Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET11 December 1995MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Historical Review GroupFROM: Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.DO, Focal Point for ARRBSUBJECT: DO Position on Identification of ERTHYROID/31.  The DO strongly opposes the release by the ARRB of the phrase "a good KUBARK asset" that was previously withheld in Attachment. The CIA asked the Nicaraguan Service to send ERTHYROID/3 to Mexico City to help in the interrogation of Alvarado. Because this was during the Samoza regime, we have admitted that we had a liaison relationship with the Nicaraguans and we also have released the cryptonym ERTHYROID. ERTHYROID/3 became well known to the Mexicans as the Nicaraguan interrogator and, of course, was known by his own service. The phrase "a good KUBARK asset," however, identifies him as a unilateral source of the Managua Station unbeknownst to the Nicaraguan and Mexican Services.2.  The DO often recruits officers, such as ERTHYROID/3, who are members of intelligence and police services with which it has a liaison relationship. These assets provide us valuable information without the knowledge of the service and in many cases they provide information about the service itself and its activities. To reveal ERTHYROID/3's identity and his special relationship with the CIA would not only personally endanger ERTHYROID/3 but could cast suspicion on other recruited officers of other liaison services and compel them to reevaluate their unilateral relationships with the CIA.![Signature of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.]Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.SECRETCL BY 0695930REASON 1.5(c)DECL X1DRV HUM 2-82
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SECRETSUBJECT: DO Position on Identification of ERTHYROID/3IMS/ESG/J. Goins/44447/11 Dec 95Distribution:Orig & 1 - Addressee1 - DO/IRO1 - ESG/HCS1 - C/ESG2SECRET
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET - Working PaperDRAFT8 January 1997Memo for the RecordSubject: "Compliance" Meeting with ARRB StaffDate: 7 January 1997Location: ARRB officesAttendees: CIA: Barry Harrelson, CSI/HRGEileen Wukitch, DO/IMS/JFK teamARRB: Jeremy Gunn, General CounselOther members of ARRB'S CIA teamPurpose: To discuss CIA's response to ARRB'SCompliance letter dated 27 November, 19961. Gunn stressed that the objective of the ARRB is to assure the American public that every attempt has been made to locate JFK assassination related files/materials and that no "secret" files remained. He realizes that it is not possible for the Agency to say with certainty that all documents had been located. In the ARRB's final report, he wants to be able to say that all reasonable searches were made, and where documents were not found, ARRB staff was given appropriate access to ensure the validity of the respond.2. Gunn divided records into three categories:a) Sequestered records and Oswald 201 --not an issue in terms of identifying records.b) Additional information/special requests -- official and informal. The responses should include tasking and response memos plus search strategy and files searched if appropriate. In cases of "no records" additional documentation may be required.[Note: I have already requested the DO, etc., to provide specifics on search strategy/files searched in future responses; in most cases there should not be a problem including this information into responses to ARRB staff.)c) Records not previously identified -- in addition to releasing HSCA records (sequestered/201 file/etc.), the ARRB seeks to ensure that all relevant files have been searched and that all assassination records (as defined today) have been identified. The ARRB staff has identified Agency components/files that they feel may contain relevant records and should be (or have been) searched. Gunn said he planned to send a formal letter listing these offices/files but wanted to discuss with HRG first.SECRET - Working paper
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13-00000SECRET - Working Paper[Note: Category 3 led to a long discussion on agency records. The focus was on how the ARRB staff could be confident that files were searched.]3. I explained that the Agency would not be able to say that all records had been located (lack of a central file system). Also it may not be possible to provide documentation that explained the disposition of 1963 records in all cases. I agreed that it would be useful to have additional briefings on the records to address their specific requests and concerns. I asked him not to send a formal request until I had the opportunity to discuss his request with C/HRG and the Directorate focal points. He agreed.[Note: There were numerous questions on how and where -- do we have a record center in Indiana? -- the Agency stores records. Do inventories of all record at the centers exist? Are there individuals who could address specific office records and what type of records existed in 1963? ]4. Specific Offices/Files mentioned by Gunn as part of Category 3:DCI files for the 1958-63 timeframe; specifically chrono or subject files of John McConeRichard Helms (chrono/subject files as DCI, DDCI and DDP.IGOGCDO offices (CI, SAS, Cuba, WH/LA)DI (OCI, other analysis and finished Intel)TSD files on Mexico City; where was TSD in the organizationDA (what type of pay records would exist 1958-63;Angleton's accounting records; agents' records)OS (types of records that existed)DS&T (U2 files)Specific Stations - explanation of types of records maintained and disposition of those records -Mexico City, Moscow, Helsinki), JMWave, TokyoCommo - types of records maintained in 1963; where are they nowDCD/005. Gunn also included CSI on his list of offices to be searched -- what other relevant records did we have (histories, working files, etc.) I explained that when agency components/review projects located JFK related records they were forwarded directly to HRG JFK team. We had four boxes of LA records (located in Ex Order survey),SECRET - Working paper
