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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John F. ennedy Assassination Records AGENCY : CIA ollection act of 1992 (44 Tc RECORD NUMBER : 104-10330-10031 _ B107 Note). Case#:NWU 53217 Date: RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : PROJFILES-CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION Ho-22-2017 AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : JOHN F. PEREIRA. CSI TO : DAVID G. MARWELL. EXEC. DIR. ARRB TITLE : LETTER: ATTACHED IS A MEMORANDUM TO CHAIRMAN TUNHEIM DATE : 11/08/1995 PAGES : 1 . SUBJECTS : STATIONS JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1A CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/03 COMMENTS : JFK-M-15 : F2 : 2000.02.03.11:00:43:327054 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10330-10031 HW 53217 Docld:32404019 Page 1
or L . < ‘ CENTER for the STUDY of INTELLIGENCE 8 November 1995 © Mr. David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear David: Attached is a memorandum to Chairman Tunheim from the Deputy Director for Operations, regarding the need to protect the locations of specific stations. The memorandum responds to your suggestion that a statement from a senior of documents. (Uv) The memorandum Gistinguishes between stations that the Agency is willing to acknowledge for specific dates, and others that are considered too sensitive to divulge for even a brief period. As soon as we obtain information on other stations, this will also be forwarded to you for the Board's consideration. (U) The memorandum is intended to complement information provided to the Board in earlier discussions on the subject of the sensitivity of station locations. We welcome the Opportunity to discuss this and other issues with the Board and your staff. (U) Sincerely, John F. Pereira Attachment UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT ; Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 + (703) 351-2698 Fax (703) 243-8343 T HW 53217 DocId:32404019 Page 2?
. JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John F. . ennedy Assassination Records AGENCY : CIA Ollection Act of 1992 [{44 T5c RECORD NUMBER : 104-10330-10033 bi07 Note). Case#:NW 53217 RECORD SERIES : JFK Date: O6-22-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : PROJFILES-CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR CIA FROM : JOHN E. PEREIRA. CSI , TO : DAVID G.: MARWELL. EXEC. DIR. ARRB TITLE : LETTER: ATTACHED ARE TWO LISTS PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTORATE OF OPERATION DATE : 01/29/1996 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION EMPLOYEE NAMES DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1A CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/03 : COMMENTS : JFK-M-15 : F3 : 2000.02.03.11:08:52:420035 [R} - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10330-10033 HW 53217 DoclId:32404021 Page 1
HW 55157 ‘ -SECREP— SUBJECT: Memo to JFK Assassination Records Review Board bcvoccyosc{ ———_aes37076 (6 Dec 95) Distribution: Orig & 1 - JFK Assassination Records Réview Board - IMS/HRS / er ~ ADDO : a Act 6 (1) (A) - ADDO/HRP . hot 8 (LVIB) ~ DDO Secretariat ne DO/IRO an = occvup -[ el col ed oe SN ! - OCC Chron - OCC/OSG Chron - OCC/OSG File 785-120-034 \ 5 SEGRE DoctId: 32404031 Page 6
a CENTER for the STUDY of INTELLIGENCE 29 January 1996 Mr. David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, Nw Washington, DC 20530 Dear David: Attached are two lists provided by the Directorate of Operations pertaining to employee names and the JFK Assassination Records. The first list is of employees who retired overt and may be released. The second list is of employees who retired under cover and require continued protection. The second list also contains the names of several retirees whose cover status has not yet been determined. Their names need to be protected on the basis that they might have retired under cover. Sincerely, aS Ve John E. Pereira Attachments UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENTS | HW 53217 Docld: 32404021 _Page 2 Mnewel berrolh, Fr 2 7 ae INT DAE Ae PAA Ae NA tate
CENTER for the STUDY of INTELLIGENCE 29 February 1996 =F Memorandum For: Jeremy Gunn ARRB Staff From: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer CIA/DCI/CSI/HRG Subject: 1967 IG Report 1. Attached is a copy of the 1967 IG Report on Plots {fo Assassinate Fidel Castro for review by the ARRB. Information and names to be protected under current guidelines are highlighted in blue. This document is from Box 64, Reel 48, Folder ZZ of the microfilm portion of the CIA‘s JFK material. Please note that there are no 104 numbers for documents in this part of the file. 2. Per our agreement, true names of CIA staff employees, agents, assets and sources will not be released to the public at this time, but will be postponed for re- review in six months. We have provided pseudonyms and/or appropriate descriptions as substitute language. Central Intelligence Agency + Washington, D.C. 20505 + (703) 351-2698 Fax (703) 243-8343 HW 53217 DocId:32404025 Page 2
