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104-10331-10153 a | . SECRET ci py:0611637 | a REASON: Section 1.5 € pect ox X1 nav Fam: HUM 4-82 - 15 May 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Lee S. Strickland @ DA Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO William H. McNair @ 00 _ Becky L. Rant @ DA FROM: J. Barry Harrelsen , JFK Project Officer OFFICE: OIM/HRP SUBJECT: ARRB Meeting 13 May 1998 -- Results REFERENCE: Lotus note dated 8 May -- ARRB Meeting 12-13 May 1998 oe The JFK Board addressed six Agency issues at the 13 May meeting. The Agency's proposals prevailed in four of the six issues ~asf-ene-and one issue was tabled for further discussion. The Board made the following determinations: 1) Alias Documentation and Accommodation Addresses: accepted our proposal to postpone release of specific information until 2017 and use generic substitute language. 2)(LITAMIL: 8 [cla penetration] 7 — [ponsidered a "key player" in the Oswald-Mexico City story): - S aaaanEnREEEREEREE agreed to continue to protect the full crypt and delay the release of additional documents (201 file) until his death. They set an annual review date on the documents; the Agency will need to advise NARA annually on his status. _ 3 Richard 6 Gibson [1 member | of Fair Play. ‘for Cuba a Committee during early 60" 's/considered a “key player ir in_, SN / Oswald’ S story/Agency asset beginning in 1965): \ agreed protect Gibson's relationship with the Agency and designated Agency and FBI files and documents \ outside the JFK collection window, 1960- 64, as NBRs {not believed relevant). ; 4) AMTRUNK Assets [AMTRUNK was an early 1960's anti-Cuban operation; most of the details of the operation including crypts have been previously released]: SECRET
13-00000 a Se . SECRET Ae A agreed to protect true name and 201 file numbers of assets not previously released. 5) Mark Lane item [extract from foreign document]: postponed until 4 June meeting: board would like have a member or its staff confirm the existence of the a document and ensure that it contains no other JFK assassination related information. 6) Carles Tepedino (CIA asset! key figure in AMLASH-Cubela plot to kill Castro/true name and role in story has heen publicly known for years): voted to release his name in the 1967 IG Report on Plots Against Castro and other JFK collection documents The| _[Bolitsyn issue was pulled from the agencd and will be addressed at the next meeting (4 June). "This was-a very successful meeting from the Agency's perspective. The loss on Tepedino was not unexpected. Given what is in the public domain, the Agency has not been able to make a persuasive argument te protect his name in the three yéars Tepedino has been at issue. Thanks to ail who assisted in preparing for the meeting, and especially ty and joo prepared the issue and talking point papers that carried the day. yO cc: SECRET
104-10331-10159 - a, CONFIDENTIAL - 2 July 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: AMLYRIC-1 201 FILE FROM: -Gary M. Breneman, IC, HRP/OIM At the request ‘of the ARRB staff the DO made subject 201. file available for review by a staff member. That. review took place and followng the review, the staff member; Michelle Combs, consulted with Robert Skwirot. He advisee that nothing further was required from the ' Agency. The file was returned to J of even date herewith. Gary}h..| Breneman CONFIDENTIAL
104-10331-10160 po ae ‘UNCLASSIFIED CSI 97-122. 7 March 1997 © MEMORANDUM FOR: General Counsel FROM: -. John F. Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group SUBJECT: | FY 1996 Annual Report--JFK Assassination Records Review Board — 1. Attached for your information is a copy of the “Fiscal Year 1996 Report” of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board. 2. You will note that the report (introductory page) includes a recommendation to the appropriate Senate and House Committees that the JFK Act be extended for one year to 1 October 1998. 3. The report describes 1_ of. cooperation the Va Board has received from CIA. of your office > deserves a good deal of credit for the major contribution she has been making to assuring that the Agency: has a positive relationship with the JFK Board. Sonn t F. Pereira we Attachment: As stated UNCLASSIFIED
13-00000 - A ae UNCLASSIFIED SUBJECT: FY 1996 ‘Annual Report --JFK Assassination Records Review Board Distribution: (CSI 97-122) ‘Orig: Addressee 1 - HRG Chrono , 1:- HRG JFK File HRG/CSI/JPereira:sn (31805) (7Mar97) g/csistaff/hrg/peroge.doc UNCLASSIFIED
