104-10335-10008 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW + 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530 | (202) 724-0088 « Fax: (202) 724-0457 March 6, 1996 Mr. John Pereira Director Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Re: Assassination Records Review Board Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials) Dear John: We would once again appreciate your assistance in obtaining access to CIA records of possible pertinence to the John F. Kennedy assassination. We request that you locate CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates immediately before and after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such publications as the President's Daily Brief, the President’s Checklist, or any serial publications related specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. In addition to intelligence reports, we also request that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the assassination. As with our previous requests, we would be pleased to discuss with you ways in which we might better refine this request. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, S24 6u—4 David G. Marwell Executive Director Boaao Memeers: John R. Tunheim, Chair + Henry F. Graff « Kermit L. Hall « William L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson Executive Director: David G. Marwell
600 E Street NW + 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530 CiA HAS & DECL: REL IN ore oma 2 ANATION November 27, 1996 VIA FACSIMILE ‘The Honorable John M. Deutch , LA. Director of. Central Intelligence The Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D. Cc. 20505 Re: ‘The Ceritral Intelligence Agency’s ‘Compliance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. 44U,S.C.§2107 0 Dear Mr. Deutch: Since 1994, the Assassination Records Review Board (“Review Board”) has been working with a number of Federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency,” to locate and publicly release records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. ‘These actioris have been taken pursuant to The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994) (“JFK . Act”). We have been working with Mr. John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group and Mr. Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group of CIA and have appreciated the cooperation we have received. The purpose of this letter is to request your agency’ s cooperation in assisting the Review Board in discharging its responsibility of assuring Congress and the American people that the goals of the JFK Act have been accomplished to the greatest reasonable extent. We want to assure the American people that the United States Government has identified, located, and released all records relating to the assassination of President Kennedy. Indeed, one of the paramount purposes of the JFK Act is to certify to the public that the United States Government is not withholding relevant materials related to the assassination. See, e.g., Assassination Materials Disclosure Act, H. R. Rep. No. 102- 625, Part 1, 102d Cong. 2d Sess. (1992) (“The Federal Government's failure to release official materials has contributed to numerous conspiracy theories and fueled charges of government complicity in the assassination ...a salutary purpose is served in opening these files [relating to the JFK assassination ] to allay the suspicion of government cover-up.”). Boaro Memaers: John A. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff + Kermit lL. Hall + William L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson - Executive Dinecroar: David G. Marweil Assassination Records Review Board (202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457 — Slo aesegetneneenenetetremecnancr
13-00000 5 & The Honorable John M. Deutch November 27, 1996 Page 2 The Review Board has recently considered how it, along with the relevant federal agencies, can best demonstrate to the American public that a thorough, good: faith, and diligent effort has been made to locate and release all remaining assassination-related records within the control of the United States Government (and that the Government is not hiding any such materials from public disclosure). Pursuant to the Congressional mandate under the JFK Act to “create an enforceable, independent, and accountable . . Se process for the public disclosure of such records,” 44 U.S.C. § 2107(2)(a)(3),.:tife Review. Board seeks to have the relevant federal agencies provide a complete and specific accounting of their efforts to locate and release assassination-related records, including a full explanation for any destruction of such records. . Accordingly, the Review Board requests that each relevant agency adhere to the formal | compliance program (hereinafter “JFK Act Compliance Program”) outlined below and devised by the Review Board pursuant to its powers under Section 7(j)(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) of the JFK Act. We hereby request that you undertake the following _ measures by the dates provided (these dates were set in view of the fact that the Review Board’s operations currently are scheduled to expire on September 30; 1997): intent to comply with the JFK Act. We request that by December 9, 1996, your agency designate an Agency Compliance Official who ultimately will be responsible for ensuring that the agency has complied withits —_ obligations under the JFK Act, including the identification, location, and organization of assassination records and the transmission of those records to the National Archives and Records Administration (“National Archives”). Although the Review Board assumes that Mr. John Pereira or _ Mr. Barry Harrelson will serve in this position, we nevertheless await your formal confirmation. If necessary, your agency may. designate additional persons with knowledge of the measures that have been undertaken to locate assassination records. We also request that by December 9, 1996, the agency convey its agreement to adhere to the compliance procedures outlined in this letter. To the extent that any compliance procedure described below appears to be unreasonable or to present difficulties that we may not have anticipated, please explain why and make alternate suggestions to us. 2. Initial Statement of Compliance. We request that the Agency Compliance Official prepare, by January 6, 1997, an initial written statement of the
13-00000 The Honorable John M. Deutch November 27, 1996 Page 3 agency’s compliance with the JFK Act (“Statement of Compliance”), _ setting forth the steps that the agency has taken to locate and process _ assassination records. The Review Board recognizes that many of the _ relevant federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, have previously written letters to the Review Board apprising it of their progress at various stages of ‘identifying and processing assassination, records under the JFK Act. The Statement of. Campliance, while it may include information previously reported to the Board, is to be the agency’s comprehensive and final report to the American. public of what it has done to locate records relating to the assassination. This Statement of Compliance shall include, to the fullest reasonable extent, the following information: a. A complete description of all steps that your agency took to . identify and locate assassination records including, but not limited to, an identification of the major record collections and files that were consulted in the agency's search, any departmental file - indices consulted, the names and titles of the persons who were responsible for conducting the searches, the physical locations of the records that were searched, the off-site storage facilities (e.¢., Federal Records Centers) searched, the specific steps that were taken to locate and retrieve materials in archives, and any other criteria used by the agency to locate assassination records. b. Adescription of the steps that the agency took in direct response to specific requests of the Review Board to locate certain additional records or information relating to the assassination. In particular, we ask that the CIA describe what specific steps it has taken to address the following requests: CLA-9, Publications and Analytical Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated March 6, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); CIA-11, Silvia Duran’s Original Statement (See David G. Marwell letter dated May 3, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); CIA-12, JMWAVE Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated May 22, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); for HTLINGUAL records (See T. Jeremy Gunn Memorandum dated October 1, 1996 to Mr. Barry Harrelson); and for Monthly Operational Reports on Cuban Exile Groups (See Manuel E. Legaspi Memorandum dated October 17, 1996 to Mr. Barry Harrelson).
