Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLYTO: Teresa Wilcox @ DSTFROM: J. Barry HarrelsonOFFICE: OIM/HRPDATE: 08/01/98 07:44:36 AMSUBJECT: Re: Slug (*AQUATIC*)The Agency agreed to release slug lines in 1995 (one of the first battles with the ARRB). Since "Aquatic" was used in the slug line of documents dealing with photo operations in Mexico City it has been released in documents at NARA. We have been advised by the ARRB staff that unless we can show "current harm" to additional releases they will not accept the protection of "Aquatic" in slug lines. If you with to take the issue to the Board at the 6 Aug. meeting, I will need an evidence memo no later than 5 August.The specific document in question deals with fabrication of Cuban passport. The ARRB staff has agreed to accept our redactions under the previous agreement on alias documentation. If you want a DS&T look, I recommend you have Tony F. review the document. If you want to review other files/document related to "Aquatic", I suggest you come to IP to review.CC: Eileen M. Wukitch @ DO, James R. Oliver @ DASent on 1 August 1998 at 07:44:36 AMADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET16 May 1997MEMORANDUM FOR: Roger MartinFROM: J. Barry HarrelsonCSI/HRGSUBJECT: Special Clearance for ARRB StaffREFERENCE: Our phone call, 16 May 1997, a.m.Request that Kathryn Michelle Combs of the Assassination Records Review Board staff, SSN 229-13-8465 be given a temporary Byeman clearance for access to specific records on the U-2 project. The files to be reviewed are responsive to a special search request from the JFK Board. Marsha Hubbs, DS&T IMO, has reviewed these files and concurs in granting access for background use only to Ms. Combs.CL BY 611637CL REASON 1.5(c)DECL ON X1DRV FROM: COL 2-82CC: John PereiraSECRET
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1104-10331-101942025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETCL BY: 2085904CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: COV 2-87TO: J. Barry HarrelsonFROM: Teresa Wilcox@ DSTOFFICE: ODDS&T/IRODATE: 10/23/97 04:33:33 PMSUBJECT: Re: JFK Board 14 October Meeting -- ResultsOriginal Text of J. Barry HarrelsonBarry:(S) This follows our telephone conversation of 22 October 1997. I have discussed the decision of the JFK Board to release the true name of Jose Marie Mankel with Linda Cipriani of OGC/Litigation Division. Linda is of the opinion that we have a very weak case were we to pursue an appeal to the President, because we are unable to articulate specific current harm that would ensue when the Board releases Mankel's name. This is because the program with which he was linked, as well as the crypt, already have been officially released to the public via the SSCI hearings in 1975. In addition, I have been advised that the activity with which Mr. Mankel was associated has no link with any current DS&T program. Moreover, Mr. Mankel's name is in the public domain (in Oliver Stone's manuscript for the film "Nixon"), although it has not--up to now--been officially acknowledged. We do not know Mr. Mankel's whereabouts, or even if he is still alive; the last contact the CIA had with him was in 1964, when he was living in Luxembourg.(S) The chilling effect of publicly releasing the names of persons to whom we have promised confidentiality, thereby harming our ability to recruit in the future, was unsuccessfully argued to the Board at its 14 October meeting. Because we are unable to articulate specific current harm, beyond the general chilling effect, I believe an appeal would be unsuccessful. Therefore, unless we are able to unearth additional information in the seven days allotted to us following formal notification of the Board's decision--which is unlikely--the DS&T will not appeal the release of this name.CC: Thomas J. Benjamin @ DST, (Patricia B. Cameresi @ DST, Joseph P. Hayes C- @ DSTSent on 23 October 1997 at 04:33:33 PMSECRET
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# SECRET(When filled in)1NAME INFORMATION SHEET 8 October 1997NAME: Mankel, Jose Marie Andre aka Mankel, AndreDOB: 1 Oct 1917EOD: Contract agent at least by March 1961PRESENT RESIDENCE:UnknownWISHES RE COVER/NO COVER:UnknownSENSITIVE ASSIGNMENTS/ACTIVITIES:Mankel was recruited as a ZRRIFLE agent in late 1960. The objective of the ZRRIFLE project was to procure foreign code and cypher materials and information concerning such matters. Except for a two-month (Nov-Dec 1960) TDY to Africa, Mankel apparently operated in Europe establishing his cover while trying to spot and assess individuals that the CIA could use in safe cracking operations, in line with one of the principal missions of FI/D. Agency contract terminated in Feb 1964.CURRENT ACTIVITIES:UnknownOTHER NOTES:First Agency contact with Mankel in 1958 (COS through Chief of Luxembourg Intelligence Service) in connection with illegal narcotics operation into the US. For 18 months, he was contacted sporadically on behalf of the Bureau of Narcotics. (The Bureau's files reflect an excellent performance by contact.)Virtually all data on Mankel -- except his true name -- have been released.BACKGROUND USE ONLYDO NOT REPRODUCERETURN TO CIASECRET(When filled in)CL BY: 0563956CL REASON: 1.5 (c)DECL ON: X1DRV FROM: HUM 2-82
