Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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MAR 31 '97 12:07PMHELRABRD, PER P.L. 102-536 (JFK ACT)NARA SU DATE 2/14/97a relatively clean, easy-to-read specimen of what we already have.CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAMRelease As Sanitized1996Note: only redaction is OK (what CIA calls a Diguph) from QKBLUCHANNO on page 4 here paragraph 11:Enclosure 21 I've included a poor copy of page 4 that contains the "OK".SUBJECT: Clay L. SHAW (201-813493).1. Subject was born on 17 March 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana.2. Standard background information on Subject (parents, marital status, records of education and employment, etc.) is lacking because SHAW was a contact of the Domestic Contact Service.3. Traces on subject have been run in RID/Main Index, the index of the Office of Security and the Central Cover Staff. The first showed only a 1951 FBI interview with SHAW about a former employee of the New Orleans International Trade Mart. The second showed that 00/Contacts Division had requested a name trace; about 1949 and that the check of FBI records then conducted was negative. Central Cover Staff had no record.4. Some of the 00-B reports based on SHAW's reporting are on hand. They are the following. (It is noted that the source description identifies the 'source by job title.)a. 00-B 47958, 26 March 1952, concerns a letter written to the public relations director of the International Trade Mart by one Dr. Jutta SCHALLER, a trade consultant to the Ronn Government. The letter is a follow-up of discussions held in New Orleans during December 1951. The letter said that Soviet production and export trade were being advertised and1930-492-YDocument Numberfor FOIA Review on DEC 1977
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RELEASED. PER P.L. 102-886 (JFK ACT)NARA SK DATA 2/4/97.SECRETpromoted by West German money. The publication Wer Liefert Was?, published in Leipzig, is now also being published in Hamburg, at a price much lower than competitive volumes.b: 00-B-9381, 27 December 1948. Information acquired 18 December 1948. SHAW (identified by job title) has agreed to lease to the CBR government 1,000. feet of space for a display of merchandise in New Orleans. The lease is for one year, starting 1 April 1949.c. 00-B-4933-49, 14 June 1949, information date late April and early May 1949. Results of a trip SHAW made in March through May 1949 in West Indies, Central America, and Northern South America.d. 00-B-4934-49, 14 June 1949, same general subject and background as above.e. 00-B-4935-49, 14 June 1949, as above.f. 00-B-35477, 29 June 1951. Results of a SHAW trip in 1951 in Central and South America and the Caribbean area.5. On 9 May 1961 General C. P. Cabell, then DDCI, addressed the Foreign Policy Association of New Orleans. It is believed that he was introduced by Clay SHAW.6. On 3 March 1967 the Washington Star reported that Garrison had arrested SHAW and had made public charges that SHAW, FERRIE, OSWALD, and others had plotted the assassination in the apartment of FERRIE at 3300 Louisiana Parkway, New Orleans. SHAW has said that he never saw OSWALD. He denies having used the name Clay BERTRAND. Jack S. MARTIN said that FERRIE had mentioned2
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SHAW to him. J.. Monroe SULLIVAN, executive director of the San Francisco World Trade Center, told the Associated Press that SHAW was in San Francisco and touring the Canter with him on the day of the assassination. SHAW, now retired, was formerly the managing director of the Intemational Trade Mart in New Orleans. He is 54 years old. Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General, said that the FBI had investigated SHAW late in 1963. "On the evidence that the FBI has, there was no connection found" with the assassination.7. Memorandum No. 84-67, 3 March 1967, from Chief, Now Orleans Office, to Director, Domestic Contact Service, re SHAW.a. The first contact of the New Orleans office of the DCS with Clay SHAW occurred in December 1948. A nama check request was raturned "no info" on 23 March 1949. SHAW was contacted by Mr. Hunter Leake of the New Orleans office seven times in 1949, twice in 1950, five times in 1951, nine times in 1952, once in 1953, twice in 1954, twice in 1955, and twice in 1956. SHAW is the source of eight 00-B reports sub-mitted by the New Orleans office. At one tima ho had the "Y" number 145.1. The last contact took place on 25 May 1956. On 23 January 1967 Jack S. MARTIN phoned the New Orleans office, said that he was working on an important undercover deal for. Garrison and Detectiva Louis IVON, and was calling at IVON's request. He was culling to ask the head of the CIA office to telephone IVON on his unlisted number. No such call was made. The writer, Lloyd A. Ray, asks that the General Counsel be informed and that he provide advice.8. Undated and unsigned memorandum (probably produced by CI/R & A). The following additional information was provided by the New Orleans office of DCS.3
