Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SECRETthe tapes from 22 and 23 November to be AssassinationRecords. A vote on releasing the tapes will be delayeduntil the May meeting.(S) 5. LITAMIL-9 - a CIA Penetration of the CubanEmbassy. The identity of LITAMIL-9 was inadvertentlyreleased in 1993. He is now identified in true name as aCIA agent in John Newman's book, *Oswald and the CIA*. As of1993, LITAMIL-9 was still alive, living in Mexico city andhe has family in Cuba. Up to now, the ARRB Board has agreedto protect his identity and crypt and delay the release ofhis 201 file until the Agency could make some judgmentsabout the potential damage created by the release onadditional documents with his name/crypt in them.Status and Issues: The ARRB has requested that we addressLI-9 issue at the May meeting. The DO has confirmed thatLI-9 is still alive and living in Mexico City. The HRP/DOJFK teams are currently reviewing the 201 and other LI-9material in the file. It is unlikely that the Board wouldagree to delay release until 2017, however, there isprecedent for delaying release of records on individuals forshorter periods or until death.(S) 6. Richard Gibson, CIA asset. Gibson, who presentlylives in England, is a left wing journalist who wasassociated with the Fair Play For Cuba Committee (FPFCC), anentity to which Oswald wrote letters and claimed to be amember. Gibson did not become an Agency asset until afterthe assassination, however, he had been of interest to theFBI when he headed the FPFCC. Unfortunately a combinationof previous releases and release by the Board led to pressreports in 1994/1995 about his relationship with the CIA. Atthat time, CIA officers were dispatched to advise him aboutthe possible compromise and promise him the very bestattempt at protecting the relationship. ARRB also agreedto delay the release of any additional information until theAgency and FBI had determined the full extend of the fileson Gibson and the potential damage.Status and Issues: The Gibson documents are scheduled forARRB action at the May meeting. It appears to be possibleto release Gibson's role in the JFK assassination story andprotect his relationship with the Agency in our JFKassassination records; however, the FBI has a four volumesfile which covers both FBI interest and Gibson'srelationship with the Agency. The HRP/DO JFK teams arecurrently reviewing the Gibson material and I will bemeeting with the FBI to review what they are releasing onGibson and the disposition of their file.SECRET
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SECRET(AIUO) 7. ARRB Request, CIA-IR-34, Files of CIA Officials and/or Officers. This is a major request. The board has ask for "the office files of the individual occupying the following positions during the period 1959-1964."The Office of Deputy Director of Central IntelligenceGeneral Charles Cabell 1953-1962General Marshall Carter 1062-1965The Office of the Deputy director for PlansRichard Bissell 1958-1965Richard Helms 1962-1965The chronological files of C. Tracy Barnes, 1959-1964Office of General Counsel, Lawrence Houston, 1959-1964Operational Diaries of William Harvey 1962-1963.Status and Issues: This request will by its very breadth require lots of time on behalf of directorate and DCI records officers. And, while it may seem overly broad, HRP has developed a methodology with the ARRB which provides the access required by the Board and guarantees that their review is focused. The request is for access to review the files for possible assassination related material and the Board has no interest in reviewing multiple files which have nothing to do with the assassination story. A meeting is held between the ARRB staff, HRP JFK team and the appropriate IRO to discuss the scope of the request. Usually, the ARRB staff are first provided shelf lists, indexes, records lists, etc. for the purpose of narrowing/selection what they think is important. HRP assist the IRO or component representatives in reviewing the selected files to ensure they deal with appropriate subjects and timeframes. Once access is approved, the appropriate IRO and component sets up a file review session with the ARRB staff. If material requested is particularly sensitive, access can be limited to the ARRB Executive Director or members of the Board. Any records selected as Assassination Records are subject to review under the JFK Act. This process has be used for numerous requests for access including DCI McCone Files, Family Jewels materials, histories and security filesSECRET
