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4 mT cope Sec 7 tm tee LN wat Berk-writGhussification: __ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) NGA, Purpose and Scope of Study The Central Intelligence Agency's performance . in its role of support to the Warren Commission Poblic eoncern dure has been a source of controversy since the Past mmc ite en, Ken's —_ 7 imeeption = ron. Critics have repeatedly. charged that the CIA participated in a conspiracy. designed to suppress information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy, | 7 During 1976 the critic's assertions were the subject of official inquiry 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 SS ia} if the following SEO GUN Be Se oo» ¢ The Committee emphasizes that it has not uncovered any evidence sufficient to justify a conclusion that there was a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. SS cos The Committee has, however, developed evidence which impeaches the process. Classification: NGS,
7 bud SECR Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted i trolled documents.) from BY ATH cr je oO pee = fu n Qu @ Fh re) Q 8) th ct a Ht) fe nH n fu n n ~ io fe i . 035 Ty ni “Git, = “UHR NUR. a cr 8) = om ch te mM ) G x ra 9) & fu “ a fu n 7) ad be} fy i ED. This Committee has sought to examine in greater detail] the general findings of the ssc, “a, The Committee has particularly fo F on the Specific issue of whether the cra or any 5 employee or former employee Of the cra misinformed Or withheld information relevant to the asSassina- ; tion of President Kennedy from the Warren Commission. In addition, the Committee has é attempted to determine whether, if the Warren oe ° p Commission was misinformed Or no t made privy to infor mation Televant to its investigation, HER, the misinforming or withholding of evidence from the Warren Commission was the Nein, _ Classification: “Sti,
| -3- . Ciassification: (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 CEC TTT TE Rt, wer , . this goal the Committee has utilized a 1977 TasKlecce a 5 ae Report by the CIA*s Inspector zl (hereinafter TER 77 J@R). This Report was highly critical of. pertainingfothe RIMMAS Hopecat on the SSC findings“and asserted that the SSC Final Report conveyed an impression of limited effort by the CIA to assist the Warren Commission TF, 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." eo» | TER . (77 £GR, Introduction to Tab E.) In order to demonstrate further the scope of support provided by the CIA to the Warren Tr ; Commission, the 77 contained a comprehensive listing of CIA generated material made available a) ea) ea) Classification: ~4a “a at u 4 RSE las ‘Classified by deriva 0 0 Q fe di ‘GS, WH YOR SR Ne,
Classification: , (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 tex Sherein 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 tntroduction to Tab E) 7 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. In this regard the” “77 IGR details four inter-~- related compilations of Kennedy assassination material. These four compilations are:. 1) Agency dissemination of information MR ». * ‘to the Intelligence Community (Formal | and Informal Disseminations) 2) Dissemination of material to the Warren Commission 00003 | Classified by derivation: ‘NEES “NA “GAL ‘GER SR. (‘em eh. a Wgiicite, NPR. NR.
SECRE . . Ciassification: _ (This form ig to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) 3) Agency dissemination to the FBI et al regarding rumors and allegations regarding President Kennedy's assassination | | 4) Memorandum submitted by CIA to the Warren Commission on Rumors and Allegations Relating to the President's Assassination (77 , Introduction to Tab E.) _in reviewing these compilations, the Committee focused upon these CIA materials which the 77 documented as having Rete “made available in written form to the Warren Commission. During the course of this study, additional 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  » * compilations discussed in this report. Where apparent gaps existed in the written record, files have been requested and reviewed in an effort to resolve these gaps. Where significant substantive Classification: na Classified by derivation: a, HR. 00004 vr eats. é 5 ? Cee as . Nels
tne -~ . and analysis have not been located. Whether thgse (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlied documents.) issues have arisen related to the kind and 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 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 years, the CIA has generated massive amounts of information related to the assassination of President Kennedy. / In spite of the Agency's Sophisticated document retrieval system, certain re, ene eee documents requested by this Committee for study nas documents merely have been filed incorrectly or destroyed, gaps in the written record still do $ exist. a Secondly, due to dissimilar standards of investigative Lf cris ¢ fiwsko a, ¥ Eg - CiA JFKassas. mates povided the Rac ke FS ler Ce Mari ssie? Aaa et epectaini tO Lo kisa Salt be rancher , MERE Teer | menos i CCabda Tat Migernce Service defect) fest, DAS. Er Cilss VI palate to Le Harve Oe, 4 (; AUS S aeneratching 9 atten ce est fan but cwer yin APN, aby seioe, ee 5, 009605 AT, “SAAR, i NUBIa, BERN rR it
Classification: 3: (This form is té be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) rélevancy adopted by the CIA and this Committee, ‘certain files requested by the Committee for review 2. fl hae TOS ee S£° 00. ° have been made available to . the. Committee in a sanitized: 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 thZough 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 Ry 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 009608 A- a oe A eA Files Fertainieg to Apmis KecriaTerss, Fee, aon ai Su > Noadi og ee es a3 2, waw ins eu orlabtd desification= t+eC Ss a ey Agency Saati aaron oF NL on ore oi aso i Classified by derivation: Fs hes De Se . a fi di EE, NO = NSA. NEAR, Mild oN roa HI. NRA, ‘ ein * _, NR.