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Since 25 May 1936 Mr. [handwritten text] had seen SHAW casually, by chance, in various downtown New Orleans restaurants, and greetings were exchanged. The last such casual encounter was just before SHAW's retirement in 1965.9. On 7 March 1967 *Pravda* published an article called "Clay Shaw of the CIA" datelined Rome, 6 March 1967, written by V. VERMAKOV. The article charged that CIA made use of the services of Clay SHAW for CIA's own interests in Italy. The *Pravda* piece notes that the DA in New Orleans is accusing SHAW of participation in the assassination conspiracy. It says SHAW spent "some years" in Rome as a World Trade Center leader. It claims that the Center was a cover for financing anti-Communist activity. CIA gave directives to SHAW. The World Trade Center was a branch of "Panimides" (sic), "which the newspapers in Switzerland openly accused of 'criminal operations'...."   (Comments: It appears that all of the *Pravda* charges are untrue, except that there was a CIA-SHAW relationship. So far as is known, SHAW was never asked to use his relationship with the World Trade Center for clandestine purposes and, in fact, he has not been in Italy.)10. Memorandum from [handwritten text] 8 March 1967 subject: Italian Aspects of the Clay Shaw Affairs. The *Corriere della Sera* of 5 March 1967 has an article about SHAW, the assassination, and the World Trade Center. Contains no relevant information.11. A memorandum marked only for file, 16 March 1967, signed [handwritten text] Stevans, says that J. Walton SULLIVAN, #280207, was granted a covert security approval on 10 December 1962 so that he could be used in Project NENCHANT. SHAW has 0402097-1.12. Memorandum from [handwritten text] 24 March 1967; Subject: "Trace Results on Persons Connected with Centro Ipadiziale Commerciale" (World Trade Center), filed [handwritten text] folder, Clay SHAW - working papers.
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MAR 31 '97 12:09PMKELAABRD PER P.L. 108-590 (JFK ACT)MARA 562DATE 2/14/97Since 25 May 1956 Mr. Hunter Leake had seen SHAW casually, by chance, in various downtown New Orleans restaurants, and greetings were exchanged. The last such casual encounter was just before SHAW's retirement in 1965.9. On 7 March 1967 Pravda published an article called "Clay Shaw of the CIA" datelined Rome, 6 March 1967, written by V. YERMAKOV. The article charged that CIA made use of the services of Clay SHAW for CIA's own interests in Italy. The Pravda piece notes that the DA in New Orleans is accusing SHAW of participation in the assassination conspiracy. It says SHAW spent "some years" in Roma as a World Trade Center leader. It claims that the Center was a cover for financing anti-Communist activity. CIA gave directives to SHAW. The World Trade Center was a branch of "Permidax" (sic), "which the newspapers in Switserland openly accused of 'criminal operations'...." (Comments It appears that all of the Pravda charges are untrue, except that there was a CIA-SHAW relationship. So far as is known, SHAW was naver asked to use his relation- ship with the World Trade Center for clandestine purposes and, in fact, he has not been in Italy.)10. Memorandum from C/EUR/I to C/CI/R & A, 8 March 1967 subject: Italian Aspects of the Clay Shaw Affair. The Corriere della Sera of 5 March 1967 has an article about SHAW, the assassination, and the World Trade Center. Contains no relevant information.11. A mamorandum marked only for file, 16 March 1967, signed M.D. Stevens, days that J. Monroe SULLIVAN, 1280207, was granted a covert security approval on 10 December 1962 so that he could be used in Project JENCHANT. SHAW has 1402897-A.12. Memorandum from C/EUR/I to C/CI/R & A, 24 March 1967, Subject: "Trace Results on Persons Connected with Centro Mondiale Commerciala (World Trade Center), filed CI/R & A folder, Clay SHAW - working papers.
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HELRABBU FER P.L. 108-896 (JFK ACT)HARA SUDATA 2/4/97The 5 March 1967 issue of Il Messaggero links SHAW with the World Trade Center. Others linked to the center were traced, with results reported in this memorandum. No relationship to the Garrison investigation appears here. A report on "Parmidex", a Swiss corporation with principal offices in Rome, is also in the file because the World Trade Center and Permidex are associated. Again, there is no information here which relates significantly to the case Garrison is trying to build in New Orleans.13. The Washington Post, Outlook, 2 April 1967, "Seeking Truth in New Orleans In the Middle of the Night", George Lardner, Jr.a. Garrison's men drove RUSSO to SHAW'S French Quarter home. RUSSO posed as a Mutual of Omaha salesman. He knocked at door; SHAW answered. RUSSO said that he was Clem BERTRAND.b. SHAW is a 54-year old bachelor and socialite who pioneered the 33-story International Trade Mart in New Orleans. He was subpoenaed by Garrison's office on 1 March 1967. According to his friends, his questioners did not advise him of his rights. They told him they had evidence of a meeting with FERRIE and OSWALD. There was a fuss and SIJAW was arrested and booked on conspiracy to murder JPK. That night Garrison's men raided SHAW'S apartment and confiscated whips, chains, a black net cap, a cape and hood. RUSSO told reporters that he did not know Clay SHAW, but he identified the man arrested by Garrison as Clém BERTRAND.
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Barry3/14/97My reaction is that several questions are much too broad. e.g., 5, 6, 9, 10, 12. Read to be specific.For No. 2, we should not agree to having an ARRB staffer present.For No. 7; they should explain the purpose of the question.![signature]
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# FAX TRANSMISSIONARRB202-724-0088FAX:To: Barry Harrelson Date: March 14, 1997Fax #: 703-613-3060 Pages: 3, including this cover sheet.From: Michelle CombsSubject: DO Briefing QuestionsCOMMENTS:We may add additional questions but this should give you an idea of the topics. Have a good weekend.> [Figure: A handwritten note on the fax transmission.]> John/ What are your reactions to these questions? Has Gunn crossed the line?> Return> Barry
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# DRAFTTypes of Questions for Follow-up DO Records BriefingMarch 17, 19971. At what point did the DDP begin to keep records of destroyed records? For example, in a *Cold Warrior* footnote, Tom Mangold reports that as any of Angleton's files were destroyed, "a complete record was carefully maintained about what had been done. (George) Kalaris signed off on every file and the DCI's office was notified." (p. 143) Where are these records?2. Could an archival search be run on specific topics for retired records at the CIA's, Record's Center? Perhaps an ARRB staffer could be present during the search to review the abstracts and to suggest other fields or topics to be searched?3. Could a crypt search for records containing relevant crypts be run through cryptographic reference? How would queries need to be framed and stated?4. Why is it so difficult to develop a list for all personnel (official, contract, administrative, or TDY) assigned to the post referenced in RIF 104-10065-10199?5. We have been working to identify all technical and surveillance operations in and on the Cuban and Soviet consulates and embassies in Mexico City between September 1 and December 1, 1963. Ho How can we frame a search query to determine if we have a comprehensive and complete list of all operations at that time?6. How can a search query be framed to document all electronic take produced by the Mexico City Station in the immediate wake of the assassination (the fist month) and during the period of Oswald's visit? How can we verify that what exists in the Sequestered Collection represents all records of the technical production that was available at the time of the assassination? If additional records or original production still exists, where would it be stored or filed? What searches could be conducted to retrieve any additional records? If such electronic take has been destroyed, do records exist of the destruction?7. Could you describe the process by which operational funds are proposed, approved, received, and distributed (circa 1963). What funding and disbursement records exist? How are they organized? How should a request be formulated to institute a reasonable search of these records?DRAFT
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DRAFT8. We have seen DDP monthly operational reports which contain information on the allocation/distribution of operational funds. Are there other DDP records which would reflect how certain projects utilized their funding? How are these records organized? How should a search query be framed?9. Various open sources have linked the CIA to various journalists and publishing companies during the 1960's. How should a query be framed to search for connections between the Agency and journalists or publishing companies?10. Did the Agency have any relationship, projects, or contacts with publishing houses during the time of the assassination and in the aftermath of the Warren Commission? How would a search be formulated to determine whether or not the Agency had a relationship with any of the same publishing houses that were also publishing books about the assassination?11. How would a query be framed to search for files on any office or person dealing with organized crime and Cuba? How should a request be formulated to institute a reasonable search on this topic?12. Is there a comprehensive record or list detailing the identities of individuals on the Interagency Source Register? How are these records organized? How can a search query be framed to ascertain whether or not a particular individual appears in the Register.13. How could a search query be framed to ascertain whether or not a particular individual was given access to classified information by DCD (then OO)? What kind of files are assembled in the process of clearing non-Agency contacts/sources for access to classified information?DRAFT
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13-00000 MAR 18 '97 06:52PM P.2![Assassination Records Review Board Logo]Assassination Records Review Board600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457SECRETMEMORANDUMMarch 18, 1997TO:John Pereira and Barry HarrelsonFROM:Jeremy GunnSUBJECT: ARRB Questions Submitted for DO BriefingI would like to address some of the concerns that you expressed at our meeting yesterday, where we briefly discussed the Review Board's Proposed Questions for the March 17 briefing regarding DO records. We understand that you have some concerns about the scope of the topics raised. We very much appreciate your recognition of the importance that we attach to the ARRB's independence and we again wish to emphasize the fact that we fully understand your proper concern for the protection of information that is unrelated to the Kennedy assassination.I would like to emphasize that the questions that we sent to you were not intended as in depth research queries, but rather as topical talking points for discussion. We prepared the questions, at your request, in order to give the persons conducting the briefing an understanding of the types of issues in which we were interested. They represent issues that we wish to explore in our quest for additional information and records to facilitate the completion of the ARRB's responsibilities under the JFK Act.We appreciate your acknowledgment that the ARRB is not necessarily obligated to justify to CIA the questions it deems relevant to the assassination. Nevertheless, in order to facilitate and coordinate our efforts, we are very willing to offer the following additional explication of those questions that we understand may have been considered by the Agency to be excessively broad.SECRETBOARD MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair • Henry F. Graff • Kermit L. Hall • William L. Joyce • Anna K. NelsonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell
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SECRETQuestion # 5:We have been working to identify all technical and surveillance operations in and on the Cuban and Soviet consulates and embassies in Mexico City between September 1 and December 1, 1963. How can we frame a search query to determine if we have a comprehensive and complete list of all operations at that time?Until very recently, we had seen no evidence that CIA had microphone surveillance of the Cuban compound. However, Dispatch HMMW 12454 (no IDEN number attached) found in Box 23, Folder 9 of the Sequestered Collection, makes reference to LICOOLS (concealed microphones inside the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City). Though the dispatch reports that the last LICOOL ceased functioning in 1961--before the period in question-the prior existence of this capability and the fact that the dispatch discusses the possibility of reactivation prompts the question of whether all technical and surveillance operations against the Cuban and Soviet Consulates have been identified to the ARRB. In addition, the dispatch refers to MKTRAP, a telephone hot mike operation which was re-actuated from a basehouse in November 1963. The specific hot mike telephone PBIMPULSE appears to have been in operation during 1963. Are there records from this operation? Are there any other operations that may have picked up Oswald's visit?Question # 6:How can a search query be framed to document all electronic take produced by the Mexico City Station in the immediate wake of the assassination (the first month) and during the period of Oswald's visit? How can we verify that what exists in the Sequestered Collection represents all records of technical production that were available at the time of the assassination? If additional records or original production still exists, where would it be stored or filed? What searches could be conducted to retrieve any additional records? If such electronic take has been destroyed, do records exist of the destruction?This question is a follow up to question #5. If MKTRAP was in operation from September 1-December 1, 1963, where are the records or transcripts describing the take? Was the take ever retained or reviewed? Do any original tapes or transcripts still exist? Where might these records be found? Were any other technical operations in progress? The various project files for the technical operations known to exist during this period are spotty and incomplete. How can the ARRB know if it has reviewed records of all the technical operation take for the relevant time period?SECRET
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# SECRETQuestion # 9:Various open sources have linked the CIA to various journalists and publishing companies during the 1960's. How could a query be framed to search for connections between the Agency and journalists or publishing companies?The two 1967 *Ramparts* articles mention connections between the Agency and journalists worldwide. The primary focus of this question is on any connection between the Agency and any journalist who might have covered the assassination domestically. Additionally, we would be interested in any publishing company involved in publishing books about the assassination. HSCA staff notes (RIF 180-10142-10087) summarize several files dealing with contacts between the Agency, publishing houses, and authors. For example, the file identified as QKOPERA/Liaison ZRBLESS outlines a memo by Gunnar W. Beckman CA/PROP on the status of negotiations between *Praeger Publishing* and Milovan Djilas. ZRBLESS is identified as a subproject of WUBONBON. Further, the staff notes mention a project involving "*Praeger and publication*" [sic], a separate project involving "the Freedom Fund and distribution" [sic], and a third project to provide news service to the foreign press through *Continental Press*. Each of these projects appears to have been in operation in 1963-64.Question # 10:Did the Agency have any relationship, projects or contacts with publishing houses during the time of the assassination and in the aftermath of the Warren Commission? How would a search be formulated to determine whether or not the Agency had a relationship with any of the same publishing houses that were also publishing books about the assassination?This question is a follow up to question #9. One record that is already in the collection (RIF 180-10142-10087) summarizes the Project File of WUPUNDIT and notes two 'one time only' operations in 1963-WURAISIN and WUTRANSIT which were responsible for publishing two books each. In addition, WUSENDER is reported to be a 'one time only' operation responsible for three books in 1964. If these books have domestic implications or are on subjects related to the assassination, they would be relevant documents.We hope that this additional explication may help you and the DO understand our approach to the issues raised in our questions. Should any of our requests impose on you or your staff a burden that we may not have anticipated -- or which would entail work of dubious value or benefit -- please advise us so that we can work with you to modify or amend the requests accordingly.SECRET
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MAR 18 '97 06:53PM P.4SECRETPlease also remember that, when we request accesses to these materials, we are not designating them "assassination records" and we are not, at this time, requesting that copies of documents be given to the Review Board.We appreciate your continuing cooperation and helpfulness.Sincerely yours,![Signature of T. Jeremy Gunn]T. Jeremy GunnGeneral Counsel and Associate Directorfor Research and AnalysisSECRET