Classification: __—sferey——_ Sl : (This form is “to be used for material extracted S DA from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) . . Cover Sheet ” The attached package | of: paper is the property of the House Select-Committee.on Assassinations, and is on loan to CIA under ‘an agreement whereby CIA“is not to reproduce or copy. the draft or any portion thereof. Ch Os baie Oe OSem am Betas bans aah tt e roel ernie acon e Notes may-be taken on materials in this package, and rough notes flay be prepared as a basis for informal and oral exchanges with HSCA representatives. These i notes, however, are to be held as though controlled and | are to be destroyed under agreed conditions with HSCA. They are not to be copied or excerpted and are to be held until further instructions are received for i . eventual disposal. These papers have been numbered for accountability and receipted accordingly. They are to be handlicd on a secure basis as though constituting sensitive papers oy. on a need-to-know basis. _ , RTA TA og mes abner we CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED 2ft]¢9 oN Ot Monee eee § a Fn ae 4 & te SAE ee oe conte beacon ¢ oO fe) 3 x “aN errr a - . . . . . - - ad =e Classification: 6 % or ao ee cS eee ey on . . + vay e? . >
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ih: ey, Berk-writéhissification: | (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) Purpose and Scope of Study The Central Intelligence Agency's performance. in its role (of suppor co to the Warren Commission has been a source of Sontroveny sf ince -the past mae hte en Hears was peepee ren = n. Critics have repeatedly charged that the CIA participated in a conspiracy designed to suppress information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy, | During 1976 the critic's assertions were the subject of official inquirv by the Senate Select Committee to Study. Governmental Operations (hereinafter SSC). The Ssc,. in its report regarding "The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F., Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies" reached Findin the following SELON Se -  ~»¢ The Committee emphasizes that it has not uncovered any evidence sufficient to justify a conclusion that there was a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. The Committee has, nowever, developed evidence which impeaches the process: Classification: _<S=o= = __ ee, f “ie
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted nts. from BlAqaEgntrolled documents.) ich the intelligence ‘agencies . 2Erived at t Gir own conclusions about the #Ssassination, which they Provided information to the Warren Commission. This evidence indic HM oO 3 fi n fr @ es Q ie) Fh f 1) fu uM a fi “ E § E I < SS a ct ca) =] on, wa fa tt Q i) fe =] Q ct a * 0 wu ” a ou ” 1) be J fu J Bc a fe) Mh tt > o a a Q “aE by 0 kK ct Ss ® a bs fe) Ky aU] a3 het AID $s : 7 employee or former employee of the CIA misinformed, ; Or withheld information relevant to the “SSassina- 5 tion of President Kennedy from the Warren Commission. In addition, the Committee has € ¢ e 4 attempted to determine whether, if the Warren Be ? Commission was Misinformed OX not made Privy to é = information relevant to its investigation, 7 & 3 ¥
_ Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) result of a conscious intent to do so by the ‘Agency or its employees. The Committee has sought to examine the issue detailed above in both an objective and disciplined manner. In order to accomplish this goal the Committee has utilized a 1977 Task Tecce eer] (hereinafter Report by the CIA‘*s Inspectors TER 77 J@R). This Report was highly critical of. ectaining-tethe AAS Hopecoati en the SSC findings‘and asserted that the SSC Final Report conveyed an impression of limited effort by the CIA to assist the Warren Commission TFR |. in its work. The 77 was in fundamental disagreement with this characterization of the ssc findings and noted that "CIA did seek and collect information in support of the Warren Commission. Additionally, it conducted studies and submitted special analyses and reports.“ TERK . . oy (77 EGR, Introduction to Tab E.) * 6 In order to demonstrate further the scope of support provided by the CIA to the Warren TEs . ; Commission, the 77 .contained a comprehensive listing of CIA generated material made available Classification: __* Classified by derivate? 0 0 0 4 NG, | UA NUH, NUS, UE. a ae Ne, NEEM, th
sae (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) to both the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Warren Commission regarding the assassina- tion of President Kennedy. In this respect, the Committee agrees with the 77 Uk nerein it is stated that "This compiliation (of CIA generated material) is appropriate to consideration of the extent of the CIA effort, to the extent that it reveals something of the results of that effort." (77 ZE™ mtevoauction to Tab E) In examining the Agency's comprehensive listing of CIA generated material referenced above, the Committee has paralled its review to the — structure given to these materials by the 77 IGR. or In this regard the’ 77 IGR details four inter- related compilations of Kennedy assassination material. These four compilations are: 1) Agency dissemination of information ®% -to the Intelligence Community (Formal — and Informal Disseminations) 2) Dissemination of material to the Warren Commission Classified by derivation: _& € 900603 BR, 3 GS. NUR SRA NUE NaH. NG. i WR, Leer } “i
