AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54653 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10110-10103 ‘ SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES 127-JFK Document Information HSCA CORNWELL, GARY RHOADS, JAMES B. 08/29/1978 2 HSCA, ADMINISTRATION LETTER Secret Consulted Withhold 08/16/1993 Box 4. Docld: 322763508 Page 1 Date: 10/20/20 Released under the John Kennedy Wes5asgsination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 54653 Date: WO-253-2017
LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN * 4 WALTER £. FAUNTROY, 0.C. YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALI CHARLES THONE, NEBR, CHRISTOPHER J. “rent. 4 HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH. HAROLD E£. FORD, TENN. FLOYD J. FITHIAN, dND. ! ot Select Coniunittee on Assassinations ROBERT W, EDGAR, PA. Y HW 54653 Docld:322763508 Page 2? > U.S. Bouse of Representatives . x (202) 225-4624 § i fe oy ™ 3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 j i 4 & WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 August 29, 1978 Mr. James B. Rhoads Archivist of the United States National Archives and Records Service Washington, D. C. 20408 Dear Mr. Rhoads: In conjunction with our investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of President Kennedy, we hereby request the declassification of portions of a memorandum to be used in our forthcoming hearings, scheduled to begin on September 6th, 1978. The document we are requesting partial declassi- fication of. is the November 24th, 1963 memorandum by President Johnson's aide, Walter Jenkins, setting forth a phone conver- sation with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. A copy of the memorandum is enclosed with this letter. Most orf the memorandum appears to have already been made public, initially by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 1976. However, there is a lengthy para- graph beginning at the bottom of page two of the memorandum which is still classified as "secret." We now request that the only portions of the memorandum that remain classified be limited as follows: A. All of the last paragraph on page 2, which continues on to page 3, would be declassified, except the two sen- tences: "For instance, Oswald made a phone call to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City which we intercepted. It was only about a visa, however." These two sentences could remain classified as ae BY FBUJFK TASK FORCE ou 3/o 2 cod CLURELEASE IN FULL [1 RELEASE_IN-PART £1 TOTAL-DENIAL "secret." _aig GOMMITTEE. SENSITIVE
COMMITTEE SENSITIVE Mr. James B. Rhoads | Page 2 August 29, 1978 We believe that the declassification of the above portions of the memorandum is essential to our Committee's investigation, and will not breach the con- fidentiality of the other segments relating to sources and methods which we are not now requesting declassification of. As our public hearings will begin on September 6th, 1978, we respectfully request your immediate attention in assisting us with this matter. If you have anv questions regarding this, please contact.me at 225 2394. Again, our thanks for your generous assistance in the past. “Sincerely, Pip oem Gary Cornwell Deputy Chief Counsel GC:mer Enclosure HW 54653 DocId:32263508 Page 3 COMMITTEE GENertive