Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETMHFNO: 98-0748996SENSIND:PAGE: 1FRP:STAFFACTION: CE/WUMB (276) INFO: CE/LGL, CEDORECORD, DC/CE, DCCE/OPS, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/CE, PCS/CAB, FILE, C/PCS, CE/W, CED/CIC (4/W)98 0748996ASRPAGE 001IN 0748996TOR: 061335Z MAR 98MNSK 17622SECRET 061332Z MAR 98 STAFFCITE MINSK 17622TO: DIRECTOR.FOR: LIMIT DISSEM CE/WUMB INFO CE/W, CED/CIC, PCS/CAB, DCCE/OPS, DC/CE, CE/LGLSLUGS: WNINTEL JYVAPOROUS*SUBJECT: BKGB ACCESS SUPPORT TO USG<ASSASSINATION>RECORD REVIEW BOARDREF: NONE.TEXT:1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE SEE BELOW; TRACES ON SUBJS IN PARA 5; GUIDANCE ON ARRB-BKGB ACCESS REQUEST.2. ON MORNING 6 MAR 98 POLECON_OFFICER AND DCM MET WITH COS TO ALERT HIM TO POSSIBLE NEED FOR STATION SUPPORT TO FACILITATE FUTURE MEETING (S) WITH BKGB BY EMBASSY OR OTHER USG PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN *FOLLOWUP INQUERIES ON BEHALF OF USG'S<ASSASSINATION>RECORD REVIEW BOARD (ARRB). ARRB IS CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AND FUNDED BODY *LOOKING AT ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT<JOHN> *F.<KENNEDY.> OF INTEREST IN MINSK ARE RECORDS HELD BY THE BKGB *RELATED TO LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND THE TIME HE SPENT HERE. ARRB APPARENTLY WANTS COPIES OF ALL THESE BKGB RECORDS TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR SCHOLARLY REVIEW AND RESEARCH PURPOSES.3. PER POLECON OFFICER, THE ARRB CHAIRMAN (A RESPECTED RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGE) HAD REPORTEDLY MADE INQUERIES HERE IN OCTOBER 1996, AT WHICH TIME STATION HAD, WITH HOS CONCURRENCE, FACILITATED BKGB MEETINGS (BUT(STATION WAS APPARENTLY DIRECTED BY HQS TO AVOID ALL OTHER INVOLVEMENT). BKGB TOOK REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS UNDER REVIEW, BUT NO DOCUMENTS WERE EVER PROVIDED. WHEN PRESSED, BKGB SAID THEY WOULD ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT THEIR "PRIVACY LAWS" WOULD NOT LET THEM RELEASE RECORDS WHICH RELATE TO LIVING BELARUSSIANS (PER POLECON, THIS SPEFICALLY INCLUDED OSWALD'S FORMER WIFE, MARINA). ARRB PRESENTED LENGTHY LIST OF DETAILED, LEGALISTIC, AND (WHAT POLECON OFFICER, HERSELF A LAWYER, DESCRIBED AS) ONEROUS QUERIES. BKGB NEVER RESPONDED.SECRET
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MHFNO: 98-07489964. EMBASSY UNDERSTOOD THAT LEGISLATIVE MANDATE FOR ARRB HAD EXPIRED IN FALL 1997, SO DID NOT FOLLOWUP FURTHER. HOWEVER, MANDATE WAS APPARENTLY EXTENDED TO FALL 1998, AND ARRB'S INTEREST IN BKGB INFORMATION HAS BEEN REACTIVATED. ARRB TEAM MAY WISH TO COME TO MINSK TO TRY AGAIN TO OBTAIN THESE RECORDS FROM BKGB, OR AT LEAST GET EMBASSY TO REVITALIZE EFFORTS TO DO SO.5. FOR THE RECORD (AND HQS TRACES), AT THE TIME OF THE ARRB'S OCT 1996 MEETINGS WITH BKGB, ARRB MET PRINCIPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING BKGB OFFICIALS:   *   ALEKSANDR ((VERAS)), HEAD OF SECTION (NFI)   *   LEV ((PIMENAU)), HEAD OF SECTION (NFI)   *   ALEKSANDR ((ABLAMEIKA)), PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT.AT SOME POINT DURING MEETINGS THEY WERE JOINED BY:   *   GENNADIY ((NARKEVICH)) (PHONETIC), A DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, BKGB. (THIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY IDEN.)REQUEST HQS TRACES ON FOUR BKGB OFFICERS ABOVE.6. COMPLICATING ALL THIS IS FACT THAT AT SOME POINT, AUTHOR NORMAN MAILER (APPARENTLY WITH EMBASSY ACCESS ASSISTANCE) WAS GIVEN ACCESS TO (SOME/ALL? OF) THE BKGB'S OSWALD RECORDS, WHICH MAILER REFERS TO EXTENSIVELY IN HIS BOOK "OSWALD'S_TALE: AN AMERICAN MYSTERY," PUBLISHED_IN_1995. AFTER THE FACT, PER_POLECON_OFFICER, BKGB REALIZED THAT MAILER MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROFITS FROM THIS BOOK, AND THAT THE BKGB HAD GOTTEN NOTHING FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO THEIR RECORDS, THUS THEY REPORTEDLY FELT THEY HAD BEEN CHEATED.7. BALL IS NOW IN STATE'S COURT, BUT THEY AND EMBASSY EXPECT THAT REQUEST WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM ARRB IN NEAR FUTURE, AND THENCE TO STATION, ΤΟ FACILITATE MEETINGS WITH BKGB ON THIS MATTER. TO BE A BIT AHEAD OF THE CURVE, REQUEST HOS GUIDANCE AND AUTHORIZATION AS APPROPRIATE.8. FILE: 227-002-001; 201-1482358. DECL ON: X1. CL REASON: 1.5 (C). CL BY: 0702653. DRV HUM 482END OF MESSAGE