a be use is Lami fo ata! matericl extracted 3: 33 key Warren Commission staff and members and former or present CIA representatives in an effort to resolve questions that are not addressed by the written record. The results of the Committee's efforts to chronicle this aspect of the working relationship between the Warren Commission and the CIA will be a subject for discussion herein. . F In addition, this report will examine the following subjects generated by the Committee's study as outlined above, in the following general order of discussion: 1) the organization of the CIA's investigation of President Kennedy's assassination; 2) the working relationship of the Warren | Commission staff and those CIA representatives concerned with the Warren Commission ingu@®y; « ‘ + 3) the standards of investigative cooperation which the Warren Commission staff believed. ? to govern the quality and quantity of information supplied by the CIA to the Warren Commission; less Q00007 Serivanions Classifisd BY gerivati ion: _C. Berk
eet. ana . oS = . Information Made Available by CIA to Warren Sa RE OE OY tA tO Warren Commission gee CIA p 200017 | attra Grassificatign: Secret fi foun i {2 be ysed fer meterict extracted 4 Um Ca—eentrelled decuments-) ~Sa- 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 | the substance and quality of information concerning Luisa Calderon passed to the Warren Commission and the results of this Committee's investigation of Calderon 4 and her significance to the events of November 22, 1963. Sse beg inating of This SeABioyor - | Classified by, derivation: Berk
fa form #§ tg be used for material exacted Fon CA—centelied decuments:} ; To ke ingarTed pries- tw section TL “L. 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 ‘follows: 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 Rip 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 am! wy wsatt , ; EUG 4O - | Glssified by servation: Paks eh Na, 3,
(iis form i« tg be ued fer material extracted! fam eyA—contrelled decuments:) 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 not 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- level CIA officials to outline the Agency's investiga- tive responsibility vis a vis the assassination. (SSC, investigative efforts. (HSCA Class. Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/78, po. lll-112, Exec. Session Testimony.\ met aT 000610 £ Book V, p. 25.) At that time, Helms placed John scelso, Madrid (A @xrce Branch Chief for—CEA~operatiens=ii=Mentee;—Gentral \ /. ee Amemtreear in charge of the Agency's initial oat ae, PU? Le a
else ie Oe is BE HB ee used for a gterigl extracted A~controfle oc uments. rom TA—cont rolle ocumen NGA. Of Richard Helms, 8/9/78, p. 10.) Scelso testified before the Select Committee, that he was given charge of the Agency's investigation ; A, NU on the basis of two considerations: 1)!his prior “} 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 ce Book V, p. 25, HSCA Class. Deposition of John Scelso, 5/16/70, pp. 111-112.°;° Scelso also noted that vi | during the course of his investigative efforts, Helms oy a did not pressure him to adopt specific investigative “Age « ES theories nor reach conclusions within a set period of. Hoch Clag¢g Dep. of TohnSceife , akin ree. time; Exeoutive-SessianTestimony-ofeRit 8/9/78, pp. 9=-10)* \, * 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, i 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.) : ? o00014 7 Chestied es id oo.
a a ~4- 58 ECRET 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 om Neal. sere oo (Ibid. p. 80.) At the time of the assassination Mr. om Neal, a former FBI agent, was Chief of the Special Investigations Group of the CIA's. Counterintelligence Staff. (HSCA Classified on Deposition of Birch O'Neal, “6/20/78, p. 7, 52.) Mr. O'Neal . ee characterized nis functions with respect to the Agen. as follows: (This footnote =~ Footnote “- -- continues on bottom of page 5) — & ae # " RE. “ELT, es eS ‘Erna, VETTE, NST ah. ATS. '