104-10336-10027 ALTR AE Ml bae | Hao Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457 December 18, 1997 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO : . DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR Mr. John Pereira RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION Chief IN THIS DOCUMENT Historical Review Group . Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 02505 Re: Status of CLA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests. for Additional Information and Records Dear John: I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious concern about the status of CIA’s responses to the Review Board’s requests for. additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to a several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of | requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two . yearsago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be | forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now. extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests . _ beanswered by April 1, 1998. The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for. information and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the © following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies. ‘As identified more fully below, the issues are: CIA-1 Organizational Material, - CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03 — HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CIA-IR-07 Claude Barnes Capehart, CLIA-IR-15 Electronic “take” from Mexico City, CLA-IR-21 DRE Monthly Operational Reports, CIA-IR-22 “A” Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison. Boaro Memeens: John &. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff's Kermit 1. Hall « William L. Joyce «> Anna K. Nelson
13-00000 Mr. John Pereira December 18, 1997 Page 13 request. Once the formal statement documenting this. search and its results is provided, this request will be complete. CIA-IR-27 Security Files for Five Individuals. The ARRB staff has reviewed Office of Security files for Richard Case Nagel, Gordon Novel, Jack Ruby, Harold Weisburg, and Walter Sheridan. The entire files for Gordon Novel, Jack Ruby, and Richard Case Nagel have been designated assassination records. Portions of the files for Harold Weisberg and Walter Sheridan will be designated assassination records. The Novel, Ruby, and Nagel files should be sent to HRG for processing. The Weisberg and Sheridan files should be sent to HRG for ARRB review. CIA-IR-28 McCone Files..: - In August 1997, the ARRB staff reviewed an index for the files of former DCI John McCone and identified some files to be reviewed for assassination records. A meeting should be set up to examine these files. CIA-IR-29 Oswald Lewinter. In November 1997, CIA provided a preliminary oral response to whether it has files on Mr. Oswald Lewinter. CIA should document its findings in writing. Once formal documentation of the > completed searches has been provided, the request is complete. CIA-IR-30 Cherepanov Papers. __In the fall of 1963, Paul Garbler, Chief of Station Moscow, copied a series of KGB papers from the American Department of the KGB’s Second Directorate which had arrived at the embassy from Aleksandr Cherepanov. The Review Board requests to review these papers. CIA-IR-31 Dulles Calendar. _In testimony before the Church Committee on May 4, 1977, Richard Bissell made reference to the existence of a calendar for former DCI Allen Dulles which would reflect all of Dulles’ meetings. The Review Board requests the Dulles calendar for January 1959 through his resignation as DCI on November 29, 1961.
13-00000 Bt FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY From the Desk of.David S. Robarge DCUCSIHS NOTE FOR: DA FROM: — David S. Robarga’ OFFICE: Csi DATE: 08/18/97 12:33:55 PM SUBJECT: © Records re John McCone and JFK - declassification group here at CSI! to track down some stray records on the subject f our staff phoned the Executive Registry and then asked me to write you with the details.) Barry gave me a list of some documents and/or jab numbers from an untitled, handwritten page of notes fram a member of the House Select Committees on Assassinations in 1978. A verbatim rendering of those notes follows. Some of the material mentioned in items 5 and 6-such as memes for the record, memos of meetings with the President, "and transcripts of telephone calls-are in the MicCone DCI files in my office, but under different job, box, and file numbers. The job numbers given in items 4-6 below do not correspond to anything in our job number listing. If you have any thoughts on what those jobs are, or on anything else on the following list, please let me know. i am the staff historian currently working on a study of John McCone and was a of the JFK assassination 1} Envelope labeled "Dulles Papers--for CIA files anly--miscellaneous assortment of material fer 1964 & 1965" including CIA correspondence (Box 9) 2. Folder labeled "Dulles, Allen W--1953-1966," CiA and other miscellaneous documents and correspondence (Box 14} 3. 7 folders of material-mostly correspondence between Dulles and Rocca {Box 15) 4 Dulles correspondence of: a) 4/24/63 & cy--Helms/DDP from Elder-notes ER #64-2925 b) 11/13/63--orig w/att--ER files from O/DDCI ER #216]? 5. “Telephone Calls--Eyas Only #2 4 March 64-19 May 64 Box 11 of 75-B-698 (MecCone file) 6. Box 8 of 75-B-698/McCone a} meetings withe Pres 1964 3 April-20 May 64, 1 Jan-2 April 64, 21 May-5 Oct 64 b) meetings w/Pres. Johnson 23 Nav 63 6 JOB 75-8-698 a) Box 2 (Memo for RecordO b) Box 6 (Pres'l Brief) c} Box 11 (Telephone calls) d) Box 12 (Cl memo and DCI briefing) e} Box 6 78-B-01454R ~ FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
13-00000 a *« = * TQ, . FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY a" t * Thanks for whatever you can do on this matter. You could also discuss it with Barry Harrelson if you are unable to reach me. Regards. ce: ’ J. Barry Harrelson Sent on 19 August 1997 at 12:33:55 PM FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
13-00000 ! + oa ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 18 August 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: — Kathryn Dyer @ OCI FROM: J. Barry Harrelson OFFICE: CSUHRG SUBJECT: ARRB Request for DCI McCone's Files REFERENCE: Michelle Combs will be at IP Tuesday 19 August to review records and pending requests. What is the status of the ARRB request for OCI files? [ have located Job number 80-B01285 A[ 10 boxes], "Files of Director John A. McCone, 1962-1965 in the Histary Staff. Do you personally plan to review the files befere giving access? Normally we restrict access to sensitive files to Gunn and Michelle Combs. Files have to be reviewed in Agency offices and all notes are left with the Agency for review. When boxes contain both relevant and non-relevant folders, we usually give them access to the shelf list and they select the folders they want to review. How do you want to handle these files? ; Barry Cl David Robarge @ DCI Sent on 18 August 1997 at 11:39:05 AM ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
13-00000 e * “ROMINISTRATIVE- INTERNAL USE ONLY 25 August 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Kathryn Dyer @ DCI CIA SPECIAL crn FROM: J. Barry Harrelson Peyes OFFICE: | . CSIHRG © SUBJECT: 'ARRB Request - Access to MeCaiie’s Figs te" REFERENCE: David Rebarge, History Staff, has reviewed the Shelf List for Job # 80B01285A (DCI McCone's Files). He identified 28 folders that fall into JFK assassination related time-frames and that potentially could contain assassination-related documents or ’ information. fam faxing a copy of the shelf list with the folders marked. The request for access appears reasonable. If you approve, access will be limited te Jeremy Gunn and Michelle Combs and the review will take place at [P. Any notes taken or memos prepared will be reviewed for classification. Please advise if there are any additional restrictions to be placed on Jeremy's and Michelle's access to the files, , Thanks and again congratulations on your new job. Barry ce: - John Pereira @ DCI ‘Sent on 25 August 1997 at 01:14:56 PM
13-00000 a is . . +. CEA SPECIAL © 4 5 Ser ne 12 September 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk Executive Director, ARRB FROM: J. Barry Harrelson : JFK Project Officer,. HRP/OIM SUBJECT: CIA-IR-28, McCone Files 1. This is in response to referent request. 2. 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 within the JFK Collection and are being processed for release to NARA. 3. This concludes the Agency’s action on this request. If you have any question, please advise. J. Barry Harrelson