14-00000 a¢ 1. Per the Review Board staftf‘s request the following . is a brief explanation of how the Directorate of Operations (DO) processed cables:in thée> 1963/1964 time-frame. As we ‘are ‘unable. to.locate: any’ ‘definitive records on the subject, - and “in ali “probability none ever existed, the information provided is based solely on the memory of DO officers familiar with procedures in place at the time. 2. Each area Givision in the DO maintained and staffed its own registry. Although each registry was configured to meet each division's unique requirements, there were common functions performed by all the registries to include: collecting, sorting, and Geliiveringe of incoming cables; maintenance of incoming and outgoing cable “chronos’ collecting and delivering of incoming and outgoing pouch material; and the issuance and maintenance of “pseudo and alias“ card files. 3. To the specific question regarding processing of cables, on a daily basis, usually six day per week, each registry collected its incoming cable traffic from a central processing point, then called the Cable Secretariate, within the : ’-Communicaclors . he incoming cables were then sorted by registry personnel accozéing to pre-defined uidelines. These guidelines were unique to each division soo ana were frequently altered to meet changing operational requirements. Sorted cables were then delivered to specific operational/area desks. _A “chrono” copy of each was maintained, on a temporary basis, usually for 90 days and then destroyed. 4. Qutgoing cables were created and coordinated by appropriate operational/area desks and usually released by the chieZ of the division or a designated releasing officer. aa “Released* cables were then hand delivered or sent by pneumatic tube system ( a system long ago dismantled from the original Headquarters building) to Cable Secretariate for processing into the Agency’s communication network. “Chrono” copies of outgoing cables were forwarded to the registry for a 90 day hold and then destroyed. 5. it is important to note that the cable scenario outlined here is general in nature anc that throughout their existence registries and their procedures were frequently altered until the registry system as cescribed above was eliminated in the mid-1980‘s.
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4-90000 LRRE Ao ques) Ae Alvarado, Gilberto Arcacha-S mith, Sergio Azcue Lopez, Bsuebio Cabell, Earle Calderon, Luisa Cheme, Leo Cobb, June Viola Conein, Lucien E, de Mobrenschildt, George Diosdado, Cesar Duran, Silvia Tirado de Ferrie, David W. - Garrision, James Garro de Paz, Elena Gutierrez Menoyo, Eloy Hall, Loren Eugene Heming, Gerald Patrick Johnson, Priscilla Mary Post Kantor, Marvin Kostikov, Valeriy Vladimirovich Martin, Jack , Masferrer y Rojas, Rolando McMillan, Priscilla Johnson McVickar, John Anthony Nagell, Richard Case Odio, Sylvia Pawley, William D, Proenza, Maria Teresa Raikin, Spas Ray, Manuel Ruby, Jack Salvat Roque, Juan Manuel shaw, Clay rnyder, Richard E. iturgis, Frank Anthony (aka Fioriri) ‘eciana, Antonio Carlos Blanch Vebster, Robert Edward Yerbell, Mitchel] Livingston I HSCA Names
14-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY TO: Frieda P. Omas A FROM: OFFICE: CCS/PS/CDO/IMB DATE: 08/1 4/98 09:07:44 AM SUBJECT: .jRe: ARRB - 38 names DAARO 33 Frieda, thank you for the kind words, however, | do not deserve them as | was not completely thorough. The oversight was not intentional. Please see attached. Thanks oe OGCRECD.DOC Original Text of Frieda P. Omasta Original Text of Frieda P. Omasta Thanks so very much for your most thorough and prompt response this request. However, would you please let us know what, if any, records you may have found on four other names that are identified on the original list? Thanks Frieda , Elena Garro de Paz Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo Jack Ruby Clay Shaw cc: [___@DA, Becky L. Rant@ DA, J. Barry Harrelson@ OCI, Gary M. - Brenernan-Y-@DCl Sent on 14 August 1998 at 09:07:44 AM ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
14-00000 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 14 August 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer FROM : Chief, Information Management Branch Center for CIA Security SUBJECT: Records Search Request HSCA Names from ARRS REFERENCE: ADA/TIRO MFR cGaced 13 August 1998 1. in resoonse to Security’s Management Da (MDP/PS) datanase and che Automated Name Check Ac 2. The searches undertaken were reasonably calculazed to retrieve all responsive documents. Based upon the information provided, the Center for Cra Security has located Security Recorés which may or may mot be identifiable, svecific to and/or relterenced to, with your request. These records are avallanle far review bov.your oifice aiter orior written mociticazrion 3. RUBY, Jack and SEAN, Clay are cross-retierencec ro AIN 7 191 689, tne Garrison File =MSB nas vossassion of the Garrison File record of 2 5. This me rovidecd Zor your informacion and appropriate dispositicn. lease direct any further inquiries regarding this matter to at 40552 (secure). rt oO ta
14-00000 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 13 August 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: J..Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer FROM: Chief, information Management Branch Center for CIA Security SUBJECT: Records Search Request HSCA Names from ARRB REFERENCE: ADA/IRO MFR dated 07 August 1998 1. In response to the referenced request, Personnel Security’s Management Data Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS) database and the predecessor to MDP, the Security Automated Name Check Activity (SANCA) were searched. 2. The searches undertaken were reasonably calculated to retrieve all responsive documents. Based upon the information provided, the Center for CIA Security has located Security Records which may or may not be identifiable, spyecific to and/or referenced to, with your request (attachment A). These records are available for review by your office after prior written notification. 3. Attachment B reflects Security Records which may or may not be identifiable, specific, and/or referenced to your request which were destroyed under the Records Control Schedule. 4, Attachment C reflects those individuals whom the Center for CIA Security has no record. 5. This memorandum is provided for your information and appropriate disposition. * Please direct any further inquiries regarding this matter to| at 40552 (secure). rh fe) NH ATTACEMENT A The following Security Records are in the possession of Information Management Branch or enroute and are available for your office’s review here at CCS/IMB. The Center for CIA Security defers to the Assassinations Records Review é FOR OFFICZAL USE ONLY
