AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : 157-10002-10263 RECORDS SERIES : LETTER AGENCY FILE NUMBER : TO : ORIGINATOR : FROM : ; TITLE REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS DATE : PAGES : SUBJECTS : AMLASH m CUBA ' ASSASSINATIONS KENNEDY, JOHN F. DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 412 Chron File Date:10/05/93 Page:1 . JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Peleased under the John . Eennedy WSsassination Records SSCIA ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:i NW 53244 Date: 6-13-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION SSCIA JOHNSTON, JAMES ELDER, WALTER 02/25/76 2 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT S REFERRED p 10/04/93 HW 532744 Bocld: 3227327103 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Page 1
JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN PHILIP A. HART, MICH. HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN, Vv LTCR ©. MUNDALE, MINN, BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ, * WALTER OL HUDOLESTON, KY, CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR... MDZ | ROBERT MORGAN, WC. mri Sr Sener rae Wlnrited Glates Genate WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR FREDERICK A. Oo. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL c : : . ~ FoF : FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN mo “, on . O 3 SELECT COMMITTEE To STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ets (PURSUANT To 5. RES. 21, STH CONGRESS) ° vet . yb nn WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 2. February 25, 1976 Mr. Walter Elder Review Staff Central Intelligence Agency — Langley, Virginia Dear Mr. Elder: — This is to confirm our discussion of February 20 regarding the deposition of certain requests of the Select Committee: (1) With regard to the Committee's letter of February 6, and CIA's letter response 76-0200/1 of February 11, I asked tet that a further attempt be made to identify the initials , "G.N.N." Those initials follow handwritten comments on a —_ March 1965 document in the AMLASH file which proposed giving the Cuban government information which might compromise AMLASH. + (2) With regard to the Committee's letter of January i 12 and CIA's letter response 76-0062/1 of February 11, I asked that CIA review its files on Osvaldo Dorticos, Presi- an dent of Cuba, to determine if the message received by Dr. ( Portell-Villa was placed in those files. — (3) Dan, er and I reviewed the list of CIA person- ~ nel at the WiHeOQWotae station referenced in CIA's letter 76- 0083/3 of February ll and agreed the list should remain at Le the Agency. (4) I requested the Select Committee be 1 ovided, the current address and telephone number of Near Solan Wind tec, the Desk Chief for Mexico in 1963. ~ ; (5) With regard to the Committee's letter of January 29, requesting that two current Agency employees be made - available for interviews, we agreed the Agency should provide nee the Committee a letter stating whether or not these employees were readily available for interviews. “6. a 2 HW 53244 DBocld:322827103 Page ?
Mr. Walter Elder Page Two (6) Dan Dwyer and I reviewed Agency originated = documents in CIA's 201 File on Gilberto Policarpo Lopez. wat It is our understanding you would reconsider CIA's decision to a deny the Committee's request for a copy of these documents. . (7) With regard to the Committee's letter of January 30, we agreed: (a) We would for the time being narrow the request _ in paragraph 1 to include only contacts of Director McCone; cb. (b) We would not alter the requests in paragraphs 2 and 3. . — I trust this summary accords with your understanding of our discussion, but please let me know if there is any misunderstanding. Sincerely, aad oe James H. Johnston —_— \ i ’- HW 53944 Docld:32989103 Page ‘3