. Classification: - ; _ (This form is to be used for material extracted ‘ from ClA—controlled documents.) Tr 3) Agency dissemination to the FBI et al regarding rumors and allegations WR. assassination 4) Memorandum submitted by CIA to the Warren Commission on Rumors and g . regarding President Kennedy's “Sea. Allegations Relating to the President's (g& Assassination (77 : Introduction to Tab E.) in reviewing these compilations, i . . the Committee focused upon these “GE “Eh. 77 CIA materials which the 77 documented as having Peta “made available in written form to the Warren "Saga Commission. During the course of tnis study, additional ER, Agency files have been reviewed. These files have been examined in an effort to resolve certain issues created by the review of the Agency's Mm » ¢ ’ compilations discussed in this report. Where rs t sm apparent gaps existed in the written record, é ae files have been requested and reviewed in an effort to resolve these gaps. Where significant substantive Nai Nesta. go0004 Classified by deriva bt
rey nd . Classification: 2-8 (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlied documents.) issues have arisen related to the kind and _ UARAB, quality of information provided the Warren Commission, files have’ also been requested and reviewed in an effort to resolve these issues. . AS a result, approximately thirty files, comprising an approximate total of ninety volumes:of material have been examined and analyzed Se TS in preparation of this report. The findings set forth herein are subject to modification due to the following considera- tions. During the course of the past fifteen 2, years, the CIA has generated massive amounts of 5 information related to the assassination of a 7 . President Kennedy. / In spite of the Agency' s / Sophisticated document retrieval system, certain OO pe “em . documents requested by this Committee for study ake ee ou. and analysis have not been located. Whether thgse okie’ _ documents merely have been filed incorrectly or destroyed, gaps in the written record still do SUE NURIA exist. x ® ae Secondly, due to dissimilar standards of investigative a f = i y ae tw ak ue a, ¥* . Ea = GIA JFKassas. moter als Coded the Reg Esti her Ceo MM S5 60, ha: : te sepa tains te Lkisa lat Se ranCa lle, : Ten | MONS TC CAB tn Tat llr gence Secvice Defector) ; a . ReiainAste BA Seer File Och taiaion fo Loe Hawe iSlieeey Hyd ah tered s 208 A Aen sn Lommenias cag but cnet yen APen tg owe oe CATT ER _ “Ra, RUNG,
Classification: (This form is to-be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) relevancy adopted by the CIA and this Committee, ‘certain files, requested by the Committee for . review q, mT - . i ae OS. net re sate have been made available to , - Re the. Committee in a santized: fashion. Therefore, to the degree reflected by the Agency's denial of access and/or santization of certain materials, this study's conclusions are based upon the best evidence available to the Committee thiough this may not be all relevant evidence to which the Agency has access. One must, moreover, give due consideration to the role that oral discussions, oral briefings, and meetings of Warren Commission and CIA ' representatives may have played in the supply of assassination-related information by the CIA to the Warren Commission. The subject and substance of these discussions, briefings, and meetings e may not always be reflected by the written record made the . subject of this. study. Therefore, the Committee has conducted interviews, | depositions and executive session hearings with 099096 A-f/. & ein Piles pertainieg to Prvttio<- -l, ! “a wa in Sia eg Bp ns SS ( 7am igati bree in Agency aV Lyf labl Saaqiti action oe re OD ore CHA = oF wT Mor Teresa, Posenga, | Classified by derivation: a oo “GRR, NE, ra) pF seh, ren NH, NGS,
Grassificatign: —sesret" THis form § te be used fer materi! extracted um Ga—contrelled decuments,) ~8a- 4) the CIA's concern for protection of its sensitive sources and methods and the consequent effects of this. concern upon the Warren Commission investigation; and 53) the substance and quality of information concerning Luisa Calderon passed to the Warren Commission and the results of this Committee's investigation of Calderon and her significance to the events of November 22, 1963. Il. * Select Cammnitive S bak st _ — ; ~ ° Vo . — Information Made Available by CIA to Warren SER OY Si CO Warren Commission gee Ci A P 20060 S17 patra Sac beqin ana of this SePeioyor + a owe) cm coon) [Sear] 'o*) ee erivation: by derivation: _C._ Bark WH, UE. E.R, SCE. ' (oLPi $, .
