ARRB REQUEST: CIA-IR-10: INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS ON HANDLING OF OSWALD
Originator: ARRB
From: ARRB
To: CIA/HRG
Document date: 05/21/1998
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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•CONFIDENTIAL

I.P-141

21 May 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

Mary Lou Cunnings, DCI/ IRO

Jerry N. Owens (C), DCI/OIG/IMO

(C) Breckinridge, LHO Report, and

Report Indexes/ Inventory

1. (AIUO) The OIG/IMO has made exhaustive

searches

both manually and electronically.

The attached is all of

the responsive material that could be found.

2.

(AIUO) It appears that all reports and material

done by the IG on JFK or LHO have long since been turned

over to OLC (currently OEXA). Shelflists and a memorandum

confirming this are attached.

3.

(C) An electronic search produced 240 'hits' on

Breckinridge.

I personally went through all 240 and have

selected only a few from that number that may be responsive..

4.

(AIUO) The Office of the Inspector General does

not keep an inventory or index of IG cases.

(AIUO) If you have any questions regarding this

memo, please call me on X77081).

Thank you.

Jerry

N.

Owens (C))

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Assassination Records Review Board

600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530

(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457

December 18, 1997

Mr. John Pereira

Chief

Historical Review Group

Center for the Study of Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 02505

CIA HAS NO OSJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

FELZASE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THiS DOCUMENT

en tolo

Re:

Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board's Requests for

Additional Information and Records

Dear John:

I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious

concern about the status of CIA's responses to the Review Board's requests for

additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to

several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of

requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two

years ago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be

forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now

extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct

a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the

highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request

that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests

be answered by April 1, 1998.

The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal

requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for

intormation and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the

following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies.

'As identified more fully below, the issues are: CIA-1 Organizational Material,

CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03

HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CIA-IR-07 Claude

Barnes Capehart, CIA-IR-15 Electronic "take" from Mexico City, CIA-IR-21 DRE

Monthly Operational Reports, CLA-IR-22 "A" Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison.

BOARO MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair • Henry F. Graff • Kermir 1. Hall • William L. Joyce • Anna K. Nelson

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Mr. John Pereira

December 18, 1997

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CLA-IR-09 George Bush Computer Search.

The Review Board provided CIA with a copy of an FBI document, dated

November 29, 1963; prepared under the name of John Edgar Hoover, which

states: "The substance of the foregoing information [on the assassination of

President Kennedy] was orally furnished to Mr. George Bush of the Central

Intelligence Agency..." We have been informed that the DO has no record of a

"George Bush" being in the employ of CIA in 1963 with the exception of

Mr. George William Bush who has already given a sworn affidavit that he is not

the "George Bush" in question. It is our understanding that the CIA has

confirmed that the search query included George Herbert Walker Bush prior to

1970. CLA should determine whether George Herbert Walker Bush is the person

to whom the memorandum refers and should provide a definitive statement

regarding the scope of its search and the basis of its conclusion. Any and all

personnel files of George Herbert Walker Bush should be reviewed to determine

- whether he had any affiliation with CLA during the 1963 period. Once the formal

statement is provided, this request will be complete.

CLA-IR-10 IG Reports.

CIA will determine whether the IG's office maintains an index or inventory of its

reports and determine whether the IG's office prepared a report on the handling

of Oswald. Since April 1997, CIA has had no response and no time frame for a

response.

CLA-IR-11 Warren Commission Critics.

We are asking that CIA determine whether it possesses any files or records on

Warren Commission critics Edward J. Epstein, Josiah Thompson, Mark Lane,

Harold Weisberg, or Sylvia Meagher. The Review Board is not requesting

information per se regarding any FOLA requests by these individuals or any

Public Affairs news clippings" Since April 1997, CIA has had no response and

no time frame for a response.

¿To the extent that CIA possesses FOLA files or records on any of these

individuals, and to the extent that those records contain information that was not filed

with the courts, such records are being requested for review by the Review Board.

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CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FULL

2000

13 August 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk

Executive Director, ARRB

FROM:

J. Barry Harrelson

JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM

SUBJECT:

CIA-IR-10, Inspector General Reports

1. This is in response to referent request.

2.

The Office of Inspector General conducted a search

for the information sought in this request.

That search was

negative.

