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104-10334-40099 eee LSI 0321/93 16 September 1993 'MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the Associate Deputy Director for Operations | FROM: Frank Most ‘HRG Senior Review Officer SUBJECT: Organization Crypts in the JFK File ‘L. The cryptonyms listed below appear frequently in 'the Oswald 201 files and the JFK collection. It is not (unusual for the delection of these crypts to be the only: ‘Sanitization in the text of the documents. Each crypt is inactive (cancelled), and some have been publicly exposed. ‘According to your memorandum on "Release of JFK Assassination Records" dated 25 June 1993, “if the crypt has ‘been retired, does not relate to existing or another project iand does not contain a valid digraph," it may be released in- i some cases. These cryptonyms meet the criteria set forth in |your memorandum and, under the JFK Assassination Records Act |of 1992, are not protectable. ee AS part of the rereview of the "Denied in Full" ana "sanitized" documents in the JFK Collection, HRG will be ‘releasing the following crypts: to 1... KUBARK - CIA 2. KUDOVE - Clandestine Services 3. KUDESK - Counter intelligence Division 4. GPFLOOR - Oswald 5. GPFOCUS - Kennedy, Robert F.: 6. GPIDEAL -— Kennedy, John F. 7.  ODACID - State tae ne reo CL BY (0185904 * ae DECL ~~ “=OADR™ DR FR MET 2-82 i
104-10331-10097 . CONFIDENTIAL | 14 October 1993 MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson a Historical Review Group 404 Ames Building FROM: | | Chief, Information Review Team Office of Security , SUBJECT: Coordination of Two Roselli Memos o 1. The Office of Security (OS) has reviewed the : . following per request of the Historical Review Group (HRG): *18 May 1966 Memo to the Director of the FBI from OS Director Howard Osborn reporting a meeting between former OS Director, Colonel Sheffield Edwards and John Roselli, a= Mafia figure. *27 May 1966 Memo to the Director of the FBI from Howard Osborn detailing a phone conversation between Colonel Edwards, James O'Connell of OS and John Roselli. 2. In summary, OS concurs with HRG in the full declassification and release of the two memos. It is noted the relationship between OS and Mafia personalities has heen documented in great detail not only in prior official releases but newspapers and other periodicals. Additionally, it appears the release of the memos will not adversely affect Agency sources or methods of collection. 3. This review was prepared by } OS/PSG/CD/IRT, 40285 (secure). WARNING NOTICE . | CL BY INTELLIGENCE SOURCES DECL OADR OR METHODS INVOLVED DRV FRM COV 1-82 CONFIDENTIAL
104-10331-10102 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY CSi-0307/95 20 February 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: f Focal Point for JFK Board Requests FROM: Barry Harrelson Historical Review Group SUBJECT: - ARRB request for access to indices to CIA histories Reference: JFK Board Request No. CIA-7, dated 9 November 1995, item # 6 1. In Request No. CIA-7, the Assassination Records Review Board requested access to *all indices to CIA histories held by the history staff of the Center for the Study of Intelligence”. The History Staff maintains a list (64 pages) organized by agency component of all histories produced under the CIA History Program. ‘2. We have advised the ARRB staff that access, if given, would be limited to a designated staff member and that the review would take place at CIA. Notes taken would be limited to JFK/assassination- related items and subject to Agency review. 3. We would appreciate your view by 26 February as to the granting access to the list, particularly regarding any equities that concern the Office of DS&T. A copy of the list is available for review in CSI/HRG. If you have questions, you can contact me at extension 30292 (s). © Barry Harselson . =) ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10103 CONFIDENTIAL 21 February 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson FROM: DST | oe SUBJECT: .  ARRB Request for Access ta indices to CIA Histories REFERENCE: C51-0307/95 As we discussed today, the DS&T does not object to. giving the Assassination Records Review Board access to the indices to CIA’ histories, provided the ARRB reviewer is cleared to the level of the classification of the material being reviewed. Please forward any notes or any other product generated by the ARRB reviewer to me for a classification review. | can be reached at {secure} 37284 if you have any questions, = . eee) ce: c-@ 0ST CONFIDENTIAL
