Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# SECRET6. Samuel WISE, "Counsel in the American Embassy in Moscow" who is referred to above, may well be Samuel Griffin WISE Jr., #74574, GD & SSD, who apparently was once a contract employee on ARACTIVE. The State Department reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; and as of September 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow. At that time WISE advised in a cable to the State Department that it appeared that Bruce Frederick DAVIE, #532267, who defected from the United States Army in Germany on 18 August 1960, had not expatriated himself. DAVIE's case is very similar to that of OSWALD; and he, like OSWALD, lived in the Soviet Union for two years after his defection and prior to making application for return to the United States.7. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and was security approved subject to polygraph on 11 August 1953. He did not enter on duty and in September 1953 the office which had been interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953, WISE was granted a CEA to permit his use as a contract employee on ARACTIVE in New York City. His CEA was cancelled on 24 March 1958.8. WISE was named as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, #61693-DL, during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1952. WISE, according to MUNSELL's landlady and social acquaintance in Washington, D.C. during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the only person she knew by name with whom MUNSELL was friendly. According to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address was 423 Furnald Hall. MUNSELL was Security disapproved for CIA employment in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional and social basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons of questionable loyalty. In November 1954, MUNSELL was of interest to project FJALIVE with reference to assignment to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, 'after' Security advised of the derogatory information regarding him.9. WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, which was attacked by a Citizens Group, which alleged Communist influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates in addition to MUNSELL.M. D. StevensSECRET> [Figure: GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETFIELD DISTRIBUTION - BD #5847AF DIVISIONJohannesburgLagosNairobiPretoriaRabatSalisburyEUR DIVISIONBarcelonaBerlinBernBonnBrusselsCopenhagenGenevaThe HagueHamburgHelsinkiLisbonLondonMadridMilanMunich Liaison BaseMunich Ops. Base (Laurion)OsloOttawaParisLCPIPITRomeSalzburgStockholmViennaZurichNE DIVISIONAnkaraAthensBeirutCalcuttaColomboIstanbulNew DelhiRawalpindiTeheranFE DIVISIONBangkokJakartaHong KongHonoluluKuala LumpurKuchingManilaMedanMelbourneOkinawaRangoonSaigonSeoulSingaporeTaipeiTokyoVientianeSurabayaWellingtonWH DIVISIONAsuncionBogotaBrasiliaBuenos AiresCaracasGeorgetownGuatemala CityGuayaquilJMWAVEKingstonLa PazLimaManaguaMexico CityMonterreyMontevideoNorfolk (REPLANT)Panama CityPort au PrincePorto AlegreQuitoRecifeRio de JanerioSan JoseSan SalvadorSantiagoSantiago de losCaballerosSanto DomingoSao PauloTegucigalpaSECRET
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SECRETCA STAFFDC/CACA/COPSCA/PROPCA/LOCA/B1CA/B2CA/B3CA/B4CA/B5HQS DISTRIBUTION - BD #5847NE DIVISIONNE/COPSNE/GTI/GNE/GTI/TNE/GTI/INEAA/INEAA/APNEAA/S&LNESA/RENESA/C&NNESA/INESA/PAF/COPS/CAAF/1AF/2AF/3AF/4AF/5AF/6WH DIVISIONWH/CAWH/CWH/C/CAWH/1WH/1/MexicoWH/2WH/2/GWH/2/PWH/H/SWH/2/CR/NWH/3WH/3/BWH/3/COWH/3/EWH/3/PWH/3/VWH/4WH/4/ARWH/4/CHWH/4/P/UWH/5WH/5/BrazilWH/6WH/7WH/T/HTWH/7/GUWH/7/DRWH/7/JTSFE/CA 14C/CO/CASB/CADO/CA 3CI/R&A 10EUR DIVISIONE/CAE/SCE/BNLE/FE/IE/IBE/GE/ASE/BCSECRET
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104-10422-10054 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 199211/4O'Reilly says gitting pressure on Weisenberg request on Vosenka. Has to know when S will finish on him. Said wht half. I said would try to console.Jean said this was done. Will try oft from Sue Wigram. She did it.Results showed we don't have Rocca's material, Mayd is supposed to be gi thing
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Points for Dan.TRD - O.T.Better have writing this off.Eban on Wed to Subonthar.Third man on review team.Other office A. Day.They will bring old notes.