14-00000 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Board regarding documents which could be considered relevant. Post 1978 Memoranda CHERNE, Leo AIN 0 053 082 UNKNOWN CONEIN, Lucien E. AIN 0 005 025 YES DEMOHRENSCHILDT, George AIN 0 000 775 NO DIOSDADO, Cesar AIN 0 432 469 NO DURAN, Silvia Tirado de AIN 0 351 164 = Oswald File CCS record reflects listing as Duran, Silvia. FERRIE, David W. AIN 7 191 869 = Garrison File Ferrie is also cross-referenced to AIN 0 546 933 (Whelan, John Edward) which was destroyed, according to the Records Control Schedule, on 30 April 1997. FIORINI, Frank AIN 0 353 459 = Sturgis File HALL, Loren Eugene AIN 0 348 627 YES ; AIN 7 191 869 = Garrison File CCS record reflects listing anc Security File (hardcopy) as Loran not Loren. JOHNSON, Priscilla Mary Post YES AIN 0 071 589 CCS record reflects listing under McMillan, Priscilla J.. KANTOR, Marvin AIN 0 539 326 YES CCS record reflects Listing also as Kantor, Melvin. KOSTIKOV, Valeriy V. AIN 0 261 091 NO MCMILLAN, Priscilla Johnson YES AIN 0 071 589 CCS record reflects McMillan aiso cross-referenced to Alliluyeva, Svetlana. The Security File (hardcopy) reflects ATTACHMENT A CONTINUED Stalina, Svetlana I.. The McMillan Security File (hardcopy) reflects, Macmillan. nok McMillan. MARTIN, Jack. CCS records reflect the tnree f individuals who may or may not De identifiable with your request. MARTIN, Jack M. AIM i 254 357 “MES POR OFFICIAL JSE ONL’
14-00000 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY MARTIN, Jack Ss. AIN 0 651 268 YES MARTIN, Lawrence J. AIN 0 634 475 YES MASFERRER Y ROJAS, Rolando NO AIN 0 036 859 CCS record reflects listing as Masferrer, Rolando Rojas. Masferrer is also cross-referenced to AIN 0 780 397 (Montreuil, Raymond A.). NO MCVICKAR, John Anthony AIN 0 269 351 YES ccS record reflects listing as McVickar, John A. NAGELL, Richard Case AIN 0 264 170 YES ODIO, Sylvia AIN 0 351 164 = Oswald File AIN 0 351 164-6 =-Oswald File PAWLEY, William D. AIN 0 078 435 NO RAIKIN, Spas AIN 0 134 669 YES SNYDER, Richard E.: AIN 0 038 984, YES STURGIS, Frank Anthon AIN 0 353 459 YES WEBSTER, Robert Edward AIN 1 258 236 YES _ CCS record reflects listing as Webster, Robert. Webster is also cross-referenced to AIN 0 387 123 (Whittaker, Frederick). YES WERBELL, Mitchell Livingston III YES AIN 0 027 686 cCS record reflects listing as Werbell, Mitchell L. ~ ATTACHMENT B The following Security Records were destroyed in accordance with the Records Control Schedule. DESTRUCTION DATE ~ARCACHA-SMITH, Sergio  .AIN.9 523 948 , 9 1994 | ” “ AZCUE LOPEZ, Esueblo AIN 6 352 338 . 25 Netober 1994 CABELL, Earle AIN 9 933 554 Circa 1930-1921 COBB, June AZN G 2165 264 1994 “FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL
OR OFFTCTSIE USE ONLY GARRISON, James AIN 0 HSCA list reflects Garrision, James. HEMMING, Gerald Patrick AIN QO HSCA list reflects Heming or Henning, either. HEMMING, Gerald Patrick AIN 0 1994 CCS has no record. 535 449 592 464 circa 1980-1981 cCS has no record of 429 229 04 August 1995 HSCA list reflects Heming or Henning, CCS has no record of either. MASFERRER Y ROJAS, Rolando AIN 0 cCS record reflects listing as Arcadio. PAWLEY, William D. AIN 0 CCS record reflects listing as PAWLEY, William D. AIN 0 CCS record reflects listing as PAWLEY, William D. AIN 9 PAWLEY, William D. AIN 0 PROENZA, Maria Teresa AIN 0 CCS record reflects listing as. PROENZA, Maria Teresa AIN 0 CCS record reflects listing as 352 772 25 October 1994 Masferrer Rojas, Rolando 350 653 24 October 1994 Pawley, William. 346 416 -20 October 1994 Pawley, William. 122 104 circa 1980-1981 357 552 circa 1980-1981 342 OO0-A Circa 1980-1981 Proenza, Teresa. 317 003 1994 Proenza, Teresa.. ATTACHMENT B CONTINUED SALVAT ROQUE, Juan Manuel AIN 0 CCS record reflects listing as SNYDER, Richard E. AIN 0 STURGIS, Frank Anthony AIN © CCS record reflects listing as STURGIS, Frank Anthony . _CCS record reflects listing as VECIANA, Antonio Carios Siancn AIN 9 WERBELL, Mitchell U:ivingston AIN 9G. 219 999 circa 1980-1981 Salvat, Juan Manuel. 389 179 03 June 1995 343 309 circa 1980-1981 Sturgis, Frank : 349 691 1994 Sturgis, Frank 225 1467 1994
14-00000 NOY AIN 0 256 167 1994 CCS record reflects listing as Werbell, Mitchell Livingston. ATTACHMENT C The Center for CIA Security has no record of the following individuals. _ ALVARADO, Gilberto CALDERON, Luisa RAY, Manuel
14-00000 Declaration of I, hereby declare and say as follows: 1. ({ATUO) I am the Information Review Officer (IRO) for the Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T). I was appointed to this position in February 1996, and have held various professional positions within the Central Intelligence Agency since 1985. I am responsible for the review of records maintained by offices in the DS&T, to include the Offices of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology and the Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology; the Office of Technical Service (OTS); the Office of Technical Collection (OTC); the Clandestine Information Technology Office (CITO); the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS); the Office of Development and Engineering (OD&E); the Office of Advanced Analytic Tools (AAT); the Office of Advanced Projects (OAP); and the Office of Research and Development (ORD). In addition, I am responsible for searching and reviewing certain records of the former National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC). 2. (ATUO) I am aware that the DS&T has searched appropriate records systems for information responsive to all requests the DS&T has received. I have obtained this knowledge through my personal experience, as well my conversations with, and my review of the records of, the former DS&T IRO , and the DS&T Information Management Officer, 3. (AIUO) The following is a description of DS&T searches and review of documents undertaken in _response to Board taskings the DS&T has received. CIA-IR-07 Claude Barnes Capehart. The DS&T made deletions to security records located by the Directorate of . Administration. The DS&T Searched ODDS&T records for Capehart’s medical file. The DS&T forwarded the medical file to the Board for its review. CIA-IR-08 Family Jewels Memorandum. The DS&T reviewed a package of documents forwarded by Barry Harrelson. The DS&T advised the Board it had no objection to ARRB access. CIA-IR-15 Electronic ‘take’ from Mexico City Station. This memorandum addresses the portion of the action, “In addition, the Board-is still awaiting a response on the present location of Staff D records. Regardless of the outcome of these particular searches, the Review Board continues to seek a full accounting for all surveillance conducted during the relevant time periods.’
