Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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from two stations in its Final Compliance Statement. The two stations in question are Mexico City for the period 1963-1964, and Moscow for the period 1959-1962.It has been long-standing practice and policy that materials that the DO keeps in the field are for immediate operational needs, and that record materials are to be returned to Headquarters for safekeeping. Limited storage space overseas as well as the risk of physical loss in the event of civil unrest or the need for evacuation are contributing factors to this policy. Once at Headquarters, these materials are normally organized by topic or subject rather than by station because this is the way that work is performed. Particularly with paper records and the passage of significant time, it is extremely difficult if not impossible to reconstruct with any confidence, a full set of documents for any particular station.We do know that files from Mexico City Station are listed in the documents found in the sequestered collection and the Oswald 201 file materials. This divergence from normal practice with respect to these files can be explained by the obvious high interest of the Warren Commission in the events in Mexico City surrounding the time of the assassination (as shown by the fact that they are contained in the Warren Commission materials). It would not have been normal practice at the time for the Agency to keep these records in this form. Thus, other than the materials in the sequestered collection and the Oswald 201 file, we have been unable to identify collections of records which would represent files for the two stations for the periods requested.HTLINGUALThe Church and Pike Committees both expressed concern about HTLINGUAL, a mail opening project which held information on American citizens. As a result of these investigations, CIA was directed by court order to destroy all HTLINGUAL material. It is reasonable to believe that an HTLINGUAL file existed on Lee Harvey Oswald; however, along with all other files designated as HTLINGUAL files, it would have been destroyed in accordance with the court order. Within the JFK sequestered collection, there are HTLINGUAL materials on Oswald -- materials which were apparently copied from the HTLINGUAL files before they were destroyed in accordance with the court order. It is not possible, however, to say that everything on Oswald that was held in the HTLINGUAL file wound up in the JFK collection. (See Tab 2 of Attachment V for more details.)
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# Records Relating to Oswald or the Assassination known to have been destroyed or removed.In November 1997, the Information Management Officer of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advised that he had discovered a record which indicated a file that referred to the Kennedy assassination had been destroyed on "5/1/95". A search for information on this document revealed that the document had been created in 1977 and was described as "allegations regarding the Lee Harvey Oswald file." It was included with other documents grouped under the description:"Individual Case Files - Consists of documents accumulated in investigating complaints, suggestions, or problems of individuals which are brought to the attention of the IG. Filed numerically by case number. Potential cases filed alphabetically."It has been confirmed that copies of the documents were made available to the HSCA and are in the sequestered collection. The OIG has reconstructed the file and will maintain it as a permanent record. Documentation is provided at Tab 1.
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CONFIDENTIAL06 January 1998MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDTO: Barry HarrelsonOIM/HRGFROM: Jerry Owens (C)OIG/IMOSUBJECT: (AIUO) Inadvertent Destruction of RecordsREF: (U) Telecon dated 06 January 19981. (U) Per your request, attached is a memorandum written to the Office of the Inspector Generals (OIG), Deputy and Associate Deputy IG for Investigations. The attached memorandum was also reviewed by OIG/Counsel. It explains in some detail the events we discussed in referenced telephone conversation.2. (AIUO) It is understood by me, the undersigned, that no further action from the Inspector Generals office is required, and that this matter may be considered closed. The Office of Information Management/Historical Review Group (OIM/HRG) will notify the Assassination Review Board (ARB) and file a copy of this memorandum in HRG files to refer to when writing the compliance letter to the ARB.3. (AIUO) It is also understood that original documents are not required when material is requested for or being added to the sequestered collection, and that copies of the material which were inadvertently destroyed were previously provided to the HSAC and ARB (or special task force) before their destruction in 1995.4. (AIUO) With the assistance of HRG, the OIG/IMO has been able to reconstruct the file and will maintain it as a permanent record, also adding a copy of the attached to that file.CL BY 0680987CL REASON: 1.5(c)DECL ON: X-1DRV fm COV 1-82CONFIDENTIAL
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CONFIDENTIALSUBJECT: (AIUO) Inadvertent Destruction of Records5. (AIUO) Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please call me on secure X77081. Thank you.![signature]Jerry N. Owens (C)cc: D/IG/INV w/o attAD/IG/INV w/o attIG/Counsel w/o attOIG/IMO w/attDCI/IMO w/o attCONFIDENTIAL
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Names thru 1984# Name: LONNOUIST Gary H.## Component: DA OC## Type: 37/77## Complaint: Allegations regarding Lee Harvey OSTALE## Referred to IG by:## Date Opened: 29 March 1977## Date Opened mm/dd/yy:## Date Closed: 31 May 1977## Date Closed mm/dd/yy:## Inspectors: Cox## Category:## Spec Cons:## Action:## Was lower resolution possible?:## Was grievant satisfied?:## Case Referred to:## Report Sent to:## Did OGC refer case to DOJ?:## Did DOJ decide to prosecute?:## Record Center Job Number: 80-01770F## Box: 2## Comments:
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# Attachment V