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETCL BY: 611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: LOC 5-825 November 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:John Pereira @ DCIFred Wickham @ DOLee Strickland @ DAKathryn Dyer @ DCILinda Cipriani @ DCIFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:CSI/HRGSUBJECT:17 November JFK Board Meeting-- CIA issues (update)REFERENCE:1. The following CIA items are on the agenda for the 17 November ARRB meeting:*   (S) Reconsideration of the release of Warrenton, Va. as the location of the CIA Record Center.In addition to written evidence being prepared by DA, the Agency has been offered the opportunity to brief the Board.*   Chairman Tunheim's proposal to advance the opening date of the Nosenko NBR (Not Believed Relevant) material from the 2017 per the JFK Act to the year 2010.The ARRB staff disagrees with the Board on this issue and will recommend that the release date remain 2017. However, they are not confident that the Board will accept their recommendation and has requested the Agency's position on the 2010 date. If the Agency opposes the 2010 change in the date, I will need a memo from the DO explaining why. We could offer a compromise--accept the 2010 date provided the Agency has the same right in 2010 as 2017 to review and appeal the release of the records. I have ask OGC for a legal opinion. Please note that this decision affects only those documents designated "NBR" by ARRB. The documents declared to be Assassination Records (AR) will be re-reviewed and released, either sanitized or in full, during the coming year.*   (S) Proposed release of reference to CIA employee being under "integrated State cover".We have provided written evidence (DO note coordinated with State and copy of MOA between CIA and State). According to the ARRB staff, some Board members consider CIA use of state cover as an "open secret" and are inclined to release. We have been offered the opportunity to brief the Board.SECRET
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13-00000SECRET*   Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) financial records.ARRB staff plans to recommend to the Board that monthly summaries be considered ARs and the remaining material be designated NBR. Samples of these documents have been provided to DA, DO, and DCI/IRO. If you have any comments or objections, please forward them to me by COB Wednesday.*   Documents containing long lists of names, crypts, companies, etc. These include both Agency documents and notes of HSCA staffers. (FYI- no action required at this time)The ARRB staff will ask the Board to delay processing of such documents and, in some cases, declare them NBR. The staff considers them marginal to the story and believes that they are not worth the time involved.(S) 2. We need to advise the ARRB staff no later than COB 12 November (Wednesday), if we plan to brief the Board on Warrenton and/or State Cover. Written evidence is due to ARRB staff by COB 13 November (Thursday). They need at least one day to review the material and prepare their presentations for the Board.CC: Eileen Wukitch@ DOBecky Rant @ DA
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETCL BY: 611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL DIE X1DRV FRAE: COV 2-8721 November 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:John Pereira @ DCIFredrick C. Wickham @ DOLee Strickland @ DALinda Cipriani@ DCIFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:CSI/HRGSUBJECT:ARRB meeting 17 November - ResultsREFERENCE:1.  Reconsideration of the release of Warrenton as CIA Records Center:The Board accepted the Agency's request for reconsideration; postponed until 2017.2.  CIA use of State Cover:The Board did not find the Agency's evidence persuasive; released.This determination affects 16 documents (3 duplicates) that were pending Board action. Future documents will be impacted by this decision. Copies of the documents have been sent to DO and OGC for reconsideration/appeal review.3.  Release date of Nosenko NBR records:The Board moved the release date from 2017 to 2010 giving the Agency the right to review and appeal at that time.4.  Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) Financial Records:The Board accepted the ARRB staff's recommendation (concurred in by CIA) that only "General Statement for Month" records for January 1960 and to January 1995 be processed as Assassination Records, and that the approximately 6,000 remaining pages of financial records be declared to have "no believed relevance (NBR)" to the JFK assassination.5.  Ramparts Damage Assessment Document:The Board accepted the ARRB staff's recommendation (concurred in by CIA) that the paragraphs on the one relevantSECRET
