457-410041-10035 Date:07/26/94 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10011-10035 RECORDS SERIES : MEMORANDUM AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO : DEPUTY CHIEF, OPERATIONS STAFF TITLE : . REVIEW OF AGENCY HOLDINGS REGARDING PHOTOGRAPH OF INDIVIDUAL DATE : 05/02/75 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : REVIEW OF AGENCY HOLDINGS REGARDING PHOTOGRAPH OF SUNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL IN MEXICO CITY PUBLISHED BY THE ARREN COMMISSION REFERENCE: LETTER DATED 15 APRIL 1975 BY BELIN TO KNOCHE DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U _ RESTRICTIONS : 1B, DONOR REST., REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/29/94 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : ~SSCI Box 352 1 eee teh tt tet et enh ones snee snes neh ne Mad ab an as DD ah KD ane) ORD GHD DE ED cme mt tar ht DEE ONE OE hh mt teh mt Sat at (ED OOD GRE em ms tne ene fet et Sih WE a) EE Gh at EA GEDE mes metmes tm e  me e mm [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50955 Docld:32203803 Page i
HW 50955 SECRET had indicated in writing to Chief, CICPS, that he has no objection for Mr. Belin to do whatever is desired with these photographs at this time. It should be noted that Mr. Fensterwald in 1971 - 1972 was actually shown, by . Mr. Houston during a visit to the Agency, two of the twelve photographs, other than the one already published in the Warren Commission report. (It is these two.that he has published in The New York Review of Books article which Mr. Belin attaches: o his memorandum. ) 7. jit seems to me that’ ‘whoever makes a decision on whether the entire matter can be fully disclosed at this time should bear in’ mind that a subsidiary decision must also be made, i.e.,* whether to crop or otherwise fuzz up the background of the photographs or, alternatively, to . publish the entire run of. the photographs for the first time without taking out the background. Obviously, none of these questions apply to the passage of this material - to Mr. Belin and the Rockefeller Commission itself. I. _think they should see the entire documentation as it stands. Perhaps after that, the question of what could be discussed and the question of “how?” and “how much?” could be taken up with Mr. Belin himself. My personal recommendation is that the more we can say about this © matter in a fully open and final manner, the better off we will be as an Agency. But it is my understanding that there are still sensitivé aspects deriving from the fact that the operation which produced the photographs with the State Department about that aspe ‘and as a consequence fs-time would create additional problems a apsioy 75 at that level in Mexico. Also, it should be noted that the Ambassador,. according to Win Scott's memorandum to J.C. King on 22 November 1963 (see Item 8 in the backup documentation), allegedly played a direct role in the : decision to put the photographs into the hands of the FBI in Dallas laterally from the Field. As far as I know, .. there has not been anything published about this aspect — at any time in the past nor have we had any discussions of the matter. wer) 32 Attachments: - - s stated SECRET DoclTd: 322036803 Page 2