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# Attachment V## Specific Requests From the Board*Summary*. The JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 mandates a number of specific actions on behalf of all government departments and agencies. One of these is to:> "...make available to the Review Board any additional information and records that the Review Board has reason to believe it requires for conducting a review under this Act." (Sec. 5(c)2 H.)In the exercise of this authority under the Act, the Board made fifty-three specific requests for additional records and information in the form of sixteen (16) requests designated as "formal" and thirty-seven (37) designated as "informal." On each request, the CIA worked closely with the Board and Board staff to provide the information and/or documents requested and a written response which records such actions.*Discussion*. As a part of this Final Declaration, the CIA has attached at Tab 1 a list of the fifty-three requests by number and a short description of the subject of each. At the Board's request this attachment includes at Tab 2 the specific response to the request numbered CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination File)Beyond the fifty-three requests, the Board raised two additional matters which tend to fall within the category of special requests:1) A request that the Agency review and declassify the Board's interviews of former CIA officer and Mexico City station employee, Anne Goodpasture; the Agency's response to that request is complete.2) A request for Board staff access to sealed Rockefeller Commission records held by the Library of Congress; these records were given to the Library by Rockefeller via a deed of gift which requires a letter from the DCI before access can be granted. This letter will be completed by 9 September 1998.
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| INFORMAL REQUESTS | DESCRIPTION                                                                        | RESPONSIBLE COMPONENT | STATUS/REMAINING ISSUES                                    || ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- || CIA-IR-33         | FBIS-USR-92-112                                                                    | DS&T                  | COMPLETE                                                   || CIA-IR-34         | Files of CIA officials/offices                                                     | DO, ODCI              | DCI Area complete; DO files being reviewed by Board staff. || CIA-IR-35         | Oswald related information provided by Source identified in RIF No 104-10151-10206 | DO                    | COMPLETE                                                   || CIA-IR-36         | Handling of cables in 1963                                                         | DO, DA                | COMPLETE                                                   || CIA-IR-37         | William Pawley                                                                     | DO                    | COMPLETE                                                   |
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Central Intelligence Agency![Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency]Washington, D.C. 2050524 December 1997Dr. T. Jeremy GunnExecutive DirectorAssassination Records Review Board600 E. Street, N.W. (2nd Floor)Washington, D.C. 20530Dear Dr. Gunn:Re: Request for Additional Information and RecordsNo. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) andNo. CIA-IR-24 (Defector File)This is a partial response to the ARRB's referent request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is believed the following comments and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of Security questions. The DO response is pending.1. At Tab A is a 22 December 1997 memorandum containing information from the Agency's Office of Personnel Security which provides details about the files it had on Oswald prior to the assassination plus when and why they were created. These include the Office of Security file on Oswald, a general file on Americans who had defected to another country and information about HTLINGUAL files.2. Also enclosed at Tab B is a 27 October 1977 memorandum from the Office of Personal Security which explains the numbering of that Office's file on Oswald. In particular, it explains why the "missing" volume V may never have existed..3. An ARRB staff member has reviewed the Oswald Security file and the file on American defectors.4. The Oswald Office of Personnel Security file and those pages of the defector file deemed relevant by the ARRB staff member have been forwarded to HRG for review and will be processed according to current release guidelines.If you have any questions about this response, please advise.Sincerely,![Signature of J. Barry Harrelson]J. Barry Harrelson
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# MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD22 December 19971.  Pursuant to ARRB "Resquet No. CIA-16, the Office of Personnel Security conducted research for and existing pre- assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The following responses are provided to those questions which pertain 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: Please identify, as specifically as possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.Response: At the time of the assassination, the Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained information on Lee Harvey Oswald. One file entitled "Defectors File" (#0341008), contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, and the second file was Office of Security subject file on Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in the automated security database known as the Management Data Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated system. This hand search produced the same results as the automated search of MDP/PS.2.  Within the ARRB request is specific mention of an HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file), #0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along with numerous soft files. Since this material has been destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. The search of Oswald's name did not produce an index reference to any of these files. Attached is all of the available information regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL files. This information was retrieved from the Information Management Branch/Records Control Section and from a review of general office administrative files.
