Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SECRETCL BY: 611637CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: COV 2-87MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCIFredrick C. Wickham @ DOLee Strickland @ DALinda Cipriani@ DCIFROM: J. Barry HarrelsonJFK Project OfficerOFFICE: CSI/HRGSUBJECT: ARRB meeting 17 November - Results21 November 1997REFERENCE: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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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNOTE FOR: J. Barry HarrelsonFROM: Fredrick C. Wickham @ DOOFFICE:DATE: 10/10/97 12:10:24 PMSUBJECT: Nosenko RecordsI have reviewed the descriptions of the folders proposed by the ARRB Staff. While I see this as a success to have them support our position and have some concern about the detail included within the descriptions. We had an occasion in the past to ask for a legal opinion about a former employee's access rights to Nosenko's file and were told he is entitled protection under the Privacy Act. Nosenko has already personally expressed (in a letter to the Agency) his concern and objection about potential release of information about him. I think we should carefully consider the amount of detail included in the public release and whether it violates his rights under the Privacy Act.I trust the judgment of those that have reviewed these descriptions as to content in relationship to other released material and classification but I just want to raise a mild concern about the detail contained in the descriptions of folder content. I will not object to the these if everyone feels compelled to accept them to protect the success we have achieved as long as they are determined to not be in violation of his privacy rights.In future efforts to protect NBR information, I would like to see less detail in the description if at all possible.CC: Eileen M. Wukitch @ DO, Lee E. Carle-Y- @ DOSent on 10 October 1997 at 12:10:24 PMFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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Classification of Material TransmittedHISTORICAL REVIEW GROUPCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF INTELLIGENCEPhone # 703-613-1806PLEASE DELIVER IMMEDIATELY*******************************************************CLASSIFIED FAX**SUBJECT: NovenkoFROM: J. Bary DarvelenSENDING FAX NO. 703-613-3060DELIVER TO: DarbRECEIVING FAX NO. 893-4346DATE TRANSMITTED: 10/10 PAGES TRANSMITTED: 1(including cover sheet)TRANSMITTED BY: Medaughs*****************************************************MESSAGE:Classification of Material Transmitted
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# MEMORANDUMOctober 9, 1997To: Jeremy GunnExecutive Directorcc: Tom SamolukDeputy DirectorFrom: Michelle CombsSubject: Files on Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko in the CIA Sequestered Collection Microfilm Containing Information of No Believed Relevance to the Assassination of President John F. KennedyThe information on Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko contained in the CIA Sequestered Collection microfilm consists of approximately 3600 pages of interviews, transcripts, memos, and reports. Of the total, approximately 1200 pages have been released to the public as open in full or with redactions. Of the 1200 released pages, roughly 800 contain information directly relevant to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Although all of these 800 pages have been released in redacted form, we have asked the Agency to re-review them under the standards of the JFK Act before we submit them to the Board.After my review of the Nosenko records and our discussion of the issues, it is my judgment that the remaining approximately 2400 pages are unrelated to the assassination of President Kennedy and should be processed as "NBR." These NBR records, which are described on the attached list, consist of such items as general family and professional contact information, Soviet intelligence methodology, personalities, and specific operations, and Soviet Navy information dating to Nosenko's early career in Soviet Naval Intelligence. Much of the information consists of various attempts by the Agency in the 1960's to establish Nosenko's bona fides. The October 1968 Solie Report, which has been released in redacted form and will be re-reviewed under the JFK Act, establishes Nosenko's bona fides. The conclusions of the Solie report were reaffirmed in a 1976 report by John Hart. A brief summary of the conclusions of the Hart Report will also be processed for release.The approximately 2400 pages of proposed Nosenko NBR records have been reviewed carefully to confirm that they contain no material helpful to a deeper understanding of the assassination. During the review some additional material, not previously released, which may add to an understanding of the Nosenko story, was marked relevant and identified for processing and review.