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Query Hartman re/R on wamo 11/1for Rankin of 13 Mar. 64 in Vol 31which refers to Agency cableto Homy (Dat 74673).
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Mr. Wale:Mr. Voorhis believes that the drafts to can be withheld for the FOIA requests. Unless- they present a significant change from the final copy. (if we ever see a final copy!) Shall I mark this att. for no release?Also- what about other drafts-shall we
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11/3Bitsy's point on "the settlement")point for defectors being exposedby referring to the location ofthe resident agent who is involved,i.e. New Haven.
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AM 10/31Gene Wilson said he would not provide a response for FOIA over the weekend as he is behind in 2000 requests & one more isn't going to matter.He called in response to my request to Ed Kaletski.
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Want Dan in charge for 3 days next week.Work and schedule 10 people each dayHave 48 volumes for SenateFOIA not working over weekendI would like
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Points for G.K.:2. Weekend Purs. - Sat - Sun - Mon.   Don   Jomy   Bob✓ FBI + State - ok with escagle clauses.3. ✓ Dedars for Senate & FOIA - One standard4.
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For final spot check. ofFOIA material.14-1* check all [Helbin litho the* check all Dutch test [tags] info.242/DV
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 199211 November 1975Bob,There are, in my mind, two distinct problems which have to be addressed by the Task Force. These are (a) a final proofing of the sterile copy of the file, and (b) ensuring that the machine run accurately reflects what actions were taken with regard to full and partial declassification.In the case of the final proofing only one person review the entire sanitized file to ensure consistency in the released product, eliminate duplicate materials and pick up any errors which may have slipped past, i.e. crypts etc. This should not take long, perhaps a day and should probably done by a person with a fresh view, i.e. not having done the declassificThe second problem may take more time. It would be the reviewing of each of the documents indicating what declassification, if any was done and accurately reflecting the action on the machine run. The would be a two man job. An ettendent problem would be indicating on the machine run whenever duplicates tearing other numbers appear in the file. (In some cases we have found two, three or more copies of the same document, bearing a different number, larded throughout the files.) A tertiary problem is the marking on the machine run cases of drafts, research notes etc. My recommendation for this phase would be for a person from the Task Force, familiar with files and the entire excercise work jointly with a person from C/CI/EKO's office.
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13-00000:: 22 WET thru 20 Nov 75:Inter Time : 1,939.5 MousRegular : 4,324.5 8.30:615.0Q.T. : 1,939.510-11 at 80SENDER WILL CHECK CLASSIFICATION TOP AND BOTTOMUNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRETOFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP| TO  | NAME AND ADDRESS | DATE | INITIALS || --- | ---------------- | ---- | -------- || 1   | C/CI             |      | 4        || 2   |                  |      |          || 3   | Bob Wall         |      |          || 4   |                  |      |          || 5   |                  |      |          || 6   |                  |      |          || ACTION      | DIRECT REPLY | PREPARE REPLY  || ----------- | ------------ | -------------- || APPROVAL    | DISPATCH     | RECOMMENDATION || COMMENT     | FILE         | RETURN         || CONCURRENCE | INFORMATION  | SIGNATURE      |Remarks:FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER| FROM: NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NO. | DATE || --------------------------------- | ---- || ERO                               | 24   |UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRETFORM NO. 237 Use previous editions1-67(40)
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13-00000TO: Chief, CIRe your remarks on a report to DDO for DCI and other DD's on the declassification exercise, it will include the following:Number of documents reviewed.Number of documents declassified entirely (including those with monor sanitization, such as removal of crypts, slugs, true names, etc.).Number of documents partially declassified (portions of text removed which cannot be released because of substantive content).Number of documents remaining classified.Number of ducuments referred to other agencies.Number of manhours spent on the exercise, with professional and clerical breakdown (for possible cost estimates in future).Number of pages of documents copied.Are there any additional items you wish included?JOR
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Paints for 12 Nov.Start Betay & bearge on final proel include Computer chick for DC or NR.Finish up ant parte apaHome Jirst porrfing contemin (Jan)1/2 Day Sat✓ BitsyO Kim✓ George✓ Dan - Rocca.✓ JudyX Ann@ Jean✓ John✓ Martha✓ Bob S.✓ SueO JoyBetsyKimBillGeorgeJeanJohnMarthaJuly0900
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Points for final review1. [Hilinski penetration]   242. Echevarria3. Things which could be embarrassing---Wake = jobs of fin-porno/in
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992CONFIDENTIAL30 October 1975MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Chief, CI Meeting with Mr. Paul Wallach, ChiefCounsel of Senate Select Committee on Intel-ligenceThis meeting occurred on Wednesday, 29 October 1975 as a result of concern on the part of Senate Select Committee officers that the Agency was not forthcoming with file material related to the Lee Harvey Oswald case, i.e., the assassination of President Kennedy. The following points were made by the principals as indicated.Chief, CI - To open the meeting Mr. Kalaris made it clear that the Agency is anxious to demonstrate that we have nothing to hide and that all pertinent material was made available to the Warren Commission. He added that the procedure for making material available to the Senate Staff posed certain problems with regard to sources, methods and liaison, which were delaying the turnover of material. He then presented several examples of the sanitization process in which cables taken directly from the 201 file were edited so that all evidence of source, method and liaison information was removed.Chief Counsel - As an opening reply Mr. Wallach stated that his position was that he considered that the Senate Committee should have the same access as the Rockefeller Commission. He added that in his discussions with several senators on his committee they had mentioned reports that a Rockefeller reviewing official by the name of Belin who had had access to the original file, had appeared on several talk shows and was going to write a book based on his review of Agency holdings on the Oswald case.Chief, CI - Mr. Kalaris then pointed out that there were certain particularly sensitive aspects of the material which could not be released for use outside of the building.CONFIDENTIALE2 IMPDETCL BY 064737
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13-00000.CONFIDENTIAL |He gave two examples of this. [^1]One was the fact that the Mexican Government security (liaison contact on the case was the current President of Mexico). He said, and Mr. Wallach agreed, this was obviously a matter which had to be protected. The second case was the (Mexican Government) penetration of the Cuban Embassy. Again Mr. Wallach[^1] agreed.Chief, CI - Mr. Kalaris then suggested that the answer might very well be for the Senate Committee review officers to work with the original file with the exception of those particularly sensitive items which would either be sterilized or summarized. Mr. Kalaris added that to establish the sensitivity of these items he would be willing for the sterilizations/summarizations to be spot checked against the originals by the Senate reviewers.Chief Counsel - Mr. Wallach conferred with his colleagues and then agreed that this would be acceptable. He did inquire as to approximately how many such items there would be. He was informed by Mr. Kalaris that it was somewhat difficult to access but that there should not be more than 100 such items.Chief Counsel - Mr. Wallach commented that it would be necessary for his people to take notes, but he would agree that these notes not be taken from the building. The purpose of the notes is simply to allow the reviewers to keep track of where they have been and what they have seen. It was agreed at a minimum that their notes would be checked with us.Chief, CI - At this point Mr. Kalaris called Mr. Blee and requested approval of the above procedure. Mr. Blee concurred.Chief Counsel - Mr. Wallach commented that his people would tab those sterilized or summarized items which they wanted to discuss and we would confer with them on those points.23Ind| CONFIDENTIAL[^1]: 2
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13-00000CONFIDENTIAL## CommentMr. Wallach mentioned that Mr. Proctor (DDI) is a family friend and he wanted to make contact by phone.At the end of the day the reviewers returned the three files of other agency documents and offered their notes for review. It was agreed they would return on Monday to start reviewing files and that we would have at least 15 volumes ready for them. Mr. Wallach was to call on Friday to confirm our readiness.![signature of Robert G. Wall]Robert G. WallDeputy Chief, CI/OGcc: Chief, CIADDOSA/DDOReview Staff - Walt ElderCONFIDENTIAL