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# SECRETOIM 98-000nn13 April 1998MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Executive DirectorVIA: Director of Information ManagementFROM: Lee S. StricklandChief, Information Review Group/OIMSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issues1. (AIUO) Per your request at our 1 April bi-weekly meeting, we have summarized below the significant issues which are under deliberation and negotiation with the JFK Board. Our approach on protecting Agency equities is multi-step:*   First, with the staff, we argue relevance although the statute and implementing regulations define "assassination records" very broadly as including    *   (1) any records related to the assassination or Oswald,    *   (2) any records concerning the various conspiracy theories, and    *   (3) any records within the scope of previous investigations including the Church Committee, Pike Committee, Warren Commission, or House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA),[^1]*   Second, with the staff, we argue that release would cause current damage although the exemptions under the JFK statute are much narrower than the corresponding exemptions under the FOIA, and*   Third, if we fail to convince the staff, we must proceed to a more detailed and formal presentation to the Board.[^1]: (AIUO) It is the materials collected by the HSCA which are the most numerous and often the most troublesome in terms of sensitive equities. They are generally referred to as the "sequestered collection."CL BY: 0219849CL REASON: 1.5(c)DECL ON: X1DRV FROM: MultipleSECRET
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# SECRETSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issues## ISSUE 1 -- Unacknowledged Covert Actions2. (S) Within records surfaced by the Ford Library is a document -- a Helms Memorandum for the Record on a PFIAB meeting which contains references to CIA covert financial support to political parties in Peru, Greece, Italy and Brazil and to labor unions in France and Italy.[^2]3. (S) After much negotiation, the ARRB staff has agreed to recommend to the Board that the information related to those covert actions be considered non-related and the documents designated ``Not Believed Related" (NBR). The document will be grouped with similar ``NBR" documents and be presented to the Board for final action at the 13 April or 12 May meeting.## ISSUE 2 -- Alias Documentation and Accommodation Addresses4. (S) The security file of former Agency employee, David Morales (deceased -- true name already released), within the sequestered collection contains documentation on five of his alias.[^3] We anticipate similar problems as we re-review other security files within the sequestered collection. We are attempting to work a compromise with the following elements but details have yet to be finalized:*   protect all references to official documents reflecting the alias such as social security cards, drivers licenses*   release items designated as pocket litter such as club cards,*   protect elements of accommodation addresses to avoid identifying specific locations, and*   lastly, make a decision to actually release or protect the alias itself depending on the timeframe and its importance to the JFK story.5. (S) However, disagreements on the actual implementation (e.g., protect house number but release street name of[^2]: (S) See Attachment 1.[^3]: (S) See Attachment 2.- 2 -# SECRET
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# SECRETSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issuesaccommodation address) have prevented a final resolution at this time. We are also exploring with the DO senior management whether the blanket release of pocket litter (whether lawfully obtained or forged) might present media or operational issues today. Accordingly, we have requested that the issue be postponed until the May meeting.## ISSUE 3 -- Organizational Materials6. (S) This request (one of the earliest and known as CIA-1) asked for organization charts on various Agency directorates and/or components for the years 1958-1968. All Agency directorates provided material responsive to the request and the ARRB staff has selected items for inclusion in the JFK collection. Remaining at issue are three DO charts - a 1961 generic DDP organization, a 1963 generic DDP organization, and a detailed JMWAVE organization. The DO has agreed to release the first two and remain adamantly opposed to the release of the JMWAVE chart given its similarity to current organizational plans.7. (S) This issue will be presented by ARRB staff to the Board at the 13 April meeting where they will recommend that the DDP generic charts be accepted (good for CIA) and that the JMWAVE chart be declared as an assassination record (bad for CIA); an actual vote by the Board will not take place until the May meeting.## ISSUE 4 -- Mexico City Tapes8. (S) This request asked for a thorough search of Agency files and documents for and CIA ``... surveillance `take' from Cuban and Soviet facilities in Mexico City at the time of the Oswald visit and in the immediate wake of the assassination." Among the items provided by the DO were five boxes containing audio tapes from telephone taps on the Cuban and Russian embassies and facilities. A number of the tapes are dated 22[^4] (S) See Attachment 3.-- 3 --SECRET
