104-10413-10334 , er | | SIGNAL CENTER USE on a (7 pc! s [> | — cs SS OnF oO 0 “o Oo oO o Oo. 4 7 S “E. CR E T | a PASE HR STAPF. ~ D2004bz | DIRECTOR — -4e224p own DISSEM BY: o/S ome thal CONF: e/453 INFO: FILE DCH, dfou. DdoZ <6 f/RF | | ey, pooh. fps/ecz TOs IMMEDIATE WSHRAN. ¥ agrumsvo PER Oo ooo oe Pras # . WNINTEL RYBAT ; lL. AP WIRE STORY IN WASHINGTON STAR ON FOIA RELEASE OF OSWALD'S MATERTAL MAKES FOLLOWING STATEHENT, WHICH YOu SHOULD BE AUARE ,oxmanase @QUTE: IN SUORN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE WARREN COMMISSION. RICHARD HELMS. THEN A BRANCH CHIEF AND LATER CIA'S DIRECTOR, [SAID THE AGENCY NEVER HAD OR EVEN CONTEMPLATED ANY CONTACTS “WITH OSWALD... NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENT. SAYS UE SHOWED IN~ TELLIGENCE INTEREST IN OSWALD AND DISCUSSES... THE LAYING ON OF INTERVIEWS. END QUOTE. ¥ Aareaiae 2. ABOVE MISCONSTRUED FROM SANITIZED WAR RELEASED UNDER FOIA, WRITTEN BY FORMER OFFICER WHO WAS INTERESTED IN POSSIBLE USEFUL IN- “FORMATION OSWALD NIGHT HAVE IN CONTEXT OF SOVIET REALITIES. IN RESPONSE TO DCI CALL TO ALL HANDS TO RECORD WHATEVER THEY THOUGHT NIGHT BE RELEVANT TO WARREN COMMISSION INTERESTS» OFFICER WROTE THIS “em. THE aie Sos RECORD BRANCH LEVEL DISCUSSION BUT STATES THAT URITER DOES NOT KNOU WHAT ACTION UAS TAKEN. E-2, INPDET«d DATE: 4 OCT 7b ome CHAS-BRIGGS:DCMN — * co 7 ee ext: CLESS ° lg * 1556 bu. baste. | _ . Re OFPICaR COORDINATING OFFICERS — T H E 0 ) 0 R E G si lACKLEY 7 AD D 0 cutincanon _ -., REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. . 2 IMPDET SECRET a GL BY gn ayy weed
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