14-00000 In conducting a search for the above information, the DS&T located in OTS records a file with the folder title, “Mexico City, Mexico.” We forwarded the entire contents of that folder for the period 24 May 1961 to 10 June 1965, with one exception. Three Operational Monthly Reports were forwarded to the Board. The dates covered were 1-30 September 1963; 1-31 October 1963; and 1-30 November 1963. The attachment to Dispatch HMMA 20307 dated 4 December 1962 was not included. It was a poor-quality audio tape in Spanish, between two individuals talking about office procedures. No substantive information was exchanged during this conversation. The DS&T also conducted a search of OTC records. This office would have inherited the Division D records of the Directorate of Operations (DO). We reviewed old DO Records Retirement Requests; there are no shelflists (folder- inventory) associated with these Records Retirement Requests since the Division D records were recorded initially in the DO system. We forwarded for the Board’s review the six Records Retirement Request whose job numbers reflected the years 1959 to 1962. We advised the Board that Records Center records indicated the records’ disposition as follows: 59-S-477: Destroyed September 1977. 60-S-182R: Destroyed May 1980. ° 60-S-402: Transferred to FI/D(DDO), December 1977. 61-S-157R: Four boxes transferred to FI/D (DDO), March 1972; three boxes destroyed, May 1980. 62-S-885: Destroyed (no date given). 62S000986R: Transferred to the Office of SIGINT Operations (DSET) . nul Re GO DD Fe These were the only Records Retirement Requests in the possession of OTC that are in the time frame relevant to the JFK assassination. As their descriptions indicate, they do not appear relevant to the request. The DS&T also conducted a search of CITO records. This DS&T office inherited some files from OTC when CITO was established. We searched its records in the event some Division D records were held by CITO. These searches identified no responsive records. Searches of OTS, OTC, and CITO records used the following keywords: surveil* Russian USSR Cuba* audio* electron* embassy Mexico*
14-00000 CIA-IR-16 U-2 Files. The DS&T provided the Board a copy of the U-2 shelflist. We also searched for records filed under Richard Bissell's name. We received no follow-on request from the Board. CIA-IR-16 FBIS-USR-92-112. The DS&T provided to the Board a translation of articles about a KGB file on Oswald. GIA-IR-17 DS&T Records on Castro Assassination Plots. Records of the ODDS&T, OTC, and OTS were searched for the following keywords: Castro, Oswalt, Oswald, assas*, and KDBADGER. In addition, we searched OTS records on the following: Project ZRRIFLE, Mollusca, Cubela, Black Leaf, ballpoint pen, hypodermic syringe, Artime, silencer, gambling, aerosol, cigar, depilatory, wiretapping, Phyllis McGuire, skin diving suit, sea shell, and project AMLASH. As a result of these searches, we provided to the Board a document titled, “Handwriting Analysis - AMLASH-1,”" dated 7 April 1965. CIA-IR~-25 Zapruder Film. A search was conducted on records of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (records of the former National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) and Office of Imagery Analysis) using the terms Zapruder, JFK, Commission, and 1963. Hits on year 1963 did not reveal any pertinent information. We located no record of a “William Green” at NPIC in November 1963. We located no log books or indexes regarding the processing or handling of any assassination films. We also reviewed an audiotaped interview with a former NPIC employee, and made minimal deletions to the tape. CIA-IR-33 Search of FBIS records for any files on Oswald, and request for information on how FBIS-USR92-112 was filed. No past or present files were found. An explanation on how FBIS-USR-92-112 was filed was provided. Review of three Ford Library Documents (178-10003-10453, 178-10004-10087, 178-10002-10394. Made deletions and deferred to the DO on 178-10002-10394. Made deletions to Summary Report on CIA Investigation of MKNAOMI. Review of two terms. The DS&T advised that the terms should not be released because of ongoing CIA activity at the location. Review of Alias Documentation issue (104-10220-10179, - 10181, and -10188). Requested that Board postpone release of specific information. A search of OTS records indicated OTS had no records on particular documents in the 1960s and 1970s. Review of a slug in current use. Requested that the Board postpone its release because the slug is in current use.
14-00000 Review of Organizational Charts of all Agency directorates for the years 1958-1968 (CIA-1). Requested deletions. Review of the proposed release of an Agency facility. Provided information about DS&T activities at risk if this facility were acknowledged. Review of records regarding the release of the name of Jose Marie Mankel. Provided information about the potential chilling effect on current operations. Review of documents concerning a certain entity in the CIA Sequestered Collection which are Not Believed Relevant (NBR)to the JFK assassination. Four documents had been previously released (one was released in full, and three were Sanitized); eight documents had been denied in full. The Board determined that four documents were NBR. Review of the Board’s request to review an index resulting from the CIA’s History Staff's review of 61 histories for any connection to the JFK assassination. The DS&T concurred in the Board’s review of the index. 4. (U) Based on this information, I have concluded that the DS&T has diligently searched and reviewed all requests for information from the Board that the DS&T has received. 5. (U) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed in Langley, Virginia on this 21" day of August 1998.