13-00000 The Honorable John M. Deutch November 27, 1996 Page 4 c. To the extent that any assassination-related records have been destroyed by the agency or any agency official, a full and specific explanation of the circumstances surrounding the destruction of such records. d. The status of remaining work that you can now identify that needs to be completed by your agency in order to comply fully with the JFK Act, including an identification of the categories of records that must be processed and transmitted to the National Archives, a description of any additional searches for files that must be done, and the projected date(s) for completion of these tasks. Shortly after the submission of the agency’ s written n Statement of Compliance, we ask that the Agency Compliance Official (as well as any persons who helped prepare the agency’s initial Statement of Compliance) be made available to the Review Board for an interview _ regarding the location of agency assassination records. The interview will... ee be used as an opportunity to resolve any outstanding questions regarding the agency’s search, including any follow-up tasks to be completed by the agency. The Review Board anticipates that these interviews will be conducted in January 1997. LAg ion of lance. By July 1, 1997, Federal agencies z are re expected t to: complete the ; process of identification, location, and declassification of its assassination records at which time they should submit to the Review Board a final declaration certifying, under oath, their compliance with the provisions of the JFK Act (the “Final - Declaration of Compliance”). Because of the volume of CIA records, such ~ a “final” statement may not be practicable at that time. However, we do expect that CIA will provide a complete status appraisal by July 1, 1997. This final declaration shall set forth all of the.information initially set forth in the initial Statement of Compliance and shall also supplement the initial ' Statement of Compliance by detailing any further steps that were conducted by the agency in identifying and locating assassination records. The agencies’ Final Declarations of Compliance will be included in our final report to Congress.
13-00000 The Honorable John M. Deutch Page 5 _ November 27, 1996 . Starting on or about August 1, 1997, the Review Board, pursuant to its statutory authority, may conduct depositions, under oath, of the Agency Compliance Official along with any other agency officials with responsibility for complying with the JFK Act. The decision to take a compliance deposition of an agency will be made ona case by case basis, taking into account the importance of the agency to the work of the JFK Act and the sufficiency of the agency's efforts to account fully for its compliance with the JFK Act. In thé event that the Review Board decides to commence a compliance deposition of an agency, the responsible agency designee(s) will be expected to testify under oath with respect to any and all issues relating to the. agency’s record search, including the scope of the search, the identity of files searched, the destruction of any relevant records, and any other matters set forth in the Final Declaration of Compliance. Any person obligated to appear for a deposition under oath shall be fully entitled to obtain legal representation. We look forward to receiving your initial response, by December 9, that designates your Agency Compliance Official and includes your statement regarding your position with respect to the provisions outlined in this letter. To the extent that you have any — questions or suggestions regarding the Compliance Program, please do not hesitate to contact our General Counsel, T. Jeremy Gunn, at (202) 724-0088. Thank you for your cooperation with our work. Sincerely, David G. Marwell Executive Director’ cc: The Honorable Nora Slatkin, Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency Michael O'Neil, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency John Pereira, Chief, Historical Review Group, Central Intelligence Agency Barry Harrelson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group, Central Intelligence Agency
13-00000 7 Gere -_ € ‘ ° re . « SECRET 10 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: | | oca oint for JFK Board FROM: , Barry Harrelson DCI/CSI/HRG JFK Project Officer SUBJECT: ARRB Request No. CIA-9 REFERENCE: , “Compliance Letter” to DCI, fr. ARRB ExDir, dtd. 27 Nov 1996, (attached) 1. The attached request was received from the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) in March 1996. It appears from our records that a copy was not sent to you. (Our normal procedure is to provide the appropriate Directorate Focal Point a copy of the request as soon as received.) This is one of several requests placed on hold while we worked on other ARRB priorities. 2. In the Agency's response to the 27 November “Compliance” letter (see reference), we asked the ARRB to prioritize their requests. The ARRB staff has identified CIA-9 as a “priority” request. 