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SECRETorganization be processed as a assassination record, and that the remainder of the CIA *Ramparts* Memorandum be declared NBR. The memorandum discusses the truth or fallacy of the allegations in *Ramparts* the Agency used non-governmental organizations for support and funding of worldwide anti-Communist operations. Over one hundred organizations are mentioned in the *Ramparts* article. The relevant organization is the International Rescue Committee; the IRC aided Oswald on his return to the US.6. Book Cables Dissemination Lists:The Board accepted the Agency's request that book cable dissemination list be protected in full even if they contain stations that are releasable.7. Document #: 104-10072-10232:The Board rejected the Agency's request to protect the full crypt (LINLUCK). The document has been sent to the DO for reconsideration/appeal review.8. Other Documents:The Board accepted the Agency's and ARRB staff's recommendations on 204 additional documents.Reconsideration and Appeals:If the Agency wishes to ask the Board to reconsider a decision or plans to appeal to the President, the ARRB staff has requested that it be notified prior to the letter to the Agency informing the DCI of the Board's decision. We expect the letter on or around Dec. 1st; the Board's determinations will also be published in the Federal Register on that date. As mandated by the White House, the Agency has seven days after notification to appeal a JFK Board decision to the President.CC:Eileen Wukitch@ DOKathryn Dyer @ DCIBecky Dyer @ DASent on 21 November 1997 at 05:04:45 PMSECRET
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETCL BY: 611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: COV 2-8724 November 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:DCI_CSI_JFK_TeamFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:CSI/HRGSUBJECT:ARRB meeting 17 November - ResultsREFERENCE:Original Text of J. Barry HarrelsonOriginal Text of J. Barry HarrelsonCL BY: 611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: COV 2-8721 November 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:John Pereira @ DCIFredrick C. Wickham @ DOLee Strickland @ DALinda Cipriani@ DCIFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonSECRET
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SECRETJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:CSI/HRGSUBJECT:ARRB meeting 17 November - ResultsREFERENCE:1. Reconsideration of the release of *Warrenton* as CIA Records Center:The Board accepted the Agency's request for reconsideration; postponed until 2017.2. CIA use of *State Cover*:The Board did not find the Agency's evidence persuasive; released.This determination affects 16 documents (3 duplicates) that were pending Board action. Future documents will be impacted by this decision. Copies of the documents have been sent to DO and OGC for reconsideration/appeal review.3. Release date of Nosenko NBR records:The Board moved the release date from 2017 to 2010 giving the Agency the right to review and appeal at that time.4. Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) Financial Records:The Board accepted the ARRB staff's recommendation (concurred in by CIA) that only "General Statement for Month" records for January 1960 and to January 1995 be processed as Assassination Records, and that the approximately 6,000 remaining pages of financial records be declared to have "no believed relevance (NBR)" to the JFK assassination.5. Ramparts Damage Assessment Document:The Board accepted the ARRB staff's recommendation (concurred in by CIA) that the paragraphs on the one relevant organization be processed as a assassination record, and that the remainder of the CIA Ramparts Memorandum be declared NBR. The memorandum discusses the truth or fallacy of the allegations in Ramparts the Agency used non-governmental organizations for support and funding of worldwide anti-Communist operations. Over one hundred organizations are mentioned in the Ramparts article. The relevant organization is the International Rescue Committee; the IRC aided Oswald on his return to the US.6. Book Cables Dissemination Lists:The Board accepted the Agency's request that book cable dissemination list be protected in full even if they contain stations that are releasable.7. Document #104-10072-10232:The Board rejected the Agency's request to protect the full crypt *(LINLUCK)* The document has been sent to the DO for reconsideration/appeal review.8. Other Documents:SECRET