14-00000 SECRET JFK Declaration of FREDRICK C. WICKHAM, JR. I, Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. declare and say as follows: 1. (U) I am the JFK Focal point Officer (“FPO”) for the Directorate of Operations (“DO”) of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”). I have held technical positions associated with the design and implementation of computer systems, information management positions including the DO IMO, and currently manage the DO information review and release programs. I have been with the CIA since 1967 and have been associated with the JFK records review activity since 1992 and the JFK FPO since 1995. 2. (U) I have obtained the information contained in this declaration based upon my personal knowledge and experience, as well as conversations with the DO Information Review Officer, the DO Information Management Officer and individuals taking action on the specific requests. 3. (U) DO records were predominately paper with a hard copy card index in the 1960’s and an electronic index in the 1970’s. The indices were based upon names that meet specific collection requirements or projects that were undertaken in the performance of our mission. Searches that exceeded the capability of the indices required manual paper file searches. I am aware that the DO searched the central record system, which includes retired records, and hand ‘searched the convenience files and specialized files located within various offices. Specialized collections are often extremely sensitive and therefore only reside within the components. During our newer searches we have not found any Significant documents in the DO files dated 1978 or prior that appear to have been missed by the searches through 1978. We did locate one set of tapes which we know was made ‘available to the Warren Commission but was not included in the HSCA sequestered collection. .We also found one file that was only partially included in the HSCA sequestered collection. CL BY 0524343 REASON 1.5C DECL X1 DRV MIS 5-82 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. 4. (S) Many of the searches performed today are not significantly different than the ones done during the period of the various commissions and committees. The searches performed since 1995 still use the index to the central record system the same as in 1978 but we have a couple of new databases that were not available in 1978. We now capture all cable traffic electronically and are able to perform text searches of that repository. That repository post-dates the HSCA so it is not useful in locating older records. Additionally, we have converted a small amount of very sensitive paper files into computer searchable form. While these specific collections are part of the DO’s record system, they were not electronically searchable nor were they included within the indices to the DO’s central records system. We have searched all of these records systems for information responsive to requests the DO has received.’ Some of the specific requests could not be satisfied by the electronic searches and we resorted to manual paper searches in an effort to locate the information. 5. (U) The DO provided several briefings to the Assassination Records Review Board and their staff, starting in 1995, to describe the records created by the DO and the record system that manages that information. We also described what is meant by the need to continue protection of sources and methods, and the impacts the revelation of © information would have on the lives of individuals and current operations. The presenters included the Agency’s General Counsel, Deputy Director for Operations, Chief of the Information Management Staff, and several other DO managers associated with the conduct of operations and protection of sources and methods. We also provided | detailed descriptions of current operations. We provided information about specific individuals whose lives or livelihood would be threatened as examples of harm that would occur if certain information was released. Additionally, we presented a description of the operational environment that existed and the intensity under which searches were performed in the wake of the assassination. 6. (U) The CIA issued an Agency-wide employee bulletin for a new search for JFK Assassination records {OIM 98-0081, dated 30 July 1998). As requested by the ARRB, the DO distributed the employee bulletin via Lotus Notes on 17 2 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. August and placed it on the morning message that people receive when they first log onto the system. 7. (U) We have received numerous specific requests for additional information. Based on personal knowledge and on information reflected in our records, I am aware of the following efforts that were conducted in responding to specific ARRB requests for DO records. I have abbreviated the questions to save space: CIA-1 - Information on the organization of CIA (U) The March 1995 ARRB request called for the availability of “comprehensive organizational charts (or the best available substitutes) .” The request ‘contained about three pages of various requirements, including: A. organizational charts of the Directorate of Plans (DDP); “CIA Stations . . . in Mexico City (1960-68 only), Miami, other stations that we will discuss orally;” any other offices .. . any pro=Castro groups, or anti-Castro groups; B. names and affiliations of all CIA personnel responsible for liaison with the Warren Commission, the House Select Committee on Assassinations, oe «fF C. all manuals, handbooks, .. . guides explaining: . organizational structure, .. . filing systems, . . for drafting memoranda; D. copies of the instructions, guidelines, and other materials used by your reviewers; (U) Over a thousand pages of material were provided in responding to this request. (U) In May 1997 the ARRB further requested that 35 pages from CSN 5-50, 2 pages of the JMWAVE chart, and 3 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. 13 pages from Regulation No. 1-130 and HR #1 be reviewed for release. (U) Although the AARB staff had access to all of the requested material, in January 1998 the Agency answered that the various CSN 5-50 pages contained basic information regarding the mission and functions of the Office of Operations (now the Directorate of Operations (DO)) and could not be released. However, in April 1998, we agreed to provide structure charts for the DDP in 1961 and 1963, with Division and Staff titles and a JMWAVE Chart. CIA-2 ~ Confirmation of/Queries About Some Information (U) The ARRB request was dated May 1995 and was six pages of file code numbers, crypts, names, dispatch designators, and cable location designators and requested identification thereof. A variety of methods of responses was utilized, (some dated June and July 1995 and some undated) to answer, including a paired listing (returned to CIA) microfilm file summary sheets, and descriptive sheets. CIA-3 -— Confirmation of/Queries About Some Information (U) This ARRB request was dated June 1995 and was three more pages of queries similar to CIA-2. A variety of methods of responses was utilized, (some dated June 1995 and some undated) to answer, including a paired listing marked (returned to CIA), microfilm file summary sheets, and handwritten notes. CIA-4 -- Confirmation of/Queries About Some Information (U) This four-page ARRB request dated June 1995 was for “descriptions of each crypt, a brief identification of each individual ..., and indications of whether these crypts, operations, and 4 SECRET
14-00000 nay SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. “ individuals are presently active or inactive.” This request was answered orally and by informal notes. CIA-5 —-- Queries About Some Information (U) This ARRB request was dated July 1995 and was for identification of some twelve crypts, names, file codes, or acronyms. This was answered by a paired listing dated July 1995 (Returned to CIA). CIA-6 ~~ Request for Systematic Review of Traffic (U) This request was dated September 1995 and was for “the CIA to assemble all of the cable traffic and dispatches for .. . September 26, 1963 through October 20, 1963 and November 22, 1963 through December 30, 1963 between” . . . Mexico City and Headquarters and Mexico City and JMWAVE. (C) The DO provided a classified response in January 1998. All cable traffic and dispatches for the period September 26, 1963 through October 20, 1963 and November 22, 1963 through December 30, 1963 between: (a) the Mexico city Station and Headquarters, and (B) the Mexico City Station and JMWAVE are not available as a chronological collection. The Office of Communications (OC) only held cables long enough to ensure that they were successfully transmitted to the recipient. Because processes and resources to perform cleanup activity varies, cables were sometimes held for longer periods but not with the intention of becoming a long-term reference collection. The offices of record for the origination of cable traffic and dispatches did not create files in this manner. The desks maintained a temporary paper cable chrono. These were not usually retained for more than 90 days. There is no electronic repository for cables and dispatches from the stations. Cables were printed out and went into specific files dealing with subjects or operations. Accordingly, it is not possible to recreate as a collection all of the requested cables and dispatches. bs) SECRET