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# SECRETSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) IssuesNovember 1963; many others are dated 23 November 1963 through December 1963.59. (S) This is one of the most complex requests because of the following facts:*   at one time, there was a tape of Oswald in existence but it has since been lost or erased;*   the relevance of these tapes is argued to be only to prove that no tape in existence today contains the Oswald conversation;*   this was not an unilateral operation but rather a joint operation with the Mexican Government;*   there is a confidential request from the ARRB to the Mexican Government for any copies of the actual Oswald conversation they may possess; and,*   quite obviously, the sensitivity is not so much the mere fact that we possess such tapes but our confirmation of the extent and our release of the actual conversations captured.10. (S) The good news, at least at this time, is that the ARRB staff has agreed to postpone Board consideration until May and, in the interim, the Agency will have an opportunity to review (i.e., listen and transcribe) and determine the sensitivity and provide detailed arguments in this regard.ISSUE 5 -- Protection of LITAMIL-911. (S) LITAMIL-9 was a CIA penetration of the Cuban Embassy. Unfortunately, his identity was indirectly and inadvertently released in 1993 and, as a result, he was identified in true name as a CIA agent in John Newman's book, Oswald and the CIA As of 1993, LITAMIL-9 was still alive and living in Mexico City with family in Cuba. To date, the ARRB Board has agreed to protect his identity and crypt and delay the release of his 201 file until the Agency could make some judgments about the potential damage created by the release on5 (S) The scope of this request is quite significant; it includes five boxes of 185 tapes from operations against both the Cuban and Russian Embassy.- 4 -SECRET
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# SECRETSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issuesadditional documents with his name/crypt in them. That will now occur at the May meeting of the Board. It is, however, unlikely that the Board would agree to delay release until 2017, however, there is precedent for delaying release of records on individuals for shorter periods or until death.## ISSUE 6 -- Richard Gibson (CIA Asset)12. (S) Richard Gibson, who presently lives in England, is a left wing journalist who was associated with the Fair Play For Cuba Committee (FPFCC), an entity to which Oswald wrote letters and claimed to be a member. Gibson did not become an Agency asset until after the assassination, however, he had been of interest to the FBI when he headed the FPFCC. Unfortunately, a combination of previous releases led to press reports in 1994/1995 about his relationship with the CIA. At that time, CIA officers were dispatched to advise him about the possible compromise and promise him the very best attempt at protecting the relationship.13. (S) Since then, the ARRB has agreed to delay the release of any additional information until the Agency and FBI had determined the full extent of the files on Gibson and the potential damage. The issue is scheduled for ARRB action at the May meeting and our objective is to release Gibson's role in the JFK assassination story while protecting his relationship with the Agency; however, the FBI has a four volumes file which covers both FBI interest and Gibson's relationship with the Agency. We will be working in detail with the ARRB staff and the FBI on this approach.## ISSUE 7 -- Certain Files of CIA Officials14. (S) This is a major request encompassing ``... the office files of the individual occupying the following positions during the period 1959-1964.''*   The Office of Deputy Director of Central Intelligence*   General Charles Cabell 1953-1962*   General Marshall Carter 1062-1965*   The Office of the Deputy director for Plans*   Richard Bissell 1958-1965*   Richard Helms 1962-1965- 5 -SECRET