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SECRETThe Board accepted the Agency's and ARRB staff's recommendations on 204 additional documents.Reconsideration and Appeals:If the Agency wishes to ask the Board to reconsider a decision or plans to appeal to the President, the ARRB staff has requested that it be notified prior to the letter to the Agency informing the DCI of the Board's decision. We expect the letter on or around Dec. 1st; the Board's determinations will also be published in the Federal Register on that date. As mandated by the White House, the Agency has seven days after notification to appeal a JFK Board decision to the President.CC:Eileen Wukitch?@ DOKathryn Dyer @ DCIBecky Dyer @ DASent on 21 November 1997 at 05:04:45 PMCC:Sent on 24 November 1997 at 08:14:49 AMSECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992Secret - Working PaperNotes from Briefing of ARRB Staff on Stations(11 October 1995 - ARRB conf. room)CIA Attendees: Bill McNairLee CarleJohn GoinsChuck BriggsHal BeanBarry Harrelson## Bill re Stations:No problem with release of COS, fact we have overseas locations, CIA representatives in specific countries -- the problem comes with officially acknowledging the stations thereby putting the host government and service in a position of explaining why it is allowing a foreign espionage unit to operate in the country. This may become a serious political issue for the government, especially in countries where the government does not acknowledge its own service. Also can be perceived as “rubbing their nose in it" and can effect the trust between the Agency and the host service (violated agreement of confidentially).Marwell pointed out that this information was 30 years old and ask what was the impact of acknowledging a station presence in 1963 on current operations or relations.Bill responded "opened up old sores" and cited Rome and the sensitivity to our involvement in past election. Mentioned the reaction to the announcement on covert actions by DCI.Gunn ask if stations = liaison relationship; Bill said the other service can not say it did not know the CIA was operation in its own country -- would look incompetent.Mary ask about changes in government Bill responded that intell types tend to stay own or its revolving door where a good will be back in power at some point.## Bill comments on specific stationsIt important to the story such as Mexico City and the surrounding stations which were involved in the cable exchanges re Oswald, then will release."Don't take it away from us for little or no gain to the story", I. e. if not critical to the story let us protect.He indicated he could live with opening the stations for short windows if important to story, but also said it created a problem about protecting other activities in that windowSecret
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Secret - Working PaperMoscow - opened for Oswald windowsRome - No, past elections issue and current narcotics projectsDelhi - No, counter narcotics projectsMadrid - Liaison relationships have been up and down; (PNGed five officers) can't afford any more flapsRabat - long time relationship w/ head of state; could give anti-government labor unions an issue (however, would not "fall on my sword" for this oneHelsinki and Stockholm - would go to DCI with request to appeal (governments currently under fire for cooperation with US/very sensitive operation under wayMarwell ask about substitute language: Scandinavia, Northern Europe - Bill responded with Western Europe/ said southern Europe for Rome, Madrid etc. "ok"London: do not want to acknowledge but could live withAustralia - very sensitiveBerlin - is open in 1955; 1963 (?) Bill may have been having second thoughts about previous statement "to release", but I think it still stands -- there was a discussion of why Berlin important to story.Mary ask about other European stations, Bombay and some South American stationsBill did not have specific on other stations but made a couple of commentsBonn and Hague - no problemBrussels - very sensitive to any mention of intelligence service presenceWould get back to them on other stations[I promised Bill a list of the Stations]Secret
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# Secret - Working PaperOther issues discussedCrypts other than LIS and AMS - there was a discussion re deleting digraph and letting rest of crypt; everyone seemed receptive, but no decision.Bill mentioned Iranian takeover as good example of damage caused by release of documents with crypts, file %s, etc. Gunn ask if there was an internal "damage" study prepared. Bill said he would check.Marwell rejected the approach of the Agency having the opportunity to discuss Board actions before official notification. If we have evidence, need to present upfront, not come back with additional evidence after the decision.The balancing of public interest vs Agency needs came up several times; Marwell commented that even if a document or item is not important to the Oswald story, the Agency must still defend.Bill stated several timed during the meeting "If important to the story, we can live with release".Barry12 October 1995Secret
