HW 53320 / ’ JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10322-10123 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CIA-EXEC REG FILES DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : BRECKINRIDGE. OLC Released under the John Kennedy Wss5asesination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 53320 Date: 6-24-2017 TITLE : MEMO:LETTER OF 11 SEPTEMBER 1978 FROM CHAIRMAN STOKES TO : DCI OF HSCA DATE : 09/12/1978 PAGES : 4 ; SUBJECTS : HSCA DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/22/99 COMMENTS : JFK-M-13 : F5 : 1999.03.22.07:42:40:793120 : TEXT ON , . BOTH SIDES ON ORIGINAL. ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET ATTACHED. FOLDER TITLE:I-101A (FORMER SPEC INTEREST FILE #8). [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10322-10123 DoclId: 327403677 Page 1
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7 ; a - . v . a fen 18—~ 23 | “6 [ cle 73 Bove/s| rT 12 September 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR : Director of Central Inte “VIA : Deputy Director of Ce FROM tS. Dd. Breckinridge : ' SUBJECT | : Letter of 11 September 1978 from Chairman Stokes, House Select Committee on Assassinations a, 1. Action Requested: A recommendation for your approval . is at paragraph 3. — Ce , 2. Background: The House Select Committee on Assassina-. tions (HSCA) has Tet a subpoena lapse without execution, and the 11 September letter from Chairman Stokes, a copy of which is attached, lists five items of interest to the Committee, some of which were the subject of the earlier request. The five items are noted and commented on briefly below: a. The letter specifies interest in "mug books" shown to a Cuban defector, Having raised the questions, the letter then goes on to say that this "is no longer a matter in dispute." The material has been available for review by HSCA ~ personnel for some two weeks now. 7 b. The Committee is interested in "all debriefing memoranda" relating to a Cuban defector. This was one of the subjects in the subpoena and relates to a debriefing memorandum (numbered 40) in a series of sequentially numbered documents. In fact, we believe that a debriefing memorandum that is unnumbered, but that appears to have been in the sequence of debriefings, has been reviewed by the HSCA investigator. That investigator has been briefed on this and a written summary has been available for his review. Chairman Stokes may not have been informed accurately on this point and we think that the explanation available is a valid one. ‘aa MPDET CL sy L5l7e.| HW 53320 Docld: 32403677 Page 3
. pe h v wy ye ne [po . AW 533920 ° Docld: 32403677 Page 4 _the period requested (1959-1966).. The Office of oe difficulties. experienced by him in a later part ~< Office of Security about the. sanitization, and °=. _ . they are. ready to-show these sect _-. member, only, ‘on the HSCA staff. history and analysis" of the Mexico. City: Station _to describe it as an analysis, and it is more a-* “ compilation of terse summaries than a true history ' It covers a twenty-two year period in the history = ’ of the Station from 1947 to 1969, with a wide range.’ of subject matter that by any normal reasoning is |. — Oe c. The HSCA requests. "ali: files and file: references" to a person not named in the letter, but who was William kK. Harvey...~.The HSCA has seen : the official personnel folder on Mr. Harvey for Security files were also reviewed, “but these had»... been sanitized to. remove references to personal... of his career... No complaint:had-been.made.to the ions to a senior d. ‘The HSCA request for "the three-volume. was a subject of the subpoena. -It.is- inaccurate : irrelevant to the question of the assassination of =" ys President Kennedy. The rationale offered up by we | . Mr. Blakey is that he must understand the history ©). .- of the Station to evaluate its performance. during: - the investigation of the assassination. While the. Agency's position has been that this is irrelevant. .-*: to the charter of the Committee, LA Division is cee! prepared to let either Mr. Blakey or his deputy, Mr. Cornwell, review this. We realize that both. * gentlemen are very busy, but the total compilation is too sensitive to let the young men on the staff# have access to it. 7 a ners e. The request for access to."all’ files: and Meee Fo, file references to a Cuban citizen" for the period .2 0 1 September 1963 through 31 January 1964 raises the ..° question of the Proenza case and a deception opera- =. CO tion in which Miss Proenza was one of the targets... 2) UN Contrary to the statement in the letter, a House investigator was shown the 201 file for the period from January 1963 through May 1964:: Access to - the operational file on the deception matter was -- denied the Committee on the recommendation of the DDO, approved by the DDCI. LA Division believes this contains no reference to the subject of the investigation, and is reviewing the files again to verify this. The origin of the interest in this
was in Miss Proenza herself, and the relevant : period about her and any ties to her association | 7 with the Agency would be reflected in her 201 file. The Committee's interest in the unrelated sensitive operation seems unreasonable to us... 3.. Recommendation: It is recommended that a meeting be arranged between either you or Mr. Carlucci and Chairman Stokes to review our understanding of the status of the first four items, which have already been satisfied or can be, and - to persuade the Chairman to not precipitate a confrontation on the sensitive operational file. ot a S. D. Breckinridge» i ¥ | “Attachment: As stated AW 53320) Docld:32403677 Page 45