Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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Mr. John PereiraJanuary 28, 1997Page 2Security file.[^1] We have identified references to one or more other possible Oswald files including possible soft files designated as follows: CI/SI, CI/SIG, CI/LSN, and CS/LSN.1.  Please identify, as specifically as possible, *each* file held by CIA on Oswald at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.2.  Other than for the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination.3.  For the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please identify which records (and the total number that) were in the file at the time of the assassination.4.  To the extent that Counterintelligence and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination files on Oswald, please explain why those offices maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination. In answering this question, please make appropriate references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB) and to any other materials (including organizational charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and organization reasons for which CI and OS would have maintained such files.For each question, please explain the basis for the answer and the sources (records or persons) whom you consulted to answer the question. To the extent that you are not able to answer a question completely, please so indicate and provide the best reasonable answer. If, during the course of your research, you learn that any record relating to a pre-assassination file or record has been destroyed, please provide us with all available information related to the destruction of the records or files.These queries should be interpreted in their broadest reasonable sense. To the extent that you question whether certain responses may be within the scope of our request, please let us know and we can advise you whether we would wish to include it. We anticipate that the responses to these questions will be referenced in CIA's Final Compliance Statement.[^1]: One Office of Security file on Oswald (or relating to Oswald) may have been numbered 351-164. In addition, Margaret Stevens may have held an Office of Security "MS-" file on Oswald.
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Mr. John PereiraJanuary 28, 1997Page 3We request that you make this information available to us by February 24, 1997. If this does not provide you with sufficient time, please let us know, in writing, by what date you believe you will be able to answer the questions fully.Thank you for your attention to this matter.Sincerely,![signature]David G. MarwellExecutive DirectorEnclosure
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# THE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ACT# OF 1992# HEARINGBEFORE THE# COMMITTEE ON# GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS# UNITED STATES SENATEONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESSSECOND SESSIONON# S. J. RES. 282TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS DISCLOSURE OF RECORDSRELEVANT TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDYMAY 12, 1992Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs57-233U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1992For sale by the U.S. Government Printing OfficeSuperintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington DC 20402ISBN 0-16-039035-4
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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCIA SPR97-06231 January 1997MEMORANDUM FOR:Fred WickhamDO Focal Pointfor JFK BoardLee StricklandDA Focal Pointfor JFK BoardFROM:John F. PereiraChief, HistoricalReview GroupSUBJECT:Request No. CIA-16from JFK Board1. Attached is "Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)", which was received from the Assassination Records Review Board on 29 January 1997. The request is for additional details related to files on Lee Harvey Oswald that may have existed in the Office of Security and in the DO.2. Please advise how you would like us to respond to this request. We are asked to make the information available to the Board by 24 February 1997.![signature of John Pereira]John PereiraAttachmentFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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SECRET27 February 1997MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry HarrelsonHistorical Review GroupCenter for the Study of IntelligenceFROM: Janet A. EcklundChief, Information Management BranchOffice of Personnel SecuritySUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK BoardREFERENCE: CSI 97-062 dated 31 January 19971. (U) The Office of Personnel Security has researched this request from the Assassination Records Review Board relating to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald.2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed in Mr. Marwell's letter to the Historical Review Group, the following responses are provided to those three questions pertaining to the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These responses are the best reasonable answers based on available information. Please note OPS was known as the Office of Security prior to 1 October 1994.Question 1: (U) Please identify, as specifically as possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.Response: (U) At the time of the assassination, the Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A file entitled Defectors File (#0341008) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald,Regraded ConfidentialWhen Separated FromSecret AttachmentCL BY: 0605636CL Reason: 1.5(c)DECL ON: X1DRV FROM: COV 1-82SECRET
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# SECRETand the Office of Security also had a subject file on Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in the automated security database known as the Management Data Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated system. This hand search produced the same results as the automated search of MDP/PS.(U) In your request specific mention is made of an HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file), #0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along with numerous soft files. Since this material has been destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A search of Oswald's name did not produce an index reference to any of these files.(U) Attached is all of the available information regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL files. This information was retrieved from Lydia Hoffman of the Information Management Branch/Records Control Section and from a review of general office administrative files.Question 2: (U) Other than for the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination.Response: (U) As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have been destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953#0119144 Opened approximately May 19552SECRET
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SECRET(U) HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project that involved opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to and from the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan, and South America. In OS this project was known as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER, INDIAN, BANJO, and SETTER. OS conducted the actual opening and monitoring of mail with the acquired information referred to the Directorate of Operations.(U) The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa 1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens defecting to other countries and information regarding foreign nationals considering defection to the United States. This compilation of information was received from press clippings, Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, and the various armed services. The pre-assassination documents located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at 15"b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 October 1960 with attached list of American "defectors" from May 1959 to October 1960c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated 31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject: American Defectorsd. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated 1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject: American Defectorse. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August 1961f. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and United Arab Republic.
