Doc ID: 6598225 DATE: tai PaGe:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10124 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : N1380 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NSA FROM : LOWMAN, DAVID 0 : SA/SDSOFD | TITLE : SSCSGO-ASSASSINATIONS DATE : 11/24/75 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : OSWALD, LEE INVESTIGATION, WARREN COMMISSION DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : T— RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/12/93 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINATING AGENCY’S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
. Doe ID: 6598225" Meet el a ge ee at Ea Pee # . ‘NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GECRGE*G, MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Serial: N1380 24 November 1975 “POP -SECRee MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Senate Select Committee Request for Information on Matters Related to President Kennedy's Assassination Inclosed is our response to the request of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence dated 14 November 1975. _- a, pth? on li4a— . D D. LOWMAN uy Special Assistant . ” to the Director for Congressional Reviews Incl: a/s 1 03! wate ew OWa? Of Wie Cave Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy QO eg Fa gee mye muepaie eee eon egg wee ae Assassination Records Collection Wee gin ee es Pie” Pils Gelb eee Bs BD an ‘ 2 ‘ hal Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) Mee we
Dé ID: 6598225 * Serial: N1380 cc: DIR (Less Incl) D/DIR " ESS " ESS/R ESS, Mr. Lowman sas: G D6 NCRDEF L221 M/R: Inclosure provided by Mr. Peksa of G Group. e
/..,. Doi ID: 6598225 . * 3 . . gh In response to Mr. Fenn's letter of 14 November 1975 to Mr. Frank Foster which posed a number of questions on matters related to President Kennedy's assassination, the following information is provided: NSA has identified some four foreign communications which mention Lee Harvey Oswald, but has not identified any messages to or from him. The four identified messages are Cuban and contain official Cuban comments regarding press items which discuss Oswald's activity in late September 196} to obtain a: Cuban visa to travel to Moscow and also comments on the assina- tion itself. The messages are dated in the last week of November 1963. ' c _ NSA has not identified any communications to, from or mentioning Marina Oswald, Jack Ruby or Earl Ruby. : ‘ 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) The specific questions asked and responses follow: au) 1. Were any of the above names put on a watch list and, if so, by which agency or individual of the Government? ANSWER: The name of Oswald was used in searching’ ‘our data base immediately following the assassination. Records from that time period are virtually non-existent and it is not’ clear which -agency or individual of the Government requested the search to be made. ’ . 2. Was product or information concerning the individuals cited above ever requested by any agency or individual of the Government or of the Warren Commission? If SO, what information and by whom? “ ’ ’ ANSWER: NSA has no record or recollection of such requests. 3. Was product or information congerning the individuals cited above ever disseminated to any agency or individual of the Government or of the Warren Commission? If so, what information and to whom? ’ ’ ANSWER: The four Cuban[| ————_—smesssages cited above were disseminated to CIA, DIA, STATE and elements of the Army, Navy and Air Force. PROCEATY On ME DOB AD ine f er No! BEPAR 7 ad BEF ENSE,
_ Doc ID; 6598225 oa on 4. Did NSA ever have a watch list on U.S. defectors to the Soviet Union? If so, to which agencies was this information - disseminated? ‘ANSWER: The names of several such individuals were used as selectors in dictionaries. No information was ever noted which warranted dissemination. 5. Were there ever any requests to monitor specific links for information pertaining to the individuals cited above? Who made these requests, and when? Did these include links between Mexico-U.S.A., Mexico-Cuba, Mexico-U.S.S.R., Cuba- -U.S.A., or Guba- -U.S.S.R.? ANSWER: No. 6. Were there ever any requests to thonitor specific links for information pertaining to the assassination of Presiden: Kennedy? Who made these requests, and when? Did these include . links between Mexico-U.S.A., Mexico-Cuba, Mexico-U.S.S.R., Cuba-U.S.A., or Cuba-U.S.S.R.? ANSWER: No. 1 q desu ee eA BS