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104-10326-10014 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992Date: 01/04/00Page: 1JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY INFORMATIONAGENCY : CIARECORD NUMBER : 104-10326-10014RECORD SERIES : JFKAGENCY FILE NUMBER : PROJECT FILESDOCUMENT INFORMATIONORIGINATOR : CIAFROM : WITHHELDTO : DIRECTORTITLE : WITHHELDDATE : 02/25/98PAGES : 3SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASS.DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENTCLASSIFICATION : SECRETRESTRICTIONS :CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN FULLDATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/03/99OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS : JFK-M-11:F1 1999.02.03 11:31:38:873120: CIACORRESPONDENCE RE ARRB![CLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT][R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTEDNW 64937 DocId:32403863 Page 1
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# SECRETMHFNO: 98-0651289 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 1SECRET FRP: , , , , ,STAFFACTION: NE/NAOE (273) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)98 0651289 ASR PAGE 001 IN 0651289TOR: 251439Z FEB 98 ADDI 22385SECRET 251436Z FEB 98 STAFFCITE ADDIS ABABA 22385TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO.FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS, CIC/AFSLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARDSUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779B. CAIRO 85035 98 0176920TEXT:1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLS SEE PARA 2.2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S   CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND   INFO ON SUDAN, AND HOS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT   DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/32   (SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND   LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O'S RESIDENCE (REPORTED   SEPARATELY). PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ'S FILE (IT WAS   INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1).3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT   MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM   2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI   INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED   ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA   5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF   PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO   U.S. EMBASSY'S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB   DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS   AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).5. 19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT EMBASSY, SUGGESTED MEETINGSECRETNW 64937 Docld:32403863 Page 2
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SECRETMHFNO: 98-0651289 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 38. 22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT C/O'S RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.9. FILE: FCSTANDARD/32; 027-009-095. CL BY: 2195330. CL   REASON: 1.5(C). DECL ON: X1. DRV HUM 4-82.END OF MESSAGESECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETMHFNO: 98-0650682 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 1SECRET FRP:STAFFACTION: NE/NAOE (272) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)98 0650682 ASR PAGE 001 IN 0650682TOR: 251339Z FEB 98 ADDI 22381SECRET 251337Z FEB 98 STAFFCITE ADDIS ABABA 22381TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO.FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS,CIC/AFSLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARDSUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779B. CAIRO 85035 98 0176920TEXT:1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLS SEE PARA 2.2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S   CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND   INFO ON SUDAN, AND HOS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT   DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/32   (SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND   LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O'S RESIDENCE (REPORTED   SEPARATELY) PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ'S FILE (IT WAS   INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1).3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT   MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM   2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI   INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED   ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA   5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF   PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO   U.S. EMBASSY'S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB   DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS   AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).5. 19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT EMBASSY, SUGGESTED MEETING   SECRET
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MHFNO: 98-0650682SECRETSENSIND: RYBATREASON: 1.5 (C). DECK ON: X1. DRV HUM 4-82.END OF MESSAGESECRETSECRETPAGE: 3
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETMHFNO: 98-0650682 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 1SECRET FRP:STAFFACTION: NE/NAOE (272) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)98 0650682 PAGE 001 IN 0650682ASR TOR: 251339Z FEB 98 ADDI 22381SECRET 251337Z FEB 98 STAFFCITE ADDIS ABABA 22381TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO.FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS, CIC/AFSLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARDSUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779B. CAIRO 85035 98 0176920TEXT:1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLS SEE PARA 2.2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S   CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND   INFO ON SUDAN, AND HOS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT   DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/32   (SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND   LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O'S RESIDENCE (REPORTED   SEPARATELY). PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ'S FILE (IT WAS   INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1).3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT   MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM   2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI   INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED   ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA   5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF   PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO U.S.   EMBASSY'S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB   DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS   AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND   SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).5. 19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT EMBASSY, SUGGESTED MEETINGSECRET
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MHFNO: 98-0650682SECRET"SENSIND: RYBATREASON: 1.5 (C)DECK ON: X1. DRV HUM 4-82.END OF MESSAGESECRETPAGE: 3SECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETMHE-NO: 98-0480597SENSIND:PAGE: 1SECRETFRP: 2,STAFFACTION: IMS/ESG (021) INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGEUR, CIC/LA, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, DC/EUR, DO/IRO, EUR/DCCI, EUR/SG, EUR/SGF, IMDORECORD, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, LA/LGL, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/EUR, FILE, C/EUR, C/LA, CE/R, CE/R/XO, CIC/EUR (7/W)98 0480597 ASO PAGE 001 IN 0480597TOR: 091712Z FEB 98 PARI 17502SECRET 0917172 FEB 98 STAFFCITE PARIS 17502TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.FOR: LIMITED DISSEM IMS/ESG INFO DO/IRO, CHIEF/EUR, DC/EUR, CHIEF/LA, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, CIC/LA, EUR/SG, CIC/EUR, EUR/SGF, C/CE/R/XOSLUGS: WNINTEL*SUBJECT: <JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD (ARRB): CONTINUED PROTECTION OF COVERREF: DIRECTOR 674771 98 0430861TEXT:COMBINE: COMPLETE1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE ADVISE IF WE CAN BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE.2. THE FOLLOWING ARE STATION RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED REF:A. IF THE STATION IS UNDECLARED WOULD THIS DISCLOSURE LEAD TO CLOSER EMBASSY SCRUTINY OF OTHERWISE INTERFERE WITH OPERATIONS?WERE THE ARRB RELEASES TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE USE BY PARIS STATION OF STATE COVER) THIS MIGHT CALL FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY OUR UNILATERAL UNDECLARED OFFICERS UNDER STATE COVER BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:FRENCH INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE USED OFFICIAL COVER HERE AND WILL ACT WHENEVER THEY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE USING OFFICERS UNDER THAT COVER IN A MANNER HARMFUL TO FRENCH INTERESTS. WE TAKE PAINS TO ENSURE THAT THE FRENCH DO NOT SEE US AS A THREAT TO THEM LOCALLY HOWEVER, OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS COVER COULD WELL PROVIDE TO POLITICIANS OR JOURNALISTS THE AMMUNITION WITH WHICH TO COMPELL AN INVESTIGATION OF OUR ACTIVITIES HERE _ ADDEES_WILL RECALL THAT THE 1995 PARIS 'FLAPSECRET
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MHFNO:98-0480597SECRETSENSIND:PAGE: 2IN WHICH SIX STATION OFFICERS WERE REMOVED FROM PARIS, WAS DRIVEN IN LARGE MEASURE BY AN UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICIAN LOOKING FOR HEADLINES,INTEGRATED STATE COVER OF OUR SMALL GROUP OF UNILATERAL OFFICERS IS AMONG THE STATION'S MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ACCESS TO NON-FRENCH TARGETS. OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR USE OF OFFICIAL COVER IN PARIS COULD PROMPT THEM, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITY OFFICERS, TO REVIEW THEIR AMERICAN TARGETSB. OTHERWISE IS THE CIA UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE PRESENCE, OR MORE FULLY DECLARE PRESENCE, OR UNDERTAKE NO UNDECLARED ACTIVITIES? DESCRIBE PRESENCE. DESCRIBE THOSE ACTIVITIES TO RESTRICT THE CIA (E.G. SERVICE TO SERVICE, LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, OPPOSITION POLITICAL INITIATIVES, AND MEDIA ACTIVITIES.)TO DATE, THE FRENCH HAVE NOT DEMANDED THE IDENTITIES OF ALL STATION PERSONNEL; HOWEVER, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY DUE TO OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE FRENCH MAY DECIDE TO MIRROR ACTIONS OF OTHER EUROPEAN SERVICES WISHING TO RESTRICT CIA PRESENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. ARRB DISCLOSURES WOULD SERVE AS A POSSIBLE CATALYST FOR FORCING THIS ISSUE BETWEEN US AND THE FRENCH.C. DESCRIBE SOME PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD BE IMPERILED?UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE STATION'S UNDECLARED OFFICERS, OUT-OF-COUNTRY CASE OFFICERS AND NOC'S ARE COMPARTMENTED AND CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN THIS CHANNEL. WE DEFER TO EUR/SG RE PROVISION OF SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL DETAILS.D. ARE THERE NEW INITIATIVES WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE WHICH COULD BE IMPERILED? DESCRIBE.FORWARD MOVEMENT ON OUR JOINT WORK WITH THE FRENCH SERVICES, MOST IMPORTANTLY IN COUNTERTERRORISM, WAS SLOWED IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE 1995 DEMARCHE. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE WILLINGNESS OF THE FRENCH SERVICES TO RESUME ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE LIAISON. OF PARTICULAR NOTE ARE OUR CURRENT JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES, (E.G., SUPPORT FROM THE FRENCH INTERNAL POLICE/INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, THE DST AND RG, OF CTC'S 17 NOVEMBER TASK FORCE THROUGH TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL SURVEILLANCE OF 17N TARGETS LOCATED IN PARIS), AND AN IMPORTANT NEW INITIATIVE WITH THE FRENCH EXTERNAL SERVICE, THE DGSE, TO WORK JOINTLY AGAINST RUSSIAN SVR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS IN LOCATIONS WHERE OUR COMBINED RESOURCES WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE PRESS OR WITHIN THESE SERVICES REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF UNDECLARED UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE WOULD PLACE AT RISK THE CURRENT MOMENTUM WE HAVE WITH THE FRENCH SERVICES IN THESE AREAS.E. IS CIA PRESENCE INHERENTLY SENSITIVE BECAUSE OF HOSTILE POPULATION ELEMENTS OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES?SECRET
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# SECRETMHPNO 98-0480597 SENSIND: PAGE: 3THE FRENCH PRESS IS GENERALLY NEGATIVE REGARDING ANY ASPECT OF CIA PRESENCE IN FRANCE. FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND SERVICES, THE DISTINCTION THEY HAVE DRAWN IS BETWEEN UNILATERAL OPERATIONS THAT TOUCH ON FRENCH AREAS OF INTEREST AND SOVEREIGNTY, IN OTHER WORDS, THE ACTIVITIES OF OFFICERS UNDER STATE COVER AND/OR NOC'S, AND THOSE JOINT AREAS OF OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WHICH THE FRENCH BELIEVE SERVE MUTUAL INTERESTS. AS WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY, WHEN THE FRENCH DISCOVER THE FORMER, THEY TAKE QUICK INVESTIGATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC ACTION TO CLOSE THESE OPERATIONS DOWN.F. IS THERE POSSIBILITY OF HOSTILE USE (E.G. RUSSIAN OR CUBAN) TO DISCREDIT US EMBASSY AS A "NEST OF SPIES" OR SIMILAR?THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY HOSTILE EXPLOITATION WOULD BE SEEN IN PRESS PLACEMENT/PROPAGANDA RE A "NEST OF SPIES" VICE A DIPLOMATIC PROTEST. WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT SUCH PRESS COVERAGE, IF UNSUBSTANTIATED, WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR SERVICE-TO-SERVICE OR GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. IF SUCH PRESS EXPLOITATION BY HOSTILE SERVICES DREW ON SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF PARIS STATION'S USE OF STATE COVER, IT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN SOME UNILATERAL ACTIVITY DUE TO A POSSIBLE INCREASE OF FRENCH SCRUTINY OF OUR OFFICERS (SEE BELOW).G. HAVE THERE BEEN PAST IMBROGLIOS OVER CIA PRESENCE OR ACTIVITIES THAT THIS RELEASE COULD RESURRECT?AS NOTED ABOVE, IN EARLY 1995 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT DEMARCHED THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE OVER INCOMPATIBLE ACTIVITIES OF A STATION NOC AND SEVERAL UNDECLARED OFFICERS. THE FRENCH REVEALED INVESTIGATIVE MATERIAL (INCLUDING THE RESULTS OF PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF OUR OFFICERS) THAT BULWARKED THEIR CONTENTION THAT PARIS STATION WAS RUNNING UNILATERAL OPERATIONS TARGETING FRENCH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS BY OFFICERS UNDER EMBASSY COVER AND NOC'S. THE FRENCH PRESS COVERAGE WAS EXTENSIVE AND HOSTILE. BY THE TIME THE FRENCH CONCLUDED THEIR SERIES OF DEMARCHES, THEY HAD INDICATED THEIR DESIRE FOR THE RECALL OF SIX STATION OFFICERS.WE HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE THAT ANY/ALL UNILATERAL ACTIVITY IN FRANCE IS CARRIED OUT UNDER STRINGENT OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES TO PROTECT SUCH ACTIVITIES AGAINST FRENCH COUNTER-ESPIONAGE CAPABILITIES. WHILE WE VIEW THIS AS AN ONGOING REQUIREMENT, ANY PRESS OR SERVICE APPREHENSION REGARDING OUR PRESENCE, SUCH AS COULD RESULT FROM ARRB TYPE RELEASES, COULD FORCE US TO FURTHER RESTRICT OUR UNILATERAL OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS SOMETHING WE WISH TO AVOID.H. HAVE OFFICIAL USG RELEASES SUCH AS FOIA EVER APPEARED IN THE LOCAL MEDIA (E.G., JAPAN AND CAMPAIGN FINANCING OR PERU AND FOIA RELEASED CONCERNING VLADIMIRO MOTESINOS TORRES). REFERRED TO BY HOST GOVERNMENT EITHER ON THE RECORD OR OFF THE RECORD.CURRENT STATION PERSONNEL HAVE NO RECOLLECTION-OF-SUCH-INCIDENTS IN THE RECENT PAST. WE DEFER TO HQS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDSECRET
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MHFNO: 98-0480597SECRETSENSIND:PAGE: 43. PLEASE_ADVISE IF WE CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND.4. FILE: NONE. DECL ON: X1; CL REASON: 1-5-(C)-;-CL-BY: 0707476DRV HUM4-82END OF MESSAGESECRETSECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETMHFNO: 98-0457370SENSIND:PAGE: 1ERP:STAFFACTION: IMS/ESG (020) INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGLA, CIC/LA, DO/IRO, IMDORECORD,LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, ORMS/LA, FILE, C/LA (3/W)98 0457370 ASP PAGE 001 IN 0457370TOR: 061908Z FEB 98 BUEN 55099SECRET 061900Z FEB 98 STAFFCITE BUENOS AIRES 55099TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR.FOR: LIMITED DISSEM IMS/ESG INFO DO/IRO, CHIEF/LA, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC,CIC/LASLUGS: WNINTELSUBJECT: CONTINUED PROTECTION OF OUR USE OF COVERREF: DIRECTOR 674771 98 0430861TEXT:1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY AND IN RESPONSE TO REF.2. THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION WHICH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE   FACT OF STATE COVER WILL BE A DELICATE ISSUE ACROSS THE DO, AND   ALTHOUGH DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS IN THE<JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW   BOARD (ARRB) ARE LIMITED TO ONLY FOUR COUNTRIES THE WORLD-WIDE USE   OF STATE COVER MEANS THE IMPLICATIONS WILL BE WIDELY FELT. IN THIS   SENSE IT IS ALMOST SELF-DEFEATING TO ARGUE FROM FOUR SPECIFIC CASES   (MOSCOW, PARIS, MEXICO CITY, AND BUENOS AIRES) AND EXTRAPOLATE FOR   THE WHOLE DDO. NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO REF FROM   THE BA PERSPECTIVE...3. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF CIA USE OF STATE COVER IN ARGENTINA   WILL PREJUDICE UNILATERAL OFFICERS' COVER AND ACTIVITY, WHICH AS IN   MOST STATIONS IS THE COVER AND ACTIVITY WHICH MATTERS THE MOST IN   THAT THESE OFFICERS TEND TO HANDLE THE MOST SENSITIVE PENETRATIONS OF   THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. OUR UNILATERAL OFFICERS ALSO HANDLE STATION'S   NON-OFFICIAL COVER (NOC) OFFICERS. THUS BY DEFINITION THE UNILATERAL   ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT BY THESE OFFICERS IS NON-COMPATIBLE, AND WOULD   CAUSE DAMAGE TO STATION'S RELATIONS WITH OUR VARIOUS LIAISON   SERVICES. CURRENTLY, STATION IS ENJOYING A PERIOD WHEREIN AS A   RESULT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT HERE IN LATE 1997, AND THE CHIEF   OF THE PRINCIPAL LIAISON SERVICE'S VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS IN NOV 97--   LIAISON HAS DECIDED TO RE-ORIENT ITS ACTIVITIES AWAY FROM SMALL   LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS IT HAS WITH VARIOUS EUROPEAN SERVICES AND MORE   TOWARDS CIA. THIS STRATEGIC SHIFT, WHICH COULD HAVE LONG-TERM   BENEFITS_FOR CIA, _ WILL_BE_DASHED-WHEN LIAISON_SEES THAT WE RUN   NON-COMPATIBLE OPERATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES. THE TRUST THAT TAKES ANSECRET
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MHFNO: 98-0457370SENSIND: SECRET PAGE: 3OR THREE TIMES PER YEAR STATION OBTAINS REPORTING OF ANOTHER THREAT ON LOCAL JEWISH OR U.S. INTERESTS, INCLUDING THIS EMBASSY. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, PUBLICATION OF CIA USE OF OFFICIAL COVER MIGHT ENDANGER PEOPLES' LIVES, SPECIFICALLY STATION OFFICERS'. HAMAS, GAMA'AT AL ISLAMIYAH, AND HIZBALLAH ARE ALL ACTIVE LOCALLY. IN ADDITION, ARGENTINA HAS AN ARAB POPULATION OF OVER 700,000. IN THE DIPLOMATIC WORLD, THE CUBAN EMBASSY IS LARGE AND ACTIVE; WE ARE CERTAIN THEY WOULD SEEK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY U.S. COVER GAPS. STATION HAS NOT HAD ANY-STGNIFICANT COVER GAPS IN THE PAST, AND THUS ANY ONE OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD HAVE A LARGE, IMPACT.7. STATION HOPES THE ABOVE IS USEFUL IN MARSHALING ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PUBLICATION OF THE ARRB RECORDS.8. FILE: NONE. DECL ON: X1. CL REASON: 1.5(C) CL BY: 0705909   DRV HUM 4-82.END OF MESSAGESECRETSECRET