CENTER for the STUDY of INTELLIGENCE 10 May 1996 =F Mr. David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, Nw Washington, DC 20530 Dear David: In response to your letter of May 1, 1996, this is to request that two documents acted on by the Board at its 16-17 April meeting be reconsidered so that the postponements within them conform to previous Board determinations. The two documents, Nos. 104-10019-10022 and 104-10019- 10023, dealing with Oswald’s activities in Mexico City, are duplicates of documents previously reviewed by the Board. Due to a technical error committed by our reviewers as they were preparing the documents for release, certain information was not marked for postponement. The information in question concerns details of a sensitive activity that has been consistently protected in other documents. Sincerely, John F. Pereira ly! v WW 53217 Doctla: 324040 PSgE Agency © Washington, D.C. 20505 + (703) 351-2698 Fax (703) 243-8343
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM I AGENCY INFORMATION  si«#~S Feleased under the John F. Kennedy ORMATION hesassination Records Collection dct of 1992 (44 Uae 2107 Note). + 104-10330-10050 Pase#:i NW 53217 Date: 06-22-2017 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER AGENCY FILE NUMBER PROJFILES - CORRES PONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : JOHN F. PEREIRA. CSI TO : JOHN R. TUNHEIM. CHAIR, ARRB TITLE : LETTER: MY COLLEAGUES AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR LETTER OF MAY 14TH DATE : 05/21/1996 PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION CIA-ARRB RELS. DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : 1A CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/03 COMMENTS : JFK-M-15 : F3 : 2000.02.03.13:24:51:250035 {R}] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10330-10050 HW 53217 DocId:32404037 Page 1
FEN i} MY at CENTER for the ST c IDY of INTELLIGENCE 21 May 1996 Mr. John R. Tunheim Chair Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Chairman Tunheim: My colleagues and I very much appreciate your letter of May 14th, in which you comment positively on the working relationship between our staff and the Review Board and staff. , We, too, regard the relationship as positive. For example, the Board‘s willingness to discuss issues with the Agency’s representatives has been very helpful. David Marwell, Jeremy Gunn, and Mary McAuliffe deserve a good deal of credit for fostering constructive communications between our staffs. Again, thank you for your thoughtful comments. You can be assured that we will continue to take very seriously the responsibility for releasing as many assassination records as possible. Sincerely, 2 John F. Pereira HW 53217 Docld: 32403937 iM BIE Mency + Washington, D.C. 20505 + (703) 351-2698 Fax (703) 243-8343
AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John F. CIA ennedy Assassination Records 104-10330-10079 ollection ser of 1992 (44 JFK Sc 2107 Wore). Cases: Nw PROJFILES - CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : JOHN PEREIRA, CIA TO : DAVID MARWELL, ARRB . TITLE : NOTE FOR: RELEASE OF BAY OF PIGS RECORDS DATE : 02/14/1997 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : BAY OF PIGS JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS 1A CURRENT STATUS RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/03 COMMENTS : JFK-M-15 : F4 2000.02.07.07:11:45:403035 4 ) {R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10330-10079 HW 53217 Docld:32404065 Page 1
ents FS - ee CIA SPECIAL. COLLECTIONS RELEASAIN FULL — £200 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 14 February 1997 ‘NOTE FOR: David Marwell - ARRB- FROM: John Pereira CIA SUBJECT: Release of Bay of Pigs Records As we discussed, CIA plans to begin releasing to the National Archives declassified records related to the Bay of Pigs covert action. This is part of the Agency’s Historical Review Program, which focuses on declassifying records of historical value. Attached for the ARRB’‘s information is a brief description of the records that we expect to release first, probably within the next few weeks. We expect to make a public announcement once the date for transfer of the records to NARA is firm. Me John P. HW 53217 DoclId:32404065 Page 2?