104-10331-10105 «a? NOTE FOR: J. Barry Harrelson FROM: DATE: 04/01/96 05:44:22 PM _ SUBJECT: June Cobb SECRET From the Desk of| | 7 I spoke cc the Privacy Act request of June Cobb. He agreed that in general HRG-need.not provide documents to requestors that are released pursuant to JFK and publicly available in the National Archives. Your response to Ms. Cobb could be to merely state that the documents she seeks are publicly available at the Archives and give her the address and phone number. — One exception: If yeu can doa search on your JFK index for documents indexed under her name and retrieve document that have NOT yet been released at the Archives, then you will have to pull those documents only, review them, and release them té: ow y | think this approach makes a lot of sense and HRG should be able to respond in this manner for PrivacylFOIA requests lotherwise, why. have an Archives???). Bob and | agree that on initial requests this is what we should do, and there is case law that would support us in this response; if the courts ulitimately tell us we are wrong in subsequent litigation, then we will have to reevaluate this position, but until that time comes, there is no legal reason not to respond this way. . ce: SECRET
font SECRET 23 April 1996 Memo for Record Subject: Addendum to ARRB Letter to DCI dated 2 April 1996 re ARRB determination from meeting of 18-19 March~ Reference: Phone call (23 April 96) from Mary McAuliffe - 1. At their 16-17 meeting, the ARRB voted to reconsider - the documents listed below (from the 18-19 meeting) and | accepted the proposed Agency position. . . “y ‘ a. Protect name| lin the following documents 104-10001-10015 104-10003-10100 104-10005-10059 104-10005-10169 104-10005-10182 104-10021-10093 b. Replace @Chief of Station”) with “CIA employee” or “CIA station” (see example) : 104-10003-10064 J. Barry Harrelson SECRET SS sary ie be S80 amar en oe we
Be Sent coos “oo ap RRO Oe SUT Be CENTRALAINTECLIGE if ¥ aA FOR: Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel President's Comeiasion on the . Aasssoination of President Kennedy BUBSECT s ° Discussion Betareen Chairman Khrashe he Thies will amplify my. telephonic -remarkos te you/ons25 Mays. : S@uring which I informed you: thet Mr. and Mra. Drew Pearson ‘had fs te hed a kSentoute conrerestion in Care on 2h May with Chairman © a Khrushcher. @o The CTA je me p\ oy eo, | in Cairo hes reported a conm- .- versation which he and his ware held with Mr. and Mra. Drew 0°. Pearson in Cairo on 2h and 25 Maye Mra. Pearson is « cousin _ of tha wife of [the CUA Cmployea| Nothing in the cable quoted belew snouta be construea as obviating any desirability the Commission may feel about securing testimony directly from “Mr, and Mrs, :Pearton.. We arevforwarding it to you solelyfor722 the parpose of placing in your hands at the earliest moment the information which has been proridad to us in this privileged fash Latie a : ——“y 3. Ths masage fros| te. Sheds uw [in Cairo reada as follows: oo . “Mra, Drew Pearson provided on the evening of 2 May the first informtion on the Oswald portion of the conversation witb Chairman and Mrs. Khrushchev. Mra. Khrushchey opsned the conversation by inquiring about Mra. Kennedy and expressing concern about and affection for har. Mrae Pearson reassured ber, saying oe that Mrs, Fannady had borne up remarkably well and was 4n good health. (Most of this conversation was in - English which Mrs. Khrushchev speaks fairly well, with soma assigtance from Mirushchey ! interpreter, who had served in the past as interpreter for the Pesrsons and who helped arrange the meeting.) This led into Mra. Khrushchev! ingutry about their mutual friend, the wife of Chief Justice Warren, and thence into SRO! zpanyye CobA of AMO GICOIRE le fe Ue : PRE ORY cress BTTe FOIA Review on. ic Eee? in Chee ame 2 A Eg, By SEE LOU
104-10331-10108 OF . —T ; : CONFIDENTIAL i Page 1 WTC/Memorandum for the Record . | (KEY: C/96-05879 ) EVENT: QUICK COM _ DATE:05/16/96 TIME: 1100 STATUS: COMPLETE PLACE: 7800 OHB . . . FOR: REP MCINTOSH . — SUBJ: JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENTS 7 — (PARTICIPANTS ) — eo ASSOC’ NAME ( ) ROLE CIA (Der/oca) BRE OTHER (PERS STAFF) . . ome ( EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ) ——~ ° ; A staffer from Rep David Mcintosh (R-IN) district office called asking whether CIA had a packet of unclassified Kennedy assassination material we could send to the Congressman's district office. I told him that under the 1992 law bearing on the Kennedy records, all declassified material was being turned over to the National Archives (NARA) | advised him to contact the Archives, but suggested to him that the material consisted of a large collection of documents rather than some book or compilation that could be easily sent to him. (U) ~-~-( ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ) —— No further text (U) . CIA Liaison Group Office of Congressional Affairs DCVOCA/CLG Hms/a9040 (16 May 96) Distribution: Original - OCA Records 1-D/OCA 1-DO/MS 1 - DO/ORMS/CAG 1- DCYCSI 1 [____Prreno —— (FOLLOW-UP ACTION ITEMS) —— ‘ There were no Action Items on file for this event. CL BY \ 620119 } CL REASON 1.50. - DECLON Xt DRV FM COV 1-82
