JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM. IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Peleased under the John AGENCY : CIA. - Kennedy RECORD NUMBER : 104-10322-10115 . hasassination Records RECORD SERIES : JFK ; ollection Act of 1992 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CIA-EXEC REG FILES (44 USC 2107 Note). Torn n enn nn nnn nnn eras assess rst ase#:NWU 53320 Date: - DOCUMENT INFORMATION }- 34-2917 AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : BRECKINRIDGE. OLC TO : THE RECORD TITLE : MEMO:HSCA ACCESS TO MEXICO CITY HISTORY DATE : 11/16/197 ; PAGES : 2 . , *. SUBJECTS 3 HSCA DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/18/99 COMMENTS : JFK-M-13 : F5 : 1999.03.18.16:01:32:356120 : FOLDER TITLE:I-101A (FORMER SPEC INTEREST FILE #8) [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10322-10115 HW 53320 DBocld:32403669 Page 1
ner renner Exacutive ‘Registry . ‘ paaeeearyy a 16 November 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT : HSCA Access to Mexico City History — 1. HSCA requested access to some 200 pages of the three-voiume history of Mexico City - about a third of the material. Thé substantive content runs the gamut from the history of Mexico University through-detailed operation- al support capabilities and high level “political connect ions and activities. It is an impressive accumulation of . operational activity - classical sources and methods, as well as detailed revelations about past events. : 2. We pointed out that the agreement between Chairman Stokes and DDCI Carlucci directly faced the issue of the irrelevancy of the vast majority of the history, and the sensitivity of it. The.HSCA position had been that it had to verify this, and. the access given to senior levels was to satisfy this. Now it was being requested in connection with depositions, which would serve to get this material into a Committee transcript. Since some two-thirds of the station's history (the work covers 1947 through 1969) pre-.- ceded the visit cf Oswald to Mexico in 1963 and assassination of the President, that clearly had nothing to do with the Committee's charter. I added that Mr. Carlucci is out of town, and will not’ be back until some time Sunday, so I could not go back to him. The request was so far beyond the agreement, that I felt I could not modify it. Cornwell then. asked that I speak to the Director. - 3. I saw the Director at about noon, and summarized the agreement and the dilemma, also poing over the above. He stated that I could offer access to one senior staff member {in addition to Blakey and Cornwelljon the condition that material from the history not be used in depositions. 4, I spoke with Cornwell, giving him the message. He said that they may wish to use some of the material... I replied that the history is based on other sources; those relatec to the portion that is within the Committee’ s charter | HW 53320 Docld:32403669 Page 2
was based entirely on sources to which Committee investi- -gator's have had access. . Our problem was the overall. collection, and particularly some of the substance of the ‘history. He asked if he could come back and ask for it, if they wanted to use something in particular. I said that we had never closed a door completely, but that the Director's condition was fairly clear. Those things. relevant to their authorized inquiry were already in ‘their hands, so I could not think what they would have to use from this. They will ask us, and we can react when they do. 5. Goldsmith came over to start reading. . S. D. Breckinridge Distribution: - F, Hitz/OLC 1 - 4 - HL Smith/SA/DDCI 2 - 1 - N. Shepanek /PCS/LOC _ 1 - W. Sturbitts/LA/Div | | 1 - OLC/Subj os A “y - OLC/Chrono HW 53320 Docld: 32403669 Page 3