No Inspector General report on how the Agency

handled the Lee Harvey Oswald matter was found. Also, the

Office of the Inspector General does not keep an inventory

or index of IG cases.

3.

This concludes the Agency's action on this request.

If you have any questions, please advise.

J. Barry

Harrelson

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Assassination Records Review Board

600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530

(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457

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MEMORANDUM

September 28, 1998

To:

CIA NAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

FALBAGE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENI

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CC:

From:

Laura Denk, Executive Director

Michelle Combs, Associate Director for Research and Analysis

Bob Skwirot, CIA Team Leader

Irene Marisenior Analyst

See attached

1. D. Form.

Subject:

Review of CIA 1964 IG Report

Introduction

The Review Board staff reviewed the CIA Inspector General's Survey Report for 1964,

part of which dealt with the Mexico City Station, to determine whether it contained

information related to the assassination of President Kennedy. The Review Board

requested access to this document because it dealt with Mexico City surveillance

operations during the time of Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to that city in the fall of 1963.

Because most of this report falls outside the scope of the Review Board's mandate, and

contains information on sensitive intelligence operations, CIA opposes the full release

of this document. There are, however, certain sections of the report-that make

reference to the assassination as well as enhance the understanding of the scope of CIA

technical surveillance during the 1963-64 time-frame. In compliance with the JFK Act,

the Keview Board has requested CLA to open only those particular sections that it has

determined to be relevant to the assassination.

Overall Assessment

The 1964 IG Report was devoted to describing and assessing the value of various CIA

operations, including technical and operational details, the majority of which

concerned the Mexico City. Station. While most of this document contains material not

believed relevant (NBR) to the assassination, there were sections covering Mexico City

surveillance operations, references to the Warren Commission, and to the station's

contribution to collecting information on some of Lee Harvey Oswald's activities in

Mexico City. There was also a section that referred to Mexico City's registry and Chief

BOARD MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair • Henry F. Graff • Kermit L. Hall • William L. Joyce • Anna K. Nelson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: T. Jeremy Gunn • DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Thomas E. Samoluk

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of Station files which station personnel used to retrieve information on Oswald after the

assassination. Several sections on Cuban and Soviet operations are also considered

relevant because of Lee Harvey Oswald's reputed visits to those embassies. The

Review Board determined that, for the most part, these pertinent sections contain much

of the same information has already been opened in other documents released by the

Board. However, the fact that the IG report made a point of mentioning the station's

role in gathering intelligence on Oswald, presumably to demonstrate the value of the

station, is certainly of interest. The Staff will negotiate with CIA staff to have the

pertinent sections of the document processed in accordance with the JFK Act.

Summary of NBR Sections of the Report:

The report provided a comprehensive survey of CIA operations and activities in the

early 1960's, most of which dealt with the Mexico City station. Based on their

familiarity with other records on this subject matter, the staff determined that these

sections did not contain information relevant to the events of the assassination. The

main subjects of the report are as follows: a general history of the station and U.S.-

Mexico relations; description and objectives of technical operations; operations against

Cuban and Soviet targets; anti-communist activities; operations in other locations;

future operations, administrative details; an assessment of the station's intelligence

value; and a section on quality of life issues.

Summary of AR sections of the IG Report which should be processed:

In addition to the references to Lee Harvey Oswald, the Kennedy assassination and the

Warren Commission, the IG report also contains certain operational details that are

relevant to understanding some of the events surrounding the assassination. The

sections that the Review Board designated for release are summarized as follows:

Cuban Operations. Discussion of transit visas: p. 2, para. #6; type of surveillance

that was or wasn't in place at the time of Oswald's visit.p. 3, para. #9; reference

to IMWAVE station and Cuban activities p. 4, para.#11-12.

Soviet Operations. References to assassination of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey

Oswald and the Warren Commission with additional technical information that

has already been released: p. 8, para. #19; p. 9, para. #20; p. 10, para. # 23; and p.

11, para. 24.

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Technical Operations. Shows how technical coverage provided data on Lee

Harvey Oswald: p. 16, para #42-43.

Other. Reference to COS files and Station registry that was used to search for

information on Lee Harvey Oswald after the assassination: pp. 22-23, para #58;

and p. 24, para #61-62.

Marr A: \IG64. WPD

CIA team disk 9/File IG64.wpd

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