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 : JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10102-10360 NUMBERED FILES 009351 Document Information HSCA BLAKEY, G. ROBERT KURTZ, JEROME; IRS 05/25/1978 2 IRS; FILES BRADEN, JAMES LETTER Unclassified: 3 Redact 05/14/1996 Attaached addendum from James Braden. Box 171. 10/14/20 v9.1 HW 55923 Docld: 32259602 Page 1
decree rea hn i tenet nent eee emu actntite RLS eS Her rane ape een ene Orne Rep naan tenth marae ta ta pee eens eemnenentewens cee ee wate ee ee ee Boa see ee LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN = SHARDSON PREYER, N.C. SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO we gars E. FAUNTROY, D.C. STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN. YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF. CHARLES THONE, NEBR. : . . CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN. HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH. . . HAROLD E. FORD, TENN. . ° ’ ° ; FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.” Select Committee on Assassinations 093%3 _ ROBERT W, EDGAR, PA. : oe . GS. House of Representatives 3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 May 25, 1978 SSR (202) 225-4624 HAND DELIVERED | Mr. Jerome Kurtz Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1111 Constitution Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20224 Attention: Director: Disclosure Operations Division ce CP:D P. Fauconnet | Room 3619 Dear Mr. Commissioner: In connection with the investigation by this Committee into the death of President John F. Kennedy, enclosed is the additional waiver we received from Mr. James Braden to give us access to.the information con- ‘cerning him listed in this waiver which is supplemental to the waiver attached to my letter of May 17, 1978. As stated in that letter, the Committee requests that counsel on our staff be permitted to speak with Special Agent Gabe Dennis in Los Angeles concerning the matters which Mr. Braden has permitted to be disclosed to the Committee. The Committee appreciates the continued coopera- tion it is receiving from your Disclosure Division in facilitating the preparation of these records. Thank you very much for your cooperation with the Select Committee’ s investigation. . | Sincerely, | . G. Robert Blakey 7 . Chief Counsel and Director Enclosure GRB:apj HW 55923 Docld:322759802 Page 2?—
ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF oo TAX, RETURNS, TAX RETURN INFORMATION “ oh /4/AND INVESTIGATIVE DATA. . Pee a See wot rn “SADDENDUM TO RELEASE SIGNED BY MR... BRADEN ON MAY 16, 1978 14s ony lee foe Vo j <y0 wd es H a a v4 eg ed ya vob a wm I, James Braden, hereby authorize the release by the Internal Revenue Service of all tax returns, tax return information, and investigative data.in the possession of the IRS which pertains to myself, for the years 1969-1974. ‘The ' above materials which I authorize to release should include the complete tax returns, tax return. information and investi-. _gative data pertaining to myself. 3 During the years. 1958- 1963, my legal name was > '. Eugene Hale Brading. My name was. legally changed to James. Braden in September, 1963. This release is authorization _ for all the named files concerning. Eugene Hale Brading_ as / well as James Braden. | ot “The. above information may be disclosed to. ‘all members on the staff.of the Select Committee on Assassinations, : and the Members of that Committee, including but not limited - to Messrs. Donald Purdy, John Hornbeck, James McDonald, Ralph Salerno, James Wolf, Ann Taylor, Howard. Shapiro, Leslie Wizel-_ man and Mark ‘Flanagan. My current address is: (3224. Peachtree Road, N.E. ‘Atlanta, Georgia 30305 rr a [Bn O- My Social Security Number ‘is L/0-O Y ~ GPF : 7 Tames Braden