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NBR Folder SummariesEach folder also contains an HSCA signature sheet. At least one member of the HSCA reviewed all but the last of the folders listed below.Reel 45, Folder 3During July and August 1965, Peter Deryabin, a Soviet defector, conducted a series of interrogations of Nosenko in conjunction with CIA efforts to establish Nosenko's bona fides. This folder contains one 66 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions which cover Nosenko's family, background, early career, and Komsomol experiences.Reel 45, Folder 4This folder contains a 76 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions by Peter Deryabin which cover Nosenko's career, Party membership, Komsomol personalities and procedures, military personalities and procedures, and his (then current) incarceration by the CIA.Reel 45, Folder 5This folder contains one 59 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions by Peter Deryabin which cover Nosenko's military career, KGB buildings, personalities and procedures, and other Soviet intelligence people, roles, and titles.Reel 45, Folder 6All the documents in this folder, but one, have been released to the public. The NBR document is a five page February 1964 memo from the Director of the Soviet Division (C/SR) David Murphy to the Deputy Director for Plans (DD/P) Richard Helms on plans to debrief Nosenko based on C/SR's belief that Nosenko is a Soviet plant.Reel 45, Folder 8BThis folder contains a 135 page report on Nosenko prepared in April 1969 by N. Scott Miler of the Counterintelligence Staff (DC/CI/SIG) based on the comments and questions of Anatoliy Golitsyn. The report contains Golitsyn's comments on inconsistencies he believes exist in Nosenko's testimony and his recommendations for further questioning. Golitsyn believed Nosenko was a dispatched agent.
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3Reel 45, Folder 13This folder contains one document. The document is a ten page extract from the 835 page study "The Case of Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko" written by Peter Bagley of the Soviet Branch (DC/SB) in 1967. The document records Peter Deryabin's conclusions on Nosenko's bona fides. Deryabin does not believe Nosenko.Reel 45, Folder 17This folder contains an 89 page verbatim transcript of an interrogation session by Peter Deryabin which covers Nosenko's career as a KGB officer, his marriage, and KGB buildings, personalities, and procedures. A two page key to the abbreviations in the transcript is also included in this folder.Reel 45, Folder 19This folder contains pages 349-602, part IV, of the 835 page study "The Case of Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko" prepared by Peter Bagley in 1967. The study analyzes Nosenko's biography, case work, and responsibilities as a Soviet intelligence officer. The conclusion of the report is that Nosenko is a dispatched agent under the control of the KGB.Reel 45, Folder 20This folder contains an 89 page verbatim transcript of an interrogation session by Peter Deryabin which covers Nosenko's career as a KGB officer and KGB buildings, personalities, and procedures.Reel 45, Folder 21This folder contains an 85 page verbatim transcript of an interrogation session by Peter Deryabin which covers Nosenko's experiences in and knowledge of Komsomol and Communist Party personalities, buildings, and procedures.Reel 45, Folder 24This folder contains pages 1-84, parts I, II, III, and IV, of the 835 page study "The Case of Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko" prepared by Peter Bagley.
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Reel 45, Folder 25This folder contains pages 85-348, part V, of the 835 page study "The Case of Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko" prepared by Peter Bagley.Reel 46, Folder 2AThis folder contains pages 603-835, parts VII, VIII, and IX of the 835 page study "The Case of Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko" prepared by Peter Bagley.Reel 46, Folder 2BThis folder contains a variety of documents, some of which have already been released to the public. The NBR documents include: 14 reports of interrogation sessions with Peter Deryabin in July and August 1965; an unsigned May 1965 memo for Chief SR/CI on the 3-13 May interrogation sessions with a psychologist, an unsigned May 1965 paper analyzing Nosenko's sessions with the psychologist which refutes the reported conclusions of the psychologist, and a November 1968 Memorandum of Transmittal to SB/CI/K on the 15 Deryabin-Nosenko July-August 1965 transcripts.Reel 46, Folder 3This folder contains most of the 186 page report by John Hart commissioned by the CIA in June 1976. Chapter X, pages 159-176 inclusive are missing. The report is a reinvestigation of the Nosenko case in the context of reviewing the techniques of handling Soviet agents and defectors. It is highly critical of the handling of the Nosenko case by the Clandestine Service. The Hart Report endorses the conclusions reached in October 1968 by the Office of Security (the Solie Report) that Nosenko is a bona fide defector.Reel 46, Folder 5This folder contains documents pertaining principally to personalities in the Minsk area during Lee Harvey Oswald's residence there. Some documents in this folder have been released to the public. The two NBR documents include: a nine page 1964 "homework assignment" prepared by Nosenko on KGB leadership in the provinces and a four page memorandum on KGB personalities in the Minsk area in the mid 1970's.Reel 62, Folder 2This folder contains an 82 page verbatim transcript of an interrogation session by Peter Deryabin which covers Nosenko's background, marriage, and divorce.
