‘Doc ID°6606187 Repl aasee ho = DATE: 12/09/97 PaGE:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10162 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : re DOCUMENT INFORMATION =©=©—t—<“i‘ C ; ;3C ;C COCS*# ORIGINATOR : NSA FROM : HAROLD PARISH ERT HOUSE ASSASSINATION COMMITTEE TITLE : RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL QUERY DATE : 01/02/79 G : 2 PAGES SUBJECTS USA-55 MATERIAL INTERCEPT STATION KIRKNEWTON, SCOTLAND 1963 COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC PASSING BETWEEN SOVIET UNION & CUBA —ERI- DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : 1A, 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/01/97 OPENING CRITERIA ; ORIGINATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS ; Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED  -- — Toh Derived From: © NSA/CSSM 123-2, Dated 3 September 1991 Declassify On: Source Marked "OADR" ~ Date of source: 3 Sep 91
Doc ID: 66061 87 is ‘ 02 January 1979 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: Response to Congressional Query 1. On 9 November 1978, G8 began a search for material to answer an inquiry by the House Assassinations Committee referred to us by NSA's Legislative Affairs Office (LAO). An individual assigned to the USAFSS intercept station in Kirknewton, Scotland (USA-55) in 1963 reportedly intercepted an[___|message containing informa- tion relative to an assassination plot against Presidertt John F. Kennedy. He claims he intercepted this message, but was not allowed to disseminate the content. The Committee is seeking to determine if this intercept actually occurred and has asked NSA to check product and files for pertinent intercept and‘ reporting from USA-55 during 1963. . 2. Though it seems unlikely that such a message ever existed, the following actions have been taken in response to the House Committee request: a. A records check was conducted in concert with N33 (Mr. Carrol Baldwin). There was no material which was identified in the records index as relevant ; however, there were three boxes of material dated 1963 containing unidentified material. These . three boxes were opened and were found to contain the following: : 1) Two boxes contained audio tapes with accompanying gists and logs from USASA intercept sites along the German/Czechoslovakia border (USM-42\.sites). The intercept was identified as [™~—‘SOCOCOCCSCédiOMMU, cation) dated 19610000 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) b(iii) 2) The other box contained between the Soviet Union and Cuba. This material-was’ largely front, ‘the Naval Security Group Activity at | and was’ dated” in 1962, : b. A few personnel currently at NSA trad ‘experience during’ 1963 ‘en intercept policies and procedures at Kirknewton and ‘at NSA. Several of them were questioned, and recalled that an[___|mission | did exist at Kirknewton in the 1963 time- frame, that all traffic was forwarded to NSA, and that all mag tains of [_|messages was dona at NSA. a - .: o . 3. On 21 November LAO, asked that we also check thosé records available labeled 1964, because the 1963 datéd boxes contained material from 1962 rather than 1963. Further, we were asked ‘if product for the 1963 period was available, if USA-55 material used in the product could be identified, and how much, ‘of an effort would determining this entail..- We have checked the records for 1964 and find no boxes which we feel should be’ examined. The contents of all boxes are ‘clearly identified and none relate to intercept, and there are none whose contents are not identified. 4, As noted earlier the product Exoul]___[tmeereepe historically has been reported by NSA. This product is available in T14, but there is no practical way to isolate that which was derived from USA-55. It is possible to scan 1963 (QOC) product and it is the T142 estimate that this would require a minimum of four weeks to scan the some 9,900 such products on file for the period from January through November 1963. G8 did not request a search of these records, pending further word from LAO. Released on 11-02-2017 CLASSIFIED BY NSA/CSSM 123-2 under the John F. : REVIEW ON _-Oc? JAW 02009! Kennedy Assassination ex = io — — a? ry Vaem Records Collection Act [4227 Ba Seeo A Hes MO aT ROR IES of 1992 (44 USC 2017 3 = oo 2
Doc ID: 66061 87 5. At this point, G8 feels we have done all reasonable things to locate the reported intercept with negative results. ned Qo OLD L. “rg Chief DISTRIBUTION: DI/LAO ADPR DDO DDT c N3 N33 T14 T142