3. The initial request is for access not release. We usually limit access to sensitive material to Jeremy Gunn, ARRB General Counsel, and one or two of his staff. If the material is particularly sensitive, access is restricted to Mr. Gunn and/or the Executive Director of the Board, Mr. David Marwell. Gunn, Marwell and all members of the ARRB Staff's CIA team are fully cleared (TS/SCI). 4. HRG reviewer Jim Hanrahan (31809) is the focal point for this request. Many of the documents described in CIA-9 were part of eight Executive Order Mandatory Review requests (see attachments) from 1994 and 1995. Jim has obtained from IP&CRD full-text copies of the documents. He will be in touch with you concerning access to these specific documents. , 5. Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of February 24 to review documents. Please advise HRG as soon as possible of SECRET THIS MEMORANDUM IS ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY WHEN SEPARATED FROM CLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT
13-00000 any concerns or restrictions on access to the mandatory review documents. -Also please provide any additional documents responsive to CIA-9 as soon as possible, and advise us of the status of the search by CQB 21 February 1997. (sl Barry Harrelson Attachments: as stated
13-00000 4 Distribution: Orig - Addressee w/attachment 1 - C/HRG w/o att . 1 - JFK Request File w/attachments ~e- Jim w/o att 1 - Barry w/o att
13-00000 Re _ . SECRET CLA -4EQ 23 April 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan CST FROM: | Cl | DI/IRO Staff SUBJECT: Documents Related to President Kennedy Assassination 1. Per your request, OIR searched for the documents related to the time period around the Kennedy assassination.We are still searching for the PICL and the World Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination series. Enclosed are the CIB's and the CIWR's for the dates you requested. I will be in touch to let you know the results of our ongoing search. CL BY: CL REASON: DECL ON: DRV FROM: SECRET
13-0Q000 “ TOP SECRET 14 May 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan CSI/HRG FROM : VL Scare SUBJECT: ARRB Request No. CIA-9 1. The DI/IMO has located the PICL's which you requested as part of the above request. Copies for 20, 21 and 23 November 1963 are attached. Please call if you need additional material. ADMIN-INTERNAL USE ONLY when separated from attachments TOP SECRET
13-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: SUBJECT: SECRET Nile 17 June 1997 Barry Harrelson Senior Review Officer CSI/HRG DI/IRO JFK Assassination Review Board Request 1. On 11 June 1997 members of the DI/IRO staff, OSS personnel, and Bonnie Hunter of your staff met with Michelle Combs and Bob Skwriot of the JFK Assassination Review Board to discuss DI document retrieval methods. The meeting was requested by the Board to provide them with a clearer understanding of DI document searches. 2.| lof OSS provided a detailed overview of the document retrieval process. Ilse walked the board members through a typical request, document Can -> search, and retrieval. The Board members were satisfied with the thorough nature of the process and appreciated the time spent to provide a detailed overview. 3. During our discussions the Board members asked for five additional topics which they felt might be appropriate to research on the JFK assassination. These were: - USSR,Cuba,and Mexico combined with the term assa- ssination for the period 20-30 November 1963. - Minsk radio factories (where Oswald was employed) and possible Cuban training bases in the Minsk region for the period October 1959 to January 1963. - Helsinki and visas to try to capture information on Oswald's visa application. The Board also asked for information on hotels in Moscow and Minsk where Oswald may have stayed. - Information on the freighter "Marion Lykes" plus a passenger manifest covering the period 19 September to 8 October 1959. SECRET
13-00000 CB SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Assasination Review Board Request q - Information on anti-Castro activity by Cuban exile groups operating in the US for the period January 1961 to January 1964. 4. Ilse did a search of these topics and was able to find three documents related to activities of Cuban exile groups in Miami for the time period specified.These documents are attached. There were no hits on the other - requests. 2 SECRET
