oe he AM-CASK operwtion | ok +e ot, “Agency or its employees. ond submitted special analy (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) result of a conscious intent to do so by the Cn 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 Tas Bol (1949 7 Fa. 4 lis Report was highly critical of- ¥ ectaini ngtethe AMLAS Hope recti en the»SSc findingsand aSserted that the SSC thee pe freer Final Report conveyea(ai) tmgeession of Limited effort by the CIA to assist the Warren Commission in its work. The ,/7 téuas in fundamental disagreement with this characterization. of the SSC. findings and noted that "CIA did seek~and — — we collect information in support “of he Warren Commission: Additionally, it conducted studies ; | wie 3 mos) reports! (REE, winienGi ton to gababe) [4 “In order to demonstrate further the scope of support provided by the CIA to the Warren BEPs. Commission, ‘the oe Tee contained a. comprehensive listing of CIA generated material made available Classification: __ of , ie S60 as Classified hy Cchgboz p 0 0 2 gis = i -
/ 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!'7 takSmerein it is stated that "This compiliation (of CIA generated material) is appropriate to | consideration of the extent of the CIA effort, ome to the extent. that ‘it reveals somethitig’ “of Cr n : wo o — the results..of that efforts” (77 TGR, Introduction to. Tab E) “In examining the Agency's comprehensive listing of CIA generated material referenced, above, the Committee has | paralled its review to the (4 TER, structure given ‘to these materials by the all EGR. ; TK. In this regard the "97 EGR details four inter- related compilations of Kennedy assassination ae material: (These four compilations arérey (6\ 1) Agency dissemination of information to the Intelligence Community (Formal and Informal Disseminations) on) 2) Dissemination of material to the Warren Commission ‘Classification: | 90003 | Classified by derivation: . NH, SE. “A.
_ (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) CP) | 3) Agency dissemination to the FBI et al regarding rumors and allegations regarding President Kennedy's assassination 4) Memorandum submitted by CIA to the | eet Warren Commission on Rumors and™™~ ‘Wo ing-to~th-President' s ny L099 LEe° meroduction Allegations a Assassinatios to Tab Be ( >) _ In reviewing these compilations, the Committee focused upon those CIA materials niga the ‘by (é& documented as having betn “ made available in written form to: the Warren Commission. (at) - During the course of tnis 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, Teese, files have been requested and reviewed in an effort ‘to resolve these gaps. Where significant substantive 9004 , Classification: . | Classified. by derivation?
ee Classification: - (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled 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. aan \ (2) | The findings set forth herein are subject ' d tN +” ° aa ne footer rience te nie Agta te tannetnte an ae poet | tojmodification due to the following considera-"— 7 corns eee. pecece vo resent semen see pin ntnanenta nae oe nme neneen nei | During the course.of the past fifteen years, the CIA has generated massive amounts of information related to the assassination of President Kennedy. In-sptte ofthe Agércy*s OM , Gertain documents requested by this Committee for study ‘documents merely have been filed incorrectly or and analysis have not’been located. Whether these ; destroyed, gaps in the written record still do @ 000605 lar standards of investigative exist. (13) -Secondly, due to dissip * £Egis GIA TFKassas, materials pruded the Racket? ler Co mmission, Classification te! oing to Luisa Cal lerancucter, Art CRETIOT eT Tree, BOS—F CC abun Tat clligence Service Defecter)), (Ait tial, Sut Seer Eilts lppertal aing te Lee Haye Gna ey deivligg trials Aenea ey A Ren Camm! 93 (35 but cn rege 4. ay ana, wb Aa TANTRA _