14-00000 = SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. CIA - 7 - Review of CIA Histories (S) ARRB staffers Jeremy Gunn and Michelle Combs have reviewed all of the requested histories except one still under pre-review by the component because of sensitive information -- we expect this to be resolved in the near future. They were granted access to identify any relevance to the assassination of President Kennedy. They selected a number of pages to be included within the materials to be declassified and released to the National Archives. The histories reviewed were as follows: 6 SECRET
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14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. The following were very sensitive and we discussed the collections with ARRB staffers. An agreement was reached to provide access to specific sections that may contain relevant information: CIA-10 -- Interagency Source Register (U) This request was dated June 1996. The DO provided a classified response to the ARRB together 11 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. with a copy of DOI 50-46, | |and advised that an unclassified response was not possible. ; CIA-11 -- Sylvia Duran Materials (U) This request was dated May 1996 and was “in particular .. . [for] a ‘ten-page statement’ she may have given to the Mexican police.” IMS/ESG “searched its main index system, its ‘names’ data base, and hard copy files.” The Agency response, dated October 1997, indicated to the ARRB that “no such ‘statement’ has ever been found and we cannot confirm that it ever existed.” CIA-12 -- Files on five persons allegedly connected with JMWAVE (U) This ARRB request was dated May 1996 for “all 201 files, personnel files, Office of Security files, P-files, or any other files related to ... David Sanchez Morales .. Ted Shackley .. Ron Cross .. Bart Henry and Doug Gupton. (U) The DO maintains no files on former employees, such as Morales, Shackley, or Gupton (P). (U) In a response dated August 1998, the DO responded to DA/OIM/HRP/JFK that we were unable to identify Ron Cross and Bart Henry as true names, registered aliases, or pseudonyms and, therefore, could not provide any files. CIA - 13 - Mexico City Back-channel Communications (U) The DO provided a classified response explaining that these types of communications are usually administrative matters, e.g., they contain sensitive personnel information and they are not placed in operational files or saved, collectively, in other 12 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. databases. Unfortunately, there is no way of retrieving these cables through a reasonable search using any generic or specific term, since cables were not captured by any organized filing process. CIA ~ 14 ~ Mexico City Station Annual Reports (U) The DO was asked for specific annual reports from Mexico City. (S) We informed the ARRB that we were successful in locating an official DO file which contained station "annual reports" for the years 1957 through . The file included two dispatches which forwarded the RMDs from Mexico Station for the years 1960 and 1961. However, the RMDs, which were sent aS separate attachments (sent in a different pouch from the covering dispatch memorandum) were not present in the file. (NOTE: Attachments which contained true names of CIA officers or assets or information that would identify operational sources with CIA were customarily sent in separate transmissions as a security measure if a pouch(es) were compromised). We also note that in a speed letter, dated 1978, written by DDO/LA/STB to OLC, that the RMDs for Mexico City Station, for the years, 1962, 1963, or 1964 could not be located. (S) Based upon further review, we are providing an updated response to the ARRB as follow: The only report that was annually required of a station was that relating to its ability to meet its mission directives, now called "operational directives”. These annual reports called the Station's "Relative Mission Directives" (RMD) were used to compose an overall annual division or staff submission to the Deputy Director for Operations, as an evaluative tool. The RMDs, themselves are a summary of station activities reported to Headquarters in other correspondence during the course of the year, were used to compile a division level evaluation--in a sense, an annual report card--on how it was doing against operational requirements. The station reporting was extracted into the larger 13 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. division summary, much as it is today. The RMDs from year-to-year could and often did change with the operational requirements the Agency was expected to fulfill. As such, the RMDs for each station had value only as data to the larger examination of how the Agency performed its intelligence mission in a given year and what trends or changes this review would suggest for the ensuing year. (U) Station reporting of the type described above would be treated as transitory information and as such meet the definition of a temporary record. It is entirely possible and quite probable that these facilitative reports were systematically destroyed. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) authorized the Agency to destroy facilitative reports in 1954 (NARA Reference: II-NNA-1057); the destruction of intelligence. collection requirement files in 1962 (NARA Reference: NN-163-1), and operational management objective files at the subcomponent level (which would include reports from. Stations and base) in 1977 (NARA Reference: NC1-263-77-10). The 1977 authorization remains in force today. CIA - 15 ~- Win Scott files from Russ Holmes files (U) The Retired Record Table RRT shows Mr. Scott’s Mexico City files were retired as Job 78- 00594R on 11 August 1972. These records were retired to the Agency’s Archives and Records Center under Item Number 40-76 in the Records Control Schedule in effect at the time. Files under Item Number 40-76 were described as: “Temporary. Destroy on completion of specific job or as they serve their purpose. Return folders and documents on loan and destroy remaining papers.” The RRT shows Job 78-00594R was destroyed on 12 January 1987. The RRT page showing the disposition of Mr. Scott’s files and the page of the Records Control Schedule which describes Item Number 40-76 have been 14 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. incorporated in the Agency’s JFK collection and will be processed for release to NARA. CIA - 16 ~- Oswald Pre-Assassination Files (S) The Directorate of Operations reviewed the DO records to determine if there were any additional files containing pre-assassination records relating to Oswald. Research identified a document in the Oswald 201 which appeared to be a file inventory. The document identified CI Staff as the file custodian. CIC has confirmed that all CI Staff holdings were incorporated into the 201. (S) Prior to establishing a 201, any documents received would have been placed in an operational interest file. We found no reference to the existence of an operational interest file. If such a file had existed, however, it might not have been registered in the central index. It was standard procedure that upon opening a 201, the documents from an operational interest file would be transferred to the 201. (S) Given that Oswald was a subject of the HTLINGUAL operation, it is reasonable to believe that there was a file on him. We destroyed all of the HTLINGUAL files under court order, and no record was made of what files existed. We did not review all of the DO record system to destroy all copies of material which may have been derived from HTLINGUAL material. We know, for instance, that there are HTLINGUAL items related to Oswald in the HSCA