oO CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELEASE/IN FULL Release of CIA Records Pertaining to the Bay of Pigs Covert Action The Center for the Study of Intelligence is releasing to the National Archives approximately 5,000 pages of declassified CIA records regarding the covert action culminating in the paramilitary invasion of Cuba in April 1961 at the Bay of Pigs. The Center anticipates releasing further records after completion of additional declassification reviews. The documents contained in the initial release include the Agency's “official history” of the Bay of Pigs by Jack B. Pfeiffer, accompanied by the author’s research notes. A second paper consists of an after-action assessment prepared shortly after the Bay of Pigs landing by the official primarily responsible for preparing the plans for the paramilitary action. Finally, the Center is releasing the report of CIA’s Inspector General,.issued in November 1961 and the response of the Directorate of Plans in January 1962. NX Together, these records provide a general overview of developments leading up to the policy decision to initiate a covert action directed at the Castro regime in Cuba, the evolution of CIA plans to carry out the decision, and internal post-mortems into the failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs. 5 February 1997 0 HW 53217 DoclId:327404065 Page 3
HW 53217 Mr. T. Jeremy Gunn - of all directorates. Following coordination with the ARRB staff, the Agency arranged for the staff to be briefed by a representative of each directorate concerning the nature of the files within the directorate -- how they are organized, maintained, searched, and how they have been searched previously for assassination-related materials. Following this effort, the ARRB staff asked for a number of additional searches by the Agency and they are in various stages of completion. g.. In addition, pursuant to requests both formal and informal from-the ARRB staff, HRP has tasked various elements of the Agency to conduct special searches for other -materials thought to be relevant to the assassination story. Included in this category was the Oswald security file which was found and has been examined by the ARRB staff. Although a number of the requests are still outstanding, considerable material has been provided for review by the ARRB staff some of which has been found to be relevant. These materials include the History Staff’s histories on various CIA operations and Agency components; files on specific individuals involved in either. the Warren Commission or HSCA investigations; and the product of CIA internal, reviews of programs and operations. Those parts of these materials _ which are determined by the ARRB staff to have relevancy to the assassination story will be reviewed by HRP and? released as completed. . The status, results, and documentation of specific requests are to be addressed in a separate memorandum. Sincerely, JFK Project Officer DoclId: 37404096 Page 4
HW 532717 Mr. T. Jeremy Gunn than 31 additional boxes of materials being sent for review. Included within this material were 19 boxes of JFK working files based on the sequestered collection, two boxes on Nosenko, seven boxes of LA Division documents and three boxes from the Bay of Pigs period. Not all of this material is related to the JFK story; and in some boxes only a few - folders had anything to do with the assassination or events surrounding it. To date, the ARRB staff has designated approximately 22 boxes of this material as assassination records. In addition, about 400 pages of material from an FOIA request for minutes of the DCI’s morning meetings which related to JFK were added to the collection. The search for documents is a continuing effort. Guidelines for this effort have been sent to Agency individuals and components which review documents and materials in the course of their work. REVIEWS Cc. Historical Review Group, now the Historical Review Program, reviewed boxes 1 through 63 of the sequestered .collection and the Oswald 201 file and released most of the documents therein either in full or in sanitized form to the National Archives in August 1993. The total number of pages released by CIA prior to or during August 1993 was approximately 123,000. An additional release of. a approximately 30,000 pages of HSCA material from the sequestered collection was made in 1995.. d. Box 64 of the sequestered collection contained 72 reels of microfilm primarily dealing with Directorate of Operations materials and Office of Security files. In addition there were 22 reels of 201 files on 151 individuals. Following release of the main collection in August 1993, HRG staff members reviewed the microfilm files and released approximately 74,000 pages of material to the ‘National Archives either in full or in sanitized form. e. The status of HRP’s review of additional records and re-review of the sequestered collection will be addressed in regular progress reports to the ARRB staff. REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION £f. The Agency maintains a rather unique and non- integrated files system which precludes a single query ona particular subject and the expected response from the files DoclId: 37404096 Page 3
