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‘SUBJECT: Foreign Government Information rn JFK Act 6 (1) (B) also to the conduct of US foreign relations. that the USG is seen as abiding by its agreements with foreign services as well as its own laws on the release of information. 13. (U) Should the Board reject these proposals, CIA is willing to work with the Board to reach another mutually agreeable solution. We strongly believe, however, that any approach which suggests that the U.S. Government may ignore its obligations and commitments to foreign governments would seriously undermine the vigorous and healthy diplomatic as well as intelligence relationships that we currently enjoy. HW 55157 DBocld:324045271 Page 13
at . SUBJECT: Foreign Government Information , . ; soe TR hg (1) (A) — JEK Act 6° (1) (B) government. As: such, CIA consents to the release of these documents with the redactions proposed by the Board. 15. (S) Proposal for Future Coordination: With regards to any other foreign government information that may exist in the files, CIA -proposes that it approach its liaison services to request their consent in the release of their information when it would be appropriate to do so. Although recent events with Australia make it impossible for CIA to approach them at this time, this may not be so with other services. In cases were CIA believes, because of the nature of the relationship, that it would not be possible to request the consent of the service, CIA proposes that the documents either be postponed from release or that CIA and Board's staff coordinate a summary. GPK Act 6 (1) (A) JFK Act 6 (1) (B) Ohn F. Pereira Attachment HW 55157 Docld:32404521 Page 14°
RY HW 55157 . . : , Central intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 28 January 1997 Mr. David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, Nw Washington, DC 20530 Dear David: This is to acknowledge your letter of 3 January 1997 to the Director of Central Intelligence concerning the Assassination Records Review Board’s recent formal determinations with respect to CIA Records. The appropriate Agency components have again reviewed the documents that the Board has decided to release either totally or with some information postponed. While the Agency does not plan to appeal to the President for additional postponements at this time, we ask that the Board reconsider its decisions with respect to six documents. These documents contain information relating to foreign government provided data, foreign liaison relationships, and intelligence sources--information that we believe merits protection under current standards set by the Board. A list of these six documents, together with Agency, comments concerning them, is enclosed. We plan no further action on these documents pending discussion with your staff and review by the Board. SEK Act 6 (1) (A) JFK Act 6 (1) (B) ohn F. Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group Enclosure UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED FROM ENCLOSURE DoclId: 3274045271 Page i?
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HW 55157 —SECREF— Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457 September 5, 1997 BY COURIER Mr. John Pereira Director JEK Act 6 Historical Review Group DEE Ree Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Re: Request to CIA to contact liaison channels regarding LIENVOY intercepts of _ Oswald telephone calls in Mexico City some time ago the Review Board requested informally that CIA contact its liaison channels in Mexico City for information related to Lee Harvey Oswald. During your recent visit here we discussed with you the feasibility of your making such contacts. I am writing in response to your request that we memorialize our request and provide | some background information. The Review Board believes that all reasonable steps should be taken to account for all telephonic intercepts of Oswald during his visit to Mexico City in September-October - 1963. There is evidence that CIA intercepted some telephone calls through an operation named LIENVOY We |\ believe that it would bea telephonic take, specifically the actual recordings of Oswald’s telephone calls to the ' Soviet Embassy during the period of September 27 through October 3, 1963. The Review Board previously has sought information from the Mexican Government through appropriate diplomatic channels. For reasons that are obvious to those familiar with Mexico City issues, the Review Board could not raise with Mexican officials nor with the U.S. State Department the possible existence of additional tape recordings that might be in the hands of certain officials. Thus, at the behest of the Review Board, the Department of State requested that the Mexican federal government and local government agencies conduct general searches of their files for records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. The Mexican government responded SECREF- Boarp Memsers: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff « Kermit L. Hall - William L. Joyce * Anna K. Nelson Executive Director: David G. Marwell DoclId: 3274045271 Page 20
HW 55157 Mr. John Pereira September 5, 1997 Page 2 by sending copies of the same documentation and correspondence that the GOM had | made available to the Warren Commission in 1964. 7 The basis for our interest in your contacting appropriate Mexican officials is found in — CIA document 104-10004-10199, which was reviewed by: the Board on September 19, 1995. On page 5 of this document (not including the cover sheet) information that the Board agreed to protect, due to the sensitivity of sources and methods involved intercept on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is unclear whether this statement relers to the transcript or to an actual tape containing the phone call. Nevertheless, it provides enough evidence to warrant additional i inquiries on this matter. For your reference we are enclosing copies of the reference documents as well as copies of the correspondence between the DOS and the Mexican government. We would appreciate your conteétin appropriate officials to determine What reasonably can be known about this and related matters, and ask that you provide a_ response fo this request by November 14, 1997. We are fully aware of the sensitivity of | “this type of request and do not wish to take any action that would compromise[ | If necessary, we would be pleased to discuss with you ways In which we might further elaborate on this request, including person-to-person discussions with appropriate officials either her] Thank you for your continued assistance and cooperation. Sincerely yours, T. Jeremy Gunn / General Counsel and Associate Director for Research and Analysis cc: J. Barry Harrelson, HRG Enclosures DoclId: 3274045271 Page 71
HW 55157 —Sstene— CL REASON: Section 1.5 o DECL oN: X1 ; pav FRM: COV 2.87, 15 January 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCI . Fred Wickham @ DO Lee Strickland @ DA FROM: J. Barry Harrelson ; JFK Project Officer OFFICE: CSHHRG SUBJECT: ARRB 22 January Meeting ~ Agenda REFERENCE: 1. The following items are on the ARRB meeting agenda for 22 January 1998: (S) A. Reconsideration of the The ARRB staff has advised that briefings by senior CIA 7; ae not required. However, the Agency are welcome to make a presentation if it will add to the information being presented in the “evidence memorandum”. The evidence memorandum must be at ARRB no later than Tuesday 20 January. Mr. Gunn has suggested we may want to have individuals standing by for questions. The current plan is for Lee Stricklanc and me to be available at 600 E. St. NW. to answer any questions. (AlUO) ~—_-B. Office of Personnel Files in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend to the Board that personnel files be declared NBR (Not Believed Relevant) and their release postponed until 2017. The Agency position is that the privacy a of each individual clearly outweighs the public interest, most of the information in these files has no relevance to the assassination story, and any related information exist elsewhere in the collection. At ARRB staff request HRP is preparing five OP files for review by Board members. The ARRB staff will prepare a memorandum for public release describing the files; their memo will be coordinated with the Agency prior to release. (AIOU) —-C. Non-related files[documents in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend that the files ZZ and documents (approximately 35,000 pages) designated non-related by CIA during the 1994 review of the microfilm be declared NBR and released in 2017. If the recommendation is accepted by the Board, the ARRB staff will prepare an unclassified description of the records for public release. This too will be coordinated with the Agency prior to release. D. Other possible items: (AIUO) i. ARRB Request # CIA 1 --- The ARRB staff may request that the DO documents at issue in this request be declared Assassination Records to be released in full or sanitized form. DoclId: 3274045271 Page 22?