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# SECRET - Working Paperindividual documents located in other project (example Bay of Pigs) or activities. The current automated declassification effort under the Ex. Order is setup to refer any assassination records to HRG/JFK team. We have not done any work on these materials since the sequestered collection and specific ARRB requests are our first priority. A discussion of the History staff's identification of the Agency's JFK collection followed. He would like more information.## 6. Additional questions/issues raised:Is there a "records" person at the Agency who can address their concerns?Gunn ask if he can go to WTC and/or other Records Centers and look at shelf lists and the files around a topic of special interest?What is on the shelf lists? Would they say, for instance, these are the files regarding JFK from Sheffield Edwards?What are the steps taken in a name trace?Are records around the specific hit searched?Is it possible to provide an explanation of the routing indicators in the collection?SECRET - Working paper
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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 2-8715 January 1998MEMORANDUM FOR:John Pereira @ DCIFred Wickham @ DOLee Strickland @ DAFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE:CSI/HRGSUBJECT:ARRB 22 January Meeting -- AgendaREFERENCE:1. The following items are on the ARRB meeting agenda for 22 January 1998:(S) A. Reconsideration of the *State Cover*. The ARRB staff has advised that briefings by senior CIA and/or *State* officials are not required. However, the Agency and *State* are welcome to make a presentation if it will add to the information being presented in the "evidence memorandum". The evidence memorandum must be at ARRB no later than Tuesday 20 January. Mr. Gunn has suggested we may want to have individuals standing by for questions. The current plan is for Lee Strickland and me to be available at 600 E. St. NW. to answer any questions.(AIUO) B. Office of Personnel Files in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend to the Board that personnel files be declared NBR (Not Believed Relevant) and their release postponed until 2017. The Agency position is that the privacy of each individual clearly outweighs the public interest, most of the information in these files has no relevance to the assassination story, and any related information exist elsewhere in the collection. At ARRB staff request HRP is preparing five OP files for review by Board members. The ARRB staff will prepare a memorandum for public release describing the files; their memo will be coordinated with the Agency prior to release.(AIOU) C. Non-related files/documents in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend that the files and documents (approximately 35,000 pages) designated non-related by CIA during the 1994 review of the microfilm be declared NBR and released in 2017. If the recommendation is accepted by the Board, the ARRB staff will prepare an unclassified description of the records for public release. This too will be coordinated with the Agency prior to release.D. Other possible items:(AIUO) i. ARRB Request # CIA 1 --- The ARRB staff may request that the DO documents at issue in this request be declared Assassination Records to be released in full or sanitized form.SECRET
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13-00000SECRET(S) ii. Crypt LINLUCK -- ARRB staff did not find our evidence memo on this crypt persuasive. They are expected to recommend that the Board reaffirm its decision to release.(AIUO) iii. 1967 IG report on "Castro Assassination Plots" - ARRB has requested that an updated version be released to NARA by the end of January. Any disagreements between the Agency and ARRB staff may be added to the agenda. HRP and DO reviewers are currently re-reviewing the report.(U) 2. If you have any questions about any of these items please call me.CC: Eileen Wukitch @ DOBecky Rant @ DALinda Cipriani @ DCISent on 15 January 1998 at 05:24:34 PMSECRET
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET6 February 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:Fred WickhamDO Focal Point for JFK BoardFROM:J. Barry HarrelsonDCI/CSI/HRG, JFK Project OfficerSUBJECT:ARRB Request for Additional Informationand Records No. CIA-7REFERENCE:ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj,sub-para (2), The Mexico City Station(attached)1. In his review of the history of the Mexico City   Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes   annotated below as possible assassination-related records   and requested copies of the source documents. For your   assistance in identifying the documents, following the   footnote citation is the text (*in italics*) to which it   refers.Footnote 39. HMMA-17494, 4 Aug 61, sub: Dataon Case Officer work and Operational Projects at theMexico City Station, WH/HO.pg 38/39, Vol I. *"The Cuban task force andrelated activities caused an increase in the MexicoCity Station to 76 Americans (40 were located insidethe Embassy using official cover, and 36 were outsideunder nonofficial cover.) Indigenous agents numberedover 200."*Footnote 55. Ibid. (Ft. 54. ISTHMUS No. 62,6 Dec 63, WH/HO.)pg 44, Vol I. *"Later in the year Diaz becamethe PRI candidate (tantamount to election) whichassured LIENVOY of an extended six years undervirtually the same management."* (54)*"In 1963 the routine reportingof an operational lead by LIENVOY developed into a longinvestigation. A man with a US accent, speaking brokenRussian, telephoned both the Soviet and CubanEmbasssies on 26 September and 6 October 1963. Heidentified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald.*"SECRET