1713-00000 . TOP SECRET 19 June 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson CST/HRG FROM: DI7IRO Start SUBJECT : JFK Assassination Board Request | 1. | lasked me to forward the attached to you. Documents inciudeéd are the President's Intelligence Checklist for 22, 24, and 29 November 1963, the Daily Summary for 25 and 29 November 1963 and 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12 and 13 December 1963,the Weekly Summary for 22 and 29 November 1963,the President's Intelligence Briefing Book for 26 November 1963, the Current Intelligence Digest for 26 November 1963 and 2 December 1963, Current Intelligence Memorandums for 25 and 29 November 1963,CIA Memorandums for 23,24,25 November 1963( World Reaction to the Assassination of Presidet Kennedy), a memorandum on the Analysis of World Reaction to President Kennedy's Assassination (13 December 1963}),FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8-1963,Government Leaders Expected to Attend President Kennedy's Funeral, 25 November 1963,FBID 25 November 1963 entitled "The Past Soviet Propaganda Assessment of President Johnson", two undated memoranda from Job#79T01762, Box 5, Folder 3,several rough drafts of various papers,and a memorandum entitled "Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated 23 March 1964. 2. Please let us know if the DI/IRO can be of - additional assistance. [| ee HANDLE VIA (TALENT-KEYHOLE-COMINT (CHANNELS) JOINTLY — TOP SECRET
1713-00000 * TOP SECRET 19 June 1997 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Documents Included in Memo to Barry Harrelson, 19 June 1963 1. The President's Intelligence Checklist, 23(TS Dinar),and 24, 29 November 1963(TS). 2. Daily Summary 25 and 29 November 1963 and 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13 December 1963.(TS Dinar) 3. Weekly Summary 22 and 29 November 1963. (S/NF) 4. The President's Intelligence Briefing Book 26 November 1963.(TS Dinar) 5. Current Intelligence Digest 26 November and 2 December 1963. (S/NF) 6. Current Intelligence Memorandum 25 November 1963. (C) , 7. Current Intelligence Memorandum OCI No. 2477/63 29 November 1963. (C) 8. Current Intelligence Memorandum SC No. 06504/63 5 November 1963.(TS Dinar/NF) 9. CIA Memorandum "World Reaction to the Assassination of President Kennedy" 23,24,and 25 November 1963.(TS Dinar) 10. Memorandum "Analysis of World Reaction to President Kennedy's assassination" 13 December 1963. (S/Limited Distribution) 11. FBIS World Reaction Series No. 8 -1963 26 November. 1963.(Official Use Only) 12. "Government Leaders Expected to Attend President Kennedy's Funeral" 25 November 1963. (Not Classified) 13. FBID Special Memorandum "The Past Soviet Propaganda Assessment of President Johnson" 25 November 1963. (C) 14. Various undated, unattributed memos from Job 3 79ToO1762, Box 5, Folder 3.(Some pages labeled TS) 15. Various long hand versions of undated, unattributed drafts. No Job number identified. (One page noted as TS in longhand; later pages labeled TS Umbra/Sensitive/Chess/Ruff) 16. Memorandum "Rumors About Lee Harvey Oswald" dated .23 March 1963. (S) 17. Two documents on file search requests for material on President Kennedy's Assassination(No Classification) HANDLE VIA fALENT-KEYHOLE-COMINT) JOINTLY TOP SECRET
13-00000 a _ TOP SECRET SUBJECT: Documents Included in Memo to Barry Harrelson, 19 June 1963 Distribution: 2 TOP SECRET
13-00000 a December 10, 1997 Barry, Welcome back! Here are the two letters we received from the LBJ Library with the listed materials attached. We can process these documents as assassination records by designating only the sections of the reports/checklist/memoranda that are assassination related and declaring the rest NBR. We could include a short memorandum which explains that these documents are compilations of lots of issues, and the NBR redactions are unrelated to the assassination. If these materials are about to be released under the Executive Order and there are no redactions in the assassination related parts, the Board will probably not need to see them. As long as you are talking to the Executive Order folks, there were additional materials (beyond the ones specified in these letters) which the LBJ Library sent to CIA and I reviewed early last spring. Some of those items also could be designated as assassination records. I can give you a copy of the list if you don’t have it. It would be — nice to know what has happened to these materials too. Thanks for checking on this issues ij If this issue is settled, CIA-9 may be close to completion. Michelle
13-00000 i. sn Baines Johnson. Library 7 2313 Red River Street Austin, Texas 78705 June 23, 1995 in reply refer to: NLJ 95-263 - &ND/OR »/SEORMATION Mr. John Wright Information and Privacy Coordinator - Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Dear Mr. Wright: . . Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act:and the provisions of Sectiori 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory declassifi cation raview of the enclosed CIA document from our holdings. _ The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document. This — request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of information Act and Privacy Act exemptions may not be cited. Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document, including any necessary concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for each document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide. the Library with appropriately marked copies. Please determine, where applicable, if information may be downgraded. Because of the heightened interest in this material, we ask that you please expedite review of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review. ’ If there is any question concerning this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can - be reached at 512-482-5137,extension 255. Sincerely, mn GREENWELL Senior Archivist Enclosures UNCLASSIFIED UPON REMOVAL CLASSIFIED ATTACHMENTS a slit 39 MEALS Sad SA a’ TGP SEARS dasd tS Prescot