ue form § tg ke used for materic! extracted Oh Ca—<ontelied ascumente) ; To kn inewited prio aby section TL “TL. Organization of CIA Investigation of President Kennedy's Assassination In his Executive Session testimony before the Select Committee, Richard Helms, the CIA's Deputy Director for Plans during 1963, described the CIA's role in the investigation of President Kennedy's assassination as ‘£Lollows: This crime was committed on United States soil. Therefore, as far as the Federal government was concerned, the pri- mary investigating agency would have been the Federal Bureau of Investigation without any question. The role of the CIA would have been entirely supportive in the sense Pay o ¢ of what material we are (sic) able to acquire outside the limits of the United States with reference to the investigation. -+. For investigative purposes, the Agency Ynyr , Hl a ee, ’ Ck. Wig er ~aem mT l ' be
fi form i tg be used fer materiol extracted um GA—centrelled decuments:) VR WH. _had no investigative role inside the United States at all. So when I used here the word “supportive," I meant that in the literal sense of the term. We are (sic) trying to support the FBI and support the Warren Commission and be responsive to their requests, but we were net initiating any investigations of our own or, to my recollection, were we ever asked to. (Executive Session Testimony of Richard Helms, 8/9/78, pp. 17-18.) On November 23 1963 Helms called a meeting of senior- none level CIA officials to outline the Agency's investiga- tive responsibility vis a vis the assassination. (ssc, Che TTL om xy Book V, p. 25.) At that time, Helms placed John Scelso, Headsiand {iV exces / Branch Chief £o é ; amera lL \ Pe —~. | ee a re Ameriee;~endfranana,) in Charge of the Agency's initial wae , investigative efforts. (HSCA Class. Deposition of John , ve Scelso, 5/16/78, pp. 111-112, Exec. Session Testimony.{ Xe | «ge 7 CoRR Oar ee 0 a GlessHicstion: SE 00001 j
RAEN re nn ee Ue ca eS mem nee pelea REL EDRI EOLA eee aw a . ein is fg e i teric acted iS terial AN con aS AS rom A—<contr ro ed document of Richard Helms, 8/9/78, p. 10.) Scelso testified before the Select Committee, that he was given charge of the Agency's investigation on the basis of two considerations: 1)!Rhis prior ?) f f experience in conducting major CIA security investi- '° gations and 2) the observance of Oswald by CIA surveillance in Mexico, (Scelso's operational concern) less than two months prior to the assassination. (SSC Yih. VEER SRA Wiha Book V, p. 25, HSCA Class. Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/70, pp. 111-112.°;) Scelso also noted that VaR, during the course of his investigative efforts, Helms | vi ” a in did not pressure him to adopt specific investigative Sa ce \'2 theories nor reach conclusions within a set period of. HocA Clag¢ Pep. ot TohnScelfe , S/ie/ 7S gee time; _Executive—Session—Testimeny-of 8/9/78, pp. 9-10) * \ - “ + e * a ak i nthe. * Raymond Rocca, Chief of Research and Analysis for CIA's Counterintelligence Staff characterized Scelso's responsibility not as a mandate to investigate but rather to “coordinate traffic (code facilitation, telegram or telegraphic consideration) for working with the DDP with respect to what was being done over the whole world...“ (HSCA Classified Deposition of R. Rocca, 7.17/78, p. 9.) Rocca referred to this phase of CIA activity as the GPFLOOR phase. (Ibid.) fi means o00012 | Seat ys ———
ry * ~ 4m  € Baers Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Scelso described in detail to the: Committee the manner in which he conducted the Agency's investiga- tion: -+-practically my whole Branch participated in the thing. We dropped almost everything else and I put a lot of my officers to work in tracing names, analyzing files. We were flooded with cable traffic, with reports, suggestions, allegations from all over the world, and these things had to be checked out. We were checking out just dozens and dozens of people all. the time. (HSCA Classified Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/70, p. 131)* - During the course of the Agency's invetigation, Liaison with the FBI was handled for the CIA by Birch o! Neal. a“ f - (Thid. Pp. 80.) At the time of the assassination Mr. OF Neal, a former FBI agent, was Chief of the Special’ Investigations sO Group of the CIA’ Ss Counterintelligence Staff. (HSCA Classified Deposition of Birch O'Neal, 6/20/78, p. 7, 52.) Mr. -O'Neal a ed ee — characterized nis functions with respect to the Ageney e é@ as follows: (This footnote -- Footnote “- -~ continues on bottom of page 5) SRT * gE,