[rod-10331-10064 ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY 29 March 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director THROUGH: Director, Center for the Study of Intelligence FROM: John F. Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group SUBJECT: Appointment of Directorate Focal Points for JFK Assassination Board, Requests : es 1. It is recommended that you request the Directorates to appoint focal point officers for purposes of responding to requests from the (President Kennedy) Assassination Records Review Board. 2. Background President Clinton appointed the Board to oversee the release of records related to both the assassination of President Kennedy and the investigations into the assassination. The Board has forwarded to us the first (attached) of what are likely to be many requests for additional information from CIA records. The Historical Review Group (HRG) has reviewed more than 400,000 pages of JFK-related records, most of which were contained in the “sequestered records” that were collected for the House Assassination Committee's investigation and in the Oswald 201 file. Up to now, no new searches have been required. Now that the Board has begun to generate requests for additional information, the Agency needs to create a mechanism fo processing the requests and for tasking components to conduct records searches. It is probably advisable to have HRG continue to serve as principal liaison with the Board. HRG could continue to receive the Board's requests and to be -responsible for coordinating responses from CIA. (Another option would be to assign someone elsewwhere to be the principal liaison and restrict HRG's role to. that of reviewing documents for declassification and assisting with coordination.) 3. Recommendation
13-00000 . } That you request each Directorate to appoint a focal point for purposes of responding to requests from the Assassinations Records Review Board, and that you name someone to perform the same function for the DCI Area. Attached is a proposed memorandum for your signature. John F. Pereira
13-00000 * a . ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration a Deputy Director for Intelligence Deputy Director for Operations Deputy Director for Science and Technology - Chief, DCI/Adminstrative Staff FROM: | Executive Director SUBJECT: Appointment of Directorate Focal Points for JFK Assassination Board Requests 1. Addressees are requested to appoint a focal point officer for your directorate who would be responsible for responding to requests for information from the (President Kennedy) Assassination Records Review Board. 2. The Agency has received the first (attached) of what are likely to be many requests from the Board for information related to the assassination of President Kennedy and to the investigations into the assassination. Up to now, the Board has focused on the “sequestered” records that CIA had collected for the House Assassination Committee's investigation and documents that had been part of the Oswald 201 file. It is expected that the new requests will require records searches to be done for additional information. 3. The Historical Review Group (HRG), which has been the Agency's principal liaison with the JFK Board, will continue in that role. HRG will receive requests from the Board, and then forward them to the Directorate focal points for action. Responses from the Directorates will be coordinated by HRG, which will make the the responses available to the Board. 4. Please provide the name of your focal point officer to John Pereira, Chief /HRG (x30373 - secure)by 7 April. Leo Hazlewood
13-00000 ° ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 7 April 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Brian S. Latell @ DA J. Barry Harrelson @ DA Gloria M. Boyd @ DA FROM: John F. Pereira SUBJECT: For Information: JFK-DCI Focal Point (s} REFERENCE: NOTEFOR: John F. Pereira @ DA FROM: OCI DATE: 04/07/95 01:03:16 PM SUBJECT: The DCI Area has identified Doug Garthoff and Becky Rant as the Directorate Fecal Points for the JFK Assassination Board. if you have any questions please contact me. ce: q B DCI, Sharon L. Basso @ of pel Go: ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY.
13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY NOTE FOR: J. Barry Harrelson @ DA ‘Gloria M. Boyd @ DA FROM: John F. Pereira. DATE: 04/10/95 04:19:22 PM SUBJECT: . JFK Focal Point/DS&T (Pais me he has been named the DS&T Focal Point for JFK-Board requests. ce: ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY NOTE FOR: J. Barry Harrelson @ DA Gloria M. Boyd @ DA FROM: _John F. Pereira DATE: 04/11/95 09:43:56 AM SUBJECT: " JFK-DA Focal Point The DDA's Office advised us that Jack Wright is the DA Focal Point for JFK Board requests. CC: ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
2 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY FOCAL POINTS FOR JFK ASSASSINATION BOARD DCI Deug-Garthorr 37597 Becky Rant 37598 DA ack-Wright . 30554 ‘ DI 54475 — Kathryn Dyer (backup) 54644 bo Fred Wickham 44448 DS&T - §0104 ADMINISTRATIVE ~ INTERNAL USE ONLY