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104-10330-10126 we ’ eo SECRET 17 August 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk Executive Director, ARRB FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM SUBJECT : , CIA-IR-18, Request for Information on ' a Particular DO Office 1. (U) This is in response to referent request. is possible with respect to this staff and advised as follows: : = —_ a(S) This request involved the so-called ec if “4 The DO has advised that only a classifiéd résponse A. That staff is listed in Clandestine Services Notice 5-50, revised October 1959 and 1963 and carried the symbol DDP/CDC (CIA Defector Coordinator). Only soviet cases were handled by the staff. Lo] B. The # Defector and Contract Personnel Branch% was: designated SR/OS/D. This branch handled only Soviet Bloc defector cases: (countries of the former Warsaw Pact). _ | 3. (U) The Agency believes that the above is fully responsive to subject request and in thus closing its acti on it. If you have any questions, please advise. J. Barry Harrelson SECRET on
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ar 104-10330- F C <7 é THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 16 September 1998 Mr. John R. Tunheim Chair, Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: JFK. Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 Dear Mr. Tunheim: This will respond to your 14 September 1998 letter regarding Central Intelligence Agency compliance with the “JFK Act.” I have no doubt whatsoever that the CIA has fully met its ‘obligations to locate, review, and release “assassination records" as defined in the JFK Act. The Agency’s 2 Séptember 1998 Declaration of Compliance—signed, as you note, by CIA's Director of Information Management, Edmund Cohen-—confirms my judgment. I nave full confidence in the scope of the Agency's searches as described in Mr. Cohen's recent declaration. As Director of Information Management, Mr. Cohen is directly responsible for CIA’s records systems and for ensuring the adequacy of CIA’s search, review, and release of documents under “the JFK Act. Mr. Cohen signed the Agency’s Declaration of Compliance because he was the most senior Agency official with direct personal knowledge that its statements were accurate and complete. There was no more appropriate signatpry. In sum, I understand that the appropriate CIA staff officers ' have worked diligently to locate and disclose to the JFK Board all relevant records in the Agency's possession and that they do not believe any other relevant records are being withheld from the Board. Mr. Cohen’s declaration confirms my understanding. I trust that this will meet your requirements. Sincerely, ( oa} { exee § \ REG
13-00000 _ - o ‘ Mr. John R. Tunheim Distribution: (ER 98-3772) rig - ee een ee ee oe ee ee eo ; EA/EXDIR Addressee EXDIR ; AQ/EXDIR KC) DCI/ER GC , D/OIM OIM/LGL . CSI/HRG (Harrelson). DC/LD | OGC. Registry Lo :cyh/34586 (16 Sep 1998) ioe]
104-10330-10134 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. 13 February 1996 NOTE FOR: Mary McAuliffe FROM: Barry Harrelson SUBJECT: Translation Information for Attachments to JFK Document 104-10018-10070 1. A CIA translator confirmed that the attachment, dated 1 December 1963, is a translation of the full-page attachment in| and Spanish dated 1 December 1963.. a The translator reported. that the translation reads a little awkwardly, but the original, a telegram, was also rather awkward. He further stated that the | en text on the same page was also a translation of the Spanish text above it. 2. ‘The following is a translation for attachment: AC-56, dated 2 December 1963: SUBJECT: Statements by SANTOS MESA It has been heard that during a USSR reception on 7 November of this year, the third secretary of the Cuban Embassy in the Hague, Richardo SANTOS MESA, was asked about CASTRO’s reaction to attacks on Cuba by Cuban exiles. He replied “Just wait, and you: will see what we can do; it will happen soon.” (quoted response given in English in the original) SANTOS declined to elaborate. It has also been heard that SANTOS has a brother who lives in the United States as an “exile.” Although this brother is pro-Castro, he is said to have left Cuba at the urging of his conservative wife. SANTOS is said to exchange correspondence with this brother. 2 December 1963 Barry Harrelson FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