AGENCY :: RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS NW 55157 Docld: 32404074 Date: 02/02/01 Page: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10330-10088 ARRB-CIA, 1997 PROJFILES -CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION J CIA >: BARRY HARRELSON JFK PROJECT OFFICER TO :. ARRB STAFF NOTE TO: COVER 07/20/97 6 REFERENCED NOTE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT SECRET POSTPONED IN FULL 02/07/00 JFK-M-15:F4 2000.02.07.09:21:57:890035: ([R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Page 1
HRG Record Print ID: File Title: Job Num: Location: Box Num: Vol/Folder: Title: Title Res: Date of Document: Status: From: From Res: TO: To Res: Pages: Orig. Classification: Originator: Last Reviewer: Review Date: Exemptions: Medium: Last Inputter: NARA Comments: Agency Comments: Release: Release Date: Doc Num: Keywords: Duplicate Document Of: COMPONENT DATE TASKED Sent to NARA: Agency Name: Agency Number: Disk Number: Control Number HW 55157 Docld: 327404074 Page 2? Printed on: 2000.02.07.09:21:57:890035 ARRB-CIA, 1997 PROJFILES - CORRESPONDENCE HRG JFK-M-15 F4 NOTE TO: COVER N 7/20/1997 DIF BARRY HARRELSON JFK PROJECT OFFICER N ARRB STAF N ; 6 S CIA 1A 1B ic 2 3 4 5 PAPER knuppdm 31-Mar-2000 . Res: REFERENCED NOTE Res: N Component Review Info 2/2/2001 DATE REVIEWED RESPONSE APPEAL DATE DECISION Y CIA 104 10330 10088 SSene>e 2000.02.07.09:21:57:890035
20 July 1997 Note To: ARRB Staff Subject: [__Jeover Reference: Note to“ARRB Staff dated 25 April 1997, re document # 104-10065-10179 (CIA request that this note and its attachments be returned once the ARRB staff has completed its deliberation on this issue) : Barry Harrelso Na JFK Project Officer Attachment: as stated CL BY: 611637 CL REASON:1.5 (a) DECL ON: X1 A DRV FROM: COV 2-87 JPK Act q ty Kw ne Qa t+ DNDHAHD HW 55157 Docld:327404074 Page 3
25 April 1997 NOTE TO: ARRB Staff SUBJECT: Further Clarification REFERENCE: ARRB Record Number 104-10065-10179 Clarification: JFK Act JFK Act JFK Act JFK Act JEK Act JEK Act JFK Act BACKGROUND USE ONLY DO NOT REPRODUCE RETURN TO CIA CL BY: 611637 Cl Reason: 1.5{c) DECL ON: Xl DRV FM: AHB 70-93 MULTIPLE Seep HW 55157 DoclId:32404074 Page 6
HW 53217 Fag guley /; How sad (20 January 1998 Y Memorandum For: T. Jeremy Gunn | Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board . From: . J. Barry Harrelson Senior Reviewer JFK Project Subject: | CIA-IR-21, Monthly Operational Reports For the DRE 1. Reference is made to your request for subject information as further refined in your 18 December 1997 letter to Chief, Historical Review Group. Specifically, you asked about missing DRE monthly operational reports and the identity of “Howard,” the name to which. the DRE appears to have sent correspondence. 2. The Agency has searched appropriate data bases and files for the “missing” reports. In addition, the responsible offices have researched the questions contained within your request. Based on these rather extensive efforts, we can advise you as follows. 3. Missing operational monthly reports. The searches conducted by the Agency failed to locate any of the reports that appear to be “missing” -- December 1962 through April 1964, in general, and those for August and November 1963 in particular. It should be noted that during the period in: question, major policy differences between the Agency and DRE developed. This was particularly true of the latter years of association because the DRE would not take directions or instructions about a number of operational matters, insisting on engaging in activities the Agency did “not sanction. These differences caused the Agency to reduce the level of funding for the DRE. It also replaced the officer designated to deal with the DRE. Then, about the same time, the monthly operational reports trailed off. It seems probable these events are linked and that reporting in the form of such monthly reports simply stopped. The DRE files we did find are also within the sequestered JFK collection and they have previously been made available to ARRB staff member Manuel Legaspi. 4. The identity of “Howard.” With reference to your request for information .on “Howard,” we, like you, have no clear understanding about the use of this particular name on DoclId: 327404090 Page 2?
AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW COMMENTS : JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA : 104-10330-10102 JFK ‘PROJFILES - CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT INFORMATION CIA DAVID W. CAREY HONORABLE JOHN RAYMOND TUNHEIM LETTER: I HAVE JUST RECEIVED INFORMAL WORD OF THE DECISIONS THE JFK BOARD MADE AT ITS 17 NOVEMBER 1997 MEETING. 11/26/1997 5 :’ DECISIONS JFK ASSASSINATION PAPER SECRET 1A 1B RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 03/11/03 JFK-M-15 : F4 2000.02.07.11:13:49:357035 , AW 455157 DocId: 32404087. [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Page 1 104-10330-10102
as *sNGV 26. 1997 1e:SiPM . NO. 226 P.2 “SECRET CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ' WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Honorable John Raymond Tunheim— Chairman ' . Assassination Records # Review Board 600 E. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Judge Tunheim: fey TI have just received informal word of | ‘the ,  Gecisions the JFK Board made at its 17 November 1997 meeting. Most of the Board’ decisions--those | relating. to the CIA presence in CIA‘s involvement .in various non-governmental organizations, and the details of CIA funding of the Cuban Revolutionary Council--are very welcome. I must, however, urge the Board to’ reconsider its decision to release documents orm would reveal _ the Agency’s use[ Aes We stand behind the position that we have presented in writing and in discussions with the Board on | previous occasions. I would welcome an opportunity to have | a senior CIA representative meet with the Board at your convenience to explain why the Agency considers this information so sensitive and to answer any questions you may have. Meanwhile, I offer the following summary of our fundamental concerns. CL BY: 2217297 -CL REASON: 1.5 (c) DECL ON: X1 DRV FROM: COV 2-87 WW 55157 Docld: 32404067 Page 2
4, eee 1 NOV.26.1997 12:52PM er eg oe See - . Judge Tunheim Ley Serco eee tobe “ai important intelligence method. ‘Its use is undiminished Since the 1960s, and it will remain essential for: ithe . foreseeable future. I urge the Board to. reconsider its ~ recent decision: insofar as it concerns the Agency’ s use of In this regard,. we willbe | « Lorwarding’a more compre ensive memorandum’ addréssing the damage issue prior to the next Board meeting, and we would also like to offer the Board the opportunity: for. a personal appearance by a senior CIA representative should that be’ appropriate. Sincerely,:. David W. Carey od | Pe i HW 55157 Docld:32404087 Page 3
HW 53217 DocId: 32404088 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW COMMENTS Page 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM Released under the John Kennedy Wesaseaination Records Ollection Act of 1992 AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10330-10103 (44 U5C 2107 Note). JFK ases#:iNW 53217 Date: Ne-22-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION — PROJFILES - CORRESPONDENCE CIA J. BARRY HARRELSON :. DR. T. JEREMY GUNN . 12/24/1997 LETTER: REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RECORDS NO. CIA-16 (OSWALD PRE-ASSASSINATION FILES) AND NO. CIA-IR-24 (DEFECTOR FILE) . 1 REQUESTS JFK ASSASSINATION PAPER UNCLASSIFIED 1A ; RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 03/11/03 JFK-M+15 > °F4 : 2000.02.07.11:18:40:467035. [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10330-10103
HW 53217 Central Intelligence Agency 24 December 1997 Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E. Street, N.W. (2nd Floor) Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Dr. Gunn: Re: Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) and No. CIA-IR-24 (Defector File) This is a partial response to the ARRB’s referent request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is believed the following comments and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of Security questions. The DO response is: pending. 1. At Tab A is a 22 December 1997 memorandum containing information from the Agency’s Office of Personnel Security which provides details about the files it had on Oswald prior to the assassination plus when and why they were created. These include the Office of Security file on Oswald, a general file on Americans who had defected to another country and information about HTLINGUAL files. 2. Also enclosed at Tab B is a 27 October 1977 memorandum from the Office of Personal Security which explains the numbering of that Office’s file on Oswald. In particular, it explains why the “missing” volume V may never have existed. 3. An ARRB staff member has reviewed the Oswald Security file and the file on American defectors. 4. The Oswald Office of Personnel Security file and those pages of the defector file deemed relevant by the ARRB staff member have been forwarded to HRG for review and will be processed according to current release guidelines. If you have any questions about this response, please advise. ' Sincerely, a \ J. Barry Harrels n DoclId: 374040868 Page 2?