13-00000 Ao A LAT LN OER IL Ament, ane Cs nee sacar _& eo é ‘ LBJ LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST ay - MR Case Number: NLJ 95-26 Name (Last, First, M.L): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. “l ¥ Page 1 of 1 Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705 . Consulting Agency: CIA — File Location: NSF, Intelligence Briefings, President’s Intelligence Checklist, 11/23-12/15/63, Box 1 Date Completed: 6/13/95. Comments: . 7 . Dee. Doc. Document Doc. Classifi- Ne. Comments , Action Ho. Type Description Date cation pp. Taken 1 report President’s Intelligence Checklist 11/23/63 TS/ 157 [SC-NLJ-063/95 B/1] Codeword — Zz o i 43 \ ec & ae ow NE g ogee PRET ESA “i
me me = ) yndon Baines Tobnson Library 2313 Red River Street Austin, Texas 78705 C8 Br ey In reply refer to: | Mr. John Wright Information and Privacy Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 © Dear Mr. Wright: Under the mandate of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act and the provisions of Section 3.4, Executive Order 12356, Harry J. Middleton, the Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, has requested the mandatory declassification review of the enclosed CIA document(s) from our holdings. The enclosed document list identifies the Library file which contains the document(s). This request is from donated historical material; therefore, Freedom of Information Act and - Privacy Act exemptions may not be cited. Would CIA please coordinate declassification review of the document(s), including any necessary concurrences from other agencies, and inform the Library of its determination for each document. Should CIA excise information from any documents, please provide the Library with appropriately marked copies. Because of the heightened interest in this material, I ask that you please expedite review of these documents and respond as soon as possible with the results of your review. If there is any question concerning this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be reached at 512-482-5137. Sincerely, REGINA GREENWELL Senior Archivist Enclosures UNCLASSIFIED UPON REMOVAL OF ATTACHMENTS Jon wit bet TT Consens & aso ry, me eres: aR OS WU ii Wie rise. 7 Sees
13-00000 LIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST € (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. ress: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 Location: See Below cD As \ “= ) Page 1 of 2 MR Case Number: NLI 94-484 Consulting Agency: CIA Date Completed: 8/4/94 iments: Dec. Document ‘Doe. Classifie Ho. . Comments Action Ty; Oeseription Date cation — PP. yo, Taken '_Intelli ile, "Codeword Material, Vol. 1," Bo , ' 7 7 a report Intelligence Report 11/26/63 TS/ 5 ([SC-NLJ-082/93 B/1]_ - Codeword . memo Intelligence Memorandum 11/25/63 TS/ - 9? SC No. 12420/63 B/l ~~ ; Codeword So memo _ Intelligence Memorandum 11/24/63 TS/ 10 SC No. 12149/63 B/1 Codeword memo — Intelligence Memorandum 11/23/63 TS/ 11 SC/No. 06509/63 B/1 i ; Codeword “ President’s Intelligence Checklist President’s Intelligence Checklist Intelligence Report 11/25/63 11/26/63 11/27/63 undated TS/ 11” Codeword TS/ 1” Codeword TS/ 16% Codeword s/ 4 ~ Codeword _ {SC-NLJ-083/93 B/1] — [SC-NLJ-084/93 B/t) ~~ [SC-NLJ-085/93 B/1] [SC-NLJ-086/93 B/1] we Lie \\ lo
MR Case Number: NLI 94-484 \ me 1€ (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. | Page 2 of 2 a lress; LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 - . Consulting Agency: CIA Location: See Below - . . Date Completed: 8/4/94 niments: : a ‘ “to. °° °»+.|\Ddoxent ~»~»~~oc.  €lasalfl- No. Comments ~—”—~—~C< NSC Type Description . Date | cation pp. Taken : F, Intelligence Briefings, "President’s Intelligence Checklist, 11/23/63-12/5/63," Box 1 a cable Intelligence Report 11/22/63 TS/ 4” [SC-NLJ-087/93 B/1] DF : . Codeword . report President’s Intelligence Checklist. 11/28/63 TS/ . 14 r (SC-NLJ-088/93 B/1] “ , : ; Codeword report, President’s Intelligence Checklist — 11/30/63 TS/ a [SC-NLJ-089/93 B/l] ‘~~ Codeword es, 7
13-00000 FAX S H E €E— T To: Barry Harrelson. ; _ Fax#: (703) 613-3063 CiA HAS B.9 CSJECTION TO) Subject: | LBJ Library documents outstanding DECIR: AM ‘DIOR . Date: May 28, 1998 | IN TRL oe RIVATION Pages: 9, including this cover sheet. COMMENTS The following i is a list of some of the LBJ Library documents that have not reached us in the ‘review process. As I understand it, these were submitted to you by the library and marked as assassination records by Michelle. They are related to request CIA-9. As we discussed these are not the balance of the LBJ library records awaiting review, only the most easily identified. From the dask of... Robert J. Skwirot Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street,.NW - Washington, D.C. 20530 (202) 724-0088 Fax: (202) 724-0457