104-10331-10114 o ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 24 June 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham FROM: | Barry Harrelson SUBJECT: ARRB Request re Angelton and Scott 1. Jeremy Gunn, ARRB staff, has ‘requested (via telephone) access to the following files/documents: a. Winston Scott documents, including the entire manuscript_ It Came to Little, and personal effects seized on Winston Scott's death; b. files of James Angelton housed in the CI vault. . 2. As ] handled the recent FOIA litigation brought by Michael Scott (Win's son) for all documents on his father, Linda has copies of documents responsive to Gunn's first request in her office. I have spoken with Linda and we agree that, with your concurrence, the best course of action would be to have Gunn view the Scott documents and manuscript at OGC. You should be aware that during the course of that litigation, searches were conducted to locate personal effects seized by CIA upon Scott's death. Those effects were never located, but a destruction record that seems to refer to these personal effects was located and provided to OGC. Gunn would need access to that destruction record as well. 3. The second request of Gunn also was an issue in the Scott FOIA litigation. At that time the DO told IP&CRD that all Angelton documents were sorted through in the 1970s and that a separate CI Angelton holding no longer exist. Official files were incorporated into DO record system and material not deemed to be official records were destroyed. To the extent that any destruction records exist on Angelton's records, Jeremy would like to see these as well. Linda and I suggest that the DO search for any such destruction records and forward them to OGC. In this way, Jeremy can view them at the same time he views the Scott documents. 4. Jeremy has agreed that if CIA allows him to view the above records "informally" and he finds nothing that relates to the assassination, then he will not make an "official request" for these records. Of course, any records he believes to be relevant, he will have to make an official request and they will then become part of the JFK Collection. ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USis ONLY wy . Please let me know if you have an the above proposal. Feel free to phone me (76124) if you have any questions or concert? Barry Harrelson a problems with 32) or Linda ‘oon a * ac: CARRS Ld Ellie Neiman 2 ha
104-10331-10112 “ ~ “ - ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY er i . From the Desk of [J NOTE FOR: Fradrick C. Wickham @ 00 : FROM: DATE: 07/08/96 01:13:06 PM SUBJECT: Gunn request re Angleton I. spoke with Jeremy - he will be coming to HOS tentatively.next week to look at Scott documents. As you will recall, he also requested : to look at Angelton documents or destruction records of Angelton documents. As the DO previously informed OGC in the Scott case, Angelten documents were either incorporated into the DO records or were destroyed. {s there any way that the D0 can search its records systems so that it would locate any destruction records on Angelton files??? if this is possible, | would appreciate it if you could. send me copies for Jeremy's review next week. “. A second request he made was if he could see the copies of documents we released to FOIA requestos Tom Mangold (the unrédacted versions}. - Since these files ara alse sitting in my office, | suggest that | make these available to him when he comes to see the Scott files. Let me know if this is OK with the D0. Of course, | would only show him CIA documents and not any documents referred to us from FBI {which is the majority of our Mangold file}. cc: J. Barry Harellson ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10115 e ‘SECRET 23 August 1996 Note For: Fred Wickham, DO = From: J. Barry Harrelson, CSI/HRG Subject: Meeting with ARRB Staff 1. Thursday afternoon I met with Dave Marwell, . Executive Director for the ARRB, and two of his staff, Jeremy Gunn and Mary McAuliffe. I briefed them on the four releases in the Lopez Report and Scelso Testimony that. chad been identified as potential appeal items, dnd on the i Agency's.concerns re the documents. I requested that the Board reconsider the release of the statements on Mexico City political action programs, Scelso's comment on Agee, the reference to th as_a_source jand Co das site of the Agency's Record Center. 2. Marwell agreed to send a “staff recommendation” to the Board recommending that they delay the release of these four items to hear additional evidence from the Agency. The rest of the Lopez Report and Scelso Testimony would be released on schedule. If the Board accepts the staff's recommendation, the four items will be addressed at the next Washington meeting (27 September). If the Board rejects the staff's recommendation, then we have the option of appealing to the President. Marwell and Gunn seemed confident that the Board would agree to delay the release. 3. Gunn requested that the Agency's additional evidence on these four items (if provided in writing) be to tBESARRB staff by 23 September. The Agency can also brief the Board members at the 27 September meeting. As I understand it, Do/Mexico[ win be preparin | issues and OGC | will take the lead on Agee. I will contact the DA/IRO on the| | issue. a 4. Concerning the documents, Marwell agreed to delay Board action uftT @e 16 October meeting. The Agency's proposal on these documents should be sent to the ARRB staff as soon as possible. cf 5%. (611637' CL REASON: 1.5(c) DECL ON: X1 DRV FM: MULTIPLE SECRET
