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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
ASSINATION
REVIEW
RECORDS
BOARD
March 6, 1996
Assassination Records Review Board
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600 E Street NW ⚫ 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20530
(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457
CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR
RELEASE OF 
CIA INFORMATION
IN THIS DOCUMENT
Mr. John Pereira
Director
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Re:
Assassination Records Review Board Request for Additional Information and
Records No. CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)
Dear John:
We would once again appreciate your assistance in obtaining access to CIA records of
possible pertinence to the John F. Kennedy assassination. We request that you locate
CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates immediately before and
after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such publications as the
President's Daily Brief, the President's Checklist, or any serial publications related
specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. In addition to intelligence reports, we also
request that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the
assassination.
As with our previous requests, we would be pleased to discuss with you ways in which
we might better refine this request.
Thank you
Sincerely,
for
your assistance.
Sione
David G. Marwell
Executive Director
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BOARD MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair Henry F. Graff • Kermit L. Hall • William L. Joyce Anna K. Nelson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell
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SASSINATION
REVIEW
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Assassination Records Review Board
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600 E.Street NW 2nd Floor ⚫ Washington, DC 20530
(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724–0457
CIA HAS NO OFECTO
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DECLASSIFIC
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November 27, 1996
VIA FACSIMILE
The Honorable John M. Deutch
Director of Central Intelligence
- The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Re: The Central Intelligence Agency's Compliance with the JFK Assassination
Records Collection Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2107
Dear Mr. Deutch:
Since 1994, the Assassination Records Review Board ("Review Board") has been
working with a number of Federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency,™
to locate and publicly release records related to the assassination of President Kennedy.
These actions have been taken pursuant to The President John F. Kennedy
Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994) (“JFK
Act"). We have been working with Mr. John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group
and Mr. Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group of CIA and
have appreciated the cooperation we have received.
The purpose of this letter is to request your agency's cooperation in assisting the
Review Board in discharging its responsibility of assuring Congress and the American
people that the goals of the JFK Act have been accomplished to the greatest reasonable
extent. We want to assure the American people that the United States Government has
identified, located, and released all records relating to the assassination of President
Kennedy. Indeed, one of the paramount purposes of the JFK Act is to certify to the
public that the United States Government is not withholding relevant materials related
to the assassination. See, e.g., Assassination Materials Disclosure Act, H. R. Rep. No. 102-
625, Part 1, 102d Cong. 2d Sess. (1992) (“The Federal Government's failure to release
official materials has contributed to numerous conspiracy theories and fueled charges of
government complicity in the assassination... a salutary purpose is served in opening
these files [relating to the JFK assassination ] to allay the suspicion of government
cover-up.").
BOARD MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair • Henry F. Graff • Kermit L. Hall • William L. Joyce • Anna K. Nelson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell
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The Review Board has recently considered how it, along with the relevant federal
agencies, can best demonstrate to the American public that a thorough, good faith, and
diligent effort has been made to locate and release all remaining assassination-related
records within the control of the United States Government (and that the Government is
not hiding any such materials from public disclosure). Pursuant to the Congressional
mandate under the JFK Act to "create an enforceable, independent, and accountable
process for the public disclosure of such records," 44 U.S.C. § 2107(2)(a)(3), the Review
Board seeks to have the relevant federal agencies provide a complete and specific
accounting of their efforts to locate and release assassination-related records, including
a full explanation for any destruction of such records.
Accordingly, the Review Board requests that each relevant agency adhere to the formal
compliance program (hereinafter "JFK Act Compliance Program") outlined below and
devised by the Review Board pursuant to its powers under Section 7(j)(1)(A), (B), (C),
(D), and (F) of the JFK Act. We hereby request that you undertake the following
measures by the dates provided (these dates were set in view of the fact that the
Review Board's operations currently are scheduled to expire on September 30, 1997):
1.
2.
Designation of Agency Compliance Official (or officials) and statement of
intent to comply with the JFK Act. We request that by December 9, 1996,
your agency designate an Agency Compliance Official who ultimately will
be responsible for ensuring that the agency has complied with its
obligations under the JFK Act, including the identification, location, and
organization of assassination records and the transmission of those
records to the National Archives and Records Administration ("National
Archives"). Although the Review Board assumes that Mr. John Pereira or
Mr. Barry Harrelson will serve in this position, we nevertheless await
your formal confirmation. If necessary, your agency may designate
additional persons with knowledge of the measures that have been
undertaken to locate assassination records.