sequestered collection. (S) In sum, the 201 on Oswald contains all the information we are aware of that we had prior to the assassination. ; CIA-IR-O1 - Personnel Assigned to Post from 1959-1964 (S) The request for a listing of personnel assigned to Moscow 1959-1964 was discussed with Board 15 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. Staff. Instead of a listing, the files on individuals who were assigned to Moscow| | were made available. In addition, the staff interviewed a former COS Moscow. The Board staff is satisfied with the response and will prepare its own documentation. CIA~IR-03 ~ Full Computer Search for List of HTLINGUAL Files (C) First, as an outcome of the Pike and Church Committees investigations, all HTLINGUAL files which were identifiable, as such, were destroyed under court order. Copies of materials from these files that may have been made prior to the destruction order and put into other files have, however, surfaced as files are reviewed. This includes material in the HSCA sequestered collection. (C) The DO ran a search on the term “HTLINGUAL.” Some records were identified as destroyed. Some were not so marked but are not locatable under the job number identified; however, given that there is no requirement to record destroyed records under the Federal statutes for disposition programs and given limited resources for noting files destroyed, this is not uncommon. The HTLINGUAL search further identified files because they had been the subject of Freedom of Information Act queries; however, these were not HTLINGUAL files per se, but files which contained the FOIA requester queries for HTLINGUAL information. (U) ARRB staff member Michelle Combs has reviewed the HTLINGUAL file run and has selected some folders for review. OIM has identified that they have only redacted records for the large FOIA case that is listed. IMS/ESG/HCS is retrieving its records for unredacted copies of the records and will make them available. CIA-IR-04 ~ Disposition of Angleton Files 16 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. {U) The DO provided the following unclassified response about the Angleton Files: The files that Kalaris mentioned in Mangold’s book were incorporated with the files of the CI staff. Per memorandum dated 1976-1979, the CI files were reviewed and incorporated into the DO record system. Items that were duplicates or not worthy of retention were destroyed. The memos describe the file collection and the process that was followed. Because the files that were once known as Angleton’s have been dispersed within the DO records, they are no longer identifiable as a collection. CIA-IR-06 -- QKENCHANT (U) IMS/ESG/HCS initially provided a classified response to DA/OIM/JFK for this request in February 1998. In a follow-up response for declassification of the response, IMS/ESG/HCS worked with the providing office and then approved DA/OIM/JFK’s unclassified response. CIA-IR-07 - Claude Barnes Capehart (U) The DO provided a classified response, which stated that we found no record when conducting a name trace for records on Capehart. Subsequently, we were advised by the CIA’s Project Manager, Mr. J. Barry Harrelson, that this request was primarily being researched by the Directorate for Science & Technology. CIA-IR-09 -- George Bush (S) The ARRB requested information about George Bush because of a reference to “George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency” in a certain FBI document dated November 1963. 17 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. (S) IMS/FAB provided a main index search response to IMS/ESG/HCS. A 201 (0) DA/OIM/JFK responded to the ARRB in February 1998 that the “search determined the Agency has no record of any association with George Herbert Walker Bush during the 1963 time period.” CIA-IR-11 - Warren Commission critics (Does CIA maintain files or records on specified critics - other than press clippings?) (U) The DO provided an unclassified response for “any files or records on Warren Commission critics Edward J. Epstein, Josiah Thompson, Mark Lane, Harold Weisberg, or Sylvia Meagher below. In addition to these records, our research did surface a reference to a file titled “Garrison Investigation of Kennedy Assassination” which was opened in 1969 and closed in 1996. At the direction of the ARRB staff, no material in response to FOIA requests or news clippings in Public Affairs was included. A. Edward J. EPSTEIN - The DO has no identifiable information on subject. Our search did surface the name Edward Epstein; however, by using additional biographic data known about subject, we were able to dismiss this name as a false “hit.” B. Josiah THOMPSON - Subject was of operational interest to the DO circa 1962; therefore, a 201 file does exist on this individual. ARRB staff member Combs reviewed this file in August 1998. C. Mark LANE - Our search produced references to two documents: (1) An Agency dispatch from Germany dated 23 January 1970, and (2) An OGC letter dated 29 March 1977. Both of these documents are available for review. The OGC letter concerns a 1976 FOIA request -- Mark Lane was one of the individuals requesting the FOIA action -- which involves two dispatches dated 1967 18 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. and 1968. Because these two documents are the subject of a FOIA request, they are not included in this response. D. Harold Weisberg - There is a 201 file on subject which contains very limited information. This file can be made available for review by an ARRB staff member. The DO retired records system, CARD, has a reference to an Agency dispatch (EGBA-87605, 1969) which indicates subject was in correspondence with Julius Mader. This document was in the files when it was reviewed by staff member Combs in August 1998. E. Sylvia Meagher - We found no DO information. CIA - IR-12 - Contacts with journalists or publishing houses (0) The DO provided both an unclassified and classified response about contacts with journalists or publishing houses, regarding whether CIA might have attempted to influence any journalists or publishers regarding public discussion of the assassination. Searches with generic terms such as “journalists,” “publishers,” “publishing houses,” and “media” would not produce meaningful responses. This question required the research of crypts mentioned in various documents in the JFK “assassination records.” These crypts referred to projects managed under the overall guidance of a staff in the DO and in all instances were projects concerning press and propaganda programs designed to promote anti-communism and to counter Soviet press and propaganda initiatives worldwide. Specifically, the various projects were developed for the following reasons (Corresponding cryptonyms to these projects were provided in a classified document, and are not included below): A. to counter.Soviet activities in international intellectual organizations, in order to unite and promote anti-Communist intellectuals. 19 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. B. to be involved in book publishing matters and the international distribution of anti-Communist books. C. to purchase and distribute books. D. to cover the international mailing of American books translated into Spanish and French languages. BE. to purchase and mail books to selected addressees in Latin America and Africa. F. to cover a worldwide news and feature story service. G. as a Press and Propaganda Developmental and Target of Opportunity project involving Latin America. CIA-IR-13 -- Organized Crime (S) As part of DA/OIM/JFK’s research, IMS/ESG/HCS was requested to do a trace on “Charles Ford.” The trace resulted in no hits. (S) Later, to answer CIA-IR-03 on HTLINGUAL material, a computer run was made. The list contained a citation to testimony to Congress by Charles Ford in September of 1975. A copy of Ford’s testimony to a Senate Committee regarding a Mafia connection to assassination plots against Castro was provided to DA/OIM/JFK in February 1998. (U) At the request of HRP JFK, several project Crypts were searched and results provided in connection with this request. CIA - IR-15 - Mexico City Station electronic surveillance and surveillance tapes (S) The Directorate of Operations has checked Headquarters records for files referenced in HMMW 12454 20. SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. and for files on the crypts cited in this document and searched for HMMA 20307 and other cables or dispatches cited in this document. As previously explained, the crypts in HMMW 12454 have been researched. The dispatch was apparently