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# DISPATCHTO: Chiefs of all StationsINFO.FROM: Chief, KUDOVESUBJECT: Warren Commission Testimony - Selected ExcerptsACTION REQUIRED: REFERENCESFYI1.  The Warren Commission's Report on the assassination of President Kennedy focused attention on the magnitude of the problem involved in the protection of the Chief Executive. As you know, it is our responsibility, overseas and in headquarters, to render every support possible to the Secret Service in the conduct of its statutory responsibilities in the United States, and especially when the President travels abroad.2.  The circumstances confronting the Warren Commission produced discussion and testimony on various aspects of the problem of Presidential protection and on interagency operational cooperation, which normally do not find their way into the public domain. These include the acquisition and dissemination of information, consultation, coordination, and operational interchanges. I believe you will be interested in the attached extracts of testimony given before the Warren Commission by U.S. intelligence and security officials. Pertinent portions have been side lined. I commend these materials for reading by all officers in positions of senior responsibility in headquarters and overseas.![signature of Fletcher M. Knight]FLETCHER M. KNIGHTDATE TYPED: 23 Dec. 1964DATE DISPATCHED: 2 FEB 1965DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER: Book Dispatch No. 4726HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER: 100-300-12
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S-E-C-R-E-TDistribution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726AF DivisionAbidjanAccraAddis AbabaAlgiersBamakoBrazzavilleBujumburaConakryDakarDar-es-SalaamFreetownKampalaKhartoumLagosLeopoldvilleLomeLusakaMogadiscioMonroviaNairobiPretoriaRabatSalisburyTananariveTripoliTunisYaoundeThe above listing has beenreviewed in the AF Division.(Initials)S-E-C-R-E-TEE DivisionAthensBernFrankfurtNicosiaViennaThe above listing has beenreviewed in the EE Division.(Initials)FE DivisionBangkokDjakartaHong KongHonoluluKuala LumpurManilaMelbourneOkinawaRangoonSaigonSeoulTaipeiTokyoVientianeWellingtonThe above listing has beenreviewed in the FE Division.(Initials)
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S-E-C-R-E-TDistribution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726NE DivisionAdenAmmanAnkaraBaghdadBeirutCairoColomboDamascusJiddaKabulKarachiKathmanduKuwaitNew DelhiTehranWE DivisionBrusselsCopenhagenThe HagueHelsinkiLisbonLondonLuxembourgMadridOsloOttawaParisParis/LCPIPITReykjavikRomeStockholmThe above listing has beenreviewed in the NE Division.(Initials)The above listing has beenreviewed in the WE Division.(Initials)-2-S-E-C-R-E-T
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S-E-C-R-E-TDistribution ForBook Dispatch No. 4726WH DivisionAsuncionBogotaBuenos AiresCaracasGeorgetownGuatemala CityKingstonLa PazLimaManaguaMexico CityMontevideoPanama CityParamariboPort-au-PrincePort of SpainQuitoRio de JaneiroSan JoseSan JuanSan SalvadorSantiagoSanto DomingoTegucigalpaThe above listing has beenreviewed in the WH Division.![Signature Image](Initials)-3-S-E-C-R-E-T
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S-E-C-R-E-THeadquarters Distribution forBook Dispatch No. 47262 DDP 2 C/WE1 ADDP 1 C/WE/11 C/OPSER 1 C/WE/21 C/TSD 1 C/WE/31 C/CA 1 C/WE/41 C/CCS 1 C/WE/51 C/SOD 1 C/WE/BC1 C/CI1 C/FI 2 C/WH1 C/WH/12 C/AF 1 C/WH/21 C/AF/1 1 C/WH/31 C/AF/2 1 C/WH/41 C/AF/3 1 C/WH/51 C/AF/4 1 WH/COPS1 C/AF/5 1 WH/POA1 C/AF/6 1 WH/POB1 WH/Plans2 C/EE1 C/EE/G 2 CI/R&A1 C/EE/K 1 CI/LIA1 C/EE/SA 1 CI/OPS/AF1 CI/OPS/EE2 C/FE 1 CI/OPS/FE1 C/FE/CH 1 CI/OPS/NE1 C/FE/HULA 1 CI/OPS/SS1 C/FE/JKO 1 CI/OPS/WE1 C/FE/PMI 1 CI/OPS/WH1 C/FE/TBL1 C/FE/VNC1 RID2 C/NE1 C/NE/11 DC/NE/AA1 C/NE/41 C/NE/51 C/NE/6Originated by: Chief, CI/R&A, Ext. 7468/23 December 1964and MR.A.E. Dooley, Ext. 6748S-E-C-R-E-T
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# TESTIMONY OF JOHN A. McCONE AND RICHARD M. HELMSMAY 14,1964The CHAIRMAN. The Commission will be in order.Director McCone, it is customary for the Chairman to make a short statement to the witness as to the testimony that is expected to be given. I will read it at this time.Mr. McCone will be asked to testify on whether Lee Harvey Oswald was ever an agent, directly or indirectly, or an informer or acting on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency in any capacity at any time, and whether he knows of any credible evidence or of any conspiracy either domestic or foreign involved in the assassination of President Kennedy, also with regard to any suggestions and recommendations he may have concerning improvements or changes in provisions for the protection of the President of the United States. Would you please rise and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give before this Commission shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?Mr. MCCONE. I do.The CHAIRMAN. Will you be seated, please? Mr. Rankin will conduct the examination.Mr. RANKIN. Mr. McCone, will you state your name?Mr. MCCONE. My name is John Alex McCone.Mr. RANKIN. Do you have an official position with the