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SECRET(U) The index reference to the Defectors File identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer printout of defectors which reflected limited biographic data on each name. This listing was maintained separately from the actual Defectors File; notations within the Defectors File show the Defector Machine Listing as permanently charged to the Security Analysis Group of OS. Efforts to locate this listing or determine the disposition have been unsuccessful.(U) Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings. Katie Nakai of this office at one time was assigned to the Security Analysis Group and recalls the Defector Machine Listing. From her recollection, this machine listing was approximately one and one-half inches thick and was in two parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical index of defector names with assigned numbers. The second part listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and contained limited information on each name.(C) The Special Investigations Branch of Investigations Division is the current operating component encompassing most of the Security Analysis Group functions still conducted in OPS. Gail Jewell of this office was queried regarding office holdings relating to the Defector Machine Listing. Ms. Jewell had no knowledge of the listing and suggested William Gilbert as a resource. Mr. Gilbert, CIC Liaison Officer, could not recall the listing, opined it may have been destroyed, and suggested contacting Zachary Filis of the Counterintelligence Center (CIC).(C) CIC assumed many of the functions previously conducted by the Security Analysis Group. Mr. Filis was queried regarding the possibility the Defector Machine Listing may have been transferred to CIC during the realignment of duties. Mr. Filis advised the Defector Machine Listing could not be located in CIC holdings; and he has made inquiries with Directorate of Operations counterparts regarding the listing.
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SECRET(U) The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file was created as a separate repository for the numerous press clippings and reports received from other government agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR and his activities following his return to the United States. The first volume of this file appears to have been preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents contained in this file are as follows:a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow dated 31 October 1959b. The Washington Post press clipping dated 1 November 1959 entitled "Ex-Marine Asks Soviet Citizenship"c. Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow dated 2 November 1959d. Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo dated 9 November 1959e. Department of State telegram #31358 from Moscow dated 9 November 1959f. The Washington Post press clipping dated 16 November 1959 entitled "Rebuffed"g. Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November 1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at 15"h. Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960i. Department of State Instruction A-273 dated 13 April 1961j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter5SECRET
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k. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texasl. Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961m. Form 745 "Indices Search Request" dated12 October 1961n. Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscowdated 12 October 1961 with enclosureo. Form G-135a Immigration and NaturalizationService name check form to Central IntelligenceAgency dated 5 December 1961p. Navy Department message to Moscow dated3 March 1962q. Department of the Navy memorandum to the FederalBureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 withenclosurer. The Washington Post press clipping dated9 June 1962 entitled "Third American in 2 MonthsLeaves Soviet 'Home'"s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittalof report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August1962.(U) In addition to those documents listed above, thefollowing documents were located in a subsequent volume ofthe Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassinationof President Kennedy.t. Undated summary of file information on LeeHarvey Oswaldu. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
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SECRETw. Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated9 October 1963x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated10 October 1963y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).Question 4: (U) To the extent that Counterintelligenceand the Office of Security maintained pre-assassinationfiles on Oswald, please explain why those officesmaintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.In answering this question, please make appropriatereferences to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)and to any other materials (including organizationalcharts) that would help explain the jurisdictional andorganization reasons for which CI and OS would havemaintained such files.Response: (U) It is believed that OS holdings on LeeHarvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia duringwhich he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was incontact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and theDepartment of State prepared reports on these contacts.Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, theCentral Intelligence Agency was included in the distributionof these reports. In the beginning this material wasprobably retained in the Defectors File. As the number ofdocuments on this person increased, a separate file wascreated to be the repository of information on the allegedAmerican defector. There is a notation in the DefectorsFile that a separate file exists on Oswald.(U) Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file ofLee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D.Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, amajority of them contain a notation or the initials ofMarguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was theofficer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filingof this information.
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13-00000SECRET(U) The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the component responsible for collecting, developing, and evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to detect and/or prevent penetration of the Agency's organization, employees, and activities by foreign or domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted research in connection with employee loyalty cases and maintained records identifying personalities, environments, and personal traits of individuals who had been of counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained liaison with various government agencies in connection with counterintelligence activities and coordinated the counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported directly to the office of the Director of Security.(U) Don Staton of the OPS/Management Staff was queried regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre- assassination time period. Mr. Staton made inquiries relating to the above request, and the OPS/Information Management Officer Ronda Allen retrieved retired policy records for review. The information on the mission and function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office of Security administrative and historical files as well as a review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.3. (U) For your information, a page-by-page review of the documents contained in the Defectors File (12 volumes) and Lee Harvey Oswald's file (7 volumes) has not been conducted for the purposes of this request. Our efforts were concentrated on the pre-assassination time frame.4. (U) This review was conducted by Katie Nakai,   OPS/CD/IMB, secure 40552![signature of Janet A. Ecklund]Janet A. EcklundAttachment8SECRET
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# MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDOn 8 April 1994, the complete set of SRPOINTER and HTLINGUAL security support files and indexes held by the Office of Security were destroyed in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the approved Records Control Schedules 31-76 and 31-83 and by the Office of General Counsel.