104-10331-10116 o, ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY TO: Eleanor E. Neiman FROM: Fredrick C. Wickham DATE: 09/25/96 14:58:14 SUBJECT: [ >Re: Jeremy Gunn to Interview Jane Roman Sorry for the premature sending of this answer but my fingerues got in front of my brain. (not hard to do these days) My view is the the Agency owes a courtesy call to its employees even if after the the Board contact. | agree that the DO should limit it involvment so as not to creat a situation and only play a role as required as in the Whitten one. We need to at least explain the Agency's role and process with the Board. This also allows the person to present a question or concern if they have one. — cc: 4 | iz Saeco a Ruelel Of KRG Wn calocu @ pole /4e [qe cory, ob above. (0/4/ als KRG posein~ - Case by Copa. DO will wel to eddies 4. or Ata se ‘ wast & a ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
Cb: : \ FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY From the Desk of Robert J. Eatinger ~—LAILGL NOTEFOR: = { FROM: obert J’ Eatinger @ DO DATE: 10/03/96 02:43:19 PM SUBJECT: DR Station ~ The DO/IRO discussed with the DDO Front Office the issue of continuing to protect the existence of DR Station in 1960 and 1961 in light of the Church Committee report and the impending release by the HRG. The culing is to acknowledge release of the Station. | recommend filing a pleading with the court that the matter was reconsidered at the highest levels of the Directorate of Operations. It was learned during these consultations that the existence of the DR Station was to be officially acknowledged in records soon to be released pursuant to the standards of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. In light of the - impending disclosure, the Agency has decided to acknowledge the existence of the Station in 1960 and 1961. 1 think how CIA will treat the requested documents (cables) should be coordinated with the DO/IRO. bo D0 William H. WeNair @ DO Katherine M. Stricker @ DO Lee S. Strickland @ DA J. Barry Harrelson Frank S. Most-Y- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10119 ae ‘ss FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY . 25 October 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Operations and Liaison Division eo, Office of Current Production and Analytic ©: Support FROM: - John F. Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group r ' Center for the Study of Intelligence SUBJECT: Appreciation for| b me os ve 1. This is to convey our appreciation for the fine briefing that provided on 16 October to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB). The. Board was appointed by President Clinton under a statue establishing the Board to oversee the release of all government records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. The briefing was part of a program that, included a meeting with Executive Director Slatkin, the DDO, and the General Counsel. 2. Judge John Tunheim (ARRB Chairman) and the other four Board members, as well as their Executive Director and General Counsel, all told me that they found Tom's briefing interesting and informative. They appreciated Tom's helpful responses to the various questions that they asked about the functions and organization of the Ops Center. 3. Tom's performance was professional and reflected a good knowkedge of his responsibilities. His enthusiasm and ability to put the activities of the Ops Center in perspective clearly made a positive impression on the visitors. 4. Thanks for making Tom available for the Board's visit. His efforts contributed to the good relationship that the Agency has maintained with the Board. John F. Pereira cof FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