13-00000 LS] LERARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSION LIST | MR Case Number: NLT 94-464 - Name (last, First, Ml)! MIDDLETON, HARRY. : Page 1 of 2 . Address; LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX. 78705 Consulting Agency: CIA File Location: See Below ‘Date Completed: 8/4/94 Comments: Document oo . . . Classifi- No. | Comnents No. .. Typa Description. oo, . : Date cation ° pp. NSE, Intelligence File, "Codeword Material, Vol, 1," Box 6 Taken 28 report Intelligence Report . 11/26/63 TS! 5 —— [SC-NLI-082/93 B/1] : a a . Codeword . 19 memo ‘Intelligence Memorandum 11/25/63 TS/ 9 SC No. 12420/63 B/1 _ ne . oe Codeword . i0 memo _ Intelligence Memorandum | 11/24/63 TS/- 10 SC No. 12149/63 B/1_ oo Se | Codeword ‘1 memo Intelligence Memorandum: oo 11/23/63 TS/ 11 SC No. 06509/63 B/1 2 : Codeword 63," Box 1 report President's Intelligence Checklist 11/25/63 TS Co (SC-NLJ-083/93 B/J] ; ot - Codeword- report President’s ‘Intelligence Checklist 11/26/63 | ‘TS YW (SC-NLJ-084/93 B/1] Codeword report President's Intelligence Checklist «11/27/63. Ss TS/ 16 [SC-NLJ-085/93 B/1] - Codeword : l report Intelligence Report. ~ undated S/ 4 [SC-NLJ-086/93 B/1} Codeword
13-00000 By LIBR. DATC 3M IC I; MR Case Number: NLJ 94-484 Name (Las, Fit, Mil): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. Page 2 of 2 Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705. Consulting Agency: CIA File Location: See Below oe Date Completed: 8/4/94' ~omments: oc bee Deeunent Bec Glassifie He. , Comments: Action ) Type Description Date _ sation Pp. Taken ~ b cable Intelligence Report -44aae3 TS [SC-NLJ-087/93 B/1] , Codeword report President's Intelligence Checklist . 11/28/63 TS/ 14 [SC-NLJ-088/93 B/i]) _ Codeword report  President’s Intelligence Checklist - 11/30/63 = TS/ 1] (SC-NLJ-089/93  B/1] Codeword
13-00000 BJ LIBRARY MAND REVIEW ISS ST —— | MR Case Number: NLJ 95-211, Name (Last, First, M.1.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. Page 1 of 1 Address: LB] Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 Consulting Agency: CIA File Location: See Below “Date Completed: 5/24/95 Comments: . Joc. Doe. Document - Dec. Classifi- No. ., Comnents Action io, Type bascription Date cation HO Taken- 2 report Intelligence Checklist . 11/24/63 TS 7 ll NSF, Country Fi astro’s Spe L1Box20 4 memo Intelligence Memorandum ~ 11/25/63 Cc 2 (52. report . Intelligence Report | 12/20/63 s 1 (58 report | Intelligence Report 12/18/63 S . 2 170 report Intelligence Report | ~ —- 12/13/63 S 2 183 report Intelligence Report 11/27/63 S 2 188 report Intelligence Report’ oi; | 11/24/63 = 2 190 report §_——iIntelligence Report 11/23/63 Ss 2 SF, Cou ntry File, USSR, Cables, Vol, 1, Box 217 36 report Intelligence Report 12/ 11/63 5 5 NSF, Agency File, CIA, Helms Memorandum, Box 10 i4 memo Intelligence Memorandum 4/20/64 S 3 [Sanitized 1990/copy enclosed]
13-00000 ISSI IST. . MR Case Number: NLJ 95-270 Name (Last, First, M.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. | | | Page 1 of 1 ' Address; 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705. Consulting Agency: CIA/WH File Location: NSF, Situation Room File, 11/22/63-12/31/63, Box58 - Date Completed: 6/13/95 Comments: PCI= Possible Classified Information. | . loc. “Roe. — Docunent Dec. Classifi~ No Comments Action lo. Type Description Date cation Pp. Taken \ report "Classified Log" 11/22/63. - PCI o'71 | : 12/31/63 7
13-00000 LBLLIBRARY MANDATORY REVIEW SUBMISSIONLIST) | MR Case Number: NLI 95-378 Name (Lait, Fist, ML): MIDDLETON, HARRY J: Co OO Rage 1 of 1 - Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 | Consulting Agency: CIA/WH File Location: See Below © Date Completed: 8/30/95 Comments: 2a memcon "Meeting on 10/19/64, of President's...” 10/21/64- § a) [Exempted 1976} 2b-2 report "Background Paper on Security of. x (10/64) SS 5 (Exempted 1976] il memcon "Meeting on 10/13/64 of President's..." | 10/15/64 S ‘5 _ (Exempted 1976} 14 memo Chase to Bundy - 1013/64 2 . {Exempted 1976] 16 — draft From the President 7 10/12/64 1 [Exempted 1976] NSE, Committee File, President’s Committee on the Warren Report; Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14 9 memo “Chase to Bundy — . 10/16/64 = S 1 [Exempted 1976] 9a memo Osborn and Kallen to Carey 10/16/64 = § 6 {Exempted 1976] 25 memo Ash to Smith , ; 11/17/64 Cc 1 (Sanitized 1976/copy enclosed] 32 memo Bundy to President . 11/6/64 —.sSS. I . [Exempted 1977] ia-l report “Procedure for Conducting..." “11/5/64 $ 4