104-10331-10163 3] BULLETIN OIM OIM EB No. 02-98 22 July 1998 FINAL DOCUMENT SEARCH TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH “PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992" (JFK ACT) FROM: George J. Tenet . Director of Central Intelligence 1. (U) As you know, the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (Board) is completing its task of overseeing the search and declassification of all Federal government records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by 30 September 1998. The Board and we want to do everything possible to place before the American people the full story as reflected in government and other records. 2. (U) The Agency has been working on this effort since 1992 and has searched all of the obvious databases. We want to make certain that we have left no stone untumed and that no employee has any records that might possibly be considered relevant to the assassination— including any records created [or received] after 1992. The reference to 1992 is largely intended to encompass documents which may have come into our hands since the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. 3. (ATUO) In accordance with the provisions of the JFK Act, I hereby direct all CIA _ personnel to consider documents in their possession or with which they are familiar that might have relevance to the Board’s review and that might not have been found in the course of electronic or manual-searches over the past six years. Representatives of the Historical Review. Program believe that if such documents do exist they would, most likely, be found in files that would not be generally related to the assassination or that would not be “logical” areas for systematic searches. These include working paper files or smaller databases related to countries not normally associated with the assassination. Relevant documents can be in the form of papers, photographs, recordings, tapes, or other media, and can include documents “related to the » assassination,” such as later investigations, key topics/events within the Oswald/JFK Story, or material related to key figures—such as Nosenko.
4, (ATUO) CIA personnel who believe they have information regarding documents relevant _ to the JFK review that may not have been found in previous searches should contact their component or directorate IRO or thie JFK Project Coordinator. Directorate IROs and the Agency’ s JFK Project Coordinator are as follows: Secure Phone DO/IRO- ———Willliam McNair 44448 DI/ TRO -- | 54644 DS&T/IRO | - 50104 DA/ IRO Becky Rant 31204 DCI Area /IRO i I 39058 JFK Project Coordinator Barry Harrelson - 31825 Director of Central Intelligence
104-10334-10165] , + @ ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY e 22 July 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Edmund Cohen @ DA Lee.S. Strickland @ DA Becky L. Rant @ DA William H. McNair @ DO Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO DST yi FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE: | OIM/HRP -SUBJECT:-» ~~ Resignation of ARRB ExDir REFERENCE: Effective this Friday, July 24, Jeremy Gunn has resigned from his position as Executive Director ‘to the Assassination Record Review Board. He is taking a position with US Institute for Peace. The Board announced the following appointments: Executive Director:. Laura Denk (formerly head of the ARRB's FBI review team) Deputy ExDir. Tracy Shycoff (formerly Associate Director for Administration) General Counsel: | Ron Haron ( formerly Associate General Counsel) There are no changes in the ARRB's CIA team. Michelle Combs, Special Assistant for Research and ‘Review, will continue to handle special requests, and Robert Skwirot, Chief of the CIA review team. will continue to focus on the document review. cc: . . James R. Oliver @ DA [Je bo Gloria M. Boyd @ DO DA (bec: Gary M. Breneman-Y-) Sent on 22 July 1998 at 12,03,15 . x ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10166) ~ SECRET CL BY: 0611637 CL REASON: Section 1.50 DECL ON: X5 pRV FAM: LIA 4-82 22 July 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: DCI_CSI_JFK_Team _ FROM: . _ J. Barry Harrelson ’ JFK Project Officer OFFICE: OIM/HRP SUBJECT: ARRB Meeting 20 July - Results REFERENCE: _ Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson ot BY: 0611687} CL REASON: Section 1.5 0 DECL. ON: X5 DAV FRM: LIA 4-82 20 July 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Lee S. Strickland @ DA } Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO @ DCI Bécky L. Rant @ DA ' SECRET