13-00000 ae | SECRET ° v . . ay tae TP 14 February 1996 NOTE TO: ARRB Staff SUBJECT: Further Clarification of Coding REFERENCE: . ARRB Record Number 104-10018-10070 Clarification: . This document refers tol reports, detailing operations against Cuban officials, which were shared with the Station. Particular care must be taken to \ protect this specific operation (S) The deletions need to remain in order to ensure that | involvement is not revealed. (S) , ’ jie ss 4 r RETURN TO CiA i Background Use Only q , 20 Not Reproduce 3: ee soe ao = mse 30 CL BY: 611637 Cl Reason: 1.5(c) DECL ON: X1 DRV FM: AHB 70-9 MULTIPLE SECRET
SUBJECT: 258 for Transfer of Updated Pre-Assassination Oswald 201 to NARA DCI/CSV/HRG/JSCarver/31762 (21 September 1992) . (Replaces Frank Most Memo of 8 September 1992) Distribution: Original - Addressee : | 1 - C/HRG . | 1 - HRG Chrono 1 - HRP Case File, Oswald 201 (Pre-A) 1- FSM a 1-JSC ° “. \
a 104-10331-10005] Por CSI 92 0201 : 13 April 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs FROM: dg. Kenneth McDonald Chief, CIA History Staff SUBJECT: Center for the Study of Intelligence Access to * All Records Relevant. to House Select Committee on Assassinations Investigation, 1976-1979 l. In his 21 February 1992 speech to the Oklahoma Press Assocation the DCI announced that he was “transferring custody of all documents CIA possesses relating to the assassination of President Kennedy to the Historical Review Program," which he assigned to the Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) in the same speech. David Gries, the new Director of CSI, has asked CSI's Historical Review Group to begin work on declassifying the collection of records that CIA holds as a result of the 1976-1979 investigations by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) of President Kennedy's assassination.  ° 2. Pursuant to the DCI's directions, we therefore request approval for all members of CSI (which includes the Director and his staf£, the History Staff, and the Historical Review Group) to have access to all records that CIA holds relevant to the HSCA investigation. We understand that 64 boxes of material have been specifically designated as related to this investigation. 3. Upon receiving your approval for CSI access to these records, the Director, CSI, would like the components noted below . to transfer custody of the following 64 boxes of material related to the HSCA investigation to CSI, when requested by the Chief, Historical Review Group, CSI: : Box Nos. 1-34 & 64. Directorate of Operations Box Nos. 35-36 Inspector General Box Nos. 327-38 Office of the General Counsel Box No. 39 Directorate of Science and Technology Box Nos. 40-48 Office of Security Box Nos. 49-63 Office of Congressional Affairs ADMENTSTRATEVE--ENTERNAL USE “ONLY
13-00000 o SUBJECT: Center for the Study of Intelligence Access to All ' Records Relevant to House Select Committee on Assassinations Investigation, 1976-1979 4. We understand that the DO's Information Management Staff holds the 35 DO-originated boxes,.and that the 29 other boxes are held together at the Agency Records Center. . 9K etl, Meheenehh J. Kenneth McDonald cc: D/CSI C/HRG/CSI APPROVED: hc hha Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs Date
104-10331-10006 OCA 1180-92 2 LAPR i992 | MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Kenneth McDonald Chief, CIA History Staff FROM: | — . Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs ' SUBJECT: Request for Access to HSCA Records REFERENCE: Your ‘Memorandum dtd 13 April 1992; Same Subject (CSI 92-0201) 1. In the reference, you requested approval for all members of CSI to have access to all records that CIA holds relevant to the HSCA investigation into President Kennedy's “assassination. Upon receiving this approval, CSI would request affected components to transfer custody of the 64 boxes of material in question to CSI. 2. Today, I called Michael O'Neil, Special Assistant to the. Speaker of the House of. Representatives. Mr. O'Neil serves as the focal point for questions arising with respect to the segregated HSCA collection. I informed Mr. O'Neil of your request, noted that the DCI had promised an expeditious review of these documents, and requested his concurrénce to proceed with the transfer of custody. Initially, Mr. O'Neil wondered whether this action would frustrate the purposes of / the Joint Resolution currently being considered by the Congress. Specifically, since the documents would be provided to a Review Board pursuant to the resolution, would transfer at this time to the CSI hinder that purpose? I told Mr. O'Neil that if the Joint Resolution passed in its current form, we would instruct the CSI to transfer the holdings to the Board. If the Joint Resolution did not pass, we would have a head start on reviewing the documents. TL -