written in haste and in truncated language without correct knowledge of the operational crypts for the specific operations in Mexico City. The crypts in the dispatch are the more generic crypts for teltap operations, not for the then-current operations in Mexico City, which are in question. (U) There has been considerable interest over the | years in locating any electronic surveillance tapes that would have been made during the period that Oswald visited Mexico (26 September - 2 October 1963). A thorough search has been conducted of the DO’s record system as well as the index to retired records in an attempt to locate any tapes and/or find documentation - to resolve their disposition. We have discussed this issue with operational experts and their professional opinion is that most likely tapes such as these were never returned to Headquarters for retention. It was normal practice to recycle audio tapes after they had been listened to by transcribers and their transcripts made. ; (U) Messages between field stations and headquarters used operational jargon and shortened sentence structures that can sometimes allow for misinterpretations. Thus, possible confusion was created when references to what was being sent to headquarters referred to “tapes” but really intend “information” from tapes. (U) In our search efforts we did locate approximately 185 audio surveillance tapes of the Cuban and Soviet embassies in Mexico City that were recorded during the immediate time following the assassination (22 November 1963 to January 1964). The fact that these tapes were retained and returned to Headquarters could account for the fact that some people recall that some tapes existed which were sent to Headquarters. 21 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. (U) Based upon the search efforts that were undertaken and the opinions of operational experts consulted, CIA has concluded that the tapes in question do not exist and were almost certainly recycled in the normal course of business before their potential value was identified. CIA-IR-18 - Information on one DO Office (S) The DO provided an unclassified response on the “Defector Staff” listed in CSN 5-50 revised in October 1959 and the “CIA Defector Coordinator, DDP/CDC,” revised in October 1963. The “Defector and Contract Personnel Branch” had the symbol SR/OS/D. Only Soviet Bloc (formerly Warsaw Pact countries) defector cases were handled by this branch. Staffs and branches identified, among other duties, were responsible for identifying, debriefing, and resettling foreign defectors of intelligence interest. CIA - IR-19 - Computer search on specific individuals and organizations (U) The DO provided an unclassified response to the ARRB Staffs’ request to review Agency files on some 38 names who were the subjects of the HSCA. All files and traces were reviewed by the ARRB staffers on 19 and 20 August. A. Leo Cherne, (Leopold Chernetsky), a US citizen, was born in 1912, has Office of Security file #53082, has 201 file #07662 (two volumes), has an A-file #048058, and subject does have a pseudo. B. Hunter Leake has an A-file (#105075) DCD file number, pseudo not found. C. John McVickar. Trace results only. D. Andy Anderson. No identifiable traces running variations of “Andy.” 22 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C.. Wickham, Jr. BE. Byron B. Morton Jr. -- Trace resulted one document. FE. Marie Cheatham. -- Trace resulted in one document. G. Paul A. Garbler. Our records reveal that Garbler had three pseudos assigned to him. Also, Garbler had four aliases on record. H. Verna Deane Brown. The trace resulted in one document. I. George Stanley Brown. Results of trace search was an A-File. J. Howard Guebler. There was one trace result, who may or may not be iden to Subject which is an index card. K. Gordon Duane Novel. Trace resulted in three index cards. He is the subject of 201-0834822 and has an A file (#A185210); however, the A file has been incorporated into his 201 file. No record of a pseudo on this name. L. Ed Butler -- Trace resulted in an A file (#121440) on Edward Scannell Butler, III, the Director of INCA. M. INCA (Information Council of the Americas). AllStar trace search on "INCA" provided the following index card(s) information that may or may not be iden to the "Information Council of the Americas, Inc." N. Permindex. One trace result was found. CIA-IR-ZO -- Monster Plot NBR (U) This is a large number of files from the microfilm part of the collection that Michelle Combs reviewed and then crafted a “SECRET” classified memo identifying the reels and folders of the files that were then declared “Not Believed Relevant.” 23 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. CIA-IR-21 -- DRE Monthly operational reports (U) This request involved “Howard” and some extensive research for the name as a true name, pseudo, or alias for anyone out of JMWAVE and/or connected to the DRE operation. (U) We also did extensive research for DRE monthly reports. In the JFK collection, there was a gap in the reporting between December 1962 and April 1964. (U) This also covered the question of George Joannides’ Performance Appraisal Reports and their inclusion in the collection with some redactions. CIA-IR-22 - “A” file on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison (U) The DO provided this unclassified response: “It was the DO’s understanding that there were illegible markings on pages of the copy of the “A” file on Clay Shaw. Legible copies were promised and have recently been delivered. The DO has recently provided a copy of the “A” file on Jim Garrison.” CIA-IR-26 -- Jordan James Pfunter (U) IMS/ESG/HCS did a records search on subject name. The information is contained in a 201 file and an A file. This information was provided to the ARRB by DA/OIM/JFK in February 1998, and they were advised that other information was available from a Third Agency. CIA-IR-29 -- Oswald LeWinter (U) The ARRB provided the name to be traced. Apparently he is/was claiming to be an Agency employee and the Acting Assistant Director of Counter Espionage. 24 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET. SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. (S) A name trace was run. The resultant information was included in an IMS/ESG/HCS “clarification memo” for the ARRB. The text, which was classified “Secret,” reads as follows: “Oswald LeWinter is a naturalized US citizen and aman of at least four other names -- George Mearah, Oscar LeWinter, Razin LeWinter, and Ibrahimin Razin. Although he appeared in the Bast German Who’s Who in CIA, the CIA has never had any official affiliation with LeWinter. LeWinter was the subject of an Agency “burn notice” in 1990; a burn notice alerts the intelligence community. In this case, the alert advised that LeWinter was an intelligence swindler, peddler, and fabricator. (C) CIA-IR-30 -- Cherepanov Papers (U) This undated and undocumented request from the ARRB was derived from a passage in the book Molehunter (pp. 121-123) regarding the Cherepanov papers. 25 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. IMS/ESG/HCS located a workbook copy in English and provided access to ARRB staffer Michelle Combs. She was further offered access to the original Russian copies. Combs then wrote a memorandum dated April 1997 that identified the collection as papers that \ “primarily examine the habits, potential vulnerabil- ities, and KGB approaches made to various members of the American Embassy staff.” Combs went on to say that “no information of believed relevance to the assassin- ation of President John F. Kennedy was found in these papers. No pages were designated as assassination records.” CIA-IR-32 -- AMWORLD (C) The confidential draft of the IMS/ESG/HCS response was shown to ARRB staffer Combs in February 1998. That text follows: “(C) **CTA-IR~32 AMWORLD. The Review Board seeks information regarding the purpose of AMWORLD and its connection with the Cuban exile groups. After a thorough search of the DO records system, to include telephonic communications with various DO Latin American Division officers, we formulated the following as a definition of the purpose of the AMWORLD operation. The AMWORLD operation was a covert Agency effort to provide support to several Cuban exile groups. This was an “autonomous” operation designed to bring the exile groups under the direct control of Manuel Artime Buesa. AMWORLD’s mission was to cause a popular uprising in Cuba through the use of propaganda and paramilitary forces to ultimately overthrow Fidel Castro. (C) The Agency provided direct and indirect financial