We also request that by December 9, 1996, the agency convey its
agreement to adhere to the compliance procedures outlined in this letter.
To the extent that any compliance procedure described below appears to
be unreasonable or to present difficulties that we may not have
anticipated, please explain why and make alternate suggestions to us.
Initial Statement of Compliance. We request that the Agency Compliance
Official prepare, by January 6, 1997, an initial written statement of the
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November 27, 1996
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agency's compliance with the JFK Act ("Statement of Compliance"),
setting forth the steps that the agency has taken to locate and process
assassination records. The Review Board recognizes that many of the
relevant federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, have
previously written letters to the Review Board apprising it of their
progress at various stages of identifying and processing assassination
records under the JFK Act. The Statement of Compliance, while it may
include information previously reported to the Board, is to be the agency's
comprehensive and final report to the American public of what it has
done to locate records relating to the assassination. This Statement of
Compliance shall include, to the fullest reasonable extent, the following
information:
a.
b.
.
A complete description of all steps that your agency took to
identify and locate assassination records including, but not limited
to, an identification of the major record collections and files that
were consulted in the agency's search, any departmental file
indices consulted, the names and titles of the persons who were
responsible for conducting the searches, the physical locations of
the records that were searched, the off-site storage facilities (e.g.,
Federal Records Centers) searched, the specific steps that were
taken to locate and retrieve materials in archives, and any other
criteria used by the agency to locate assassination records.
A description of the steps that the agency took in direct response to
specific requests of the Review Board to locate certain additional
records or information relating to the assassination. In particular,
we ask that the CIA describe what specific steps it has taken to
address the following requests: CIA-9, Publications and Analytical
Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated March 6, 1996 to Mr.
John Pereira); CIA-11, Silvia Duran's Original Statement (See David
G. Marwell letter dated May 3, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); CIA-12,
JMWAVE Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated May 22,
1996 to Mr. John Pereira); for HTLINGUAL records (See T. Jeremy
Gunn Memorandum dated October 1, 1996 to Mr. Barry Harrelson);
and for Monthly Operational Reports on Cuban Exile Groups (See
Manuel E. Legaspi Memorandum dated October 17, 1996 to Mr.
Barry Harrelson).
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3.
4.
C.
d.
To the extent that any assassination-related records have been
destroyed by the agency or any agency official, a full and specific
explanation of the circumstances surrounding the destruction of
such records.
The status of remaining work that you can now identify that needs
to be completed by your agency in order to comply fully with the
JFK Act, including an identification of the categories of records
that must be processed and transmitted to the National Archives, a
description of any additional searches for files that must be done,
and the projected date(s) for completion of these tasks.
Review Board Interview With Agency Compliance Official (or Officials).
Shortly after the submission of the agency's written Statement of
Compliance, we ask that the Agency Compliance Official (as well as any
persons who helped prepare the agency's initial Statement of
Compliance) be made available to the Review Board for an interview
regarding the location of agency assassination records. The interview will
be used as an opportunity to resolve any outstanding questions regarding
the agency's search, including any follow-up tasks to be completed by the
agency. The Review Board anticipates that these interviews will be
conducted in January 1997.
Submission of Final Agency Declaration of Compliance. By July 1, 1997,
Federal agencies are expected to complete the process of identification,
location, and declassification of its assassination records at which time
they should submit to the Review Board a final declaration certifying,
under oath, their compliance with the provisions of the JFK Act (the "Final
Declaration of Compliance"). Because of the volume of CIA records, such
a "final" statement may not be practicable at that time. However, we do
expect that CIA will provide a complete status appraisal by July 1, 1997.
This final declaration shall set forth all of the information initially set forth
in the initial Statement of Compliance and shall also supplement the initial
Statement of Compliance by detailing any further steps that were
conducted by the agency in identifying and locating assassination records.
The agencies' Final Declarations of Compliance will be included in our
final report to Congress.
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November 27, 1996
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5.
Compliance Depositions. Starting on or about August 1, 1997, the Review
Board, pursuant to its statutory authority, may conduct depositions,
under oath, of the Agency Compliance Official along with any other
agency officials with responsibility for complying with the JFK Act. The
decision to take a compliance deposition of an agency will be made on a
case by case basis, taking into account the importance of the agency to the
work of the JFK Act and the sufficiency of the agency's efforts to account
fully for its compliance with the JFK Act. In the event that the Review
Board decides to commence a compliance deposition of an agency, the
responsible agency designee(s) will be expected to testify under oath with
respect to any and all issues relating to the agency's record search,
including the scope of the search, the identity of files searched, the
destruction of any relevant records, and any other matters set forth in the
Final Declaration of Compliance. Any person obligated to appear for a
deposition under oath shall be fully entitled to obtain legal representation.
