Doc ID: 6598265 mT Date: 09/12/97 PaGe:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10197 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NSA FROM : LOWMAN, SPEC ASST FOR CONGRESS REV TO : SPEC ASST SEC & DSECDEF TITLE : SSCI REQUEST FOR INFO ON JFK ASSASSINATION DATE : 11/24/75 PAGES : 4 Ss CUB MESSAGES. DISCUSSED ERT NSA ANSHERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED RE ‘OSWALD; - CUBAN: MESSAGES...........__. 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM (iii) CLASSIFICATION : + RESTRICTIONS : 1A, 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/01/97 OPENING CRITERIA ORIGINATING AGENCY’ § DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Derived From: | NSA/CSSM 123-2, Dated 3 September 1991 Declassify On: Source Marked "OADR"” 7 Date of source: 3 Sep 91 Released on 11-01-2017 under the John F. Beni. Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note)
@ ona SECURITY AGENCY / CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE'G, MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Serial: N1380 24 November 1975 —PoP—-Ssrernes— 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. D — D. LOWMAN Special Assistant . to the Director for Congressional Reviews Incl: a/s , $ Livan 2g and physiced | Released on 11-01-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note sy, “pm Nos Pe aa
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- Doc ID;.6598265 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 ‘owe 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 1963 to obtain a: Cuban visa to travel to Moscow and also comments on the assina- The messages are dated in the last week of tion itself. ' ' ' ‘ ' . ' @ ' ' ' ' ' November 1963. -. NSA has not identified any communications to, from or mentioning Marina Oswald, Jack Ruby or Earl Ruby. , - 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) :  __[biiii) ’ The specific questions asked and responses follow: Were any of the above names put on a watch list and l. 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. Was product or information concerning the individuals ited above ever requested by any agency or individual of the Soyaemmant or of the Warren Commission? If s0, 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? messages cited above were ANSWER: The four Cuban disseminated to CIA, DIA, STATE and elements of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
“Doc ID: 6598265 ef 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? ee ‘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 .Cuba-U.S.S.R.? , : ANSWER: No. 6. Were there ever any requests to monitor specific links. for information pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy? Who made these requests, and when? Did these inciude 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. latetirots - ~ PEO? kad ¢ QE NSA b DEDA QTAAE , on N LOA EA ¢ 4