“USE ONLY: . OFFICER'S ~ COMMENTS. (Number reach ‘Gomiient to- ‘stow fron: “whiown wANITIALS 1 to.-whom. Draw ‘a tine. across’ column. after « ‘each; comment.) F. C. Randall DDO/FIO HT-1 Amber wey Herewith: areal’ but. oné: ‘Of % rE ., the" original, request . ‘lettérs you the Richard Be: prague: “this + e Tcantt- [INTERNAL USE ONLY
13-00000 tl” . Oe See i i AperaNs Aricuney Cincman ; . ( : . ( - : ee Dr. Robert H, Bahmer Archivist of the United States National Archives and Records Service Washington, D.C, 20408. Dear Dr, Bahmer: I have been asked to reply to the informal inquiries which you and the Deputy Administrator of General Services, Joe E, Moody, have made to this Department concerning the _ authority and procedures for releasing for public disclo~ © sure certain of the documentary material that was produced or acquired hy the President's Commission on the Assassi- nation of Prisident Kennedy (the Warren Commission), The Commission has, of course, completed its inves-= tigation, submitted its report, and transferred all of its records, papers,. and other documentary material. to the National Archives for preservation, Many scholars. and other persons are anxious to study that material. .Last year, the Executive departments and agencies which had furnished documentary material to the Commis-~- sion developed certain guidelines for determining which of the items they had furnished could be released to the . public, As a result of the applications of those guide~ lines, approximately two thirds of that material has been - made available to the public, | . Since the Commission did not provide any guidance | or. ‘impose any restrictions in this regard at the time that © ’ , its files were transferred to your agency, since the Com- ' mission is now out of existence, and since your agency is now the receiver and custodian of the records of the Com= mission, this Department believes the Administrator of General Services, acting through you and your staff, is now in the same legal and administrative position with .
13-00000 o ro &. respect to the records, papers, and other documentary material transferred to your agency by the Commission, as the Commission was prior to that transfer. Consequently, we believe that your agency has the ~ authority and obligation to review that material and to determine which of it should be made available to, or withheld from,the public at this time, and to conduct. -subsequent reviews of such material at reasonable inter- vals until all of it is released. In this regard, we believe it would be appropriate for your reviews of that material to be made in conformity with the guidelines © which were developed and applied by the various Executive ‘departments and ageacies with respect to the material. they had contributed to che Commission, However, we do. not con- sider those guidelines as imposing absolute standards for _ ‘the release or disclosure of Commission-produced material in your custody. If in any specific case a sound legal basis exists for withholding or for releasing any such. material notwithstanding provisions of the guidelines, your agency should, of course, disregard the guidelines, | Similarly, if sound-archival or other principles or rea~ sons, not inconsistent with law, exist for disregarding ‘the guidelines in some particular case, we believe that it would be appropriate*for your agency to disregard the guide-.. ‘lines. in that case, If any significant legal problem should arise in this regard, the Department of Justice will, of. course, be happy to assist you in any way that we can, VY. area rank M. Wozencraft Assistant Attorney General | Office of hegal Counsel Sincerely, ‘? AAA eee raven
13-00000 ‘VOLUME. 54 BULKY (part 1 of 3) | DCE 18035, 30 Jul 65 Copies of CIA Documents (classified) in custody of National. Archives _ Part 1 of Bulky in 2 Volumes: { | Vol. I; MISCELLANEOUS | | SOE BEC -/OE @ 2? - 42D OF E08 /- 79
13-00000 “St DCE 18035, 30 Jul 65 Copies of CIA Documents (classified). , in custody of National Archives Part 1 of Bulky in 2 Volumes: Vol. II: WH DIVISION
VOLUME 54 BULKY (part 2 of 3). . | DCE 18035, 30 Jul 65° 4 Copies of CIA Documents (classified) jin custody of National Archives Volume III: . SR DIVISION
13-00000 VOLUME 54 BULKY (part 3.of 3) DCE 18035, 30 Jul 65 Copies of CIA Documents (classified) in custody of National Archives Volume IV: Correspondence on release | & Declassification plenso Adarepy vo7 S]USUINDOG UOISSTUINIOD UsTIeEM AONACNOdSaadoo
1 3-00900 VOLUME I: List of documents to be reviewed by Mr. Sturbitts and/or other LA branches: (copies attached) WAVE-8049, 22 Nov 63 WAVE-8129, 24 Nov 63 WAVE-8130, 24 Nov 63 WAVE-8133, 24 Nov 63 WAVE-8149, 22 25 Nov 63 SAGO-6153, 23 Nov 63 MONT-8398, 23 Nov 63 MONT-8397, 23 Nov 63 (HUM-2414) | VOLUME I: EUR check OTTA-1271, 23 Nov 63 MEXI-7052, 24 Nov 63 VOLUME II LIMA-4809, 26 Nov 63 DIRECTOR-—85069, 26 Nov 63 DIRECTOR-85039, 26 Nov 63 —- the question here involves State & FBI DIRECTOR-85066, 26 NOv 63 - ditto above VOLUME III MDST-28531, 28 Nov 63 - see document with note - definitely should not release portions marked EX-10896, 29 Nov 63 - check with CO6
13-00900 VOLUME ***III (continued) ;;3; EUR (Check) MEKExS MEXI-7071, 27 Nov 63 OTTA-1274, 27 Nov 63 OTTA-1280, 27 Nov 63 VOLUME IV WAVE 8447, 3 Dec 63 WAVE 8455, 3 Dec 63 VOLUME V WAVE-8658 TX-1886, 6 Dec 63 ‘VOLUME VI WAVE 8736, 9 Dec 63 DIR-87746, 9 Dec 63 VOLUME 1X WAVE 8809, 10 Dec 63 WAVE 8789, 10 Dec 63 DIR 87985, 10 Dec 63 VOLUME X DIR 90487, 20 Dec 63 (check with SE) MEXI-7488, 20 Dec 63 (check with SE) WAVE-8949, 12 Dec 63 DIR-88643, 12 Dec 63 UFG-4286, 19 Dec 63 UFGA-13059,.13 Dec 63
13-00Q00 VOL. X (continued) WAVE 9371, 19 Dec 63 HCSA-10374, 13 Dec 63 DIR-88864, 13 Dec 63 (Argentina) BUEN-0766, 13 Dec 63 ‘BUEN 0768, 13 Dec 63 MEXI- ????, 14 Dec # 63 - why in Oswald file? VOLUME XVII CSCI 3/779,297, 26 Dec 63 WAVE SEZZ 9679, 27 Dec 63 WAVE 9680, 27 Dec 63 VOLUME XVIII Covering /MEMO for HELMS re Verson (believe this COG agent AMPALM-26 -- see vol. XIX notes) VOL. XIX BUEN-0850, 2 Jan 64 (re MEDVEDEV) DIR-92766, 6 Jan 64 - AMPALM— 26 DIR-92767, 6 Jan 64 VOL. XXIT WAVE-0173, 9 Jan 64 WA MEXI-7776, 14 Jan 64 - re AMPALM-26 (involves some FBI info) WAVE-0569, 15 Jan 64 -—- AMPALM-26 MEXI-7819, 17 Jan 64 - also A-26 (source of MEXI info is sensitive & should be withheld) HGGA-7205, 8& Jan 64 VOL. XXIV - UFGA-13576, 16 Jan 64 WAVE-1283, 30 Jan 64 UFGA-13737, 24 Jan 64 WAVE-1465, x 4 Feb 64 UFGA-13736, 24 Jan 64 DezD~3838 ‘eas a6 UFGA-13772, 27 Jan 64 ) 37 San XAAZ-35876, 29 Jan 64 _
13-00000 hapheec ee VOLUME XXV | UFGA-13907, 13 Feb 64% VOLUME XXXITI MONEEYEREQ@x@R KX&G KINGSTON 1226, 2 Apr 64 Voc, 45° (iE ~809, s0/r/e aa VOLUME XXXIV UFGA-15239, 15 Apr 64 CWlenpece. 3.2, mavleh Fog woe rekgne X SX-10946, 8 Apr 64 - Nic desk check para (2) pee ne nn ee nnn een ne - Vo L,37- xyse— 27.418 | 4M bd — Coe VOLUME 43 HTPA-01340, 16 Jun 64 ERE XAAZ-17378, 12 Jun 64 - Costa Rica CSCI~3/781543, 5 Jun 64 - if released, review with COG & GUAT, but is answer to FBI memo VOLUME Z& 48 WAVE 0767, 19 Aug 64 VOLUME 49 DIR-49570, 14 Sep 64 (SE review) MEXI-0898, 17 Sep 64 (SE Review) PRIN-2754, 15 Sep 64 (Haiti) XAAZ-22874, 14 Sep 64 -— COG VOLUME 51 (all review with COG) WAVE-3387, 16 Sep 64 ULAVE-8130) atu fer - lipy wat in File, bat a UFGA-17923, 29 Sep 64 “dimny" 14: XAAZ-22938, 21 Oct 64. : XAAZ-22876, 4 Nov 64 WAVE-4342, 6 Nov 64
VOLUME 52 (review with COG & EUR/Germany) -HMMW-13244, 30 Dec 64 DBA-94347, 31 Dec 64 CSCI~316/02545-64, 15 Dec 64 VOLUME-56 FPMA-19675, 15 Jan 68: involves one Luis CASTILLO wio claims hired by WOFIRM to kill Kennedy--should be checked with COG. Unable to copy document because of blue ink. ‘ VOLUME 55 - this involves case of Thayer WALDO (201-043967) ~- held by OPS/I1 hey should review DIR-26897, 10 Aug 67 MEXI-2463, 12 Aug~ 67 MEXI-~2454, 12 Aug 67
13-00000 owes 16 December 1975 Mr. Randall: According to telcon between Mr. Savige (Info § Priv) and Mr. Johnson of Nat'l Archives on 12 Dec 75, CIA apparently needed to review for declassification of material on Lists 1, 1A, 2 and 2A (see attachments) just the documents which were forwarded to us along with the lists by NARS. Mr. Paul Hartman reviewed the documents (also attached and has made appropriate notations for detlassification. 0, ext 1731 oD Dome gral | ao — oo eee