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 19929 November 1995MEMO FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: OCA Job No.80T01614RYesterday I had a call from Dee Werbrich (37762) of OCA inquiring about 80T01614R, box 1 & 2, logged out to me in 1992. She has no shelf list for this job and could not advise me of the content of these two boxes. She had notations regarding the History Staff and Russ Holmes relating to this job. I spoke to Norita of the History Staff, and she found a brief reference to the job that included the helpful information that the boxes contained microfilm reels. A return call to Dee added the fact that they were gray boxes.I next reviewed the History Staff paper of 10 February 1992 sumarizing their survey of the JFK holdings at WTC. Page 2 of that paper refers to JFK box 64: "Box 64 of Job No. 80T01357A contains 72 reels of microfilm (although the box is labeled `CIA/DDO HSCA Records, box 1 of 2,' box 2 has not been found). The History Staff was assured, however, that this was indeed box 64 of Job No. 80T01357A."I have no recollection of ever receiving any boxes directly from OCA. The JFK boxes were sent to HRG in my name from IMS by Russ Holmes. Apparently he had the OCA records changed to reflect my name in place of his.Putting all this together I am convinced that the 72 reels in box 64 of 80T01357A came from the two gray boxes of 80T01614R. I called Dee and she accepted this as a likely explanation. She will annotate OCA's records to reflect that CSI/HRG holds the microfim reels formerly of Job No. 80T0164R and now box 64 of 80T01357A.![signature of Frank S. Most]Frank S. MostCSI/HRG
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 199213 November 1995MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Release of Stations and BasesREFERENCE: Memo DD/095-3059, dated 7 Nov. 95, subject release of JFK documents1. Per phone conversation with Bill McNair, DO/IRO,,on 13 November 1995, the German and Swiss locations not addressed in the referenced memorandum are to be treated the same as the primary station/base that is listed in that memorandum:Bern and Lausanne - same as Geneva (protect);Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Stuttgart- same as Berlin and Bonn ("no specific damage", i.e. release in Oswald 201).2. The above information was given to ARRB staff via phone message left on J. Gunn's voice mail, 13 November 1995.Barry HarrelsonCC - HRG filesEllie NeimanHRG Reviewers
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992Secret26 February 1997Memorandum For: John PereiraChief, Historical Review GroupFrom: Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerSubject: (U) CIA Employees Names in JFK Records## Background(AIOU) In March 1996, the ARRB agreed to protect the names of all Agency staff employees that appear in JFK documents until May 1997. The agreement reflected the Board's recognition of the need to facilitate the document review, and that it would take time for the Agency to collect evidence to defend individual names. Attached are Jeremy Gunn's memo summarizing the Board's approach to the release of CIA employee names and the DO's response. Both memos assume a name-by-name approach and set categories and specific requirements for the release or protection of an individual. Also attached is an analysis of the ARRB and DO approaches.(AIOU) I do not know how prepared the DO is, but I suspect that there is still a significant amount of work to be done prior to the Board's May meeting. I understand that many former employees have not responded to the DO's letter and that most of the responses have been negative. Even if the DO is able to complete the research on all employees protected to date, it is unlikely that they will be able to develop the type of evidence required by the Board to protect most individuals. Under the name-by-name approach, we can expect a majority of the names to be released.## Issue(AIOU) There is considerable concern among HRG reviewers that the continued release of hundreds of Agency employees' true names has the potential to do unacceptable harm to US national security. The harm from release of a large number of names lies in the fact that it cannot be measured. This is due to the ripple effect that would occur among assets in many places and with many liaison services. It undermines the basic concept of cover for a claudestine service.CL By: (611637CL Reason: 1.5 (c)DECL On: X1DRV From: PER 9-87;COV 1.1-86Secret