18, 1963 I WAS IN LONDON ENGLANDAT THE AIRPORT IMMIGRATION OFFICER NO. 175I HAD NO VISA IMMIGRATION PLACE ME UNDERHOUSE ARREST, MR. SMITH IN POLICE UNIFORMSECRET SERVICE BROUGHT ME STEAK DINNERAND POLICE OFFICER INTERROGATED ME, HEASKED ME WHAT THE EMBASSY OF U.S.S.R. SAYWHAT DID you HEARD IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA,I SAID I HAVE HEARD THAT ONE AMERICANDEFECTOR (MR. LEE HARVEY OSWALD) TO RUSSIAAND HE RETURNED TO UNITED STATES OFAMERICA THIS MAN HE PREPARING TO KILLTO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY,MR. SMITH POLICE OFFICER ASKED MEDo YOU KNOW HIS NAME, I SAID HIS NAMESTART ON "O" HIS NAME WAS PUBLISHEDONE TIME IN NEWS PAPER IN WASHINGTONPOST MR, SMITH POLICE OFFICER SAIDIT EASY TO FIND.
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I DO SEARCHING FOR THIS FILE IN BRITISHPOLICE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AND BRITISHIMMIGRATION, JASKING YOUR EMBASSY TOHELP TO FIND THE TRUTH AND I ASK YOURGOVERNMENT TO FORWARD My RECORDJULY 18, 1963 TO PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTERAND SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE CHAIRMAN21. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON IN LILIGENCE I ENCLOSE HIS Copy LETTER TOALSO I ENCLOSE YOU copy LETTER IS, NTON FEBRUARY 17, 1978 TO RUSSIAN ANASSA.YOUR JUSTICE ALWAYS WILL BE APPRECIATEDMY INCOMING MAIL iS CONTROL BY (FBI. AGENTS SOME OF THE MAIL I DENYGET NOT FORWARD TO ME FBI, SuppressMy INFORMATION AND TORTURE ME DRUGRESPECTFULLY YOURS"21.S. PASSPORT No.D02.7000 Sergyj (зочин...
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copy. 10BRITISH AMBASSADORSergyj Czornonoh1106 - 11th StreetSacramento, California 95814To Russian AmbassadorEmbassy of U.S.S.R.1125 - 16th StreetWashington, D. C.Dear Sir:This is retyped letter from hand writtenMr. Wasilev Consul gave me order to transmit this information to U. S. Government, on August 9, 1963 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr. Wasilev, Consul of Embassy of U.S.S.R., gave me this information about Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald on August 14, 1963. Mrs. Besera Asenova, girl friend of Russian Consul came to my room and repeated that Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald is assassin. He will kill President Kennedy.On August 15, 1963 in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the airport in embassy car, I told to Mr. Blackshire, American Vice Consul, that Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald is assissin. He has a weapon or has ordered one. Mr. Blackshire said it seems like he will kill someone. I said that Mr. Lee H. Oswald is preparing to kill President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Mr. Blackshire said where will it happen. I said they (right wing) will invite President, criticize him in the newspaper, then kill him. Mr. Blackshire told me he will give the telegram to Department of State and he gave me the address where to report.At 9 a.m. on August 19, 1963 in Washington, D. C., I went to see (Mr. Kippingan). Director of Special Counselor Service Department of State at 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue-11th floor. I told the Director that I have information about President Kennedy. The Director said do not mention name of President Kennedy, only respond to the questions. The Director said tell us what will happen to Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald then. I said Mr. Lee H. Oswald will be killed after kill Kennedy. I said I will take the truth drug to tell the truth. Director tell us who else get killed in this country. I said as I heard, that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be killed. Who will kill Dr. King, Jr. Negro leader? I said a man who is in prison at this time. (Mr. James Earl Ray was in prison at that time.) Director asked where assassination will happen. I said in Dallas, Texas. Director said if someone gave this information here I would expel the man. Director did call on F.B.I. agents after F.B.I. use anesthesia gas to freeze me to drub me to keep amnesia.I told Director Department of State that Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald have a weapon. Go see him. Director told me you too can have weapon--so what if Oswald got weapon.Sincerely,Sergyj CzornonohU.S. Passport 0027000U.S House of RepresentativesSelect Committee on Assassinations told me to write letter to Embassy in early 1977.
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Sergyj CzornonohRegis Hotel1106 11th StreetSacramento, CA 95814CITY MANAGERSABOUT HUMAN RIGHTSBRITISH EMBASSYFebruary 6, 1978Mr. John M. PriceDistrict AttorneySacramento, CaliforniaDear Mr. Price:This is a retyped letter. I visited Mr. Ferry , Deputy District Attorney, on August 16, 1977. I told in the office that F.B.I. agents and Secret Service use police department to harass me.. Police department do supply pencil of anesthesia gas to the manager of the building I live. The manager door use certain people, to freeze me by anesthesia gas -- then push druga, poison in my mouth to torture me to take my aleep away or bleed by rectal and they use many other chemicals to brainwash me to use me in political assassination which I refused. On January 20, 1976 in Sacramento on 8th and I Streets, man came to me from police or post office, U.S. Department of Justice and freeze me by gas and told me to take gun, pistol and we will tell you where to go to shoot - to kill - Mr. Sargent Shriver. I refused. Manager, Mr. Sisel, of Marshall Hotel, call on the man to tell me this on the street. In February 1976, police intelligence told me that assassination will not happen here. How about to move to Maryland state.In this letter I ask you to get report from Dr. Frederick S. Baker, M.D. - colon and rectal surgery on January 31, 1978. His phone - 452-4095. I do bleed today very much and I am weak, In this letter I ask you to give re- strain order or respond to me what could be done. The right wing in America made record to use me in assassination. I refuse. I am human and I like to be treated as human. Police put frame up on me just to take advantages on me. Police use lie, police use mental case to take advantages on me and tell me that right wing do use such people like me. To prove I enclose copy mid- night June 14, 1976. Also I enclose copy letter I sent. to Mr. Ted Sheedy, Supervisor, on January 26, 1978 and copy of his reply to me.Please respond to me. Thank you.Very truly yoursSergyj CzornonohSergyj. CzornonohMr. Sargent Shriver was run for President in 1976.Sergyj zorno
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# Legal Center For The Disabled1722 J STREET, SUITE 19 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814Telephone: 446-4851March, 1978Sergyj Czornonoh1106 11th StreetSacramento, CA 95814Dear Mr. Czornonoh:This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding difficulties you have encountered with the police and the FBI.In the event that there is legal action taken by the police or the FBI to institutionalize you this office will provide you with legal representation.If you have any further legal problems please contact this office.Sincerely,Leslie KayLESLIE KAYParalegalCATHERINE HUGHESStaff AttorneyLK: ab> [Figure: Image of a registered mail sticker affixed to the letter. The sticker has handwritten information and a postmark. The postal stamp shows 'POSTMARK OF SACRAMENTO, FEB 15 1978, STATE CAPITOL STA.']
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104-10012-10076 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992ROUTING AND RECORD SHEETSUBJECT (Optional)FROMRD/F/FREXTENSION2826DATEJuly 1967TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building)DATERECEIVED FORWARDEDOFFICER'S COMMENTS: Number each comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment. INITIALSDocument Number: 127-987for FOIA Review on SEP 1976FORM 610USE PREVIOUS EDITIONSSECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNALUSE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED![201-2897248]
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# DISPATCHTO: Chiefs, Certain Stations and BasesINFO:FROM: Chief, WOLIMESUBJECT: Warren Commission Report: Article on the Investigation Conducted by District Attorney GarrisonACTION REQUIRED. REFERENCES:1.  We are forwarding herewith a reprint of the article "A Reporter At Large: Garrison", published in THE NEW YORKER, 13 July, 1968. It was written by Edward Jay Epstein, himself author of a book, ("Inquest"), critical of the Warren Commission Report.2.  The wide-spread campaign of adverse criticism of the U.S., most recently again provoked by the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy, appears to have revived foreign interest in the assassination of his brother, the late President Kennedy, too. The forthcoming trial of Sirhan, accused of the murder of Senator Kennedy, can be expected to cause a new wave of criticism and suspicion against the United States, claiming once more the existence of a sinister "political murder conspiracy". We are sending you the attached article--based either on first-hand observation by the author or on other, identified sources--since it deals with the continuing investigation, conducted by District Attorney Garrison of New Orleans, La. That investigation tends to keep alive speculations about the death of President Kennedy, an alleged "conspiracy", and about the possible involvement of Federal agencies, notably the FBI and CIA.3.  The article is not meant for reprinting in any media. It is forwarded primarily for your information and for the information of all Station personnel concerned. If the Garrison investigation should be cited in your area in the context of renewed anti-U.S. attacks, you may use the article to brief interested contacts, especially government and other political leaders, and to demonstrate to assets (which you may assign to counter such attacks) that there is no hard evidence of any such conspiracy. In this context, assets may have to explain to their audiences certain basic facts about the U.S. judicial system, its separation of state and federal courts and the fact that judges and district attorneys in the states are usually elected, not appointed: consequently, D.A. Garrison can continue in office as long as his constituents re-elect him. Even if your assets have to discuss this in order to refute--or at least weaken--anti-U.S. propaganda of sufficiently serious impact, any personal attacks upon Garrison (or any other public personality in the U.S.) must be strictly avoided.Document Number: 1127-987for FOIA Review on SEP 1976Attachment: 1 unclassified article, per para 1![signature of BRIAN K. SLAGHT]DATE: 19 July 1968CROSS REFERENCE TO:`latt /w`DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER: BD - 6614HOS FILE NUMBER: 201-289248CLASSIFICATION: SECRETJUL 1968