We look forward to receiving your initial response, by December 9, that designates your
Agency Compliance Official and includes your statement regarding your position with
respect to the provisions outlined in this letter. To the extent that you have any
questions or suggestions regarding the Compliance Program, please do not hesitate to
contact our General Counsel, T. Jeremy Gunn, at (202) 724-0088.
Thank you for your cooperation with our work.
Sincerely,
Ziome
David G. Marwell
Executive Director®
CC:
The Honorable Nora Slatkin, Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael O'Neil, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group, Central Intelligence Agency
Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group, Central
Intelligence Agency
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Jim
10 February 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
Dick Flynn/
DI Focal Point for JFK Board
Barry Harrelson
DCI/CSI/HRG
JFK Project Officer
ARRB Request No. CIA-9
“Compliance Letter” to DCI, fr. ARRB
ExDir, dtd. 27 Nov 1996, (attached)
1. The attached request was received from the
Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) in March 1996.
appears from our records that a copy was not sent to you.
(Our normal procedure is to provide the appropriate
Directorate Focal Point a copy of the request as soon as
received.) This is one of several requests placed on hold
while we worked on other ARRB priorities.
2. In the Agency's response to the 27 November
"Compliance" letter (see reference), we asked the ARRB to
prioritize their requests. The ARRB staff has identified
CIA-9 as a "priority" request.
It
3. The initial request is for access not release. We
usually limit access to sensitive material to Jeremy Gunn,
ARRB General Counsel, and one or two of his staff. If the
material is particularly sensitive, access is restricted to
Mr. Gunn and/or the Executive Director of the Board,
David Marwell. Gunn, Marwell and all members of the ARRB
Staff's CIA team are fully cleared (TS/SCI).
Mr.
4. HRG reviewer Jim Hanrahan (31809) is the focal point
for this request. Many of the documents described in CIA-9
were part of eight Executive Order Mandatory Review requests
(see attachments) from 1994 and 1995. Jim has obtained from
IP&CRD full-text copies of the documents. He will be in
touch with you concerning access to these specific
documents.
5.
Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of February 24 to
review documents. Please advise HRG as soon as possible of
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any concerns or restrictions on access to the mandatory
review documents. Also please provide any additional
documents responsive to CIA-9 as soon as possible, and
advise us of the status of the search by CQB 21 February
1997.
Attachments:
as stated
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Barry Harrelson
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
23 April 1997
CIA - #9
Jim Hanrahan
CSI
John Loverro
DI/IRO Staff
Documents Related to President Kennedy
Assassination
1. Per your request, OIR searched for the documents
related to the time period around the Kennedy
assassination. We are still searching for the PICL and the
World Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination series.
Enclosed are the CIB's and the CIWR's for the dates you
requested. I will be in touch to let you know the results of
our ongoing search.
John Loverro
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14 May 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CSI/HRG
John Loverro
DI/IRO Staff
ARRB Request No. CIA-9
1. The DI/IMO has located the PICL's which you
requested as part of the above request. Copies for 20, 21
and 23 November 1963 are attached. Please call if you need
additional material.
A
John Loverro
ADMIN-INTERNAL USE ONLY
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Barry Harrelson
FROM:
SUBJECT:
17 June 1997
file CIA-9
Senior Review Officer
CSI/HRG
Richard J. Flynn
DI/IRO
JFK Assassination Review Board Request
1. On 11 June 1997 members of the DI/IRO staff, oss
personnel, and Bonnie Hunter of your staff met with Michelle
Combs and Bob Skwriot of the JFK Assassination Review Board
to discuss DI document retrieval methods. The meeting was
requested by the Board to provide them with a clearer
understanding of DI document searches.
2. Ilse Hartman and Joyce Jump of OSS provided a
detailed overview of the document retrieval process. Ilse
walked the board members through a typical request, document
search, and retrieval. The Board members were satisfied with
the thorough nature of the process and appreciated the time
spent to provide a detailed overview.
3. During our discussions the Board members asked for
five additional topics which they felt might be appropriate
to research on the JFK assassination. These were:
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USSR, Cuba, and Mexico combined with the term assa-
ssination for the period 20-30 November 1963.