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13-00000• SECRETSUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issues*   The chronological files of C. Tracy Barnes, 1959-1964*   Office of General Counsel, Lawrence Houston, 1959-1964/*   Operational Diaries of William Harvey 1962-1963.This request will by its very breadth require significant time on the part of the directorate (and DCI) IROs. While it may appear overly broad, we have developed a methodology with the ARRB staff which provides the access required by the Board but guarantees that their review is focused: In sum, we work from shelf lists to narrow the selection and then conduct file review sessions with the ARRB staff; if material requested is particularly sensitive, access can be limited to the ARRB Executive Director or members of the Board. This effort will continue for some time.Conclusion15. (AIUO) At the present time, over 40 persons are involved in the JFK records review and we anticipate that this level of effort may increase by 25% in the coming months as we near the statutory end of the Board (30 September 1998).    However, even if the Board is not extended (and it has been extended previously), there are statutory tasks for CIA which will extend 12-18 months beyond the end of the Board's existence. Your continued support is critical.Lee S. Strickland- 6 -SECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992Secret5 March 1997Memorandum For: Fred Wickham, DO Focal Point for JFKLinda Cipriani, OGC Focal Point for JFKFrom: Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerSubject: (U) CIA Employees Names in JFK Records(AIOU) In meetings on March 4, 1997, I raised with David Marwell and Jeremy Gunn my concerns with the large number of employee names scheduled for review in May 1997 and the potential harm to the Agency if most of these names are released. I found both receptive to our concerns and willing to re-open the issue of the release of CIA employees true names with the Board. Marwell cautioned, however, that they could not predict the Board's response and that we should move expeditiously to provide our “evidence" to the Board.(U) If you agree with my assessment of the situation (see below), I recommend we move quickly to engage upper management and prepare the necessary material. Please provide your response as soon as possible.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.(AIOU) Jeremy Gunn's memo summarizing the Board's approach to the release of CIA employee names describes a name-by-name approach and sets categories and specific requirements for the release or protection of an individual. Even if the DO is able to complete the research on all employees protected to date (590), it is unlikely that it will be able to develop the type of evidence required by the Board to protect most individuals. Under a name-by-name approach, we can expect a majority of the names to be released.CL By: 611637CL Reason: 1.5 (c)DECL On: X1DRV From: PER 9-87; COV 1.1-86Secret
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13-00000Secret## Issue(AIOU) There is considerable concern among HRGreviewers that the continued release of hundreds of Agencyemployees' true names has the potential to do unacceptableharm to US national security. The harm from release of alarge number of names lies in the fact that the potentialdamage cannot be measured. This is due to the ripple effectthat would occur among assets in many places, with manyliaison services and multiple cover entities.(U) To date, 590 CIA employee names, mostly DO, havebeen protected and are subject to review by the Board in May1997. Most of these individuals have little or noconnection to the JFK assassination story. This number ismuch larger than we anticipated when we agreed in March 1996to the case-by-case approach.(S) The decisions made by the Board at the May meetingwill set a precedent for the potentially hundreds ofadditional names not yet identified. We have reviewed onlythe Oswald 201 file and 12 boxes of the JFK sequesteredcollection. At this point it is impossible to determine thetotal number of employees mentioned in the JFK collection.For example in Box 48, there is a 155 page Position ControlRegister listing all employees in Far East Divisionincluding the Tokyo station).## Recommendation(AIOU) That the Agency re-visit the name issue with theARRB based on the following considerations:*   It should be recognized that there are two separate    aspects of the public interest involved in this matter,    and that it is necessary to achieve a reasonable    balance between them. On the one hand, it is clear    that it is now in the public interest to release as    much of our JFK collection as is possible. On the    other hand, it is equally clear that it is in the    public interest for this Agency to maintain its    essential security and cover practices in order to be    able to serve the nation effectively in accordance with    its enabling legislation.*   It is not in the public's interest for one of the    fundamental principles of an intelligence agency--    protecting the identity of covert employees--to    continue to be eroded. While it is not always    possible to show harm by the release of any one    individual's name, the magnitude of the JFK releaseSecret
