OCA 1578-94 26 April 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Carver Historical Review Group, CIS FROM: Doug Bowman Legislative Officer, OCA SUBJECT: JFK Assassination Documents Originated in , Congress ; 1. This responds to your memos of 16 July, 16 August, and 23 August 1993, asking that we seek congressional approval of the release of the attached JFK Assassination documents to the National Archives and Records . Administration (NARA). (The document lists attached to your memos are at Tab A, documents originated in the House are at Tab B, those originated in the Senate are at Tab C.) 2. We provided the documents to Mr. Charles Howell, Chief Counsel of the House Committee on House Administration, and Mr. Britt Snider, Chief Counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, who are authorized to speak for the House and Senate on this matter. After reviewing them, Messrs. Howell and Snider determined that there was no congressional objection to public release of any of these documents. 3. If you have any questions, or if we may be of further assistance, please contact me at 37914 (secure) . Guage Berar Doug Bowman \ HW 53320 DBoclId: 32404660 Page 2
SUBJECT: JFK Assassination Documents Originated in Congress OCA/LEG/DBowman: ct /37910 (26 April 1994) OCA 1578-94 Carver.doc Distribution: Original - Addressee (w/att) 1 - D/OCA (w/o att) 1 - OCA Record (w/att) 1 - LEG Subject (w/att) [JFK file] 1 - DB Signer (w/o att) ; HW 53320 DBoctId:32404660 Page 3
i ; “HW 53320 23 August 1993 Documents from the Kennedy Assassination Records to be coordinated with Congress batches) : US Senate 16 Sep 75 JFK Box 9, Fldr 71 Letter, Paul Wallach, Csl/Church Ctee, to John Dempsey, CIA Review Staff, asking for HTLINGUAL documents in the "Special Items File" US House of Representatives 11 Jun 75 30 Mar 77 5 Oct 78 12 Jun 79 DocId: 327404660 JFK Box 45, Fidr 22 JFK Box 57, Fldr 7 JFK Box 59, Vol 0113 JFK Box 58, Fidr 5 Page 4 Letter, Rep. Ronald Sarasin (CT) to Congressional Liaison, CIA, asking where two alleged CIA employees who disappeared in 1963 are. Note fr Jim Fenta (Rep Long of MD's staff) to Cummins/CIA, to cover letter fr Rethschulte [not attached] Letter, Rep. Les AuCoin (OR) to DCI Stansfield Turner, relaying concerns over treatment of Nosenkc by CIA Letter, Edmund Henshaw, Clerk/HR, to DCI Stansfield Turner, announcing publication of report for former HSCA, & citing HSCA MOU w/CIA of 19 Aug 77 (this being the third of three 1p 2 pp 1p
HW 53320 16 Aug 93 Documents from the Kennedy Assassination Records to be coordinated with the US Senate: 6 Oct 76 JFK12, Fldr 1, #1 8 Dec 76 JFK18, Fldr 27 Docld: 32404660 Page 5 Letter, Michael J. 1p Madigan, SSCI Staff, to Scott Breckenridge, OIG/CIA, enclosing documents, one of which shows Allen Dulles discussing the best way for CIA to answer Warren — Commission questions Letter, Howard S. 1p Liebengood, Min Staff Dir/SSCI, to Donald F. Massey, Asst Legis Counsel/CIA, asking about tapes of Oswald's conversations in Mexico City
‘ i HW 53320 SIC 16 July 1993 MEMORANDUM FOR: Doug Bowman Legislative Officer, OCA FROM: John Carver Historical Review Group/CSI SUBJECT: Documents Discovered in CIA's JFK Assassination Records For Which We Need the Approval of Congress Before Releasing Them to NARA 1. In accordance with the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Act of 1992, the Historical Review Group of the Central Intelligence Agency has the task of declassifying CIA's documents sequestered during the investigations by the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976-78. 2. In the course of our processing, we have identified nine copies of documents which originated in or are the property of the U.S. Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives, and which are separate from the documents originated by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Our normal procedure for handling: documents under the third agency rule is to make copies of another agency's documents available to that agency for its own review, after which we reintegrate those documents in our files at the point where they were discovered and then release, sanitize, or deny as prescribed by the third agency. 3. Documents belonging to Congress fall into a special case, as the third agency rule cannot properly apply. We ask, therefore, that you show these nine documents to the appropriate people on the Hill--in essence, coordinate them with Congress on our behalf--and ask them to indicate in some fashion, on the documents themselves or in a separate message, their agreement (or objection) to our release of these documents to National Archives, as required by the Act. 4. You will note that the letters from Senator Inouye and from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence are the only two of these documents whose originators remain on the scene in today's Congress. DoclId:327404660 Page 6
