~ Ops sfiee tion - Seeret _ assi ica on: (This form. is to be used for material. Stracted, Ua erm ds teats WET Shy gyre extract from ClA—controlled document -l10a- | conveyed by the CIA to the. Warren Commission. “(Tbid., pp. 5- 6) - In this regard, Mr. McCone testified that: oo - The policy of the CIA was. to give the Warren Commission everything that. we had. I. personally asked Chief Justice Warren to come to my office and took him-.down to the , _ vault of our building where our. information. is” microfilmed and stored and showed him the~ procedures that we were following and the extent. to which we were giving him -- giving his staff everything that we had, and I think © he was. quite satisfied. (Ibid., p. 9) -. me _ : G nec alicy ZOs«not te: gu tae HOT sage eile is ae Pewee: pe! Seetee Sari al macnalie Warté Hn SeTE A ane £ ‘That BLL Re Rel evan ren o Materials Be Made: Promptly Available By CIA. To Warren Commission . Mr. Raymond Rocca, - Tic aarwiwyite impiementer of cif , 28 ” ° + 4 “pa lies “lagTe tuedcel ; . SAG vv the Warren Commission oo investigation, | characterized. the Agency' s role as one of - a full support to the Warren Commission. Mr. ‘Rocea, who served as the Chief of the Research and - Chrssitlinettisn: . Secret a eS an 4 [ a] S oS ) f Retest wo _Clasitied by derivation; C2 Ber
Classification: Secret Classification: - _ (This form is to be used for material extracted frldvis Chem—dorieohed vkscurkentsiaterial extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ~1l0b- --Analysis Divison for the Counter-Intelligence Staff of the CIA, stated under oath that Richard Helms had given the following directive: * All material bearing in any way that could be of assistance to the - . : Warren Commission should be seen by C .staft and R and A and marked for us. He , very strictly. worded. sions --- they were verbal in so -far as I know ~~ that we were: to leave no stone unturned. — -. (HSCA Class. Depo. of ‘Raymond Rocca, T/17/78, P- 24), ~ a .
7 SE ie es coe Classification:. . Mr. ROCE Fis anaeds bayer uke fi ndtoneraeeed Me. Helms" trolled documents. orders were sol Tow Lae to the letter by all CIA employees. (Ibid. pe 24, ). . Mr. Rocca coneludea that on this basis: a “the CIA was to turn over and to develop any “information bearing on ‘the assassination that could be of assistance to the Warren Commission." (1bia. p. 26.) A different: view of the CIA's role regarding the “supply of CIA's information to the Warren Commission was propounded by Richard Helms. ‘Mr. Helms, who ‘served as So ‘the. CIA's Deputy Director for. Plans during the. Warren Commission investigation, was directly responsible for ‘the CIA's investigation. of President Kennedy’ s assassination andthe as resl ghmead: of C14 poles wiga vis tha Warren Coen miss ion, - (Ibid. , p. 23. ) He testified to the Committee that > the ‘CIA made every | effort to be as. ‘responsive as possible to. “Warren. Commission requests. (Exec. sess. Text. of Richard, Helms; 8/9/78, Pp. 10. ) Mr. Helms added further testimony . regarding the manner in which the CIA, provided its infor- - mation to the Warren Commission. He stated: “An inquiry would come over (from the Warren Com ‘mMission). We would attempt to respond to it. But these inquiries came in individual bits ana oe pieces or as individual items...Each: individual ~ ... item that came along we took.care of. as best we. -- could. (Ibid., pp. 10-11. ) However, it was Mr. Helms' recollection that. the CIA provided information to the Warren Commission primarily 43 ia = ve Fe Ne | Classification: _ ve oa : so Bn 7 90 ora oe “wi rit yt a a Classified. dy detivation: :
_ on the basis lent oe fog reece. Under oath he. supported this. proposition: “Mr. Goldsmith: In summary, “is ‘it your: position’ that, Mr. Helms: | ‘That is ‘correct. _ a Sp “Commission. requests © on a a casttSSis rather than uniformly _ ‘volunteering relevant. information to, the Warren Commission “stands in direct opposition to J. Lee Rankin’ Ss perception of the CIA's investigative responsibility. - Mr. ‘Rankin was asked ‘by Committee Counsel whether he. worked ‘under thee “impression that the Agency' s responsibility was simply to. “respond to questions that were addressed to CIA by thé Warren Commission. In response, Mr. Rankin testified as Classification: a from ClA-~controlled documents.) the Agency gave: the Warren Commission” ae information only. in: ‘response . to speci-' fic requests: by: ‘the Warren Commission? I want to modi that by. saying that > memory is {a ‘There may have been. times or circumstances under which. some~ thing different might have occured, but: my recollection is that we were attempting to. be-responsive and supportive to the> FBI and.the Warren Commission. When. - they asked for Something \ we gave it. to. Shem. As far as our volunteering information “is concerned, I have no recollection. of whether we volunteered it or not. (Ibid., p. 34.) Mr. Helms' characterization of fulfilling Warren ¢. follows: 3 ¢ a “Not 2 at all and if anybody had told me that IT. - -would have insisted that the Commission com-. -Municate with the President and get a different aici we might not. ask t Le right SECRED | 0033 : ye "Classified by cB 0033
~ Sassi ification: - Secret re Classification: —— —_— OT a (This form is to be. used for material extracted _ feds daca_ignipoled weeinlenreterial, ‘extracted “ . a from ClA—controlled documents. ar “=135 i _ questions and: ‘then. we “would. ‘not have. the ~. information : andthat would. be absurd. os (HSCA Class.” Depo. of J. Lee, Rankin, (8/17/78, Pp. AY oo ae. ‘Slawson added support “eS nankta’ = position | testifying that Warren Commission requests to the CIA were rarely specific. "The request was made initially. “that they “give as all information pertinent, ‘to ‘the | | assassination : investigation." . (Exec. Sess. “Test. of. me David ‘Slawson, 11/15/77, ps 29) re 8s ae aral a co unfortunate “Gpnsequence’ of. ES ucten Cormai sales peldane on “teecin fe 2 pee —- Ceaemmi S3fon cork, okt rei< waar CIA m teri Al a pS re tic as oak Wal A tik . : ° ‘the subsequent exposure of the: ‘CIA's anti-Castro assassination plots (ssc Book V) see ‘also (Alleged Assassination Plots ‘Involving Foreign leaders, Interim & |Report, ssc, 11/20/75)7- Paradoxically, even if Re ° Warren Commission had requested information on such | plots, the: cra s point of contact with the Warren Commission would not have been able to provide the | Citi secret noe. ooogas | 152 en re sation, Ce “Berk :