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Minsk radio factories (where Oswald was employed)
and possible Cuban training bases in the Minsk region for
the period October 1959 to January 1963.
Helsinki and visas to try to capture information
on Oswald's visa application. The Board also asked for
information on hotels in Moscow and Minsk where Oswald may
have stayed.
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Information on the freighter "Marion Lykes" plus a
passenger manifest covering the period 19 September to 8
October 1959.
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Information on anti-Castro activity by Cuban exile
groups operating in the US for the period January 1961 to
January 1964.
4. Ilse did a search of these topics and was able to
find three documents related to activities of Cuban exile
groups in Miami for the time period specified.These
documents are attached. There were no hits on the other
requests.
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Richard J. Flynn
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19 June 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CSI/HRG
John_Loverro
DI/IRO Staff
JFK Assassination Board Request
1. Dick Flynn asked me to forward the attached to you.
Documents included are the President's Intelligence
Checklist for 22, 24, and 29 November 1963, the Daily
Summary for 25 and 29 November 1963 and 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12
and 13 December 1963, the Weekly Summary for 22 and 29
November 1963, the President's Intelligence Briefing Book for
26 November 1963, the Current Intelligence Digest for 26
November 1963 and 2 December 1963, Current Intelligence
Memorandums for 25 and 29 November 1963, CIA Memorandums for
23,24,25 November 1963 ( World Reaction to the Assassination
of Presidet Kennedy), a memorandum on the Analysis of World
Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination (13 December
1963), FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8-1963, Government
Leaders Expected to Attend President Kennedy's Funeral, 25
November 1963, FBID 25 November 1963 entitled "The Past
Soviet Propaganda Assessment of President Johnson", two
undated memoranda from Job#79T01762, Box 5, Folder 3, several
rough drafts of various papers, and a memorandum entitled
"Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated 23 March 1964.
2. Please let us know if the DI/IRO can be of
additional assistance.
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Documents Included in Memo to Barry Harrelson, 19
June 1963
1. The President's Intelligence Checklist, 23 (TS
Dinar), and 24, 29 November 1963 (TS).
2. Daily Summary 25 and 29 November 1963 and
2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13 December 1963. (TS Dinar)
3. Weekly Summary 22 and 29 November 1963. (S/NF)
4. The President's Intelligence Briefing Book 26
November 1963. (TS Dinar)
5. Current Intelligence Digest 26 November and 2
December 1963. (S/NF)
6.
1963.(C)
Current Intelligence Memorandum 25 November
7. Current Intelligence Memorandum OCI No. 2477/63 29
November 1963. (C)
8. Current Intelligence Memorandum SC No.06504/63
November 1963. (TS Dinar/NF)
9.
5
CIA Memorandum "World Reaction to the Assassination
of President Kennedy" 23,24, and 25 November 1963. (TS Dinar)
10. Memorandum "Analysis of World Reaction to President
Kennedy's assassination" 13 December 1963. (S/Limited
Distribution)
11. FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8 -1963 26 November
1963.(Official Use Only)
12. "Government Leaders Expected to Attend President
Kennedy's Funeral" 25 November 1963. (Not Classified)
13. FBID Special Memorandum "The Past Soviet Propaganda
Assessment of President Johnson" 25 November 1963. (C)
14. Various undated, unattributed memos from Job 3
79To1762, Box 5, Folder 3. (Some pages labeled TS)
15. Various long hand versions of undated, unattributed
drafts. No Job number identified. (One page noted as TS in
longhand; later pages labeled TS Umbra/Sensitive/Chess/Ruff)
16. Memorandum "Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated
23 March 1963.(S)
17. Two documents on file search requests for material
on President Kennedy's Assassination (No Classification)
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December 10, 1997
Welcome back! Here are the two letters we received from the LBJ Library with
the listed materials attached. We can process these documents as assassination records
by designating only the sections of the reports/checklist/memoranda that are
assassination related and declaring the rest NBR. We could include a short
memorandum which explains that these documents are compilations of lots of issues,
and the NBR redactions are unrelated to the assassination. If these materials are about
to be released under the Executive Order and there are no redactions in the
assassination related parts, the Board will probably not need to see them.
As long as you are talking to the Executive Order folks, there were additional
materials (beyond the ones specified in these letters) which the LBJ Library sent to CIA
and I reviewed early last spring. Some of those items also could be designated as
assassination records. I can give you a copy of the list if you don't have it. It would be
nice to know what has happened to these materials too.