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# SECRETThis information was cabled to Headquarters for traces and identifying data. After the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas, the Mexico City Station spent several months investigating leads in connection with Oswald's visit to Mexico. (55)"Footnote 61. I&R Report, Dec 64, 185215 TS.pg 47/48, Vol I. “A team from the Inspection and Review (I&R) Staff at Headquarters conducted a thorough review of the Mexico City Station administrative and operational program in July 1964. They wrote: The Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station in opportunities and in operations.' It had high-level liaison operations, unilateral operations, and joint operations with the host government, as well as Soviet, Satellite, Cuban, and indigenous Communist Party operations. There was local collaborative liaison with other US agencies (the State Department, the FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS), and the military attaches). To accomplish this wide range of tasks, the station was organized into Soviet, Cuban, Satellite, Covert Action, Communist Party, and Operational Support Branches. The last branch was an operational catch-all responsible for direction of all technical, surveillance, and liaison operations. In reality, operational support operations were an extension of the chief of station's personal clandestine capabilities, particularly those projects involving Mexican officials. (61)"Footnote No. 139. ISTHMUS NO. 29, 8 Mar 61, WH/HO.pg 229, Vol II. “During February 1961, the first transmitter was installed in the office of the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico. (139)""*Between 1961 and 1968, at least a dozen audio installations were made in Cuban installations and residences, but all of them eventually failed. LI-ROMANCE and LISAMPAN are two projects which provided for short-term multiple audio installations."Footnote No. 190. Project LILINK, File Nos. 201-226902 and 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28, Space 60793.pg 353 Vol II. "LILINK"
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13-00000SECRET2. Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of 24 February to   review additional material related to CIA-7. Please provide   the documents, or a status of the search, by 20 February1997. ![signature of J. Barry Harrelson]J. Barry HarrelsonAtt: Ref DocumentSECRET3
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SECRETCSI/HRG/MAQ (3 Feb 97) (BKH-6Feb97)Distribution:Orig - Adse w/att- HRG w/o att  1 - JBH w/o att  1 - DO JFK Team w/att  1 - ARRB Request FileSECRET4
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# SECRETJFK Working Paper - Internal Use Only3-23-98Notes from meeting with ARRB staff, 20 March 1998.re Board Issues (attendees Gunn, Skwirot, Combs)## I. NEW ISSUE: Covert Actions -- Document 178-10002-10415[Rockfeller Commission document ]This document went before the Board in November as part of a group of documents from the Ford Presidential Library. It refers to Agency (covert financial support in Peruvian, Greek, Finnish, Italian and Brazilian elections) and support to labor union in France and Italy. The ARRB staff viewed the highlighted material (all references to covert action) as not germane to the assassination and had not anticipated a problem. The Board instead questioned the deletions and asked for more evidence before agreeing to protect. The sense of the staff is that the Board is leaning toward release. The DO team prepared a response for the staff in February, however, it is not strong enough to take to the Board.Given that the next Board meeting is only 3 weeks away, we discussed a two step process:1. At the 13 April meeting, have a senior official (Ed?) appear before the Board to a) underscore the importance of this issue to Agency and Intelligence Community; b) ask why these covert actions are important to the JFK assassination? They obviously have interest to historians but seem beyond the charter.[Key points to make: this is not just Agency decision, NSC and/or WH will have to be consulted; the protection / classification has been has up-held by ...... (ISCAP?). If Ed went down, it would also serve as an opportunity to meet the other Board members. We could also make available to ARRB any material previously prepared defending protection of covert actions if appropriate.]2. If the Board remains inclined to release, prepare full evidence package, etc. for May 12 meeting.According to Gunn, there is no way to avoid sending this document to the Board. Once the Board has expressed an interest in an issue, they expect to see it again..ACTION: We need to advise Gunn next week if we are going to have someone address the issue at the April meeting. If not, the document will be scheduled for action at the May meeting and our "evidence package" should be available for the ARRB staff no later than the week of May 4.SECRET - Internal Use Only