13-00000 ADMINISTB =<JNTERNAL SUBJECT: Request for Access to HSCA Records 3. iI then informed Mr. O'Neil that the new historical review group would have at least fifteen officers and that this group would likely review the material. Mr. O'Neil then stated that he concurred in the transfer of custotly and in the request for access by CSI personnel. AY - 4. Based on this conversation, I have signed thé reference indicating my approval of your request. During ‘the course of your review, you should continue to coordinate closely with Litigation Division, OGC, and this Office to ensure that decisions to release are consistent with litigation and other requirements. 4. Please call me on x35467 1f£ I may be of any further assistance. . cc: C/DO/IMS C/LD/OGC
404-10331-10009 A ee GOP SECRET —S¢/irg 19 May 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR? ~ DO/TRO FROM: , Edgar T. McHenry " Chief, Classification Review Branch -TP6CRD SUBJECT: | Middleton Mandatory Review Request (E92-0185) 1. This Lyndon Johnson Library request consists of twenty-two documents from a Johnson Library file identified as "NSF, Intelligence File, ‘Oswald, Lee Harvey, ' Box 9." The requester, Mr. Harry J. Middleton, is Director of the Johnson Library. The same material is also being. piggybacked to another requester, Mr. August Russo, in our case E92-0199. 2. We have made a preliminary assessment of these documents with regard to the fact that similar documents relating to the JFK assassination are being reviewed by the newly restructured Historical Review Group which is under a mandate by the DCI to assume a bias toward declassification. 3. We note the following intelligence concerns which are evident in the Oswald material now presented for review: Intelligence derived from foreign liaison: Found in Document Nos. 6, 8, 9, 20, 25, 28, and 32a. Intelligence derived from covert sources: Found in Document Nos. 11, 13, 30, and 33a. Intelligence derived from signals intercept (or wire tap) rogqrams: Found in Document Nos. 2la, 23, 24, 29, and 31. Attachments UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED. FROM ATTACHMENTS TOP SECRET
13-00000 police liaison relationship with Mexico — - i ' TOP SECRET CIA overseas locations and operations in specific overseas locations: Found in Document Nos. 6, ll, 14, 20, 21a, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 32a, and 33a. Identification of individuals and privacy considerations: Found in Document Nos. 6, 8, 11, 2la, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 30. Present foreign relations considerations: Found in ‘Document Nos. 6, 13, 14, 24, 25, and 27. 4, We would recommend acknowledgment of CIA stations in Mexico City and London and the existence_of @n_inte gen during the period in question. (Liaison| concurrence for release| should be obtained as necessary.) ~ 5. We believe that most of this material can be released. We have highlighted in yellow those portions we recommend for denial. Document No. 28 should be withheld in its entirety. 6. This review was prepared by | | EORS/CRB/ IP&CRD. IP&CRD/CRB/CMR 6 May 1992 Distribution TOP SECRET Orig — Adses pot pol Bo pet od pel { ~ IP&CRD Chrono . - IP&CRD/CRB Chrono IP&CRD E92-0185 w/atts —- John Carver HRG — IP&CRD Cross ref E92- -0199 (Requester Russo) w/atts - CMR ; Sane HE RN
One oe Se es Cee Ha (0d-10031-40011 . Le CONFIDENTIAL CSI-0019/92 3 June 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information, Privacy, and Classification Division/OIT VIA: Director, Center for the Study of Intelligence FROM: John F. Pereira . Chief, Historial Review Group/csI SUBJECT: Appreciation for Assistance with JFK Assassination Documents 1. This is.to express my appreciation for the important assistance that you and your colleagues provided to the Historical Review Group recently. As you recall, we were directed to count the documents in the 80 boxes of the JFK Assassination files and the Oswald 201 File, in preparation for the DCI's testimony before Congress on 12 May. This involved determining the number of pages in four specific categories of information, consisting of more than 160,000 pages. Without your Division's help, we would not have been able to meet the short deadline. 2. Please extend my thanks to the following eight individuals _who assisted us: icy Saal canneries on we gece toate Et Karl Rohrer 3. Again, many thanks for your cooperation. “John F. Pereira CONFIDENTIAL
