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8. January 1997

DRAFT

Memo for the Record

Subject: "Compliance" Meeting with ARRB Staff

Date:

Location:

Attendees:

7 January 1997

ARRB offices

CIA: Barry Harrelson, CSI/HRG

Eileen Wukitch, DO/IMS/JFK team

ARRB: Jeremy Gunn, General Counsel

Other members of ARRB'S CIA team

Purpose:

To discuss CIA's response to ARRB's

Compliance letter dated 27 November,

1996

1.

Gunn stressed that the objective of the ARRB is

to assure the American public that every attempt has been

made to locate JFK assassination related files/materials and

that no "secret" files remained.

He realizes that it is not

possible for the Agency to say with certainty that all

documents had been located. In the ARRB's final report, he

wants to be able to say that all reasonable searches were

made, and where documents were not found,

ARRB staff was

given appropriate access to ensure the validity of the

respond.

2. Gunn divided records into three categories:

a) Sequestered records and Oswald 201 -- not an issue

in terms of identifying records.

b) Additional information/special requests -- official

and informal.

The responses should include tasking and

response memos plus search

strategy and files searched if

appropriate. In cases of "no records" additional

documentation may be required.

[Note: I have already requested the DO, etc., to provide

specifics on search strategy/files searched in future

responses; in most cases there should not be a problem

including

this information into responses to ARRB staff.]

Records not previously identified -- in addition to

releasing HSCA records

(sequestered/201 file/etc.), the ARRB

seeks to ensure that all relevant files have been searched

and

that all assassination records (as defined today) have

been identified.

The ARRB staff has identified Agency

components/files that they feel may contain relevant records

and should be (or have been)

searched.

Gunn said he planned

to send a formal letter listing

these offices/files but

wanted to discuss with HRG first.

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[Note: Category 3 led to a long discussion on agency

records.

The focus was on how the ARRB staff could be

confident that files were searched.]

3.

I explained that the Agency would not be able to say

that all records had been located (lack of a central file

system). Also it may not be possible to provide

documentation that explained the disposition of 1963 records

in all cases.

I agreed that it would be useful to have

additional briefings on the records to address their

specific requests

and concerns. I asked him not to send a

formal request until I had the opportunity to discuss his

request with C/HRG and the Directorate focal points.

He

agreed.

Note: There were numerous questions on how and where -- do

we have a record center in Indiana? -- the Agency stores

records. Do inventories of all record at the centers exist?

Are there individuals who could address specific office

records and what type of records existed in 1963? 1

4.

Specific Offices/Files mentioned by Gunn as part of

Category 3:

DCI files for the 1958-63 timeframe; specifically

chrono or subject files of John McCone

Richard Helms (chrono/subject files as DCI, DDCI and

DDP.

IG

OGC

DO offices (CI, SAS, Cuba, WH/LA)

DI (OCI, other

analysis and finished Intel)

TSD files on Mexico City; where was TSD in the

organization

DA (what type of pay records would exist 1958-63;

Angleton's accounting records; agents' records)

OS _(types of records that existed)

DS&T (U2 files)

Specific Stations - explanation of types of records

maintained and disposition of those records -

Mexico City, Moscow, Helsink), JMWave, Tokyo

Commo - types of records maintained in 1963; where are

they now

DCD/00

5. Gunn also included CSI on his list of offices to be

searched -- what other relevant records did we have

(histories, working files, etc.) I explained that when

agency components/review projects located JFK related

records they were forwarded directly to HRG JFK team.

had four boxes of LA records (located in Ex Order survey),

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individual documents located in other project (example Bay

of Pigs) or activities.

The current automated

declassification effort under the Ex. Order is setup to

refer any assassination records to HRG/JEK team.

We have

not done any work on these materials since the sequestered

collection and specific ARRB requests are our first

priority.

A discussion of the History staff's

identification of the Agency's JFK collection followed. He

would like more information.

6. Additional questions/issues raised:

IS

there a "records" person at the Agency who can

address their concerns?

Gunn ask if he can go to WTC and/or other Records

Centers and look at shelf lists and the files around a topic

of special interest?

What is on the shelf lists? Would they say, for

instance, these are the files regarding JFK from Sheffield

Edwards?

What are the steps taken in a name trace?

Are records around the specific hit searched?

Is it possible to provide an explanation of the routing

indicators in the collection?

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