article}; aan ‘ SECRET -William H. McNair @ DO DCI @ DO FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE: OIM/HRAP SUBJECT: ARRB Meeting 20 July - Results REFERENCE: The ARRB took the following actions on CIA document/issues: . 1. Accepted CIA request to consider crypts/project names in Ford Presidential Library Documents (Rockefeller Commission) NBR, not believed relevant, protect until 2077; 2. Accepted CIA request to “retype” the document being released in sanitized form (Board voted to protect thefiaison.| relationshpjand io delete any identifying information at previous meeting); 3. Accepted CIA approved language for description of 4 pages dealing with the assassination - from afensitive foreignj}document know as the "Mark Lane" document. [Board member with permission (of the foreign government had reviewed the full document on 7 July and agreed that the only the 4 pages ShOU Id be included in the JFK collection.]; 4. Rejected CiA request for reconsideration of previous decision to protect only the digraph of crypt, IJDECANTER fasset, dead, identity and relationship with Agency exposed inDec 1997 LATimes i §. Rejected CIA request to deny in full JMWAVE org chart / Board voted 5-0 to "open in full". The next Board meeting is 6 August. | need to as soon as possible if the Agency is going to appeal or ask for reconsideration re items 4 and 5. ce: Edmund Cohen @ DA DA lames. A. Oliver @ @ DCI — DA Sent on 20 July 1998 at 06:24:40 PM cc: SECRET
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104-10331-10167 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: SUBJECT: REFERENCE: SECRET 14 March 1997 Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO DO J. Barry Harrelson CSIHAG, JFK Project Officer Records Briefing for ARRB Staff Status of Request Briefings will be held in Room 2C06, IP. DA is schedules begin at 2:00. The DO briefing will follow (3-3:30). — ~ 1 will be meeting with Gunn and Michelle Combs at 1:00 to review the status of pending ARRB requests. Where do we stand on the JMWAVE history, CIA - 6 (cables), CIA -12 (JMWAVE), CIA-13 (Backchannel Communications), CIA- 14 (Mexico City Annual Reports) CIA-16 (pre-assassination Oswald), the list of Moscow employees, the footnotes from the Mexico City History and the various requests _ on individuals? ce: John Pereira @ DCI SECRET
104-10331-10172 7 @ fe Ae A t * . - 1 a a . CONFIDENTIAL ry cL BY: 2085904 €L REASON: Section 15e pect on: X1 pay Fam: MET 1-82 From the Desk off] : Directorate of Science and Technology NOTE FOR: _ ia. Barry Harrelson } @bo FROM: DST OFFICE: _ ODDSRTARO DATE: 07/31/98 03:14:41PM 7 SUBJECT: Sug (Pr otectAQV AT ic) ee Barry, Eileen: (C} | have been able to determine that OTS currently uses the slug *AQUATICT to indicate that action needs to be taken. Because the word is in current operational use, we request that it be protected. The slug “AQUATIC? often appears with “TECHS,” which indicates that the cable centains technical information. If the latter also appears in the cable, please protect it as well. (C) | had requested a copy of the cable that uses the slug {AQUATIC." | would like the opportunity to review it in order to determine if there is any DS&T information in the document that needs protection in addition to the slug. cet: Sent on 31 July 1998 at 03:14:41 PM CONFIDENTIAL
104-10331-10174 * a a Administrative - HRG Internal Use Only 30 April 1997 Note for the Record | Subject: CIC Oswald/Nosenko related soft files: 1. Warren Commission/Oswald 2. Documents Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO/Oswald 1. I advised| | SA/CIC, that most of the documents in the two folders are duplicates of documents in the CIA JFK Collection sequestered by the HSCA. The other ' documents are related to Nosenko, but do not, mention Oswald. These documents are probably duplicated in the Nosenko material set aside for discussion with the ARRB. I recommended that we make the folders available to the ARRB staff. She concurred.: 2. Documents will be made available. to Michelle Combs, ARRB staff,-on her next visit. Barry Administrative - HRG Internal Use Only
104-10331-10177 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY TO: ; @ OST " FROM: - J. Barry Harrelson OFFICE: OIM/HRP DATE: 08/01 98 07:44:36 AM. SUBJECT: SyRe: Slug (AQUATIC) The Agency agreed to release slug lines in 1995 (one of the first hattles with the ARRB). Since “Aquatic” was used in the slug line of documents dealing with photo operations in Mexico City it has been released in documents at NARA. We have been advised by the ARRB staff that unless we can show “current harm" te additional releases they will not accept the protection of [Aquatic’”in slug lines. If you with to take the issue to the Board at the 6 Aug. meeting, | will need an evidence memo no later than 5 August. The specific document in question deals witl . l The ARRB staff has agreed to accept our redactions under the previous agreement on alias documentation. If you want a DS&T look, | recommend you have Tony F. review the document. If you want te review other files/document related to “Aquatic”, | suggest you come to IP to review. ce: (___]@ 0, James R. Oliver @ DA Sent on 1 August 1998 at 07:44:36 AM ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