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Secretclearly has the potential to do harm to the Agency as an institution and to national security. There is simply no way to measure the possible effect of such a release on past and future employees, agents, liaison relationships and operations.*   Since most of the individuals involved have little or no connection with the JFK assassination, the release of their true names does not add to the assassination story. The substitution of pseudonyms or other identifier would meet the historian's need to track who is saying what to whom, etc.*   However, the Agency does recognizes that there are some employees who are part of the JFK story (many of their names have already been released). We propose that the ARRB staff and HRG work together to establish a list of individuals who fit this category. These are the names that would be released unless the Agency is able to provide the required evidence of current harm.This approach would serve both the public's and the Agency's interests. It would also allow the Agency to focus its resources on completing the review and responding to the special requests of the Board, instead of spending an inordinate amount of time and money on individuals of marginal or no interest to the JFK story.(C) [Note: There is also the issue of State Department equities and the impact of officially acknowledging as CIA hundreds of officers who were under official State cover.]Proposed Action(AIOU) We have a little over two months to resolve this issue and be ready for the ARRB meeting, May 12-13. Support from top management including a willingness to raise the issue with the acting/new DCI and possibly the White House is critical to success. I envision a memorandum to the Board similar to the one prepared on sources. However, I recommend it be signed by the General Counsel. We should also be prepared to discuss the issue directly with the Board since we are asking them to reconsider a decision in which we initially concurred.(AIOU) Mr. Marwell recommends that we include examples of documents with names of marginal interest in our package. He also would like to start immediately preparing a list of those names which are "important to the assassination story". If you concur, HRG and DO JFK reviewers could begin immediately on these two tasks.Secret
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13-00000Secret(AIOU) The Board has meetings scheduled for 13-14 March, 2-3 April and 23-24 April. I recommend that we begin discussions with ARRB staff as soon as possible with the goal of having the memo ready no later than the 2-3 April meeting. It is important that the DO continue to develop evidence on the individuals who are scheduled for review in May. The worst possible scenario is not succeeding with the new proposal, and then not being ready to defend those individuals who truly need to be protected.Secret
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETCL BY: 0611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 dDECL ON: X5DRV FRM: LIA 4-8222 July 1998MEMORANDUM FOR:DCI_CSI_JFK_TeamFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:OIM/HRPSUBJECT:ARRB Meeting 20 July - ResultsREFERENCE:Original Text of J. Barry HarrelsonOriginal Text of J. Barry HarrelsonCL BY: 0611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 dDECL ON: X5DRV FRM: LIA 4-8220 July 1998MEMORANDUM FOR:Lee S. Strickland @ DAFredrick C. Wickham @ DOMary Lou Cummings @ DCIBarbara T. Blufer@ DITeresa Wilcox @ DSTBecky L. Rant @ DASECRET
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SECRETWilliam H. McNair @ DOLinda C. Cipriani @ DCIEileen M. Wukitch @ DOFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:OIM/HRPSUBJECT:ARRB Meeting 20 July - ResultsREFERENCE:The ARRB took the following actions on CIA document/issues:1. Accepted CIA request to consider crypts/project names in Ford Presidential Library Documents (Rockefeller Commission) NBR, not believed relevant, protect until 2017;2. Accepted CIA request to "retype" the *Australian* document being released in sanitized form (Board voted to protect the *liaison relationship* and to delete any identifying information at previous meeting);3. Accepted CIA approved language for description of 4 pages dealing with the assassination from a *sensitive foreign* document know as the "Mark Lane" document. [Board member with permission of the foreign government had reviewed the full document on 7 July and agreed that the only the 4 pages should be included in the JFK collection.];4. Rejected CIA request for reconsideration of previous decision to protect only the digraph of crypt, IJDECANTER [asset, dead, identity and relationship with Agency exposed in *Dec 1997 LA Times* article];5. Rejected CIA request to deny in full JMWAVE org chart / Board voted 5-0 to "open in full".The next Board meeting is 6 August. I need to as soon as possible if the Agency is going to appeal or ask for reconsideration re items 4 and 5.CC:Edmund Cohen @ DAJames R. Oliver @ DAStephen M. White @ DCIMartin J. Boland/@ DASent on 20 July 1998 at 06:24:40 PMCC:SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSent on 22 July 1998 at 13,06;06SECRET