Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA C.A.
Document date: 4/4/98
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John T. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

3/31/201

Agency Information

• AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10379-10055

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62C-HQ-1029205-3762

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: HQ

TO: [Restricted]

TITLE:

DATE: 04/04/1998

'PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

JFKARCA OF 1992

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT.

CLASSIFICATION:

Secret

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/10/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the John F, Kennedy, Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 414 USC 2107 Hotel.

11-14-2017

*- U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

SECRET

434

COME

Office of the Direcior NER SAIS UNQLASSIFIED

WHERE SHOWN

APR

Washington, D.C: 20535,

1998

A: 1008

"Lịc' Angel António'Conte Cojulun

Policia Nacional Civil De Guatemala

Edificio de La Policia Nacional

61 Avenida No 1371, Zona I

Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala C.A

4-21-99

CLASSIFIED BY• 5/68 SUD/KSR

REASON:

DECLASSIFY ONEX

Dear Lic. Conte Cojulun:

JFK.)

I am writing to you about a matter that I believe to be important to the FBI and to the

United States people:

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, 44 U.SC §2107(Supp

V. 1994) (the-Act) (copy enclosed) was enacted by the United 'States Congress and signed into law by

President George Bush on Octöber 26, 1992, The purpose of the Act is to preserve and maintain all

United States governmental documents in one area, the National Archives and Records

Administration (Archives), for access to those individuals interested in the history surrounding the

assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Act states that, "[ajll government records

concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should carry a presumption of immediate

disclosure,

and requires all United States government agencies to find all documents related to the

assassination and to review and release the identified documents to the maximum extent possible to

the public. The FBI has been working diligently since 1993 to fulfill our responsibilities under the

The purpose of this letter is (1) to inform you that the FBI's assassination records contain

information originating with your agency or your original documents, (2) to respectfully request that

your agency review your information for maximum disclosure to the fullest extent possible, and (3) to

explain the provisions for your request to protéct your information from disclosure

To achieve maximum disclosure of assassination records, the Act established the JEK

Assassination Records Review Board (the Board). The Board is an independent Federal agency

charged with overseeing the identification and release of records related to the assassination from the

other Federal agencies. The FBI has/assured the Board of our continued dedication of cooperating:

with them to meet the objectives of the Act.

In that spirit, the FBi would appreciate your agency's

review of the enclosed assassination records and consideration of whether the information can'be

released

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BY: SPY CI/CLC 1. 5(2(6)

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Released under the John E. Kennedy Assassination Records, Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note):

DATE: 11-14-2017

SECRET

Angel Antonio Conte Cojulun (S)

If,your agency has no objection to the release of its information in the enclosed records, please

notify the FBI so that we may take steps to release the records to the Archives. If your agency

determines that the information cánnot be released, please provide an explanation só that the FBI may

present the evidence to the Board for their approval: The Act requires the FBI to present "clear and

convincing evidence" of a harm that would outweigh the need for public disclosure to the Board for

any information that we request to protect from disclosure: Such evidence to protect information is

explained in the Act as, "the public disclosure of the assassination record would compromise the

existence of an understanding of confidentiality currently requiring protection between a Government

agent and a cooperating individual or a foreign government, and public disclosure would be so

harmful that it outweighs the public interest." Upon receipt of your instructions and explanation for

the protection from disclosure, the FBI will provide the information to the Board and request that

they' sustain the request for withholding the information from disclosure.

Please be aware that the Act réquires that all information in the assassination collection at

Archives (even in the closed section) be released to the public in the year 2017 including information

that the Board agrees to protect. -The Act has provisions to extend postponements (protection of

information from disclosure) past 201.7 with the certification of the President of the United States that

the information continues to meet the requirements for postponement. The FBI will periodically

review, the postponed material for the need of this certification

As you know, the FBI normally protects information from your agency pursuant to applicable

Executive Orders and the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts exemptions. However, the Act is

a unique Federal law that applies only to JFK assassination records. Please note, it is our opinion that

release of information in the JFK assassination records should not in the future affect the FBI's

standard policy of protecting your agency's information in other investigations of in other contexts

The FBI is committed to the opening of all information related to the assassination to the

United States public, but appreciates that certain information is sensitive and not proper for release

Therefore, the FBI requests your consideration and understanding of this matter and the continuance

of your outstanding association with our agency

Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation: Please direct any questions to our Legat Office

représentative or to Carol L. Keeley, Acting Unit Chief of the Historical and Executive Review Unit

of the FBI, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue; N W., Washington; D.C. 20535; (202) 324-06.71.

"Sincerely yours,,

1u2

Louis J. Freeh

- Director

- SECRET

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