JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/29/201 Agency Information AGENCY:  SSCIA RECORD NUMBER: — 157-10014-10099 RECORD SERIES: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTTEE AGENCY FILENUMBER:  07-M-05 Document Information ORIGINATOR:  SSCIA FROM: MILLER, WILLIAM : TO: Peleased under the John Kennedy TITLE: [Restricted] Lssasgsination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USc 2107 Note). ases#: NW 53244 Date: DATE: .07/09/1975 po-14-2017 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : ASSASSINATIONS SSCSGO SPECIAL GROUP CIA, COVERT OPERATIONS DOCUMENT TYPE: REPORT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 53244 Docld: 324273467 03/21/2000 CCBOX 443 Page 1
Date Page 08/06/95 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM _ IDENTIFICATION FORM / AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10014-10099 \ RECORDS SERIES : MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTTEE AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 07-M-05 : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : SSCIA FROM : MILLER, WILLIAM . TO : TITLE : PRELIMINARY STAFF PAPER ON ASSASSINATION [ R ] DATE : 07/09/75 PAGES : 6 SUBJECTS : SSCSGO CIA, COVERT OPERATIONS SPECIAL GROUP ASSASSINATIONS DOCUMENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN FULL DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/05/99 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : CCBOX 443 \ ¢ Lf = [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 53244 Docld:32423487 Page 2?
ee” ve MW 83244 Docld:32423487. Padge’4 | YOUR SENATOR'S COPY OF THIS STAFF PAPER IS IN THE "Al" SAFE, PLEASE ASK DUGGEE . TO GIVE IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN TAKE IT TO YOUR SENATOR FOR HIM TO READ, DESIGNEE _ July 9, 1975 TO 2 Members of the Select Committee 7 —_ FROM: William laa SUBJECT: Preliminary Staff Paper on Assassination Attached you will find a preliminary staff paper entitled "Assassina- “tion: Authority and Control." This paper has been prepared by a member of the Command and Control Task Force and is directed toward the key is- ; sues of authority, initiation, and control. The purpose of the paper is , to assist you in preparing for the senior level witnesses that are: ap- pearing before the Committee this week. The paper contains a number of findings which, although the views of the author, should be helpful in sorting out the various issues and themes regarding assassination that have been developed by the Select Committee to date. This paper has been prepared relying on the testimony of the wit- nesses who have appeared before: the Select Committee (through the Harvey testimony of June 25), documents introduced as evidence during the hearings, and materials already received by the Committee re- lating to the CIA's legal authority in the field of covert action opera-_ tions and Special Group procedures. Documents received from the CIA, the State Department, the White House and the Presidential libraries have not been incorporated into this paper. Therefore, the findings of this paper must be considered preliminary, awaiting either confirmation or revision in light of new evidence developed by the Committee through its ; future hearings and its review of documents recently received from the — Rockefeller Commission, the National Security Council and the Presiden- tial libraries. . The paper is divided into three sections. The first contains back- — \ ground information on the CIA's authority for covert action operations during the period under investigation, the role of the Special Group during this period, and the concept and practice of "plausible deniability" and how it relates to assassination. The second section summarizes what the Committee has learned through executive session testimony on the Castro, Trujillo, Lumumba, and Diem assassinations or assassination at- tempts, as well as the ZRRIFLE project. The third, and final, section summarizes and highlights the important findings of the Committee to date as well as the key issues developed by the Committee up to this time. Attachment
TO. Leek , DESIGNEE: YOUR SENATOR'S COPY OF THIS STAFF PAPER 1S IN THE ''A'' SAFE, PLEASE ASK DUGGEE TO GIVE IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN TAKE IT TO YOUR SENATOR FOR HIM TO READ, 4 July 9, 1975 ‘TO : “Members of the Select Committee - | — \FROM 9: William nay | | SUBJECT: Preliminary Staff Paper on Assassination | Attached you will find a preliminary staff paper entitled "Assassina- ition: Authority and Control." This paper has been prepared by a member of the Command and Control Task Force and is directed toward the key is- ; i sues of authority, initiation, and control. The purpose of the paper is ‘to assist you in preparing for the senior level witnesses that are ap- pearing before the Committee this week. The paper contains a number of findings which, although the views of the author, should be helpful in sorting out the various issues and themes regarding assassination that have been developed by the Select Committee to date. This paper has been prepared relying on the testimony of the wit- nesses who have appeared before the Select Committee (through the Harvey testimony of. June 25), documents introduced as evidence during the hearings, and materials already received by the Committee re- lating to the CIA's legal authority in the’ field of covert action opera-— tions and Special Group procedures. Documents received from the CIA, : ‘the State Department, the White House and the Presidential libraries have not been incorporated into this paper. Therefore, the findings of .this- paper must be considered preliminary, awaiting either confirmation or revision in light of new evidence developed by the Committee through its future hearings and its review of documents recently received from the — Rockefeller Commission, the National Security Council and the Presiden- tial libraries. The paper is divided into three sections. The first contains back- j ground information on the CIA's authority for covert action operations’ ae during the period under investigation, the role of the Special Group during this period, and the concept and practice of "plausible deniability" and how it relates to assassination. The second section summarizes what the Committee has learned through executive session testimony on the Castro, Trujillo, Lumumba, and Diem assassinations or assassination at- tempts, as well as the ZRRIFLE project. The third, and final, section summarizes and highlights the important findings of the Committee to date as well as the key issues developed by the Committee up to this time. , Attachment HW 53244 Docld:32423487 ‘Page 5