# JFK Assassination File 104-10105-10271

JFK Assassination File 104-10105-10271, which was created by Seymour R. Bolten with the Central Intelligence Agency on September 19, 1974, and released by the United States federal government on August 24, 2023.
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| TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building} | TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building} | TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building} | | | OFFICER’S INITIALS | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whose to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whose to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whose to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) |
​ SUBJECT: ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Manuscript and Gallery Proof of Undercover: Memoirs of an American Agent by E. Howard Hunt
1. Page 57, line 6 from bottom of page; the name ("Henry Pleasants"). Mr. [Pleasants] retired under cover and his past relationship should not be exposed. It is also recommended that efforts be made to have the name "John Richardson" also removed from the same sentence containing Mr. [Pleasants]' name. (Page 96, line 17.)
2. Page 59, line 38 beginning with "However" and ending on page 60, line 2 with "milieu". Rutherford T. "Pinky" Walsh retired under cover and his CIA relationship should not be exposed. His assignment in [‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ] is similarly classified. The description of this activity just a couple of pages before the author gratuitously mentions the lack of an agreement between the Agency and the French barring unilateral operations in France (Item 4 below) is potentially an additionally damaging blow to liaison relationships. (Page 100, lines 10–14.)
​3. Page 63, line 21; the name ("Frank Holcomb") Mr. Holcomb retired under cover and his past relationship with the CIA should not be exposed. It is additionally recommended that the entire paragraph wherein Mr. Holcomb’s name appears (lines 21–24) should be deleted because it acknowledges CIA operations in support of anti-communist political operations in Italy. (page 105, lines 18–21.)
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5. Page 66 beginning with “Finis” on line 24 and ending with “world” on line 27. This passage describes a specific CIA operation which resulted in the production and distribution of an animated cartoon based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. (Page 111, lines 6–9.)
6. Page 68, the pseudonym "John F. Rittenhouse" on line 34. The author’s original CIA pseudonym was classified, and even though compromised, never appeared in the press and still exists on various currently classified documents. (page 114, line 23.)
7. Page 71, beginning with "Spanish" on line 28 and ending with “America” on line 20, page 72, and including the footnotes on pages 71 and 72. This passage should be deleted because it describes the Agency’s role in [subsidizing, producing and distributing] "El Campesino’s" book, Life and Death in the USSR. (pages 120 [lines 4–20, including footnote] – 121 [lines 1–16, including footnote].)
8. Page 72 beginning with "Eudocia" on line 21 and ending with “Scribner’s” on line 32. This should be deleted because it describes the Agency’s role in the translation [publishing$^{24}$ distribution] of Eudocio Ravines’ book, The Yenan Way. It also describes William Buckley’s role in that operation as a CIA officer. (Page 121, lines 17–23 and page 122, lines 1–6.)
9. Page 73 beginning with “Mexican” on line 5 through “Rivera” on line 8. This should be deleted because it not only describes sources and methods but also identifies a specific CIA operation. (Page 122, lines 19–21 and page 123, line 1.)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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