. AW 53199 Date: 01/14/05 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : CIA ’ RECORD NUMBER : 104-10095-10062 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA Released under the John Kennedy Was5assination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Nate). ases#: NW 53199 Date: He—-153-2017 FROM TO : TITLE : LATIN AMERICA DIVISION/JFK TASK FORCE HOW RESEARCH WAS DONE. DATE : 06/01/1977 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : CUBAN OPS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/11/93 COMMENTS : JFK35 : F3 : 1993.08.11.13:52:51:280014 (R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10095-10062 Doclda: 323544687 Page 1
HW. 53199 ‘Docld:32354467 Page 2? er APPROVED F \\ | CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAB"* 1977 SUBJECT: Latin America Division/JFK Task Force How Research was Conducted 1. The LA Division Task Force to investigate records in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy was formally organized in mid- October. 1976. Its purpose, basically, was to research all Agency operations conducted against Cuba from 1 January 1960 to 1 January 1965 . (concentrating on the period up to 22 November 1963) for any evidence that such operations might have provoked the “Government of Cuba to take executive action against President Kennedy. Researchers were also alert to activities seemingly directed against the U.S./CIA. | 2. Reference to material for this research was: “obtained “from the LAD Registry, the Cuba Desk machine runs, and a special comprehensive file listing prepared for this purpose ‘by ISS (Information Services Staff). It was originally thought that material pertinent to the search would number app¥oximately 900 operational folders, plus ¥elated 201 , dossiers. . It was later determined, however, that a thorough | review should include additional operational and subjective: ' files which brought the total to well over two thousand files. In-view of the date of the material, much of it, both operational. i « "ye i
and subjective, has been retired tO, Archives at Warrenton y) Virginia. The ‘remainder is held at Headquarters in - IP/Files or IP/Archives.: All 201 dossiers are retained at Headquarters. This material is easily retrievable through the use of specific job numbers and file reference numbers recorded and retained in the LAD/JEK Task Force - files (too numerous to cite herein. ). 3. Following is a breakdown of the types and numbers of files reviewed, criteria employed in the research, the - findings, and organization of the material: | | | al Types and Nunber of Files Reviewed: ol, Operational —  .; 1,729 - (601 with £indings and | 7 1,128 with no findings) 2. Subjective B47 (186 with findings and | | 361 with no fandings) 3. Cuba Policy Files So 101 | 4. C/WHD Chrono Files (TFW Chronos) 37° (13 -49) 5. Official 201 dossiers 100 plus. TOTAL. © 2,514 b. Criteria Used in the Research: aaa eerie a . As a guide the research group followed some 33 Terms of Reference provided by the Deputy IG, which’ were compiled ‘on the basis of issues raised in Book: v, HW 53199 DocId: 32354487 Page 3
HW 53199 e : SEL zB] & of the Senate Select Committee Final Report on the Assassination. (Book V, and a 23 May 1967 © Memorandum for the Record by the Inspector General on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro, were required reading for the researchers.) In addition to the = Terms of Reference, the group remained alert to other items of interest brought to its attention by the IG staff, on an ad hoc basis. A name trace was always. run, and/or 201 dossier, if available, reviewed, on any individual allegedly involved in an. assassination ¢ plot against President Kennedy or Fidel Castro. This task was made somewhat easier as the result of a memorandum prepared by the Cuba Desk, in August 1975, based on traces of the names in the Black Book. that Fidel Castro passed to George McGovern which dealt. with individuals allegedly involved in assassination attempts against Castro. 7 c. Findings and Organization of the Findings: Each researcher submitted a draft paper noting the Subject of the folder (s) reviewed, a brief description of the activity, and a copy of the document (s) (findings) which contained information believed to be pertinent to the re- view. Also included were Job numbers, Official File numbers, inclusive dates of material researched, and number of volumes reviewed. Beginning in January 1977, at the request of the IG Staff, the researchers also began. g nN — r noting FBI and/or other government agencies knowledge of DoclId: 32354487 Page
information. Separate, finished, memoranda were prepared, on the basis of these data, including the heading Findings: This heading lists the specific document number (s) and other pertinent data, and a few lines providing the gist of the document (s) for purpose of easy and quick reference. These memoranda, with a ‘copy. of. the document (s) ‘attached, are filed in alphabetical order, by project ‘and subject, in hard- back green folders as part of the official LAD/JEK Task Force files under the official classification number 019-604-001 (Volumes XI through XX). Also included in the records are two folders (Volumes IX and X) con- taining 1,439 draft memoranda with negative findings. 4. Appended are the following: | a) Report (125 pages) entitled Chronology of - Findings, giving gist of the findings; in alphabetical — order under the project or subject heading; with Top - Secret UMBRA Annex (14 pages). | | b) List of Task Force participants and their Functions; | | c). Outline of the complete LAD/JFK Task Force files and description of their contents. HW 33199) Jocld: 323544687 Page 5