or a a a ae ye a ia i : eS, : Classification: | UB oN (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) “interviews, depositions? and executive session hearings were "SENSEI, . | conducted with both Agency and non-Agency witnesses. The “S contacts with present and former CIA personnel covered a Se a ae broad range of individuals, including staff and division | co chiefs, clandestine case officers, area desk officers, Ns SERS research analysts, secretaries) and clerical assistants. In total, more than 125 persons, including at least 50_ present and former CIA employees, were questioned regarding this issue.g The results of this investigation confirmed the Warren Commission testimony giv pwndoows. McCone and Helms. There was no indication in Oswald's CIA file \ suggestive-—ir-eny-way that he had ever had amy contact with the Agency. Moreover, the Agency employees who would have been in a position to mous Oswald had been associated E with the CIA yey orm enied that he had been an agent f assi eGHon: tt DS Dad Peen E | Classified by derivation: ATEEP AS AE SEEF RI LR
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Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted’ from ClA—controlled documents.) | Bene sis i: y bo A Bios or connected with the CIA in any other capacity.  / Finally, taken in their entirety, the items of circumstantial ‘evidence that the Committee had selected for investigation as possibly indicative of an intelligence association did ~ not support the allegation that Oswald had an intelligence | 7 Olotedin CoulerT agency relationship,- see ott wanton OQ ‘ ca g on ou @ AGEN This finding, however, must be ” game institutional characteristiesY in terms of the Agency's ' & —Stxend compartmentalization and the complexity of its enormous filing system{ that are designed to prew:. penetration by foreign powers have the simultaneous effect of making Congressional inquiry PAs difficult, For example, eS CIA personnel testified to the Committee that a review of ¢€ pend | | | E Agency files wRET hot always indicate whether an individual was affiliated with the Agency in any réSpect. Nor was a y there always an independent means of verifying that all z Classification: ib Classified by derivation:
LY Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Tc a OTN, materials requested from the Agency were, in fact, provided. Accordingly, any finding whielff is essentially negative in SENT nature\uch as that Lee Harvey Oswald was neither associated Rermeniraeatat g i ct a ct = ® © a) hed j- i} g) Hs) eg = fy ws =) e) K Ly) Pe i) ae aan 3 Q Oo s ct st Q cr < fle ck a ct ho fu rv EDIE po institutionY c : sack rice Do, a To the extent possible, however, the Committee's & %~ QE nat investigation was designed to overcome the. Agency's remnins CE ge te institutional obstacles that potentially impede effective ONERSETID, SSE, exsesnal scrutiny of the CIA. The vast majority of CIA files made available to the Committee were reviewed in unn dace da : ~ansenTrerged form. These files were evaluated both for their ST substantive content and for any potential procedural ecliting, on irregularities suggestive of possible) tampering. After review, the files were used as the basis for examination NUIT, and cross-examination of present and former Agency eae Classification: Ero Tat, Classified by derivation:
CO scat aa Classification: 4 - (This form is to be used for material extracted bP from ClA—controlled documents.) employees.,g Because of the number of Agency personnel who As Oy probable that any significant inconsistencies between the files and the witnesses’ responses. would have been oa Gobebeiohek \. S v | i 2, See . . Classification: \ ma : Classified by derivation
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) 3 SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE ™ 7 . —— “pee CIA Personnel in the Soviet Russia Division | In addition to obtaining testimony from former See beret oe chee, directors gohn-H. McCone and Riehard=M. Helms, the Committee interviewed tnd he-wexse chiefs of the | we ones oes mot . CIA's Soviet Russia division during 1959-1963.* These REP ATT, individuals categorically denied that Oswald had ever been associated in any capacity with the CIA. To investigate this matter further, the persons who had been chiefs and/or deputy chiefs during 1959-62 of the ok three ‘units within the Soviet Russia division wee. were STE TAB, responsible respectively for clandestine activities, _€ ww a £ én) - & : en = Cp ek ee Akt (ae EEN TD ( se/ ‘ b *The chies Sot the Soviet Russia division e098 to ane to was not interviewed by the Committee. ee : : eptirereseag, Classified by derivation:
Se TT Classification: A~ . - j coh ee 7 (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ne American legal “travelera? ia, research in support of clandestine activities.* The heads of the clandestine. activity section stated-during this period, the had Wepy few operatives in the Soviet Union and that Oswald Ne teaadacaat was not one of them. | Moreover, they stated that because of | ¢ q his. obvious instability, Oswald would never have met the Agency" s standards for use in the field. =) The heads of the Ss *For the unit, that—was—respensibie—for—Ameritvan tega , tratiedene, Only the years 1959-61 were covered. HowéVér, since every American legal traveler who was involved in this program was recruited before trip to the Soviet Union, _the relevant year fcr Lee Harvey Oswald was 1959 because that. is when he departed from the United States. oe **One officer acknow dg the remote possibility that an ~~ a individual coyld run by someone as part of a “vest pocket" — pération without other Agency officials knowing about it, but ce even this possibility, as it applies to Oswald, was negated by the statement of the deputy chief of the Soviet Russia clandestine activities section who commented that in 1963 he was involved in a review of every clandestine operation ever run in the Soviet Union, and that Oswald was not _involved in any Of these cases. Ld» Ae A. “A rats The. Ammeutan esa Trev tle} nach usted raf lly Anratu- ca FEEL Hs Prmeharg ar tin AVaved Uni.o~ £9 assess Classification: potetsl we of  facrwk fli tag as me fro fer in Myo sg Ou el of ple Mate (ee. derivation: \ és he EES ra sche
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted ; ; from CiA—controlled documents.) f ON ow ht f ong LA ple cate } fee ee te foe ——— | De Soviet Russia division'st merican Legal Traveler prog ram _ | ‘whieh—utitized Americans” traveling in-the~soviet—-Unter { as ‘S_a_means-of-obtaining~information-and—identifying-—~ ~~ -possible~subjects—for recruitment, ‘informed the Committee that they met with each person invol Ved TH thie netiviey— : | and that Oswald was not one of them. These AGGAGY officials : ; : : . af de Rs f-%, } na ie Ci | : ¢ . . ee san sce = also advised the Committee that only "clean-cut" (Graduates, were used in this program, and that Oswald di { Se oon ving eee . . not meet this critérix’ Finally, the Agency officers in charge of the Soviet Russia division's research section in support of clandestine activities indicated that, had Oswald been contacted by the Agency, their section would _—s ° ae an Se ane A outst tn LP” oy \ probably have been informed, i ct7-nevex aay et . ae * 7 get eccurned ae hala Classified by derivation:
Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.). — a : & CIA Personnel i L \Ss> ot . a | The Committee investigated the allegation of former a, CIA employes who testified in executive session ‘that mee after the assassination of President the Ae. Kennedy he was advised by fellow employees af mont ) al that Bee—-Haxvey Oswald was a CIA agent who Ce? ostivg jeer. had rocoived ‘financial disbursements under an assigned cryptonym. jexplained that he_he he had been employed yn LEED Lf ‘by the CIA as a finance officer from 1957 until his resignation . | £romeabhe Agency in 1966. In this capacity, he sexved as. a é fiscal account assistant on the support staff wf . from June @f 1960 to June 1964. that, in addition to his regular responsibilities, he had Beaten duty on his off-hours in order to supplement “Aenean ene menerennnmanemacmanemnint his income. This additienai—jeb put him in contact with Classified by derivetion: wt eh
et moses "Ne wanenateaatn oo adn Classification: ” "(This form is to be used for material extracted ' from ClA—controlled documents.) who would come by the office and engage in informal conversations, regerdtng— on ‘the day after President | Kennedy's assassinatio NCE) informed by a CIA case officer that Rhee-Harvey ae was Ce a further testified that he was- told that Oswald had been assigned a-cryptonym and that himself had “unknowingly disbursed. payments for caved project neing ME; _—, that—cryptonyn. a1 enough[ ae unable" to" Laentify the specific case officers who had initially informed him of Oswald's Agency relationship, he named several employees & P a — \ - - oO! with whom he believed he had subsequently \ f ; discussed the allegations. Be Od advised the Committee that after learning ; ro Class siFicati tion: : e Classified by derivation:
, DECLASSISICATION ANDIOR =~ AE HELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT cowrorntat of se, A crgpiongm a code designation for an Agency project, progran — or activity or an organization, agency, or individual (for whom a legal signature is not required) having a sensitive operational relationship with the Basney- : \ PO te ee meme OEY EI, wer ' 2 eo renel er \ Vo & ee Cryptonyms are used in communications only to the extent to protect sensitive information from dis- closure to unauthorized persons. They will be used - (1) when disclosure of the true identity of persons, organizations, or activities would be detrimental to the interest of the U.S. Government or to the. persons, organizations, or activities concerned, or (2) to prevent disclosure of a sensitive. operational relationship with the Agency. H t
.y esteem te No cet nea ern evtim oo Classification: - ewe (This form is to be used for material extracted br ice A from ClA——controlled documents. ) 4 ree records for - , - OS evidence of the Oswald project. He explained that this was because at that time he viewed the information as mere shop . talk and gave it Little credence. Neither did he report . . . . . * yf the allegations to any formal investigative bodies, fobbewkng— - * telanmanenattiieapmnentiaranaanest the-essessineteen as he considered the information to be hearsay. OD gate! In an attempt to investigate sinegations, sensnentng tan taiay_OesstA'o-eelationohip-wiaione-cuiS the Committee interviewed several present and former CIA employees who were selected on the basis of the position each — had held withlheGea during the years 1954-1964. Among those persons interviewed were individuals whose responsibilities a ‘ covered a broad spectrum of areas wen during. thiceperind, including the chief and deputy chief of pF a ad a e . é Classification: Ee i i Classified by derivation: __