Thanks for checking on this issue. It is part of CIA-9 If this issue is settled,
CIA-9 may be close to completion.
Michelle
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In reply refer to:
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DECLASS
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AND/OR
Mr. John Wright
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Mr. Wright:
RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION
IN THIS DOCUMENT
Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act and the
provisions of Section 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory declassification review of the
enclosed CIA document from our holdings.
The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document. This
request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy
Act exemptions may not be cited.
Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document, including any necessary
concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for each
document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide. the Library
with appropriately marked copies. Please determine, where applicable, if information may be
downgraded.
Because of the heightened interest in this material, we ask that you please expedite review
of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review.
If there is any question concerning this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can
be reached at 512-482-5137,extension 255.
Sincerely,
Rigne Griezenci
REGINA GREENWELL
Senior Archivist
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In reply refer to:
NLJ 94-484
Mr. John Wright
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Wright:
Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act and the
provisions of Section 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory declassification review of the
enclosed CIA document(s) from our holdings.
The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document(s). This
request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of Information Act and
Privacy Act exemptions may not be cited.
Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document(s), including any
necessary concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for
each document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide the
Library with appropriately marked copies.
Because of the heightened interest in this material, I ask that you please expedite review
of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review.
If there is any question concerning this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can
be reached at 512-482-5137.
Sincerely,
Regine Greencalll
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Comments
F. Intelligence Briefings, "President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23/63-12/5/63," Box 1
MR Case Number: NLJ 94-484
Page 2 of 2
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 8/4/94
cable
Intelligence Report
11/22/63
TS/
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[SC-NLJ-087/93 B/1] ✓ DIF
Codeword
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/28/63
TS/
Codeword
14"
[SC-NLJ-088/93 B/1]
report.
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/30/63
TS/
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[SC-NLJ-089/93 B/1]
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Action
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FAX
SHEET
To:
Fax #:
Barry Harrelson
(703) 613-3063
LBJ Library documents outstanding
May 28, 1998
Subject:
Date:
Pages:
9, including this cover sheet.
CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASOTICATION AND/OR
RELEASE OF C INFORMATION
IN THIS DES
COMMENTS
The following is a list of some of the LBJ Library documents that have not reached us in the
review process. As I understand it, these were submitted to you by the library and marked as
assassination records by Michelle. They are related to request CIA-9. As we discussed these are
not the balance of the LBJ library records awaiting review, only the most easily identified.
From the desk of...
Robert J. Skwirot
Assassination Records Review Board
600 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 724-0088
Fax: (202) 724-0457
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: See Below.
Comments:
Doc.
Doc.
No.
Type
Document
Description
NSF, Intelligence File, "Codeword Material, Vol. 1," Box 6
Doc.
Date
Classifi
cation
No.
Comments
+
PP.
MR Case Number: NLJ 94-484
Page 1 of 2
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 8/4/94
Action
Taken
28
report
Intelligence Report
11/26/63
TS/
5
[SC-NLJ-082/93 B/1]
Codeword
29
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
11/25/63
TS/
9
SC No. 12420/63 B/1
Codeword
10
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
11/24/63
TS/
Codeword
10
SC No. 12149/63 B/1
1
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
11/23/63
TS/
Codeword
11
SC No. 06509/63 B/1
SF, Intelligence Briefings, "President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23/63-12/5/63," Box 1
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/25/63
TS/
11
[SC-NLJ-083/93 B/1]
Codeword
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/26/63
TS/
Codeword
'11
[SC-NLJ-084/93 B/1]
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/27/63
TS/
Codeword
16
[SC-NLJ-085/93 B/1]
report
Intelligence Report
undated
S/
Codeword
4
[SC-NLJ-086/93 B/1]
OVA BAGNO OBJECTION TO
RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION
DEVICATION AND/OR
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: See Below
Comments:
oc.
Doc.
0. Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date
Classifi No.
cation
PP.
Comments
¡SF, Intelligence Briefings, "President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23/63-12/5/63," Box 1
MR Case Number: NLJ 94-484
Page 2 of 2
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 8/4/94°
b
cable
Intelligence Report
11/22/63
TS/
4
[SC-NLJ-087/93 B/1]
Codeword
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/28/63
TS/
Codeword
14
[SC-NLJ-088/93 B/1]
report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/30/63
TS/
Codeword
11
[SC-NLJ-089/93 B/1]
Action
Taken
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: See Below
Comments:
loc.