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SECRETJFK Working Paper - Internal Use OnlyII. Alias documentation and accommodation addresses[Multiple documents -- I briefed you earlier on this issue].ARRB staff proposed compromise:Documentation (driver permits, SSN, membership cards, etc.)-a. If documentation can be obtained by anyone (pocket litter: National Rife Association card, club memberships cards, etc.), the presumption will be to release.b. If documentation would be expected to require agreement of another government entity (Federal, State or Local) or private company or organization, the presumption will be to protect.c. Items that are considered by the ARRB staff to be important to the story, or that do not fall clearly into one of the above categories, will be considered on a case-by-case base. The Agency may be required to provide additional evidence to protect in these cases.Accommodation Addresses:Release as much of the address as possible without identifying a specific location or otherwise providing information that could lead to identification of an individual cooperating with the Agency. For example delete house number, release street.Aliases [when true name is released]If outside of the JFK timeframes (generally 1960-1964), the presumption is protect.If within a JFK timeframe, presumption is to release; additional evidence will be required to protect.Action: The HRP and DO JFK teams will re-review the documents applying the proposed compromise guidelines. If we conclude that the Agency's equities can be protected under this compromise, the ARRB staff will present the guidelines to the Board at the April meeting with the recommendation that the be adopted. The staff will describe the new guidelines as much preferable to the case-be-case approach which requires extensive research by the Agency consume an inordinate amount of staff time.
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# SECRET2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 19928 April 1998MEMORANDUM FOR: Lee StricklandChief, IRG/OIMFROM: J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerSUBJECT: Pending ARRB Issues for EXDIR Info Brief(S) 1. *Covert Actions*. Within the Ford Presidential Library referred materials is a document which raises concerns. It is a Helms' MFR on a PIFAB Meeting. Within it there are references to CIA covert financial support to political parties in Peru, Greece, Italy and Brazil and to labor unions in France and Italy.Status and Issues: 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 action at its 13 April or 12 May meeting.(AIUO) 2. *Alias Documentation and Accommodation Addresses*. 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. We anticipate similar problems as we re- review other security files within the sequestered collection. The ARRB staff has proposed a compromise resolution to this problem as follows:*   Protect all references to official documents reflecting the alias such as SSN, Drivers Permit, etc.;*   Release items designated as pocket litter such as club cards, etc.;*   Protect elements of accommodation addresses to avoid identifying specific locations; and*   Then make a decision to actually release or protect the alias itself depending on the timeframe and its importance to the JFK story.CL BY: 0611637.CL REASON: 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: MultipleSECRET
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SECRETStatus and Issues: The DO JFK Team is currently reviewing this proposal. If they agree with, the Agency and ARRB will spell out the guidelines which will be submitted to the Board at the 13 April meeting accompanied by a staff recommendation to accept. If the DO has problems with the proposed guidelines, I will request that the issue be postponed until the May meeting.(AIUO) 3. ARRB Request, CIA-1, Organizational Materials. This request asked for organization charts on various Agency directorates/components for the years 1958-1968. All Agency directorates provided material responsive to the request. The ARRB staff has reviewed the material and selected items to be incorporated into the JFK collection. All selected material has been reviewed by appropriate components/IROS and can be released, either in full or in sanitized form except for the DO material. The DO has advised the ARRB staff that all of the DO items selected will be denied in full.Status and Issues: The ARRB will present the selected material, including a DO JMWAVE chart, to the Board to be declared Assassination Records at the 13 April meeting. They will also propose that a generic DO organization chart be prepared in lieu of the records in contention. The chart would include those components that were involved in the Oswald story and anti-Castro activities. These JMWAVE and DO organization charts have been the subject of several discussions and meetings with the ARRB staff over the past few months. The ARRB staff is clearly leaning toward recommending that the JMWAVE chart be released; an actual vote on these records by the Board will not take place until the May meeting.(S) 4. ARRB Request, CIA-IR.-15, Mexico City Tapes. 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 tel-tap on Cuban and Russian embassies and facilities. A number of the tapes are dated 22 November 1963; many others are dated 23 November 1963 through December 1963.Status and Issues: The ARRB staff has asked the question, what could possibly be sensitive or classified on the tapes given that we have acknowledge a unilateral tap on the embassies and the existence of the tapes is public knowledge. Barring any additional information from the DO, the ARRB staff plants to present the issue to the Board at the 13 April meeting and request that it declare at leastSECRET