104-10331-10178]: é "16 May 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: _|r FROM: , J. Barry Harrelson CSHHRG SUBJECT: . Special Clearance for ARRB Staff REFERENCE: Our phone call, 16 May 1997, a.m. Requast that Kathryn Michelle Cembs.of the Assassination Records Review Board staff, SSF @ given a temporary Byeman ’ clearance fo siecific records on the U-2 project. The files to be reviewed are responsive to a special search request from the JFK Board. 1 psa IMO, has reviewed these files and concurs in granting access for background use only to Ms. Combs. cLey © 1637 ) . ' CLREASON 1.5(c} DECLON X1 DAV FROM: COL 2-82 ce: , John Pereira SECRET
SECRET 5 June 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Hanrahan CSI/HRG FROM: in DI/TRO SUBJECT: JFK Assasination Records , 3 1. Per your request regarding documents on Mexico for the period 20-30 November 1963, Ilse in OIR did. asearch and located the attached thirteen documents. 2. Please let me know if. you need additional information from the DI on this matter. CL BY: CL REASON: DECL ON: - DRV FROM: FO Te em oe
13-00000 a 5 JUNE, 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: FOIA STAFF FROM: OSS / KPG/ DHRT, SUBJECT: JFK ASSASSINATION REVIEW NEW FAX WAS SEARCHED FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO MEXICO 1 iN CONNECTION WITH CUBA OR USSR FOR THE TIME-SPAN 20 - 30 NOVEMBER 1963. THIRTEEN DOCUMENTS ARE ENCLOSED.
104-10331-10181 vd NOTICE TO ALL CIA EMPLOYEES FROM: "George J.Tenet _ Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT: Final Document Search to Assure Compliance with “President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992” (JFK Act) 1. - () As youknow, the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (Board) is completing its task of overseeing the search and declassification of all Federal government records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by 30 September 1998. The Board and we want to do everything possible to place before the American people the full story as reflected in government and other records. 2. (U) The Agency has been working on this effort since 1992 and has searched all of the obvious databases. We want to make certain that we have left no stone unturned and thatno employee has “any records that might possibly be considered relevant to the ' assassination—including any records created [or received] after 1992.” (The reference to 1992 is largely intended to encompass documents which may have come into our hands © since the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.) 3. (ATUQ) In accordance with the provisions of the JFK Act, I hereby. direct all CIA personnel to consider documents in their possession or with which they are familiar that might have relevance to the Board’s review and that might not have been found in the course of electronic or manual searches over the past six years. Representatives of the Historical Review Program believe that if such documents do exist that they would, most likely, be found in files'that would not be known generally to be related to the assassination or that would not be “logical” areas for systematic searches, such as working paper files or smaller databases related to countries not normally associated with the assassination: Relevant documents can be in the form of papers, photographs, recordings, tapes, or other media, and can include documents “related to the assassination,” such as later investigations, key topics/events within the Oswald/JFK - Story, or material related to key figures—such as Nosenko. 4.. (AIUO) CIA personnel who believe they have information regarding documents relevant to the JFK review that may not have been found in previous searches should
13-00000 contact their component or directorate TRO or the JFK Project Coordinator. Directorate IROs and the Agency’s JFK Project Coordinator are as follows: Secure Phone DO/IRO © _. William McNair 44443 DI/RO | 54644 DS&T /IRO | | 50104 DA/IRO Becky Rant _ 31204 DCI Area/IRO ¢f 39058 JFK Project | Coordinator Barry Harrelson 31825
104-10331-10184 & ie ce e ‘SECRET 17 June 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson Senior Review Officer CSI/HRG SUBJECT: JFK Assassination Review Board Request 1. On 11 June 1997 members of the DI/IRO staff, OSS personnel, and Bonnie Hunter of your staff met with Michelle Combs and Bob Skwriot of the JFK Assassination Review Board to discuss DI document retrieval methods. The meeting was requested by the Board to provide them with a clearer understanding of DI document searches. 2. and|| _Jof OSS provided a detailed overview of the document retrieval process. Ilse walked the board members through a typical request, document search, and retrieval. The Board members were satisfied with the thorough nature of the process and appreciated the time spent to provide a detailed overview. 3. During our discussions the Board members. asked for five additional topics which they felt might be appropriate to research on the JFK assassination. These were: - USSR,Cuba,and Mexico combined with the term assa- ssindtion, for the- period 20-30 November 1963. - Minsk radio factories(where Oswald was employed) and possible Cuban training bases in the Minsk region for _the period October 1959 to January 1963. -~ Helsinki and visas to try to capture information on Oswald's visa application. The Board also asked for information on hotels in Moscow and Minsk where Oswald may have stayed. - Information on the freighter "Marion Lykes" plus a passenger manifest covering the period 19 September to 8 October 1959. SECRET
