CROSS REFERENCE SHEET, WITH ATTACHMENTS
Originator: CIA
From: ROBERT M. GATES, DCI
To: HON. JOHN GLENN AND WILLIAM ROTH
Document date: 08/18/1995
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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22 May 1992

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The -Honorable John Glenn

Chairman

Committee on Governmental Affairs

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am writing to correct for the record two statements I

mages when I testified before the committee, last luesaay on

che Assassination Materials Disclosure Act.

I testified that there were 33gdocuments, amounting to

approximately 110 pages,

in the Oswald file that was

declassified and released to the public. A subsequent count

by my staff revealed that the file actually contains a total

of 31 documents, amounting to 124 pages.

I gave the correct

numbers when I testified last Friday before the Subcommittee

on Legislation and National Security of the House Committee

on Government Operations.

In addition, I was asked'at your hearing by

Senator Cohen whether the State Department or the CIA had

had any contact with any Soviet officials concerning KGB or

GRU files relevant to the Kennedy assassination.

answered that there had been no contact between the CIA and

the Russian KGB on this matter, and I added that the State

Department might have requested those files, but I was not

certain.

At the time, I believed that that was an accurate

I have since discovered, however, that in January

an Agency official did ask the new Russian internal

service (MBRF) for any information related to the Kennedy

assassination.

The Russians advised us, after reviewing

their file holdings on Oswald, that they had nothing that•

add to our knowledge or to the 22 November 1991 ABC

television special on this issue, which they termed

"detailed and objective."

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The Honorable John Glenn

To avoid disrupting our continuing efforts to gain

access to the russian files on Oswald, the fact that the

Agency has had direct contacts with the Russian service on

this topic must remain classified.

correcting the public record, I suggest the following

unclassified statement:

In response to a request from the US embassy in

Moscow, the Russians have reviewed their file

holdings on Oswald.

They have advised us that

they had nothing that would add to our knowledge

or to the 22 November 1991 ABC television special

on this issue, which they termed "detailed and

objective."

I enjoyed the opportunity to testify before the

Committee, and I hope that these corrections prove helpful.

A similar letter is being sent to Ranking Minority

Member Roth.

ncerely,

Flutte

Director of Central Intelligence

CC :

Senator Cohen

Senator Boren

Senator Murkowski

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The Honorable William V. Roth, JI.

Ranking Minority Member

Committee on Governmental Affairs

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Roth:

I am writing to correct for the record two statements I

made when I testified before the Committee last Tuesday on

the Assassination Materials Disclosure Act.

I testified that there were 33 documents, amounting to

approximately 110 pages, in the Oswald file that was

declassified and released to the public. A subsequent count

by my staff revealed that the file actually contains a total

of 34 documents, amounting to 124 pages.

I gave the correct

numbers when I testified last Friday before the Subcommittee

on Legislation and National Security of the House Committee

on Government Operations.

In addition, I was asked at your hearing by

Senator Cohen whether the State Department or the CIA had

had any contact with any Soviet officials concerning KGB or

GRU files relevant to the Kennedy assassination. I

answered that

answered that there had been no contact between the CIA and

the Russian KGB on this matter, and I added that the State

Department might have requested those files, but I was not

certain. At the time, I believed that that was an accurate

I have since discovered, however, that in January

1992 an Agency official did ask the new Russian internal

service (MBRF) for any information related to the Kennedy

assassination.

The Russians advised us, after reviewing

their file holdings on Oswald, that they had nothing that

would

add to our knowledge or to the 22 November 1991 ABC

television special on this issue, which they termed

"detailed and objective."

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The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr.

To avoid disrupting our continuing efforts to gain

access to the Russian files on Oswald, the fact that the

Chis topic must remain classified. For the purpose of

unclassified statement:

In response to a request from the US. embassy in

Moscow, the Russians have reviewed their file

holdings on Oswald.

They have advised us that

objective."

I enjoyed the opportunity to testify before the

Committee, and I hope that these corrections prove helpful.

A similar letter is being sent to Chairman Glenn.

Sincerely,

Foreitmates

Robert M. Gates

Director of Central Intelligence

CC:

Senator Cohen

Senator Boren

Senator Murkowski

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The Honorable John Glenn

The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr.

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