13-00000 a a _ * vans ' FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY SUBJECT: Appreciation for| C/HRG/GSI/JFPereira :beh/x30335 (25 Oct 96) Distribution: . Original - Addressee - 1 - HRG Chrono Copy 1 - HRG File bf 7 2 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10122 a 8 *: cr ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 5 October 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: a FROM: Eleanor E. Neiman Chief, Historical Coordination Staff. DO/ESG i. SUBJECT: DO AUGMENTATION OF CSI STAFF * 1. The Directorate of Operations will augment tthe CSI Historical Review Group with up to eight staff officers-to support the declassification and review of records related: to the John F. Kennedy Assassination Review Board. 2. These officers will also respond to requirements for review of other covert action declassification projects undertaken by CSI. 3. I understand that CSI will provide office space and equipment for these officers as appropriations permit. Eleanor E. Neiman ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
10d-10334-10123 SECRET CSI-0068/95 § October 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director FROM: ‘Director, Center for The Study ot Intelligence SUBJECT: Newly Released JFK Assassination Records * 1. This memorandum is in response to your request for information on recently released JFK assassination reéords. (U) var 2. The documents released by the JFK Assassination Records Board over the past three months cover Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico City in September-October 1963. The basic information on this subject was released by the Agency in 1992/93. The latest releases do not contain significant revelations; they primarily fill in gaps and add details to ' a known story. (U) 3. The new information in these releases is the official confirmation of CIA's unilateral telephone tap operations against the Soviet and Cuban Embassies in Mexico protecting a separate joint |] ra ion-with the Mexican government; The existence of intercepted Oswald phone GalIs has béen reported in the press for years, and the transcripts of these calls have been available at the National Archives since 1993. Most of the other new releases are pseudonyms and aliases of employees, document and file numbers, and cryptonyms. (S) 4. The Board has released some information that we initially preferred to protect, e.g., details on some operations and sources and the names of Several Agency employees. To date, we have concluded that the damage to national security or risk to these individuals was not sufficient to justify an appeal of the Board's decisions. (U) 5. The Board and its staff have been cooperative in reconsidering issues and tabling documents: in response to our concerns. The issue of whether to release certain staff employee names has been tabled until December to give the Agency an opportunity to contact the individuals concerned. CL BY: (611637 | DECL: OADR SECRET
13-00000 at o * SECRET SUBJECT: Newly Released JFK Assassination Records c The Board has also upheld deletions we have made that, if released,-would reveal\the full extent of the Agency's *} liaison relationship with the Mexican government. (S) ; ip. fan governmens.  . 6. An important issue we are discussing with the Board is whether to release the locations of CIA stations in Europe. The Board has indicated its desire to open in full the cables and documents from certain stations in Europe that reported on Oswald. Such a release would constitute the first official acknowledgmen these statj 2 SECRET
13-00000 SECRET ae 5 SUBJECT: Newly Released JFK Assassination Records -DCI/CSI/HRB/BHarrelson:grf/30335 (5 Oct 95) Distribution: Original ~- Addressee ~ Executive Registry - D/CSI ~ CSI chrono. CSI file ~- C/HRG  B. Harrelson, HRG ~ HRG File fot fad fad fad fab fe pt ' or V ee 3 SECRET
104-10331-10125 : : | oo % ” ° : Secret Subject: ARRB Determinations 4 December 1995 1. Per our phone conversation earlier today, please find attached. a copy of the 28 November letter to the DCI from David Marwell, Executive Director, Assassination Records Review Board and, a copy of the document in question | (104-10015-10398). I have marked in brackets the information (3 items) that we proposed for postponement. As you will note from the letter, the ARRB upheld only 2 postponements (Whitten! s name) and scheduled the document for review on “name day” in December. The ARRB released the phrase “A Good KUBARK Asset”. Please ignore the column “ARRB releases”. These numbers refer to the number of deletions in these documents in the August 1993 release to NARA. Many of those deletion can now be released under current guidelines. 2. The timeline for this determination (33 documents) is as follows: . November 13/14 | ARRB meeting November 28 Notification to Agency of ARRB decisions. December 5 7 day deadline for notifying White ‘House of plan to appeal (this -deadline was set by White House and is not within the law). December 28 ' 30. day deadline for White House decision to release documents as recommended by ARRB or to ) uphold an appeal; ; OR December 28 if no appeal, documents due at NARA on this date as required by law. 3. At DO's request (Ellie) I am including notes that were prepared for the ADDO on the release of information in recent ARRB determinations including document 104-100015- 10398 (paragraph 3.d.). Barry Harrelsow” Secret