aid and technical advisory support to these groups but did not participate directly in the day-to-day operations. ARTIME was responsible for recruitment of AMWORLD 26 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. personnel; he obtained sites for training and deployment, and he had primary responsible for day~to~day operations. AMWORLD was based in three locations. The AMWORLD propaganda efforts were based in Costa Rico. The paramilitary efforts were run out of the Nicaragua base. The third base was located in Miami to service AMWORLD requirements including the collection of operational leads, servicing of dead drops and assisting in the vetting of AMWORLD personnel.” (C) Combs asked two follow up questions: Was part of the program to put in place a government in exile? Was there ever a government in exile? IMS/ESG/HCS put these questions to LA and DO/IRO. The DO/IRO has provided the following additional write up, classified confidential: , ““(C) Based on file reviews and recollections from officers involved in the Cuban program, ‘there was never a Cuban Government in Exile. During the planning for the Bay of Pigs operation it was envisioned that after the invasion site had been secured, Miro Cardona and the Cuban Revolutionary Council would be flown to the area to establish a new Cuban Government. The invasion site.was never secured. (C) The AMWORLD Project, begun well after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and after the release of Manuel Artime Buesa and other Bay of Pigs veterans from Cuban prisons, was designed to support and unite several Cuban’ exile groups under the control of Artime in an effort to enhance the cohesion of the exiles and augment Artime's capability to launch propaganda and paramilitary attacks against the Cuban mainland. The overall mission of AMWORLD was to foment a popular uprising in Cuba which could lead to the ultimate overthrow of Fidel Castro. There is no evidence that AMWORLD's mission even remotely came close to fruition and no evidence that a projected government in exile was ever considered as a viable option.'' 27 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. CIA~IR~34 ~~ Files of CIA officials/offices (U) IMS/ESG/HCS ran a computer search for ‘OPI 40” files. This computer run was then made available to ARRB staff member Michelle Combs for review. Her review encompasses some 42 boxes from a variety of retired DDP files. The identified folders were gathered in an aggregate of seven boxes (including one that is exclusively microfilm and microfiche of so-called Registry logs). (U) The ARRB staff member’s review is about half completed. She has so far selected some 44 records totaling 123 pages to be included in the JFK collection. When the ARRB staff member’s review is completed, the selected records will be copied and subjected first to a duplicate check by DA/OIM/JFK reviewers, then reviewed by those reviewers, then reviewed by HCS reviewers. (U) We have been unable to locate any “operational diaries” by William Harvey. CIA-IR-35 —- Oswald related Information -(S) The surfacing of a report in the continuing Oswald 201 file attributed to IJDECANTER prompted the ARRB to request a review of that defector’s 201 file. Certain such reporting records will be included in the JFK collection as records in Oswald’s 201. A Board request for an updated search of records for Oswald related material generated some 128 hits, which were reviewed by Ms. Michelle Combs of the ARRB staff. Three records, selected by Ms. Combs and sanitized with her concurrence, were selected for inclusion in the JFK assassination records collection. CIR-IR-36 - Handling of Cables in 1963 28 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. (UW) The DO provided an unclassified response to the ARRB staff’s request for a brief explanation of how the Directorate of Operations processed cables in the 1963/1964 timeframe. We are unable to locate any Agency-wide definitive records on the subject for this time frame, and the information provided below is based solely on the memory of DO officers familiar with procedures in place at the time and in the specific offices in which they served. (U) Each area division in the DO maintained and staffed its own registry. Although each registry was configured to meet each division’s unique requirements, there were common functions performed by all the registries to include: collecting, sorting, and delivering of incoming cables; maintenance of incoming and outgoing cable “chronos;” collecting and delivering of incoming and outgoing pouch material; and the issuance and maintenance of “pseudo and alias” card files. (U) On a daily basis, usually six days per week, each registry collected its incoming cable traffic from a central processing point, then called the Cable Secretariat, within the Office of Communications. The incoming cables were then sorted by registry personnel according to predefined guidelines. These guidelines were unique to each division and were frequently altered to meet changing operational requirements. Sorted cables were then delivered to specific operational/area desks. A “chrono” copy of each incoming cable was maintained, on a temporary basis, usually for 90 days, and the receiving office placed a copy into an operational file based upon subject or activity. (U) Outgoing cables were created and coordinated by appropriate operational/area desks and usually released by the chief of the division or a designated releasing officer. “Released” cables were then hand delivered or sent by pneumatic tube system (a system long ago dismantled from the original Headquarters building) to Cable Secretariat for processing into the Agency’s communication network. “Chrono” copies of 29 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. outgoing cables were forwarded to the registry for a 90 day hold and the sending office placed a copy in the appropriate operational file. (U) There was a centralized processing section for the directorate that received copies of the cables to review them and update the central index cards. CIA-IR-37 - William Pawley (U) The DO provided an unclassified response to the ARRB’s request to review all files on William Pawley and any files on his possible connection with Cuban exile groups in the 1962-1963 time frame. The Agency’s 201 file on Pawley consists of three volumes, the same as in the JFK sequestered collection, and November 1962 is the date of the last record indexed to his 201. However, the Agency holds operational files for the period 1963 to 1965 which related to Pawley. Those files were made available for review by the ARRB staff and they selected a number of documents for inclusion in the materials being processed for release to NARA. ; Unnumbered Request -- Worldwide Query (U) In March 1998 the ARRB asked “whether a worldwide query was sent out the day after the assassination for all case officers to query their sources for any information on the assassination and Oswald. Are or would all the answers be in the collection?” (S) The following information has been identified: A. A “book message,” that is a message to all stations and bases, DIR 84608, dated 22 November 1963 (date/time group 2220542) was sent. This message advised all stations and bases about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The message advised all to be “on alert.” This cable is found in Oswald’s 201 file, Box 1, Volume 3. 30 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration of Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr. B. A “book cable,” DIR 85133, dated 26 Nov. 1963 (date/time group 262319Z) was sent. This message was sent “routine” but with ten addressees on a “prior-ity basis.” The ten “priority” addressees were: Paris, ' Rome, Madrid, Brussels, The Hague, London, and Ottawa. This cable advised all - stations and bases of the identity of the alleged assassin by name of Lee Harvey Oswald. This cable can be found in Oswald’s 201 file, Box 1, Volume 4.-: Cc. Neither of these two cables indicates that a “routing” coding was to be used to ensure that all responses, if any, would be classified to Oswald’s 201 file. 8. (U) I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT. Executed in Langley, Virginia on this 2" day of September 1998. thn Yéaric . Wickham, Jr: JFK FPO, Directorate of Operations 31 SECRET
14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Declaration for the Directorate of Operations DISTRIBUTION: Original - JFK Official File 1 - D/OIM/DA 1 - C/JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA 1 - C/IMS/ESG 1 - IMS/ESG/HCS 1 - ESG/ Chrono 33 SECRET