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# Question 2: For other than the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination.Response: As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have been destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening dates 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 19553. HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project involving the opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to and from the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan, and South America. In the Office of Security this project was known as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER, INDIAN, BANJO, and SETTER. The Office of Security actually conducted the opening and monitoring of mail with the acquired information being referred to the Directorate of Operations.4. 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 file contained information was 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 Defectors
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d. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:American Defectorse. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August1961f. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listingknown defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, andUnited Arab Republic.5. 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 and provided 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 the Office of   Security. Efforts to locate this listing or determine its   disposition have been unsuccessful.6. Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors   File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings.   An employee of this Office was, recalls the Defector Machine   Listing as being approximately one and one-half inches thick   and 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 the limited biographic data on each name.7. 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 Moscowdated 31 October 1959b. The Washington Post press clipping dated1 November 1959 entitled "Ex-Marine Asks SovietCitizenship"3
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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 letterk. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated 3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texasl. Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961m. Form 745 "Indices Search Request" dated 12 October 1961n. Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow dated 12 October 1961 with enclosureo. Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization Service name check form to Central Intelligence Agency dated 5 December 1961p. Navy Department message to Moscow dated 3 March 1962q. Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with enclosurer. The Washington Post press clipping dated 9 June 1962 entitled "Third American in 2 Months
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Leaves Soviet 'Home'"s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittalof report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August1962.8. In addition to those documents listed above, the   following documents were located in a subsequent volume of   the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination   of 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)w. 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: To the extent that Counterintelligenceand the Office of Security maintained pre-assassinationfiles on Oswald, please explain why those officesmaintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.In answering this question, please make appropriatereferences to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)and to any other materials (including organizationalcharts) that would help explain the jurisdictional andorganization reasons for which CI and OS would havemaintained such files.Response: It is believed that OS holdings on LeeHarvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia duringwhich he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was incontact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and theDepartment of State prepared reports on these contacts.Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, theCentral Intelligence Agency was included in the distributionof these reports. In the beginning this material wasprobably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of5
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documents 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.9. 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.10. 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.11. A representataive of the Office of Personnel Security /Management Staff was queried regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre-assassination time period. He made inquiries relating to the above request, and the OPS/Information Management Officer 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.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD27 October 1997FROM: Janet A. EcklundChief, Information Management BranchOffice of Personnel SecuritySUBJECT: OSWALD, LEE HARVEYΑΙΝ: 03511641. The Office of Personnel Security was tasked on 31 January 1997 by the Historical Review Group/Center for the Study of Intelligence (HRG/CSI), via the Directorate of Administration/Information Review Office, with researching pre- assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The tasking was generated by the John F. Kennedy Board's desire to review and declassify relevant material. The results of this review were forwarded to the HRG/CSI on 27 February 1997.2. During the Information Management Branch's (IMB)research in response to the above tasking it was noted that Volume V of the Oswald files was not on the shelf where Volumes I-IV and VI-VII were located. A search of the entire area where the volumes had been maintained failed to locate Volume V. The IMB Files Section was subsequently charged with conducting an all out search for the missing volume. The search failed to find Volume V.3. In July 1997, the Oswald files were reviewed page by page prior to being turned over to HRG/CSI and another attempt was made to locate Volume V or to locate persons who might know what happened to it. Volume V was not located nor were any persons located who were knowledgeable of its status.4. During the complete review of the Oswald files no time gap was apparent and no one was located who could recall ever seeing Volume V. This would suggest that either Volume V had been consolidated into other volumes or that Volume V never existed, but that a numbering error resulted in what should have been Volume V being labeled as Volume VI. The use of Roman numerals on the cover of the volumes might have caused this error to occur.