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Reel 62, Folder 3This folder contains a 74 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions by Peter Deryabin which detail Nosenko's career progress and a disciplinary problem and its resulting impact on his promotion schedule.Reel 62, Folder 5This folder contains two verbatim transcripts (33 and 46 pages) of interrogation sessions by Peter Deryabin which cover specific KGB operations and a particular KGB operation targeted against an American tourist.Reel 62, Folder 6This folder contains one 22 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions by Perter Deryabin which cover a particular KGB operation targeted against an American tourist.Reel 62, Folder 7This folder contains one 84 page verbatim transcript of two interrogation sessions by Peter Deryabin which cover Nosenko's education, Navy career, and a particular KGB operation targeted against an American tourist.Reel 62, Folder 8This folder contains an eight page verbatim transcript of an interrogation session by Peter Deryabin in which Deryabin encourages Nosenko to confess that he was sent under KGB control and to think about becoming a double agent. Nosenko responds that he has been telling Deryabin the truth all along.Reel 62, Folder 9The folder contains 51 pages of 12 Deryabin reports on his interrogation sessions with Nosenko in July and August 1965. The information in these reports summarizes information detailed in the actual interrogation transcripts.Reel 62, Folder 10This folder contains a mix of intra and inter-Agency memoranda pertaining to the handling of Nosenko and is labeled "TS Material from Deryabin Safe." This folder was not examined by the HSCA staff. Thirty-seven pages of documents have been released
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13-0000010/09/97 THU 15:02 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB 140096to the public. The 97 pages of NBR documents include: correspondence with various US Government agencies and the Attorney General, memoranda on Nosenko's day to day handling, emergency procedures for Office of Security guards assigned to Nosenko, a report to the CIA Inspector General on the Nosenko case, Nosenko's request for political asylum, copies of his subsequent contracts with the CIA as an independent contractor, and additional reports, memos, and briefings concerning the Nosenko case and his handling.Combs e:\nosenko4.wpdFile 4.20.5, 4.0.2, and 2.4
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# MEMORANDUMSeptember 22, 1998To:Laura DenkExecutive Directorcc:Bob SkwirotCIA Team LeaderFrom: Michelle CombsAssociate Director for Research and ReviewSubject: Working Files on Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko Containing Information Not Believed Relevant to the Assassination of President John F. KennedyPreviously, the Review Board voted to declare NBR approximately 2400 pages of material on Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko contained in the CIA sequestered collection microfilm unrelated to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.The Review Board staff has since examined an additional two boxes of working files on Nosenko produced as a result of the search for records related to the Kennedy assassination. This material either duplicates or is the original copy of the sequestered collection microfilm material previously declared NBR. For example, many of the original tapes from which transcripts were produced are found in the working files. The Board previously declared the transcripts, which are found in the sequestered collection microfilm, to be NBR. The files contain no new material which would add to the understanding of the Nosenko story.I recommend that the Board declare the contents of the two boxes of working files on Nosenko to be NBR.e:\combs\nbr\nosenko.wpdFile 2.4, 4.0.2, and 4.20.5
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SECRETCI-277-9431 August 1994MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Discussions with Center for the Study of Intelligence on the Release of Material Relating to Yuriy Nosenko1. On 3 August I had a series of discussions with the staff of the Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) at the Center's office in the Ames Building. Our discussion centered on the disposition of more than 3,200 pages relating to the career of former KGB officer--and current CIA independent contractor--Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko. The documents are being reviewed for declassification and release as required by the JFK law.2. The Declassification Problem: CSI's declassification staff has carefully reviewed the Nosenko material. Ellie Neiman--a career Directorate of Operations officer--is representing the DO in the review process. Ms. Neiman noted that the material can be divided into two parts:*   Approximately 800 pages that deal with Nosenko's information about Lee Harvey Oswald's life in the Soviet Union and his relationship with the KGB.*   A body of counterintelligence staff studies, interrogation reports, file reviews, and bona fides studies on Nosenko totaling some 2,400 pages. These studies contain sensitive personal and operational material. For example:    *   Information on how CIA conducted operations in Moscow ("sticks and bricks"), material on how bona fides analysis is conducted, and details on how we evaluated the KGB's operations.WARNING NOTICEINTELLIGENCE SOURCESOR METHODS INVOLVEDSECRETCL BY SIGNERDECL OADRDRV HUM 4-82-