SUBJECT: Documents Discovered in CIA's JFK Assassination Records for Which We Need the Approval of Congress Before Releasing Them to NARA 5. We judge that the letter from a private citizen to the ish Ambassador, which later found its way to Senator Hayakawa's office, does not require the normal protection on foreign policy grounds. Dba. ohn S. Carver 6. Thanks for your help. HW 53320 DBocld:32404660 Page fT
SUBJECT: Documents Discovered in CIA's JFK Assassination Records for Which We Need the Approval of Congress Before Releasing Them to NARA DCI/CSI/HRG/JSCarver :hfs/30335 (16 Jul 93) Distribution: Original - Addressee 1 - C/HRG 1 - John C. 1 - Honey L., for tracking - 1 - HRG file N ‘HW 53320 Docld:32404660 Page 8
HW 53320 L CK UNC eek AE* 23 August 1993 MEMORANDUM FOR: (Doug Bowma. \eegislative Officer, 7 LEIS sv 7B (+ OA& FROM: John Carver ; Historical Review Group/CSI SUBJECT: Documents requiring Congressional approval before release with JFK Records to NARA REF. : My memos to you of 16 July and 16 August 1. Here are five more documents--one from the Senate and four from the House--which we have identified in our final inspection of the files before sealing them for delivery. We trust these will be the last, but one never knows. 2. Could you once more show these five items to the appropriate officials on the Hill and ask them to indicate whether they agree to our releasing them to National Archives, as required by the Act? 3. Thanks. We hope this winds up this phase of the job. John S. Carver DoclId: 327404660 Page 10
SUBJECT: Supplementary coordination of documents with Congress (third batch, five documents) DCI/CSI/HRG/JSCarver/30380 (23 Aug 93) Distribution: Orig - Addressee 1 - C/HRG 1 - John C. 1 - HRG file 1 - Honey L. HW 53320 Boctld:32404660 Page 11
23 August 1993 Documents from the Kennedy Assassination Records to be coordinated with Congress (this being the third of three batches) : US Senate 16 Sep 75 JFK Letter, Paul Wallach, 1p Box 9, Csl/Church Ctee, to John Fldr 71 Dempsey, CIA Review Staff, asking for HTLINGUAL documents in the "Special Items File" US House of Representatives 11 Jun 75 JFK Letter, Rep. Ronald Sarasin 2 pp Box 45, . (CT) to Congressional Fldr 22 Liaison, CIA, asking where two alleged CIA employees who disappeared in 1963 are. 30 Mar 77 JFK Note fr Jim Fenta (Rep Long 1p Box 57, of MD's staff) to’ Fldr 7 Cummins/CIA, to cover letter fr Rethschulte [not attached] 5 Oct 78 JFK Letter, Rep. Les AuCoin 1p Box 59, (OR) to DCI Stansfield Vol 0113 Turner, relaying concerns over treatment of Nosenko by CIA 12 Jun 79 JFK Letter, Edmund Henshaw, 1p Box 58, Clerk/HR, to DCI Stansfield Fldr 5 Turner, announcing publication of report for former HSCA, & citing HSCA \ MOU w/CIA of 19 Aug 77 , HW 53320 BoclId:32404660 Page 17
HW 353320 16 August 1993 MEMORANDUM FOR: Doug Bowman Legislative Officer, OCA FROM: John Carver Historical Review Group/CSI SUBJECT: Two more documents discovered in CIA's JFK Assassination Records for which we need the approval of the Senate before releasing them to NARA REF.: My memo to you of 16 July 1. We have turned up two additional documents which originated in the Senate, specifically in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Could you also please show these two letters to the appropriate people in the Senate and ask them to indicate whether they agree to our releasing them to National Archives, as required by the Act. 2. Thanks again. John S. Carver DoclId:327404660 Page 153
SUBJECT: Supplementary coordination of two the Senate DCI/CSI/HRG/JSCarver/30380 (16 Aug 93) Distribution: Orig - Addressee 1 - C/HRG 1 - John C. 1 - HRG file 1 - Honey L. i HW 53320 DBoctId:32404660 Page 14 documents with
HW 53320 16 Aug 93 Documents from the Kennedy Assassination Records to be coordinated with the US Senate: 6 Oct 76 JFK12, Fidr 1, #1 8 Dec 76 JFK18, Fldr 27 DoclId: 32404660 Page 15 Letter, Michael J. 1p Madigan, SSCI Staff, to Scott Breckenridge, OIG/CIA, enclosing documents, one of which shows Allen Dulles discussing the best way for CIA to answer Warren Commission questions Letter, Howard S. 1p Liebengood, Min Staff Dir/SSCI, to Donald F. Massey, Asst Legis Counsel/CIA, asking about tapes of Oswald's , conversations in Mexico City