13-00000 BJ LIBRARY ATOR B Ll | a - "MR Case Number: NLJ 95-380 ame (Last, First, M.I.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. , | _ + Page Lof 1 ddress: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705. So oe . Consulting Agency: CIA » ile Location: NSF, Committee File, President’s Committee on the Warren Report, Meetings, Vol. 1, Box 14 ' Date Completed: 8/30/95 omments; c. Doc. Docunent ‘ Doc. Classift- Ho. Action Comments Type beseription Dete cation pp. ot Taken > memo Intelligence Memorandum 10/16/64 S 8s [Exempted 1976]
13-00000 BRARY MANDATORY REVIEW. SSION LIS MR Case Number: NLJ 95.212 Name (Last, First, ML): MIDDLETON, HARRY I — /  Pagelofl = ° Address: LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78705 Consulting Agency: STATE File Locatioris See Below * Date Completed: 5/24/95 Comments PCI= Possible Classified Information ; res TS ET ass Woe Desertption . | Date . cation Taken 61 memo | Harriman to ‘Bundy . 12/31/63 | “Cc 1 Avke bla notes . Walton’s “Visit to Moscow’ » 127/63 8 86C 5 4 NSF, Country File, USSR, Mikoyan Conversations, Vol, J, Box 228 | , ja v memcon "Soviet press reaction to President..." 11/25/63 Cc 1 declere & & 923 “3 3b” memcon - "Mikoyan conversation with Mrs. Kennedy" 11/25/63 C 1 uv CH#G7 ae NSF, Country File, Cuba, Vol. 1, Box 16 317 airgram = La Paz A-477 | 164 c 5! (Sanitize 59 sicgram © Madrid AM42 : 12/1663 «= PCL: Ss 61” airgram Madrid A-437 | 213/63 «SPEC (Gk 78 cable = Madrid 1155 Oo 12/1163 Cc 1 % CAS This ONE only
13-00000 LBJ LIBR ATORY 1 SUB sto an MR Case Number: NLJ 95-26. Name (Lest, First, M.1.): MIDDLETON, HARRY J. | Page 1 of 1 Address: 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705 — : _ Consulting Agency: CIA File Location: NSF, Intelligence Briefings, President's Intelligence Checklist, 11/23-12/15/63, Box 1 . ' Date Completed: 6/13/95 Comments: . ° . oo Doc. Doc. Document = |||... Doc. Glassif{- No. Comments. .|.\\__.|.. Aetlon | No. Type Description Date cation _ pp. | .. Taken 1 report ‘President’s Intelligence Checklist =» 11/23/63 TS! «15 [SC-NLI-063/95 B/1) ‘Codeword
13-00000 A E - INTERNAL USE ONL 6 September 1998 _ MEMORANDUM FOR: [Barbara T. Blufer/@ DI FROM: | | J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer a OFFICE: OIM/HRP ae SUBJECT: : -ARRB Request CIA-9: President's Intelligence Checklists REFERENCE: Barbara, Could you take a few minutes before the ARP to look at how we.are handling the Checklists. ARRB has requested 11 (Nov. 20-30); Jim Hanrahan is reviewing. Have you finished your review of the 24 documents sent previously? If so could you bring them with you. The two items you gave me to review last week are not considered “assassination records"; you can close the book on them. The ARRB staff will not complete its review of DI documents until the end of this week. Hopefully they will not select many as assassination reeords (AR). If possible, | would like to set up coordination session at IP. | will call you as soon as | know how many assassination records we have. Thanks for you help. Barry ce: James R. Oliver @ DA (bcc: Bonnie K. Hunter-Y-) Sent on 6 September 1998 at 03:23:55 PM
13-00000 MEMORANDUM CIA HAS NO eg C1iON TO DECL/ : 4 AND/OR INTHE bee NP ORMATION September 12, 1998 THIS DOCUMENT To: Laura Denk Executive Director cc: Bob Skwirot CIA Team Leader From: Michelle Combs Wedbee Ay Associate Director for Research and Review ‘Ben Rockwell 6. Vall Le Analyst o Subject: -  CIA-9 Publications and Analytical Materials ne The Review Board’s Request for Additional Records and Information CIA-9 asked the CIA to locate CIA or Intelligence Community serial publications for the dates immediately before and after the assassination (November 20-30, 1963), including such publications as the President’s Daily Brief, the President’s Checklist, and any serial publications related specifically to Cuba or the Soviet Union. Review Board also requested that a search be undertaken for any analytical materials bearing upon the assassination. In response to the Review Board's request, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched for serial publications which might contain information of relevance to the assassination, special or ad hoc reports pertaining to the assassination, and raw intelligence reports on topics which might pertain to the assassination. All the material s supplied by the Directorate of Intelligence have been reviewed by the Review Board staff. Material within these publications, relevant to the assassination of President John Kennedy, was designated as assassination records. Due to the sensitive and worldwide ° nature of the information contained in most of these Directorate of Intelligence publications, only material relevant to the assassination was designated as an assassination record. These designated records will be processed and sent to the JFK Collection at the National Archives. _ The Directorate of Intelligence supplied copies of the following serial publications for the period November 20-30, 1963 or containing information which from the period November 20-30, 1963.