13-00000 SUBJECT: Appreciation for Assistance with JFK Assassination Documents C/HRG/JPereira:aw (3 June 92) Distribution: | Original - Addressee 1 ~ C/HRG 1 ~- HRG File
1041033140012] OCA 2366-92 26 17} 992 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROM: Stanley M. Moskowitz Director of Congressional Affairs SUBJECT: Status of JFK Legislation 1. This note is to advise you of the current status | of the JFK Joint Resolutions. 2. Since your testimony last month before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, we have worked with Senator Glenn's staff to resolve various CIA concerns with the Senate version of the Resolution. The staff agreed to amend the Joint: Resolution to accommodate all of our major concerns.. The Resolution now provides that the initial review of documents for public release will be done by the originating agencies and that the President will have the power to postpone the release of Executive. Branch information in congressional documents. The Committee marked up the resolution on 25 June and it will be taken up by the full Senate following their Fourth of July recess. 3. The JFK Joint Resolution was referred to four different committees in the House. The Government Operations Committee has voted to report a substitute .version. This substitute is less favorable than the Glenn redraft but addresses several Administration concerns, such as Presidential appointment to the Assassination Materials Review Board. The Committee did not agree to include in the legislation the concept of initial review of assassination records by the originating agencies or Executive branch review of its information in congressional documents. However, we have worked with Committee staff, who have agreed to address CIA concerns in their report. That report is due to be filed imminently. The House Judiciary, Rules, and Administration Committees have not yet acted on the legislation, although the relevant Judiciary subcommittee “reported the original Stokes version to the full committee. The Housé is likely to adopt the Joint Resolution as reported out of the Government Operations Committee, but no ‘earlier than after the Fourth of July recess. Ts], Stantey M. MosKowite” Keon. _ i Stanley M. Moskowitz
13-00000 gt ° “. SUBJECT:. Status of JFK Legislation OcA/LEG| Lme/37914 (26 June 1992) OCA 2366-92 Distribution: Original ~- Addressee - DpCI ~ ExDir ~ D/OCA D/CSI (D. Gries) - ER - OCA Records ~ Leg Subj File - VLP Signer File ~ VLP Soft File bt et ed ed et ed te ;
File: o5eet wl ad 21 September 1992. FROM: John S. Carver, HRG/CSVO-DCI SUBJECT: Transfer of a fuller version of the Pre-Assassination Oswald 201. File (HRP 92-5) to NARA (N.B.: This submission will be designated HRP 92-5/1A.) , The following are inputs for Form 258 on this updated submission from Cth’ S Historical Review Program: | For 1 (Type of Action),m enter "B", scheduled records. For 5A (Description of Records), please enter the following: "On 11 May 1992, CIA delivered to NARA a small 124-page package which included originals of many of the documents and redacted copies of the others which constituted the entire collection of documents held by CIA in its 201 File on Lee Harvey Oswald as of 23 November 1963. (In CIA's first submission of copies of the contents of this pre-assassination file to the Warren Commission in early 1964, CIA was not yet ready to release in full its own documents and, therefore, replaced them - with a memorandum summarizing them but protecting sources and methods.) We are now transferring an updated version which differs from our May 1992. submission in four ways: All of the third-agency documents which were lightly sanitized in the May version are hereby released in full; all of the Agency documents are hereby released in much less redacted form; the summary memorandum submitted to the Warren Commission (but composed in early 1964) is hereby released in full; and the original file folder is hereby released in full." For 5B, enter “one inch." For 5C, we judge that thePrivacy Act does not apply to the sanitized or declassified parts of these records which we are turning over, insofar as CIA equities are concerned. For 5D, there are no restrictions on this submission, and any CIA equities contained herein are released. _ For 5D, this submission is a part of Records Schedule No. 40-76, Part B, Item 1.c(1).
