104-10336-10007 \ : Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW ° 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 « Fax: (202) 724-0457 December 18, 1997 CrOLAsaInernies hone : MELEASE 4 INE ORE Mr. John Pereira IN THIS DOCUMENT © WMATION Chief Historical Review Group op’ Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 02505 Re: Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests for Additional Information and Records Dear John: I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious concern about the status of CIA’s responses to the Review Board's requests for additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two years ago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests be answered by April.1, 1998. The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal _ requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for information and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies. ‘As identified more fully below, the issues are: CLA-1 Organizational Material, CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03 HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CLA-IR-07 Claude . Barnes Capehart, CIA-IR-15 Electronic “take” from Mexico City, CIA-IR-21 DRE Monthly Operational Reports, CIA-IR-22 “A” Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison. Boaao Memeens: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff + Kermit 1. Hall « William Ll. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson
13-00000 Mr. John Pereira December 18, 1997 Page 7 Documents file: documents Nos. 496, 498, 499, 500, and 510. The Review Board is awaiting confirmation that these documents are at HRG for processing. CIA-IR-05 Possible Foreign Source for Records on Oswald. CIA was informally requested to use its contacts to pursue certain records related to Oswald that were orally described to CIA. The Review Board understands that the CIA has taken steps to pursue these records. CIA-IR-06 QKENCHANT. The Review Board seeks information regarding the purpose of QKENCHANT and its connection with Clay Shaw, Howard Hunt, and Monroe Sullivan. The Review Board was initially provided some information in regard to this request that now appears to be incorrect. CIA is now seeking additional information to correct or to clarify its previous answers. The Review Board seeks an immediate, full, and accurate formal response to this request. Once the formal ‘ statement is provided, this request will be complete. . “*CIA-IR-07 Claude Barnes Capehart. The ARRB staff has reviewed all records that CIA has been able to locate to date. During the course of this review, additional questions were raised that CIA agreed to pursue. CIA also agreed to conduct additional searches to determine whether there may be additional retrievable records.on Mr. Capehart. The Review Board seeks a full and accurate formal response to this request. Once the formal statement is provided, this request will be complete. CIA-IR-08 Unredacted Copy of the “Family Jewels” Memoranda. ARRB has reviewed a redacted version of the “Family Jewels.” Additional questions have been raised. At meeting between HRG, ARRB and the DCI/IRO on December 11, 1997, specific redacted pages were identified for ARRB staff review. These pages should be made available as soon as possible.
13-00000 Ss omig, MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: OFFICE: SUBJECT: REFERENCE: ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 2 February 1998 Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO Lee S. Strickland @ DA John F. Pereira J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OIM/HRP ARRB Requests - Priorities ARRB letter dtd 18 Dec 1997, Status of ARRB Request for Additional Information | have been advised by the ARRB staff that an updated “Status of Requests’ letter will be sent to the Agency early next week The following requests wiil be listed as priorities to be completed in February: - CIA-14 | Mexico City Station Annual Reports (DO) CIA-IR-06 QKENCHANT (DO) CIA-IR-08 “Family Jewels” (DCINRO and DO) CIA-IR-09 George Bush (DO, DA, DCI/IRO) CIA-IR-11 Warren Commission Critics (DA, DO ) CIA-IR-27 Security Files for Five Individuals _ (DA) CIA-IR-32 AMWORLD (DO). | have partial responses to some of these requests; call me if you have questions or need the status of your response. cc: DO Becky L. Rant @ DA Kathryn |. Dyer @ DA (bcc: Bonnie K. Hunter-Y-) Sent on 2 February 1998 at 01:26:47 PM ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
13-00000 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELGASE IN FULL 2000 12 September 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk Executive Director, ARRB FROM: | J. ‘Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM SUBJECT: CIA-IR-8, Unredacted Copy of the “Family Jewels” Memorandum 1. This is in response to referent request. 2. Materials responsive to the request were provided for examination by ARRB staff. From that examination, staff members selected a number of documents to be included within the JFK Collection. Those documents have now been included within the JFK Collection and are being processed for release to NARA. 3. This concludes the Agency’s action on this request. If you have any question, please advise. J. Barry Harré