U.S. Government?Mr. MCCONE. Yes, sir; I am Director of Central Intelligence.Mr. RANKIN. Have you been Director for some time?Mr. MCCONE. Yes; a little over 2½ years.Mr. RANKIN. Where do you live, Mr. McCone?Mr. MCCONE. I live at 3025 Whitehaven Street in Washington.Mr. RANKIN. Are you familiar with the records and how they are kept by the Central Intelligence Agency as to whether a man is acting as an informer, agent, employee, or in any other capacity for that Agency?Mr. MCCONE. Yes; I am generally familiar with the procedures and the records that are maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency. Quite naturally, I am not familiar with all of the records because they are very extensive.Mr. RANKIN. Have you determined whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspect in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy, had any connection with the Central Intelligence Agency, informer or indirectly as an employee, or any other capacity?Mr. MCCONE. Yes; I have determined to my satisfaction that he had no such connection, and I would like to read for the record—Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us briefly the extent of your inquiry?Mr. MCCONE. In a form of affidavit, I have gone into the matter in considerable detail personally, in my inquiry with the appropriate people within the Agency, examined all records in our files relating to Lee Harvey Oswald. We had knowledge of him, of course, because of his having gone to the Soviet Union, as he did, putting him in a situation where his name would appear in our name file. However, my examination has resulted in the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was not an agent, employee, or informant of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Agency never contacted him, interviewed him, talked with him, or received or solicited any reports or information from him, or communicated with him directly or in any other manner. The Agency never fur-
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and detailed examination of the informer, it finally turned out by the informer's own admission that the information was entirely erroneous, and was made for the purpose of advancing the informer's own standing with the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Government and it was subsequently retracted by the informer in its entirety.Representative FORD. Was there any other evidence or alleged evidence—Mr. MCCONE. Parenthetically, I might add a word for the record that the date that the informer gave as to the date in time of this alleged transaction was impossible because through other, from other, information we determined that Oswald was in the United States at that particular time.Representative FORD. Did the Central Intelligence Agency ever make an investigation or did it ever check on Mr. Ruby's trip to Cuba or any connections he might have had with the Castro government?Mr. MCCONE. Not to my knowledge.Mr. HELMS. We had no information.Mr. MOCONE. We had no information.Representative FORD. Central Intelligence Agency has no information of any connections of Ruby to the Castro government?Mr. MCCONE. That is right.Representative FORD. Did you ever make a check of that?Mr. HELMS. We checked our records to see if we had information and found we did not.Representative Ford. What would that indicate, the fact that you checked your records?Mr. HELMS. That would indicate that if we had received information from our own resources, that the Cubans were involved with Mr. Ruby in something which would be regarded as subversive, we would then have it in our files. But we received no such information, and I don't, by saying this, mean that he did not. I simply say we don't have any record of this.Representative FORD. That is all.The CHAIRMAN. Director, thank you very much, sir, for coming and being with us and we appreciate the help your department has given to us.(Whereupon, at 12:30 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)Thursday, June 4, 1964TESTIMONY OF THOMAS J. KELLEY, LEO J. GAUTHIER, LYNDAL L. SHANEYFELT, AND ROBERT A. FRAZIERThe President's Commission met at 2:10 p.m., on June 4, 1964, at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C.Present were Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman; Senator John Sherman Cooper, Representative Gerald R. Ford, Allen W. Dulles, and John J. McCloy, members.Also present were J. Lee Rankin, general counsel; Norman Redlich, assistant counsel; Arlen Specter, assistant counsel; Waggoner Carr, attorney general of Texas; and Charles Murray, observer.TESTIMONY OF THOMAS J. KELLEY(Members present at this point: The Chairman, Representative Ford, Mr. Dulles, and Mr. McCloy.)Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Chief Justice, we have witnesses today who are Thomas J. Kelley of the Secret Service; Leo J. Gauthier, Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt, and Robert A. Frazier of the FBI. They are going to testify concerning certain129