13-00000 ae _— SECRET SUBJECT: JFK Assasination Review Board Request - Information on anti-Castro activity by Cuban exile groups operating in the US for the period January 1961 to January 1964. a[ __}aia a search of these topics and was able to find threé documents related to activities of Cuban exile groups in Miami for the time period specified.These documents are attached. There were no hits on the other requests. 2 SECRET
(0d-10934-10187] SECRET (DRAFT) CSI 1997-444 25 September 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: | DO/LA Fred Wickham, DO/IMS FROM: John F. Pereira Chief, CSI/HRG SUBJECT: Priority Request from Chairman, JFK Assassination Records Board 1. (S) The purpose of this memorandum is to advise you of a priority request from the Chairman of the JFK. Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB). The request concerns records related to Lee Harvey Oswald that may be held by the Mexican Government. 2. (S) At his initiative, I met recently with the ARRB Chairman, Judge John Tunheim. He said the reason for the meeting was to ask that CIA assist the Board by making inquiries (o] ito determine if the Mexican Government has certain records related to Oswald's activities in Mexico in late 1963. of particular interest operations, including coverage of Oswald’s telephone cézrxrs—— 7 to the Soviet Embassy. He said that locating such records is “the highest priority of the Board.” (The attached letter from the ARRB’s General Counsel explains the Board's interest. ) 3. (S) Earlier this year, the Board sought. unsuccessfully to obtain information about Oswald from the Mexican Government via the State Department. (See attached cable.) Mexico responded by providing copies of the same material that had been made available to the Warren. Commission in 1964. The problem for the Board was that, in making the recuest to Mexico. it did ac want to reveal information fabout |] the Board knew of from CIA records. Being sensitive to the Agency’s request to protect this information, Tunheim would like the Agency to contact) | directly on the Board’s behalf. CL By (0185904 | CL REASON 1.5" (b,c, &d) DECL BY X1 DRV FRM LIA 2-82 SECRET
13-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: Priority Request from Chairman, JFK Assassination Records Board 4. (FOUO) During the meeting with Tunheim, I said that we would discuss his request with the appropriate people in the Agency. In view of the priority that Tunheim places on this matter, I recommend that our JFK Project Leader (Barry Harrelson) and I meet with you or other appropriate DO representatives soon to discuss possible options for responding to the request. John Pereira Attachments CL BY CL REASON 1.5 (b,c, &d) DECL BY X1 DRV FRM LIA 2-82 SECRET
104-10331-10188 ® CONFIDENTIAL ch BY: G05641 CL REASOR: Section 1.5 € pect on: Xt pav Faw: COV 1-82 TO: FROM: - OFFICE: DCI DATE: 10/17/87 06:46:11 PM SUBJECT: SRe: Release Issue/JFK Board | gave the EXDIR a heads-up on this issue. He asked several questions: * Who sits on the JFK Assassination Records Review Board? * Are there any intermediate steps between a letter from the DDA and an appeal to the President? * Who would make the appeal to the President, if we went that route? Is it the pci? ° | " Has there ever been an appeal to the President before? * Does the ISCAP have any role? Original Text of John F. Pereira Original Text of John F. Pereira (C) This is to alert you to an issue that has been raised regarding release of sensitive CIA information by the JFK Assassination Records Review Board. At its meeting on 14 October, the Board decided to release records that identify in Pecorts Center as.an Agency facility. Responsible components in the DA object ta this release. : ; . FOU) Consequently, OM, OFSS, O6C, and we are recommending that Dick Calder send a memorandum to the JFK Board Chair (Judge Jolin Tunheim) asking the Board to reconsider its decision, We'll also propose to Tunheim that a senior officer brief the Board on. the issue. so (FOU) If the above steps are unsuccessful, then it is likely that the responsible components would recommend that the Agency appeal the Board's decision to the President, as allowed under the JFK Act. OGC would prepare any appeal for the EXDIR’s approval. ce: Regina A. Genton, Brian S. Latell, Edmund Cohen @ DA, James R. Oliver @ of id J. Barry Harrelson Sent on 17 October 1997 at 06:46:11 PM CONFIDENTIAL