10.
Doc.
Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date
Classifi
cation
NSF Intelligence Briefings, President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23-12/5/63, Box 1
No.
Comments
PP.
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report
Intelligence Checklist
11/24/63
TS
11
VSF, Country File, Cuba, Castro's Speeches, Vol, 1, Box 20
14
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
11/25/63
с
2
NSF, Country File, Cuba, TDCS's, Vol. 1, Box 32
152. report
Intelligence Report
12/20/63
S
1
158
report
Intelligence Report
12/18/63
S
2
170
report
Intelligence Report
12/13/63
S
2
183
report
Intelligence Report
11/27/63
S
2
188
report
Intelligence Report
11/24/63
$
2
190
report
Intelligence Report
11/23/63
S
2
NSF, Country File, USSR, Cables, Vol. 1, Box 217
36
report
Intelligence Report
YSF, Agency File, CIA, Helms Memorandum, Box 10
14
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
12/11/63
S
5
4/20/64
S.
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-211
Page 1 of 1.
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 5/24/95
3
[Sanitized 1990/copy enclosed]
Action
Taken
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LBI LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: NSF, Situation Room File, 11/22/63-12/31/63, Box 58
Comments: PCI = Possible Classified Information
loc.
10.
poc.
Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date
Classifi
cation
No.
Comments
pp.
report
"Classified Log"
11/22/63-
12/31/63
PCI
· 71
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-270
Page 1 of 1
Consulting Agency: CIA/WH
Date Completed: 6/13/95
Action
Taken
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: See Below
Comments:
Doc.
No.
Doc.
Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date.
Classifi- No.
cation pp.
Comments
NSF, Committee File, President's Committee on the Warren Report, Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14
2a
memcon
"Meeting on 10/19/64, of President's..." 10/21/64
S
5
[Exempted 1976]
2b-2 report
"Background Paper on Security of..."
[10/64]
S
5
[Exempted 1976]
11
memcon
"Meeting on 10/13/64 of President's..."
10/15/64
S
5
[Exempted 1976]
14
memo
Chase to Bundy
10/13/64
C
2
[Exempted 1976]
16
draft
From the President
10/12/64
Ć
1
[Exempted 1976]
NSF, Committee File, President's Committee on the Warren Report; Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14
9
memo
Chase to Bundy
9a
memo
Osborn and Kallen to Carey
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-378
Page 1 of 1
Consulting Agency: CIA/WH
Date Completed: 8/30/95
10/16/64
S
1
[Exempted 1976]
10/16/64 ! S
6
[Exempted 1976]
NSF, Committee File, President's Committee on the Warren Report, General, Vol. 2, Box 13
25
memo
Ash to Smith
11/17/64 с
1
32
memo
Bundy to President
11/6/64
S.
12a-1 report
"Procedure for Conducting..."
11/5/64
S
4
[Sanitized 1976/copy enclosed]
[Exempted 1977]
Action
Taken
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BJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
ame (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
ddress: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
ile Location: NSF, Committee File, President's Committee on the Warren Report, Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-380
Page 1 of 1
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 8/30/95
omments:
C.
Doc.
Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date
Classifi- No.
cation pp.
Comments
memo
Intelligence Memorandum
10/16/64
S
8
[Exempted 1976].
Action
Taken
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J.
Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: See Below
Comments: PCI= Possible Classified Information
Doc.
No.
Doc.
Type
Document
Description
NSF, Country File, USSR, Memos, Vol. 1, Box 217
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-212
Page 1 of 1
Consulting Agency: STATE
:
Date Completed: 5/24/95
Doc.
Date
Classifi
cation
No.
pp.
Comments
61
memo
Harriman to Bundy
12/31/63
C
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1
declan
bla
notes
Walton's "Visit to Moscow"
12/63
C
5
4
NSF, Country File, USSR, Mikoyan Conversations, Vol, 1, Box 228
Sa
memcon
"Soviet press reaction to President..." 11/25/63
C
1
Ib
memcon
"Mikoyan conversation with Mrs. Kennedy" 11/25/63
C
1
decais [#95]
[#17]
NSF, Country File, Cuba, Vol. 1, Box 16
31 airgram
"
La Paz A-477
1/2/64
C 5
[Sanitized 1991/copy enclosed]-
59
airgram
Madrid A-442
12/16/63
PCI
2
=
61✓
airgram
Madrid A-437
12/13/63
11
PCI
2
78
cable
Madrid 1155
12/7/63
0
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1 to CIA ≤ This one
only
Action
Taken
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LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST
Name (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY İ.
Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705
File Location: NSF, Intelligence Briefings, President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23-12/15/63, Box 1
MR Case Number: NLJ 95-26.
Page 1 of 1
Consulting Agency: CIA
Date Completed: 6/13/95
Comments:
Doc.
No.
Doc.
Type
Document
Description
Doc.
Date
Classifi No.
cation
pp.
Comments
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1 report
President's Intelligence Checklist
11/23/63
TS/
Codeword
15
[SC-NLJ-063/95 B/1]
Action
Taken
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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
6 September 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Barbara T. Blufer @ DI
FROM:
J. Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer
CIA SPEE
RELL
ATIONS
2000
OIM/HRP
OFFICE:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
Barbara,
ARRB Request CIA-9: President's Intelligence Checklists
Could you take a few minutes before the ARP to look at how we are handling the Checklists.
ARRB has requested 11 (Nov. 20-30); Jim Hanrahan is reviewing.
Have you finished your review of the 24 documents sent previously? If so could you bring them
with you.
The two items you gave me to review last week are not considered "assassination records"; you
can close the book on them.
The ARRB staff will not complete its review of DI documents until the end of this week. Hopefully
they will not select many as assassination records (AR). If possible, I would like to set up coordination
session at IP. I will call you as soon as I know how many assassination records we have.
CC:
Thanks for you help.
James R. Oliver @ DA (bcc: Bonnie K. Hunter-Y-)
Sent on 6 September 1998 at 03:23:55 PM
Barry
ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
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MEMORANDUM
CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR
RELEASE OF CL INFORMATION
IN THIS DOCUMENT
September 12, 1998
To:
CC:
Laura Denk
Executive Director
Bob Skwirot
CIA Team Leader
From:
Michelle Combs
Subject:
Michelle Combs
Associate Director for Research and Review
Ben Rockwell Ben Rock!
Analyst
CIA-9 Publications and Analytical Materials
The Review Board's Request for Additional Records and Information CIA-9 asked the
CIA to locate CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates
immediately before and after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such
publications as the President's Daily Brief, the President's Checklist, and any serial
publications related specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. Review Board also
requested that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the
assassination.
In response to the Review Board's request, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched
for serial publications which might contain information of relevance to the
assassination, special or ad hoc reports pertaining to the assassination, and raw
intelligence reports on topics which might pertain to the assassination. All the material
s supplied by the Directorate of Intelligence have been reviewed by the Review Board
staff. Material within these publications, relevant to the assassination of President John
Kennedy, was designated as assassination records. Due to the sensitive and worldwide
nature of the information contained in most of these Directorate of Intelligence
publications, only material relevant to the assassination was designated as an
assassination record. These designated records will be processed and sent to the JFK
Collection at the National Archives.
The Directorate of Intelligence supplied copies of the following serial publications for
the period November 20-30, 1963 or containing information which from the period
November 20-30, 1963.
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:
2
The President's Intelligence Checklist, the predecessor of The President's Daily Brief,
an all-source daily summary of intelligence information designed for the
President and a small number of high level officials.
The Daily Brief of the Central Intelligence Bulletin, a larger and more detailed all-
source publication with a wider distribution.
The Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence, an all-source weekly
compendium of events available on Fridays.
The Weekly Summary - Office of Current Intelligence, a more limited version of The
Weekly Review mentioned above. The Weekly Summary only contained material up
to the SECRET level.
According to the Directorate of Intelligence, only one analytical report on Cuba or the
Soviet Union, dated November 15, 1963, was issued near the relevant period. The
Review Board staff read this report but did not designate it as an assassination record.
The Review Board staff also examined The President's Intelligence Briefing Book, dated
November 26, 1963, a compendium of information on major intelligence issues affecting
the national security of the United States, which was prepared for President Lyndon
Johnson. This briefing book was not designated as an assassination record.
In addition, the DI was asked to search for intelligence reporting on anti-Castro activity
by Cuban exile groups in the United States from January 1961 - January 1964. The
Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence for April 5, April 12, and April 19, 1963 were
found to contain relevant information on exile raids on Cuban targets. The relevant
portions of these documents were designated as assassination records.