13-00000 The President's Intelligence Checklist, the predecessor of The President's Daily Brief, an all-source daily summary of intelligence information designed for the President and a small number of high level officials. The Daily Brief of the Central Intelligence Bulletin, a larger and more detailed all- source publication with a wider distribution. The Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence, an all-source weekly compendium of events available on Fridays. The Weekly Summary - . Office of Current Intelligence, a more limited version of The Weekly Review mentioned above. The Weekly Summary only contained material up to the SECRET level. According to the Directorate of Intelligence, only one analytical report on Cuba or the Soviet Union, dated November 15, 1963, was issued near the relevant period. The Review Board staff read this report but did not designate it as an assassination record. The Review Board staff also examined The President’s Intelligence Briefing Book, dated November 26, 1963, a compendium of information on major intelligence issues affecting the national security of the United States, which was prepared for President Lyndon Johnson. This briefing book was not designated as an assassination record. In addition, the DI was asked to search for intelligence reporting on anti-Castro activity by Cuban exile groups in the United States from January 1961 - January 1964. The Weekly Review - Office of Current Intelligence for April 5, April 12, and April 19, 1963 were found to contain relevant information on exile raids on Cuban targets. The relevant portions of these documents were designated as assassination records. ; Finally, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) searched for records based on-subjects supplied by the Review Board staff. The DI database is searchable only by general subject headings assigned from a master list and coded to particular documents. This database is not searchable by keyword. In response to the Review Board's request, the DI supplied raw intelligence reports (not finished analytical intelligence documents) for the period November 20 - November 30, 1963 for the USSR, Cuba, and Mexico. Documents relevant to the assassination of President John Kennedy were designated as assassination records. The DI reported that there were no DI intelligence reports on the following subjects - searched at the request of the Review Board staff:
13-00000 e USSR and assassination * Cuba and assassination ® Mexico and assassination e Minsk radio factories ° Cuban training bases in Minsk e Helsinki and visas e Hotels and Moscow ° Hotels and Minsk ° Freighter “Marion Lykes” e:\combs\cia-9wu.wpd File 4.20.1 and 4.20.4
13-00000 i woo OR BECRET 14 September 1998 FOR DI REVIEW: CIA #9, LBJ Library Material - NOTE: Review only the material outside of the blue highlighting. Inside the blue highlighting is declared non- relevant. Attachments: L. THE PRESIDENT’'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST {11 items, see below) 1. 20 November 1963, 8 pages 2. 21 November 1963, 8 pages 3. 22 November 1963, 7 pages 4 (23 November 1963, 14 pages 5. 24 November 1963, 11 pages - 6 25 November 1963, 11 pages 7. (26 November 1963, 10 pages 8 27 November 1963, 16 pages 9. 28 November 1963, 14 pages 10. 29 November 1963, 10 pages 11. 30 November 1963, 10 pages II. McCone Files: Two items: White House Briefing for the DCI, 7 April 1964, 6 pages; and Khanh’s Data on “Population Control,” 5 May 1964, 3 pages III. McCone Files: Two items: re South Vietnam, 11 | September 1963, 3 pages; NSC ExCom Meetong on Vietnam, 18 September 1963, 4 pages IV. McCone Files: Two Items: The Diem Regime, 8 October 1963, 4 pages; Special OCI Memoranda on Coup Plotting in South Vietnam, 7 October 1963. “TOP SECRET _
13-00000 * , Central intelligence Agency file Co 4 Farin. Washington, D.C 20505 14 September 1998 ined Bed Aad get a Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Reference: CIA-9, Intelligence Community Publications on Cuba or USSR (November 20-30, 1963) Dear Ms. Denk: This is in response to referent request. Searches were made for information responsive to the request and materials were provided for examination by ARRB staff. From that examination, staff members selected a number of documents to be included within the JFK Collection. Those documents have now been included with the JFK Collection and are being processed for released to NARA. This concludes the Agency’s action on this request. If ‘you have any question, please advise. Sincerely, J. Barry Harrels JFK Project Officer
13-00000 fp ‘ Ms. Laura Denk, Esquire HRP/OIM: apd/(14 Sep 98) Distribution: Original - Addressee 1 - Subject File
13-00000 ° ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY ca 21 September 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson@DCl FROM: | | DIIRO OFFICE: DI/IRO SUBJECT: Disposition of the DI/IRO on the release of Country Names in the 11 PICLs Reviewed by Me for the ARRB REFERENCE: 1._In light of the additional details, laying out the background of negotiations on the PiCLs conducted by in OGC and articulated in a note to George last week--not sent to me, | concur with the inclusion of country names of even the non-relevant titles in the text of the reviewed PICLs. It's always easier to make appropriate decisions when one is armed with the full knowledge of the background. In light of my very short tenure in dealing with this issue, | would appreciate in the future receiving any $e background or additional information on prior negotiations that ha¥ béaring on decisions | must make. Additionally, having that background information ahead of any review or disposition saves time and effort, and result in the best decision not only for the DI but also for the Agency. 2. This concludes the DI action on this matter. A signed copy of this memorandum will be sent to Barry for his records. 5 cc: Robert.J. Eatinger@DCI Bel : @o! Sent on 21 September 1998 at 11:34:13 AM ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY