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New Memo StandardCL BY: 0000000CL REASON Section 1.5 CDECL ONE X1ORY FRAME: COV 1-8227 February 1998MEMORANDUM FOR:Bonnie K. Hunter-Y- @OCIFROM:Frieda P. OmastaOFFICE:ADA/IROSUBJECT:CIA-12 (Shackley et al)REFERENCE:Shackley, Cross, Henry, Gupton (CIA-IR-12) DA/IRO No. 12Bonnie:This is with respect to your 26 February 1998 note wherein you asked that we check HRM for personnel files on Ron Cross, Bart Henry and William Morris Kent. In an effort to bring the status of this particular tasking (CIA-IR-12) up-to-date, I provide the following:My records show that on 18 July 1997 Barry requested that we conduct file searches on Ted Shackley, Ron Cross, Bart Henry and Doug Gupton. We were advised by Barry, and as outlined in a 22 May 1996 letter from ARRB to John Pereira, that Cross, Henry and Gupton are pseudonyms used by CIA personnel who testified to the HSCA.Notwithstanding, we tasked OPS and HRM to conduct searches on these individuals in an effort to locate files. On 22 December 1996, I advised Barry that HRM had located files on Ted Shackley and would provide them to Barry via this office once they arrived from AC. It is my understanding that Becky gave you the OPF yesterday. HRM advsied further that they had attempted to locate files on Cross, Henry and Gupton but failed to locate any files on these individuals in light of the fact that only the pseudos had been provided. We further advised that if in the future you have access to the true names, we will glady search again.On 23 December 1997, I advised Barry that OPS had located files on Ted Shackley, Ron Cross and Doug Gupton and that the files were in OPS for review. They were unable to locate a record on Bart Henry. It is my understanding that you have not reviewed these files to date but are in the process of making arrangements to do so. Sue-Ann Pierson conducted the search back in July and I am certain that she will be glad to you in this matter (40000).And lastly, I have no record of ever having received a request to search on William Morris Kent. Accordingly, I will request OPS and HRM to do so.Please let me know if I have misinterpreted the status of this request. Thank you. FriedaOriginal Text of Frieda P. OmastaOriginal Text of Frieda P. OmastaNew Memo Standard
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SECRET27 February 1997MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry HarrelsonHistorical Review GroupCenter for the Study of IntelligenceFROM: Janet A. EcklundChief, Information Management BranchOffice of Personnel SecuritySUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK BoardREFERENCE: CSI 97-062 date 31 January 1997.1. (U) The Office of Personnel Security has researched this request from the Assassination Records Review Board relating to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald.2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed in Mr. Marwell's letter to the Historical Review Group, the following responses are provided to those three questions pertaining to the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These responses are the best reasonable answers based on available information. Please note OPS was known as the Office of Security prior to 1 October 1994.Question 1: (U) Please identify, as specifically as possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.Response: (U) At the time of the assassination, the Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained information on Lee. Harvey Oswald. A file entitled, Defectors File (#0341008) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald,Regraded ConfidentialWhen Separated FromSecret Attachment.SECRETCL BY: 0605636CL Reason: 1.5 (c)DECL ON: X1DRV FROM: COV 1-82
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SECRETand the Office of Security also had a subject file on LeeHarvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected inthe automated security database known as the Management DataProgram/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files wereoriginally miscellaneous files which were converted to theabove numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conductedof microfiche records which were superseded by the automatedsystem. This hand search produced the same results as theautomated search of MDP/PS.(U) In your request specific mention is made of anHTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four officialfiles under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file),#0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All ofthe HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 alongwith numerous soft files. Since this material has beendestroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these filescontained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A search ofOswald's name did not produce an index reference to any ofthese files.(U) Attached is all of the available informationregarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL files. Thisinformation was retrieved from Lydia Hoffman of theInformation Management Branch/Records Control Section andfrom a review of general office administrative files.Question 2: (U) Other than for the 201-289248 fileon Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file wasopened, the purpose for the opening of the file, andthe documents that were in the file at the time of theassassination.Response: (U) As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files havebeen destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up inchronological sequence, a search of files with numbers inclose proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL wasundertaken. This search revealed the approximate openingdates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953#0119144 Opened approximately May 1955SECRET
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SECRET(U) HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project that involved opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to and from the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan, and South America. In OS this project was known as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER, INDIAN, BANJO, and SETTER. OS conducted the actual opening and monitoring of mail with the acquired information referred to the Directorate of Operations.(U) The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa 1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens defecting to other countries and information regarding foreign nationals considering defection to the United States. This compilation of information was received from press clippings, Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, and the various armed services. The pre-assassination documents located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at 15"b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 October 1960 with attached list of American "defectors" from May 1959 to October 1960c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated 31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject: American Defectorsd. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated 1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject: American Defectorse. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August 1961f. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and United Arab Republic.
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(U) The index reference to the Defectors File identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer printout of defectors which reflected limited biographic data on each name. This listing was maintained separately from the actual Defectors File; notations within the Defectors File show the Defector Machine Listing as permanently charged to the Security Analysis Group of OS. Efforts to locate this listing or determine the disposition have been unsuccessful.(U) Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings. Katie Nakai of this office at che time was assigned to the Security Analysis Group and recalls the Defector Machine Listing. From her recollection, this machine listing was approximately one and one-half inches thick and was in two parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical index of defector names with assigned numbers. The second part Listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and contained Limited information on each name.(C) The Special Investigations Branch of Investigations Division is the current operating component encompassing most of the Security Analysis Group functions still conducted in OPS. Gail Jewell of this office was queried regarding office holdings relating to the Defector Machine Listing. Ms. Jewell had no knowledge of the listing and suggested William Gilbert as a resource. Mr. Gilbert, CIC Liaison Officer, could not recall the listing, opined it may have been destroyed, and suggested contacting Zachary Filis of the Counterintelligence Center (CIC).(C) CIC assumed many of the functions previously conducted by the Security Analysis Group. Mr. Filis was queried regarding the possibility the Defector Machine Listing may have been transferred to CIC during the realignment of duties. Mr. Filis advised the Defector Machine Listing could not be located in CIC holdings; and he has made inquiries with Directorate of Operations counterparts regarding the listing.
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(U) The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file was created as a separate repository for the numerous press clippings and reports received from other government agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR and his activities following his return to the United States. The first volume of this file appears to have been preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents contained in this file are as follows:a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow dated 31 October 1959b. The Washington Post press clipping dated 1 November 1959 entitled "Ex-Marine Asks Soviet Citizenship"c. Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow dated 2 November 1959d. Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo dated 9 November 1959e. Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow dated 9 November 1959f. The Washington Post press clipping dated 16 November 1959 entitled "Rebuffed"g. Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November 1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at 15"h. Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960i. Department of State Instruction A-273 dated 13 April 1961j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter
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k. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texasl. Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961m. Form 745 "Indices Search Request" dated12 October 1961n. Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscowdated 12 October 1961 with enclosureo. Form G-135a Immigration and NaturalizationService name check form to Central IntelligenceAgency dated 5 December 1961p. Navy Department, message to Moscow dated3 March 1962q. Department of the Navy memorandum to the FederalBureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 withenclosurer. The Washington Post press clipping dated9 June 1962 entitled "Third American in 2 MonthsLeaves Soviet 'Home'"s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittalof report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August1962.(U) In addition to those documents listed above, thefollowing documents were located in a subsequent volume ofthe Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassinationof President Kennedy.t. Undated summary of file information on LeeHarvey Oswaldu. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
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SECRETw. Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated9 October 1963x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated10 October 1963y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).Question 4: (U) To the extent that Counterintelligence and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination files on Oswald, please explain why those offices maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination. In answering this question, please make appropriate references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB) and to any other materials (including organizational charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and organization reasons for which CI and OS would have maintained such files.Response: (U) It is believed that OS holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia during which he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was in contact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and the Department of State prepared reports on these contacts. Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, the Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution of these reports. In the beginning this material was probably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of documents on this person increased, a separate file was created to be the repository of information on the alleged American defector. There is a notation in the Defectors File that a separate file exists on Oswald.(U) Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D. Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, a majority of them contain a notation or the initials of Marguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was the officer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filing of this information.7SECRET
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SECRET(U) The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the component responsible for collecting, developing, and evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to detect and/or prevent penetration of the Agency's organization, employees, and activities by foreign or domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted research in connection with employee loyalty cases and maintained records identifying personalities, environments, and personal traits of individuals who had been of counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained liaison with various government agencies in connection with counterintelligence activities and coordinated the counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported directly to the office of the Director of Security.(U) Don Staton of the OPS/Management Staff was queried regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre- assassination time period. Mr. Staton made inquiries relating to the above request, and the OPS/Information Management Officer Ronda Allen retrieved retired policy records for review. The information on the mission and function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office of Security administrative and historical files as well as a review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.3. (U) For your information, a page-by-page review of the documents contained in the Defectors File (12 volumes) and Lee Harvey Oswald's file (7 volumes) has not been conducted for the purposes of this request. Our efforts were concentrated on the pre-assassination time frame.4. (U) This review was conducted by Katie Nakai, OPS/CD/MB, secure 40552.AttachmentJanet A. Ecklund8SECRET
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27 February 1998MEMORANDUM FOR: T. Jeremy GunnExecutive DirectorAssassination Records Review BoardFROM: J. Barry HarrelsonSenior ReviewerSUBJECT: ARRB Request No. CIA-IR-7 For InformationOn Claude B. Capehart1. The following is responsive to subject request.2. The Agency has made a thorough search of its records for information on Claude B. Capehart and can state:a. Mr. Capehart was never an employee of the Agency;b. Mr. Capehart was however, an employee of a company with which the Agency had contracts;c. The Agency has files on Mr. Capehart because of its contractual relationship with his employer.d. All such files have been made available to and were reviewed by ARRB staff members.3. If you require anything further in this regard, please advise.J. Barry Harrelson
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY9 February 1998MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry HarrelsonCSI - JFK Project OfficerFROM: Frieda OmastaAssociate Information Review Officer, DDASUBJECT: CIA-IR-09 - George Bush/ARRB Request1. This is with reference to your 2 February 1998 memorandum (attached) and our telephone conversation on 6 February wherein you requested that the Directorate of Administration (DA) review "any and all personnel files of George Herbert Walker Bush to determine whether he had any affiliation with CIA during the 1963 period."2. The Office of Personnel Security and the Office of Human Resource Management have reviewed its files and have been unable to find any documentation to show that George H.W. Bush had any affiliation with CIA during the 1963 period.3. This concludes DA action on this request.AttachmentsADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY
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ALMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY11 February 1993MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerFROM: Frieda CmastaAssociate Information Review Officer, CDASUBJECT: CIA-IR-11 - ARRB Request for Search onWarren Commission Critics (DA/IRO No. 21)1. This is with reference to your 2 February 1998 memorandum (Tab A) and our subsequent telephone conversation on 6 February wherein you requested that the Directorate of Administration (DA) search for files or records on Warren Commission critics Edward J. Epstein, Josiah Thompson, Mark Lane, Harold Weisberg, or Sylvia Meagher.2. Based upon the limited biographic information provided on Subjects, the Office of Personnel Security (OPS), the Office of Human Resource Management (HRM) and the office of the Publication Review Board conducted thorough searches. No records were located on Josiah Thompson or Mark Lane. As you know, OPS located a file on Harold Weisberg as a result of its search in response to CIA-IR-27 (DA/IRO No. 14). At your request, on 6 February 1998 (Tab B) we requested that OPS make arrangements to have this file reviewed by the ARRB to determine which documents are Assassination Records. Accordingly, OPS did not address the Weisberg file in this CIA-IR-11 response.3. As a result of DA's searches (Tab C) we located the following files and/or information:Edward J. Epstein - AIN 0 488 753 (found in OPS,File found in PRBHarold Weisberg - computer printout (attached,found in HRM)Sylvia Meagher - OPS advised that there was an impersonal folder regarding Subject and a 1968 Ramparts Magazine article which were destroyed in accordance withe Records Control Schedule on 1 Janaury 1994.ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLYPlease let me know when you want me to request the es on Edward Epstein from OPS and PRS. Meanwhile, this concludes DA action on CIA-IR-11. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on 31201.Attachments: As StatedADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
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UNCLASSIFIEDFrom the Desk of Becky L. RantDA/Information Review OfficeNOTE FOR: J. Barry Harrelson@DCIGary M. Breneman-Y-@DCIFROM: Becky L. RantOFFICE: DA/IRODATE: 08/14/98 09:10:11 AMSUBJECT: Response to CIA-IR-11Barry & Gary:I have reviewed the draft response to CIA-IR-11 dated 13 August 1998 and following are my comments and requested changes:Paragraphs 1 and 2 - OKPara 2a: EPSTEIN, Edward J. --The DO found no files identifiable with subject; a file was found on an individual with the same name but; with research, it was determined that the individual was not the Edward J. Epstein who is the subject of this request. DA searches found a Center for CIA Security, formerly the Office of Personnel Security, file and a Publications Review Board file on subject, as well as three "hits" to records destroyed pursuant to normal records destruction schedules. The destroyed records involved three Freedom of Information requests that mention Epstein's name in the subject line. None of the requests were for information on Epstein.Para 2b: LANE, Mark4th line - Please change Public Affairs to Privacy Act requestPara 2c: MEAGHER, Sylvia -- A reference to the fact subject made a Privacy Act request was found. In addition, the Center for CIA Security found that it had, at one time, a folder on subject and a 1968 Ramparts Magazine article. Both subject's Privacy Act request file and the impersonal folder have been destroyed pursuant to normal record control schedules.Para 2d: defer to DOPara 2e: WEISBERG, Harold11th line - Please change Office of Security to Center for CIA Security.In so far as DA equities are concerned, I concur with draft letter once the above changes have been incorporated.BeckyCC: Frieda P. Omasta@DASent on 14 August 1998 at 09:10:11 AMUNCLASSIFIED
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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFrom the Desk of W. Curtis ChalonerOPS/CD/IMB (40552) THIS IS A VOICE ACTIVATED COMPUTER. UPPERCASE IS FOREFFICIENCY & IS NOT MEANT AS A BREACH OF CYBERSPACE ETIQUETTE.NOTE FOR:Becky L. RantFrieda P. OmastaJanet A. EcklundFROM:W. Curtis ChalonerOFFICE:OPS/CD/IMBDATE:06/09/97 04:22:02 PMSUBJECT:RECORD SEARCH, CHARLES D. FORD. AIN 0038497DEAR BECKY, I CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF SUBJECT'S SECURITY FILE TO INCLUDE MICROFICHE & HARDCOPY. BELOW ARE MR.FORD'S ACTIVITIES FROM 1959 THROUGH 1964, PER YOUR REQUEST.MICROFICHE-CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER16 JAN 59-CRYPTOGRAPHIC CLEARANCEAUGUST 1959-VACATION IN CANADA FOR 2 DAYS15 MAR 61-ESTABLISHMENT OF PO BOX LETTER ADDRESS FOR SUBJECT30 MAR 62-MFR, SUBJECT WAS PROVIDED AN ALIAS (FISCALINI) FOR TASK FORCE "W" TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK ON 31 MAR 62TO CONTACT AN ATTORNEY IN THAT CITY. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROBERT KENNEDY OFFERED HIS SERVICES TO HELP SOME OFTHE CUBAN PRISONERS SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL IN CUBA. SUBJECT RECEIVED VERBAL APPROVAL FOR HIS ALIAS.05 JUN 62-SUBJECT WAS UNAWARE OF REINVESTIGATION & WAS NOTIFIED BY SECURITY.28 JUN 62-ANOTHER NAME WAS ADDED TO SUBJECT'S LETTER ADDRESS03 DEC 62-SUBJECT WAS BRIEFED TO A SENSITIVE OPERATION CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE CI STAFF & DOS/IOS20 FEB 63-REQUEST FOR CIA IDENTIFICATION CARD IN ALIAS06 MAR 63-MFR REGARDING AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT10 MAY 63-REVOCATION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC CLEARANCE02 JUL 63-REASSIGNMENT PROCESSING FORM, APPROVED FOR DOMESTIC ASSIGNMENT08 JUN 63-SUBJECT GRANTED A "Q" CLEARANCE31 JUL 63-MFR REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BROKE INTO SUBJECT'S HOUSE & ATTEMPTED TO ASSAULT HIS 14 YEAR OLDDAUGHTER. THE ASSAILANT WAS ARRESTED, NO HARM TO DAUGHTERHARDCOPY-CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY02 & 10 MAY 62-MEMOS REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION FROM U.S. ARMY27 JUN 62-CIA BRING-UP-TO-DATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TWX. FAVORABLE22 MAY 63-"Q" CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT INFORMATION & 1962 FAVORABLE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION26 FEB 64 & 25 MAR 63-POLYGRAPH SCHEDULING MEMOSBECKY, IF WE CAN BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANKS, CURT.CC:Sent on 9 June 1997 at 04:22:02 PMFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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New welPersonalizedCL BY: 462125CL, REASON: Section 15DE ON:DRV FAM:From the Desk of Becky L. RantDA/IRONOTE FOR: Barry HarrolsonFROM: Becky L. RantOFFICE: DA/IRODATE: 09/17/97 10:57:20 AMSUBJECT: Travel RecordsBarry: I am forwarding to you today pies of the microfilmed accounting ledgers re Charles Ford's travel. The OFL IMO worked with RCF and the copies are somewhat better than those you saw previously. This reflects the search after our visit to OFL to define search terms. I am also forwarding for your information the paperwork that approved the destruction of financial accountings after 6 years 3 months. Please call if you have any questions. BeckyCC:New Note Personalized