3 ts R ai 4 : i (This form is to 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 Lo ct OE aes Se ee TL oe Tt 2c. 7° have been made available to ' the Committee in a saritized 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 thoough this may not be all relevant evidence to which ‘the Agency has access. (4) 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 may not always be reflected by the written Therefore, the Committee has conducted interviews, depositions and executive session hearings with 000606 oe Par Piles, pertaining tO pretties. <1, MariaTeress foci, araw jn Ss. cigs Sf cognal SAR Roki op Jere prada avrylabl anieren gach Agency Sagitiastion cam PRL or. record made the ; subject of this study. y Classified by derivation:
Crestcatie: Septet TH, fe % 18 Be fe naira suiested om wml ON documents anc ——— On ro 6 gcuments ~~ B= key Warren Commission staff and members and former or present CIA representatives in an effort to resolve questions” that. are not Toe as the Committee's efforts to chronicle this \ f aspect of the working relationship between the : Warren Commission and the CIA will be,a subject. / enceeeee tes NO _for discussion. wherein. est ne sew onrn meer st an pence AEN EA f pee Et net fidy _In “addittSn, this report will examine the fonrewng subjects generated by the Committee' s study (4s outlined above in the following general order of discussion: ot ; [ (4) 1) the . organization of the CIA's investigation of President Kennedy's assassination; (1) 2) the working relationship of the Warren Commission staff and those CIA representatives é concerned with “the Warren Commission inquiry; { i?) 3) the standards of investigative cooperation which- the Warren Commission staff believed % 4 to govern the quality and quantity of information supplied by the CIA to the “Warren Commission; 900697 20.0545 - | | ‘Glaatisd by derivatien, C—Bexke ak a ae y a FF ae
Thi farm is 9 be used for material extracted fon, Ga=centralied dscuments:) =8a- 4) the CIA's concern for protection of its sensitive sources and methods and the Ceonsequent effects of this. concern upon the Warren Commission investigation; and 5) 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. peewee mmc 1 ponte te settee tees ave Select Comm tice SR as . on ; Information Made Available by CIA to Warren see ci Pog? 2ocoStT inten Lhe invengptes fee cid fa yoled as ecKnsive Goma ss J of domme A tL Renan fre Sern and nage Rececdme sso wf de lang, an) ton dD bony prt fs” ae bite todurs as Pores apport be rete 00608 '  - Councliigry Pennie - ~ Caen JO Ur Gn, aad ratty, ss is ea *
Classification: Chi s form, ig tg be wed for material exacted Fan Ck—eontreed deeumente: J ; Te kon. ings” ek prrec “bs section TL “"L. Organization of CIA Investigation g of President Kennedy's Assassination fai) 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: | Cau 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 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 Y=4eT 2C C0523 900699 LE Cui ah section, ——— et “Gh . “Si. “GR. “Ges. eS rr en WHO. ~wilkea?.
Thi form, & te be wed for material extracted om, CrA—contralied 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 Cr aaa oat eae earner APF cee a their requests, but we were not ingeiating sore any investigations of our. own or, ‘tommy __recolléétion, were melee asked=tow a ‘(Executive Session Testimony of > Helms, —_ 4 a 8/9/78, Pp. 17- ~18.) ) ceanaansraerrer a . (ry) On. November 23 "1963 Helms called a meeting of se - . ‘level CIA officials to outline the Agency's investic ity vis a vis the assassinatiof. (SSC, pe aasle offuud LAT hae 8 Cg EP re tive.vespor rau’ Book V, p.- 25.) A At that time, Helms placed John Seelso, Ser itPe, 4 ‘A Branch Amerieay—end=PaneHid, in _shazge.of-the-agency!s. initial a inves: igative-effgrts. (HSCA Class. Deposition of John a 090010 wie. 2000595 | | cad ey saan — iS v4 F end
a | - Gassificatisn:- a This form is 1g a wal SF et rs om ame Onroye oCcumM rom ———COnire ed Scuments nage a eel ~ a an nt ene of Richard Helms, 8/9/78, p. 10.) C4) ~ Scelso testified before the Geieed Committeegs” that he was given charge of the Agency's investigation on the basis of two considerations: 1)!his prior experience in conducting major CIA security investi- gations and 2). the “Gbservance of Oswald by—etr kL. SQeved-- ance iit Mexicog’ (Scelso's Eienal cof less than two months prior to the assassinatiok, spree cape rm epee Mepbet 2en te BAER ITE eens ae Book V, p. 25, HSCA Class. Deposition of John Scelso,” i) oor eee SET ROE ane ee inne ents ec een i Ve ne Re BIE EES ang 5/16/70, pp. llli- 112.) sceiso also noted that eee etree . ~;, Sires “airitig” He” “ourse of his investigative efforts, Helms { @¢ ee ene did not pressure him to adopt | Specific invgstéga ive sane iaaters FEL cer Ee eee Ko AK ves sida’ Onin GonRiLat walacins! * 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 caeateaha to what was being done over the whole world..." (BSGA~Classéfred’ Deposition of Cin — £ ao dR Tose Bi prgped iby Pye gy Core Romer" “9 lab edabte Freq 'f FELeA Pas ie ieee 4 f thé 9GPFLOOR, phase (Ibid. ) 1 the ae 900014 : Classi i aa derivation, ——————_ Ceres te, fet