13-00000 We hereby certify that every document which will be transferred to NARA in the " package cited has been released in full or in part with the full agreement of the DO/IRO, whose equities are involved. This procedure has been conducted in conformity with HR 70- 14. Copies of all CIA-originated documents herein, both released and denied, will be retained
104-10331-10033 DS&T-49-94 26 January 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR: Jehn F. Pereira , Chief, Historical Review Group/CsI ——r eee a) FROM: 7 a -- DS&T/Information Review Officer SUBJECT: Request to Conduct Search for JFK Assassination Records REFERENCE: = = CSI-0331/93 The DS&ET has conducted a search in appropriate files with negative results. If I can be of further assistance, please contact the undersigned on 50104 secure. ADMINISTRATIVE ~ INTERNAL..USE_ONLY
104-10331-10042 > be e ibe e ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY ae 4 From the Desk of DCIUOGCILD NOTE FOR: J. Barry Harrelson @ DA a FROM: DATE: 09/13/94 05:25:30 PM SUBJECT: Keenan v. U.S.DoJd & CIA Barry, . 1. Request that your office conduct a search to determine whether it has any records containing the name of Laurence P. KEENAN (d.0.b. 23 Nov 1924; p.o.b. Dover, NH; a Since this request is pursuant te a lawsuit under FOIA and the Privacy Act, all that is required is a search reasonal y calcul ated to-locate the responsive records. An index soarchghonld| he sufficient: no hand search is necessary. . oo , 2. KEENAN was an FBI agent who claims to have been involved with investigating Lee Harvey OSWALD's purported c contact with Cuban and Soviet agents in Mexico City. The CIA's IP&CRD office responded to Keenan that no records indexed by his name were located, but | am unsure whether your office was tasked with the initial request. 3. Please do not hesitate to contact me via Lotus Notes or on x76135 if i may be of further assistance. Thanks. Michael ce: ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
404-10331-10047 a7 owe ER. 93-2989 aebice, Office of the Director The Executive Secretary 12 May 1993 NOTE FOR: EA/EXDIR/CIA - SUBJECT: JFK Assassination Records ~ Rich: _ The DCI wants to speed this process to enable the Agency to meet the 22 August deadline. He asks that you determine exactly what is needed to do so. More people? New software? What would it cost in dollars? “Thanks again for your help. nt ae
104-10331-10048 C/HRG Subject: Agee Interview Attached is a memo prepared by Charles Dollar recording his actions on the Agee Interview. At that time, the DO concurred with John Carver in having NARA take deletions for the agency. Unfortunately, Dollar went beyond. the agreement and made changes without notifying the Agency. Tilley has pulled the open copy off the shelf for the present. The DO is reconsidering the earlier position and may propose that we take the past Agency position of neither confirming or denying comments by Agee. The "Dollar Redacted" copy at NARA would be replaced by a full text copy. This raises several questions: 1. How to acknowledge review of the document without giving official status to the document? Our "no objection to release" stamp on a document is generally considered an “official release" by the Agency. _2.Is there a problem if we do not indicate that we have seen the document? 3. How do we treat documents of similar nature? Attached is icle by Wilcott which contains information on the aa To take any deletions would confirm what @ is saying (I am sure that the Lesar types have a copy of the article.) 4. There are numerous letters, interviews, testimony, etc., of private citizens (many former agency employees, but not all) in the HSCA referred material. Until now we have been taking deletions when requested by DO. Is there a problem with picking and choosing those we take deletions in and those we ignore? One approach to the problem would be to review and redact as appropriate only official documents such as testimony and depositions. letters, articles, interviews, etc., by a private citizens would be release in full with no Agency comment or with a different stamp. I have not discussed the above issues with the DO. Hal, Chuck and I have had several discussions and agree that the problem is broader than the Agee irfterview and that our current guidelines are not adequate. Let me know when you have time to discuss.
104-10331-10052 Memo for : lil January 1995 Fron . : Historical Review Group, CSI a Subject : Transfer of JFK Documents to NARA 1. Within the next 2-3 weeks Historical Review Group (HRG) will be ready to transfer to the Center for Legislative Archives (NARA) the HSCA material from the Agency's JFK Assassination Collection. These records are considered ” Congressional records and are being transferred to NARA for review, not for release to the public. (The Centér, for Legislative Archives is the agent of Congress for the” review of HSCA JFK Assassination records). = 3 2. Description of Records: ® 45 gray archival boxes and 9 record center boxes containing approximately 25,000 pages. The records are > memos, documents, drafts, notes, cards, etc., created by © the House Select Committee on Assassination or HSCA staffers during the course of their 1977-1979 investigation into the assassination of John F Kennedy. Most of these records were based on CIA files and were incorporated into the Agency's JFK Collection at the end of the investigation. ® The records include CLASSIFIED full text originals and unclassified sanitized versions of the documents. Boxes containing classified documents are marked SECRET. Barry Harre}son