Finally, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched for records based on subjects
supplied by the Review Board staff. The DI database is searchable only by general
subject headings assigned from a master list and coded to particular documents. This
database is not searchable by keyword. In response to the Review Board's request, the
DI supplied raw intelligence reports (not finished analytical intelligence documents) for
the period November 20 - November 30, 1963 for the USSR, Cuba, and Mexico.
Documents relevant to the assassination of President John Kennedy were designated as
assassination records.
The DI reported that there were no DI intelligence reports on the following subjects
searched at the request of the Review Board staff:
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USSR and assassination
Cuba and assassination
Mexico and assassination
Minsk radio factories
Cuban training bases in Minsk
Helsinki and visas
Hotels and Moscow
Hotels and Minsk
Freighter "Marion Lykes"
e:\combs\cia-9wu.wpd
File 4.20.1 and 4.20.4
3
::
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TOR SECRET
14 September 1998
FOR DI REVIEW: CIA #9, LBJ Library Material
i
NOTE: Review only the material outside of the blue
highlighting. Inside the blue highlighting is declared non-
relevant.
Attachments:
I. THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
(11 items, see below)
1. 20 November 1963, 8 pages
2.
3.
4.
5.
21 November 1963, 8 pages
22 November 1963, 7 pages
23 November 1963, 14 pages
24 November 1963, 11 pages
25 November 1963, 11 pages
CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
RELEAN FULL
IN
6.
7.
26 November 1963, 10 pages
8.
27 November 1963, 16 pages
9.
28 November 1963, 14 pages
10. 29 November 1963, 10 pages
11. 30 November 1963, 10 pages
II. McCone Files: Two items: White House Briefing for the
DCI, April 1964, 6 pages; and Khanh's Data on "Population
Control," 5 May 1964, 3 pages
III. McCone Files: Two items: re South Vietnam, 11
September 1963, 3 pages; NSC ExCom Meetong on Vietnam,
18 September 1963, 4 pages
IV.
McCone Files: Two Items: The Diem Regime, 8 October
1963, 4 pages; Special OCI Memoranda on Coup Plotting in
South Vietnam, 7 October 1963.
ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY WHEN SEPARATED FROM
TOP SECRET ATTACHMENTS-
TOP SECRET
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Central Intelligence Agency
INTE
file copy
Washington, DC. 20505
14 September 1998.
CIA SPECIAL/COLLECTIONS
Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire
Executive Director
Assassination Records Review Board
600 E Street,
NW
Washington, DC 20530
AN FULL
2000
Reference: CIA-9, Intelligence Community Publications
on Cuba or USSR (November 20-30, 1963)
Dear Ms. Denk:
This is in response to referent request.
Searches were made for information responsive to the
request and materials were provided for examination by ARRB
staff. From that examination, staff members selected a
number of documents to be included within the JFK
Collection. Those documents have now been included with the
JFK Collection and are being processed for released to NARA.
This concludes the Agency's action on this request. If
you have any question, please advise.
Sincerely,
J. Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer
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Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire
HRP/OIM:
apd/ (14 Sep 98)
Distribution:
Original
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1
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Addressee
Subject File
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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
21 September 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR:
J. Barry Harrelson@DCI
FROM:
OFFICE:
SUBJECT:
Barbara T. Blufer
DI/IRO
DI/IRO
Disposition of the DI/IRO on the release of Country Names in the 11
PICLS Reviewed by
Me for the ARRB
REFERENCE:
1. In light of the additional details, laying out the background of negotiations on the PICLS conducted by
(Linda Cipriani in OGC and articulated in a note to George last week--not sent to me, I concur with the
inclusion of country names of even the non-relevant titles in the text of the reviewed PICLs. It's always
easier to make appropriate decisions when one is armed with the full knowledge of the background. In
light of my very short tenure in dealing with this issue, I would appreciate in the future receiving any
background or additional information on prior negotiations that has bearing on decisions I must make.
Additionally, having that background information ahead of any review or disposition saves time and effort,
and result in the best decision not only for the DI but also for the Agency.
2. This concludes the DI action on this matter. A signed copy of this memorandum will be sent to Barry
for his records.
CC:
Robert J. Eatinger@DCI
Linda C. Cipriani@DCI
W. George Jameson@DI
Kathleen K. Boster@DI
James R. Oliver@DA
(Michael D. Smith@DI
Sent on 21 September 1998 at 11:34:13 AM
Pastore
blin
Barbara T. Blufer
ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
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