po acca - le Za —_— ma —— aa 3 f _ ~The - 4—~ @& <i, Classification: 2? \ > (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) f - . * ° a , (v8) 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 _ nen reports, suggestions, allegations from all wet? over the world, and these things had to be checked out. We were checking out¢juse Goze and-dozens~of~peopie~all_the ti (HSCA claesi tied ~ Deposition of John Scelso, 3/16/70, p. 131)* RAN TIT MAR SHINS ape cc pe eter nase ~ ‘Ere, ~, aren, SE. ervrem, * . During the course of the Agency's invetigation, ‘Liaison with the FBI was handled for the CIA by |. ae BT, SEA, C(tbid. | bp. 80cy 7% t ‘the ‘time of the assassination - a former FBI agent, was Chief of the Special Investigations. - Group of the CIA's. Counterintelligence Staff. (usesmetssifted Cin Seplegee, TT Kak Covivnetdée ze Fo Fe ES fi. = oo) OL earl, ~Déposition of 6/20/78, p. 7, O1y7ss He Characterized his functions “with respect to the Agency A as follows: (This footnote -- Footnote “/ -- continues on bottom of page 5) we 9p08i2 Classification: : | . eee Q 343. | Classified by’ derivation: << a AY LT £m FT
~~ Ty = = aw - Glassification: (his form is tg be used for mavanial SEES fom Cla-—sentralled decuments-) (re) Scelso stated during his testimony that CIA field stations worldwide were alerted to the Agency's investigation “and the key stations were receiving tips on the case, most of which were phony. We did not send out instructions saying body participa the investigation.” (Ibid. p. It was his 137 \ Ughout his tenure as - recollection, howeve Mex+-eo coordinator of the Agency's investigation, the field station neal directly City.Steeten was the only CIA Footnote * == continued from bottom of page 4. I knew that we [at CIA} did not have the basic responsibility for investigating the assassination of the President. If there was a crime commited in the course of this activity, sic) it belonged to the FBI. I recognized that it was our responsibility to give the fullest cooperation to the FBI to protect the Agency with regard to any aspects of our operations, you understand, and at the same time giving them cooperation, and I_was in close contact with Mr. Sam Papich fof the FBIJ, and always fully co- operated, and he always fully cooperated with me. (Ibid. p. 52.) oted that his office (CI/SIG) at the direction of the Chief of Counterintelligence, James Angleton, was designated the central point for collection of assassination~ related information made available to the FBI. (ibid. pp. 52-53.
~ § = Ghassification:. Cis feom is 19 Be used for material sxiaatad fan, CA=sentralled dgcuments.) é RN involved in investigatory activities lated to President 37 : LN Kennedy's. assassination (ial) 7 P y : an) During the better att of December” “scelso a id e } issued a summary report witch described Oswald's nid activities in Mexico City from September 26, 1963 = 4 yt J October 3, 1963. Scelso characterized the summary report s J ~ oo oo 3 y as incomplete by comparison to assassination-related 4 a ty information then available to the FBI. _but.not. rovi % a to CIA until late Dec. 1963. (Ibid. pP iigedas.) (CIA : i ~\ > eects ksi —_ - s SE NR . ¥ “2 Document Report by John Scelso to 3 cet, Moec63.1% ) *g if (1?) Following issuance of this report, Helms shifted A . . a es & responsibility for the CIA's investigation of President +> a — , Kennedy's assassinasien—ro~-the..Counterintelligence Ths dy's assagsination—to~th intelliger ar? state. HSCA Classified Deposition of John Scel ne oe CF 5/16/78, p. 136, wt. HSCA Classified Deposition of tows heh _ Raymond Rocca, 7/17/78, i 15 wherein Rocca states that responsibility shifted from Scelso to CI Staff on Helms testified that” UHES“SHEFEin January 12, 1964,) wee Approximately two days after President Kennedy". s assassination, Scelso prepared a summary report, &e provided to President Johnson by Helms. This report ‘3 adept ISa-tzen that Oswald probably was a lone Con OD assassin who had no visible ties to Soviet or Cuban et po intelligence hough such ties could not be excluded’ A @.o€ ToAnScelf —* Frias OP Rs grit - ee = derivation: °Si eee: } brant wtre of its {rtions pee % ete The CIA “foe, wat Agr bs np ten