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SECRETOGC-94-510666 April 1994MEMORANDUM FOR: Terri EagalInformation Review TeamOffice of SecurityVIA: Robert J. EatingerAssistant General CounselLitigation DivisionFROM: Stephen K. DiRubioInformation Management OfficerOffice of General CounselSUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction1. This responds to your memo of 9 February 1994 requesting confirmation that the security support files of the HTLINGUAL project are not the subject of a current litigation, investigation, or other inquiry that would preclude their destruction pursuant to normal guidelines for records of this type. A review of OGC files located no currently active cases involving the HTLINGUAL project. Therefore, OGC poses no objection to destruction of the files if authorized by your approved records disposition schedule.2. For your information I have attached a copy of a March 1990 memorandum in which OGC provided guidance to the DO regarding destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL project files. According to that memorandum, files pertaining to HTLINGUAL may be destroyed only if: (1) they meet the criteria for destruction on the applicable NARA approved records disposition schedule; (2) are not responsive to a FOIA or Privacy Act request currently being processed by the office concerned; and (3) do not document the initiation, implementation, and termination of the projects, or constitute files on U.S. persons of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence value which the Agency is required to maintain. As the attachment indicates, NARA's requirement that the SSCI concur in any proposed destruction has already been met.SECRET
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SECRETSUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction3. I apologize for the delay in responding to your request. Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.![Signature of Stephen K. DiRubio]Stephen K. DiRubioAttachment:As Stated2SECRET
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SECRETSUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File DestructionDCI/OGC/REG/SKDiRubio:skd/76195) (6 Apr 94)Distribution:Original - Addressee1 - OGC Registry3SECRET
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# MEMORANDUM FOR:C/OIT/IMB# FROM:W. George JamesonChief, Litigation Division, OGC# SUBJECT:Destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL Project Files# REFERENCE:Request for Authorization to Retain or Destroy Questionable Records: 141C's for MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL Projects, from IMS/MPG/IRMB, dated 18 December 19891.  The referenced request seeks concurrence for the destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL files in accordance with routine records destruction schedules approved by the National Archivist. Subject to the qualifications set forth below, the proposed destruction can proceed without legal objection.2.  On several occasions over the past 12 years, DO/IMS has proposed that the Agency identify and destroy MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL records in accordance with routine records destruction schedules. The major reason not to do so has been the existence of litigation that has necessitated retention of those records. With the settlement of the National Lawyers' Guild litigation, a major obstacle to routine records destruction appears to have been eliminated.3.  That case alone, however, does not govern the records retention or _destruction of MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files. In addition, destruction may proceed only in accordance with the records disposition authorization provided by the Archivist on 17 March 1978. (Job Nos. NC1-263-77-18 and NC1-263-78-1). The approval given by the Archivist is subject to essentially the following conditions: (1) files and documents that are the objects of FOIA and Privacy Act requests, or those involved in any other litigation, are not to be destroyed; (2) files that document the initiation, implementation, and termination of the projects, and other files on U.S. persons of foreign Intelligence or counterintelligence value which the Agency is required to maintain, are not to be destroyed; (3) no disposal will occur prior to review and concurrence of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.4.  In reviewing the materials you have provided, I have been able to conclude that then SSCI Chairman, Birch Bayh, in several separate letters dated 6 April 1978, informed the DCI that the Committee had no objection to the implementation of the records disposal lists approved by the Archivist. In my
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view, therefore, condition number (3) has been satisfied. Accordingly, with the exception of the case of Hurwitz v. United States, there appear to be no ongoing court cases relating to MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files that necessitate the retention of those materials. All HTLINGUAL materials relating to Leo T. Hurwitz, therefore, should be retained. In addition, any records pertaining to Dr. Sidney M. Peck (Peck v. CIA) should be retained. I am not aware of any other matters that would require retention of the files at the present time, but you should contact the Agency's FOIA Coordinator to determine if there are any outstanding FOIA or Privacy Act requests relating to MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL that should not be destroyed. If so, materials should be retained in accordance with the requirements of the Records Disposal List. Finally, of course, information that the Agency must maintain that is of foreign intelligence value also should not be destroyed.4. I would also point out that the terms of the National Lawyers Guild settlement require that all agencies of the Federal Government, including the CIA, shall not use, release or disclose, within or outside the Government, certain information relating to the National Lawyers Guild and its subunits. Accordingly, if there is CIA information derived from the FBI's investigation relating to the National Lawyers' Guild, Agency records, files or indices must be appropriately marked so as to permit implementation of the settlement agreement. This means that, to the extent MHCHAOS records are not isolated but are contained in other Agency files, some means of ensuring that the information is not disseminated must be made.5. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.W. George Jamesoncc: C/ALD/OGC-2-