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Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted ‘ from ClA—controlled documents.) , . i . station as well as officers. in finance, registry, the ‘Soviet ’ Branch and counterintelligence. _ Sf the~Commnhboo!s. ee 5  dnvestigetion—nefated, Labegation. ethan, During the course. of their employment in y % ‘ Rie ebermeins dine none of these individuals interviewed had ever seen % ° . ei 8 xf > | ‘any documents or heard any information indicating that Lee. ” Haxcvey Oswald was aeeagent. _/ . This allegation was not. wh Wont GR RRA Ry ARs ARLES ‘ known to anyone until Warren ‘ Commission critteal—literature~and—the~Gameison~investigation. in the late 1960's. _/ Some of the individuals, including the chief of counterintelligence within the Soviet Russia 7 expressed the belief that it was Pores ov atk that beextinerey Oswald had been recruited by the\KGB during | his military tour of duty y in vapan os the CIA's f ‘ ,had identified a KGB program aimed at recruiting v } . | / Classification: Ro ” Classified by derivation: - Bone er, yy ert po eee pce : Lee SERS ‘ SOUS
oe ay os “eels am vos Niemen +e teen corel Ye emia mee Classification: : : (This form is to be used for material extracted ™" frorn ClA—controlled documents.) aad U.S. military. personnel in Tokyo ‘during the period _ = Oswald was stationed there. An intelligence analyst whom | _|nad specifically named as having been involved#y’ - £ 3 : : nj in a conversation Yogaxding~ the Oswald+GrAagent allegation told the Committee that he i. was not in the at that time. A review of this - individual's Office of Personnel file confirmed that, in ‘fact, he had been transferred fron United States in 1962.. 2 \ The chief “tl from 1961-1965 stated 1S Pha Fok peter that, had Oswald been used by the Agency within eNéex jurisdiction, Ghef} certainly would have known about it. Similarly, almost all those persons interviewed who worked in the Soviet Russia branch indicated thee they would have known if Lee-Harvey Oswald had, in fact, ort es e é Classification: be Classified by derivation:
‘ean. boo aera oh "Nieteos emme ee oe . eects AED , . ct been recruited CIA agent when he was in Japan. “| / Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) These persons expressed the opinion that had Oswald been ~ Al recruited without their knowledge, it would have been a rare - . exception contrary to the working policy and guidelines of — 7 t i an ae x vey Oswald's CIA File Lier . (* eh indicidodl. ' The CIA has long acknowledged that, prior to ‘the. or Kala eourt oswo (d/ ; 74 President's “assassination,. it had a personality file on Het j iby a Pile dost Contains | Rg ‘Lee-Hasvey Oswald) This file, which in Agency terminology’ is referred to as a 201 file, vas « opened a on Decenber 9, 1960. ; The Agency has ‘explained tom the-Commibtes that: 202 files axe opened when a person is considered to be of potential intelligence or counterintelligence significance. The opening of such a file is designed to serve the purpose of bringing all of the CIA's information pertaining to that Classification: i Classified by derivation: _ Fo: ear:
Classification: \ cine Oe (This form is to be used for material extracted on from ClA—controlled documents.) tae ote x 4 ” “fr. se ¥ ; 2 "Se nh cota These persons expressed the opinion that had Oswald been 4 recruited without their knowledge, it would have been a rare Soa S58 exception contrary to the working policy and guidelines of a > Lee Harvey Oswald's CIA File is referred to as a 201 file, was opened on December 9, 1960, { . , The CIA has long acknowledged that, prior to the f President's assassination, it had a personality file on ~~ Lee Harvey Oswald. This. file, which in Agency terminology ! é The Agency has explained to the Committee that 201 files are ah i ea opened when a person is considered to be of potential , intelligence or counterintelligence significance. The opening of such a file is designed to serve the purpose of... : bringing all of thé ra€s) information pertaining to that ” Lond bon Cc rn Lee . é Loosciiication: tS Classified by derivation: Tact ee
a? "Nat oe individual into one centralized records system {J ‘ st * esoteric dh, Cael of—the-Ageney responsible for clandestine activities. The existence of a 201 file does not necessarily connote any actual relationship or-contact with the CIA. “\etestats decile . as) . ta the Deputy Directorate for Operations, “bref component . ; For example, the Oswald file was purportedly opened because he was considered to be a potential counterintelligence threat. Oswald's file contained absolutely no indication that he had ever had ange relationship with the CIA. Nevertheless, because the Committee was aware of at least one instance (in an unrelated case) where an Agency officer had apparently oo contemplated the use of faked files with forged documents, _/ special attention was given to procedural questions that were Classified by derivation: occasioned by this file review. om hy, Classification: yy