mw Ty ay ay ay a aT REL Clessifieatian: —S*° (This s form is to Sey ied e.g EMSS come COn ocumenys rom me CONE OCUMeENTS responsibility was a logical development because the investigation had begun to take on bwoader tones. /9/78, p. 14, see also HSCA Classified Deposition ef John earns caleahimeieaaaee a (Executive Session Testimony of Richard Helms, Scelso, 5/16/78, p. 138.) o 3 — Qua \ Helms reasoning “was expanded upon by Raymond poreeomere who testified before the Committee that the shift in responsibility described by Helms was caused I5 in part by the establishment of the Warren Commission/¢ 7 . cope amc — a]17f ek “(HSCA. ‘Classified Deposition of Raymond Rocca, pp. 12-13.) TTR eRe omctnteagenecsastint Pini, aninininginnennane ese Rocca added: acs It was entirely appropriate in the © . yoke © “GPFLOOR phase that he (Scelso) would - cep “ / have that (responsibility for the Agency ae, / investigation.) But the minute you had \) /“. a commission set up outsilde the line DSN tS aoe SEE erat Set AT SI AYRE IE BRON tales aay chee ant va obviously had to be the Director, and from — a the Director to his Chief of Operations Pa overseas, because the spread involved “a then all of the divisions. Here you had aa Mr. (Scelso) being..asked to sign off on cables that had to do with the Netherlands, / 8 with U.K., with -Australia, and it would. have seemed to me utterly adminis ivel simply—a~hybrid-monster.S(HSCA Classified 7% Z Deposition of R. Rocca, 1/11/78, Pe 12, ) (s\\ James = Angletonsupported 5 Rocca" s belief that “the
erassification: «54451 Chis form ig tg i g us for ng erigl extracted el ONTO! cuments rom ——COnire cuments all of the [CIA] divisions." Angleton testifed to this Committee that the Agency's efforts to gather and coordinate information related to | the assassination underwent a metamorphic | transition. Initially, Angleton noted, the Director, Deputy Director, Division Chiefs and Case Officers approached Warren Commission. requirements in a piecemeal fashion. However, Angleton testified the Agency was eventually © able to focus its resources to avoid duplication of effort and provide a system for the central as ‘Such information was developed. Scan fc Classified Deposition ‘of James Angleton, 10/5/78, pp. 76-77, see also ESCA Classified Deposition of Raymond Rocca, 4/11/78, \ Prenaantaspantionsesaiscete SEL SS ir pana RA SEE YTS BIE TUE PTE TSE RL AR p. 23.) Fadl e vs ee ee: —— 000046 mie 052 ra iw 4 ” ae
mw Ty aw = a Classification: is Cs rm is $8 ie used ior materi! sarested ment : men —sentrolled seuments} rom ame ONTO: (3) . The record reveals that during this second phase of CIA information collection efforts in support of the Warren Commisssion investigation the concentration Y ® of Agency resources shifted in emphasis from exploration of Oswald's activities in Mexico City to, his residency in the Soviet Union during 1959-1962 and: ‘possible ®, Ba “& a >8 ay «4 od P > fener” association with ‘the Soviet intelligence ‘appar us. f “(Ibid., pp. 32-33, 44, Executive ‘Session. of Testimony of ) puter! Seniesa anes Bes ee Richard Helms, 8/9/78, p. 23./) TA caerhingig Rocca commented ‘that during’ “this phase” primary interest in support of the pad em ? ud -t. Warren Commission was to (follow-u Soviet leads “on the assumption that a person who spends four years*#in the Soviet Union, under his | circumstances, had to be of specific interest \y to Soviet State security and their collateral u Acar mamcsee h authorities.. (HSCA Classified Deposition of Geynend Roce pp. 32-33.) (seep 1 for 741) 2k tan 43) Therefore, Rocéa "eonéluded, “the areas "the “CIA tended a Riaee fan a. to concentrate on concerned the Soviets: Ce * tPF ete cont nea fon ot Yexit € Ep fia, Oa BD. weed “two pees, “ ape Sours Uw os. -— lsesitiation: - . to “Monthy . 2s oe Cee, wee. iw 000017 7 20.08 21 | il