Dec ID: 6598256 DATE: alata Pace:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10183 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM : TITLE : LAO/027-78 MR. BLAKEY'S REQUEST DATE : lel PAGES SUBJECTS : THERE IS NO INFORMATION CONCERNING NESTER CASTELLANOS CUBANS UNDER SCHOLARSHIPS STUDYING IN USSR DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM/LETTER CLASSIFICATION : & RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/01/97 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
NATIONAL. SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Serial:  LAO/027-78 "22 August 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ATTN: Ms. Judith A. Miller SUBJECT: Mr. Blakey's Request The attached draft letter is provided for your use in replying to Mr. Blakey's 10 August 1978 request on behalf of b> the House Select Committee on Assassinations. “Your note of 14 August 1978 refers. | Bow E eate, EUGENE F. YEATES Chief Legislative Affairs Incl: a/s Copy Furnished: . DoD General Counsel Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note)  Cleesilied by DIRMSAICHCSS (NSAICS IM 123-2). Exompt from GDS, EO 11652, Category 2 Deslossity Upan Notification by the Crigheoter-
Doc4D:,6598256 | @ Mr. G. Robert Blakey Chief Counsel and Director Select Committee on Assassinations U.S. House of Representatives 3331 House Office Building, Annex 2 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Blakey: In regard to your 10 August 1978 request for infommbion v concerning one Nestor Castellanos which you indicate was * wit by che HEL under the hind’ agency rule, I am pleased to provide the following. The intelligence report in question isa compendium of material relating to various Cubans who were reported to bee studying in. the USSR under scholarships granted by the Cuban government during the period from. 3 March to 6 August 1967. . The report makes no reference to a Nestor Castellanos. of possible relevance is a reference to a Jose Castellanos, — in which it was indicated that he (Castellanos) was an engineering post graduate from the Cuban Institute of Meteorology who was ; | to specialize in hydro~meteorology at the Aeademy of Sciences and WHS was scheduled to depart (Cuba) - on 27 April 1967 aboard a . Soviet ship. ' The | foregoing is che only information. contained — I hope ‘you will find this information useful to your. investigation. a oe me 4a Sincerely, John G. Kester Special Assistant To The Secretary | at? Bete ee EL A Berg 1h Classified by DIRNSAICHCSS (MS.AICS Seb PRR Exaept from GDS, £0 11632, Categary 2.
Doc’ ID: 6598256 Serial: LAO/027-78 cc: DIR D/DIR ESS/R ADPL GC DDO G V NCRDEF M/R: Mr. Blakey requested an NSA document that the FBI refused to let the Committee have. NSA received the request for the document on 18 August. This letter gives a gist of the portion of the product report that may be of interest to the Assassinations Committee. , Mr.-John Monroe Concur: Exec, DE GC, Approved by: bi, E.Flydates,CH LAO, 3747s,22Aug78,llr Classified by DIRNSA/CHCSS [NSAICSSM 123-2) Exempt trom GDS, EO 11652, Catagory 2 Weclassity Upon Notification by the Origductar
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Rov’ 6598256, @ ee @ - eee OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE” . WASHINGTON. D.C... 2030! - AUG 14 7B ; Distribution List for Requests of . House Select Committee on Assassinations From: Judith A. Miller Assistant to The Special Assistant Eric T. Freyfogle .Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Army Sara Lister Associate General Counsel, Department of the Navy Major Dick Flowers "Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison John Brock General Counsel, Defense Intelligence Agency Colonel Hartig Defense Investigative Service ZO WsA eggs: (he puck 2/, JI 7§ e ‘ . bi . = , 8 af
/ . Doc ID: 6598256 e © LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN « RICHARDOUN PREYER, N.C. SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C. STEWART @. MC KINNEY, CONN. YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF. CHARLES THONE, NEBR. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN. HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH. . . Love: PPAR Select Committee on Assassinations ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA. , (202) 228-4624 G.H. Bouse of Representatives 3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 August 10, 1978 The Honorable Harold Brown Secretary of Defense Washington, D. C. 20201 Attention: Mr. John G. Kester Special Assistant to the Secretary 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) Dear Mr. Secretary: b(iii) ment e FBI _has-withheld NSA Document Number 2X/0 R70-67 from review by House Select Com- mittee on Assassinations staff members. We request access to this document either at the FBI or at the Department of Defense. The document, which refers to Nestor Castellanos, is located in Bufile #64-330-210-5024, page 6. Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. Sincerely, 9. (Dah % Cheb G. Robert Blakey Chief Counsel GRB:ijr
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