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SECRETSUBJECT: Discussions with the Center for the Study of Intelligence on the Release of Material Relating to Yuriy Nosenko-- Extensive personal details on US citizens the KGB assessed and pitched (approximately 100 cases) and on Americans Moscow Station used as assets. One US citizen the KGB developed is now a senior professor of history in California.3. Nosenko's Sensitivities: I discussed with Ms. Neiman Nosenko's concern about the impact of the release of information on his personal life. I informed her of Nosenko's recent letter to the DCI complaining about the release of material related to his association with CIA, and of his concern that future releases would endanger his privacy and security. The bona fides studies dwell in great detail on Nosenko's personal life, including his problems with venereal disease and his relationships with women. Since the bona fides were based on detailed analyses of Nosenko's life, their release would reveal modus operandi of sensitive clandestine operations and further embarrass a man who has served as a CIA employee for more than three decades.4. Following my discussions with Ms. Neiman, I met with John Pereira, Acting Director of CSI, and Barry Harrelson, a member of his staff. I recommended that CIA move to release the material dealing with Oswald, but--citing the operational costs, embarrassment to prominent American citizens, and threat to Nosenko's privacy--strongly suggested that the other material be held back. Mr. Pereira agreed to take these points into consideration, noting that the law did allow CIA to withhold certain information to protect national security or for reasons of privacy. He told me in closing that later this year the Agency would have to justify to the Congressionally-mandated review board the reasons for withholding. I promised that I would raise the issue with the Chief of the Counterintelligence Center and said I believed we could provide the justification.![Signature of Robert Pringle]Robert Pringle2SECRET
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SECRETSUBJECT: Discussions with Center for the Study ofIntelligence on the Release of Material Relatingto Yuriy NosenkoCONCUR:John Pereira (AD/CSI) 2 Sept 94DateBarry Harrelson (CSI) 2 Sept 94DateEllie Neiman 6 Sept 94Date3SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: Discussions with Center for the Study ofIntelligence on the Release of Material Relatingto Yuriy NosenkoDO/CIC/AG/FIOB/RPringle:ek/76246 (31 Aug 94)Distribution:Orig - John Pereira, Barry Harrelson, Ellie Neimanfor Concurrence and Return to CIC/AG1 - AD/CSI1 - CSI (Harrelson)1 - Neiman1 - C/CIC Chrono1 - CIC/AG Chrono1 - CIC/AG Defector File4SECRET
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# INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSASSINATION# OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY## HEARINGSBEFORE THESELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONSOF THEU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNINETY-FIFTH CONGRESSSECOND SESSIONSEPTEMBER 18, 19, 20, AND 21, 1978VOLUME IIIPrinted for the use of the Select Committee on Assassinations![decorative element]U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1979For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing OfficeWashington, D.C. 20402
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748TO STADISITOI have read the foregoing pagesone through sixty-six, inclusive,which contain a correct transcriptof the answers made by me to thequestions therein recorded, Signatureis subject to corrections./S/Nicholas Katzenbachrchigiani, Notary Public in and for thedo hereby certify that I am notarisingre for the deposition of Mr. Nicholasth day of February 1979./S/Flora A. MarchigianiNotary Public in and for theCounty of WestchesterState of New York749On September 25, 1978, Mr. Katzenbach mailed to the committee the following letter supplementing his testimony:KatzenbachOld Orchard Road,September 25, 1978,The Honorable Louis StokesSelect Committee on AssassinationsU. S. House of Representatives331 House Office Building, Annex 2Washington, D. C. 20515Dear Mr. Chairman:In my testimony before the Committee on Thursday, September 21, I stated that I had absolutely no recollection of meeting with Mr. Helms with respect to the Nosenko case. I understand that Mr. Helms said there was such a meeting, and it took place on April 2, 1964.On my return to my office this morning I checked on the notes of meetings which were kept by my secretary, and they confirm Mr. Helms' recollection. I am attaching a copy of the relevant page of the calendar. Although it is clear from this page that there was such a meeting, I continue to have absolutely no recollection of it, and therefore cannot tell you what was discussed beyond what is stated in the calendar itself.It was not my custom to make notes on such meetings, and I doubt that there are in the files of the Department any notes made by me. However it is possible that Mr. Yeagley or Mr. Foley made such notes. I believe Mr. Foley is now deceased, but Mr. Yeagley is now a judge in the District of Columbia, and perhaps he would have some recollection of the meeting.I had, prior to my testimony, checked my calendar diary for the period dealing with the assassination and the creation of the Warren Commission, but had not thought it relevant to the Committee's investigation to go as far as April. Hence I was unaware of this entry. While
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750this calendar does not refresh my recollection and therefore would not change my testimony, it did seem to me that in fairness to both the Committee and Mr. Helms I should make it available to you.Respectfully yours,![Signature]cc: Mr. Gary CornwellHon. Richard C. HelmsEdward Bennett Williams, Esq.