MEMO:1977 TASK FORCE REPORT ON BOOK V OF CHURCH COMMITTEE REPORT.
Originator: CIA
From: BRECKINRIDGE, SCOTT D., OLC
To: MASSEY, DONALD F.
Document date: 08/09/1978
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

9 August 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM

:

SUBJECT

Mr.

Donald F. Masseyh

Mr. Morton Palmer )dAds

S. D. Breckinridga

Principal Coordinator/HSCA

1977 Task Force Report on Book V of

Church Committee

Report

1. Attached is one copy each, with copy of correspondence

from me to the Legislative Counsel, concerning release of a

sanitized copy of

the 1977 Task Force Report, commenting on

Book V of the Church Committee Final Report.

It had been

felt in the past more desirable to not make this available

to our two oversight committees, primarily because the sscl

is somewhat of

a Lineal descendant of the Church Committee.

It is noted that HSCA has seen the Report in both sanitized

and unsanitized versions; it may well be cited in the final

HSCA Report.

2.

Given the present environment, with pending criticiSms

of CIA's performance in the investigation of the

assassination

of President Kennedy, many of the lines of discussion in the

1977 Task Force Report have current relevance.

Although portions

of the 1977 Task Force Report have been sanitized, much of the

discussion should be meaningful to our oversight committees,

which may soon be hearing some rather strong assertions of

past derelictions by the Agency in this same field. To the

extent that past criticisms are suspect, it may have a tempering

influence on reactions to current criticisms of a similar nature.

3.

It is requested that you review the report for

transmittal to your respective oversight committees (SSCI and

Please note Fred Hitz's reaction to my proposal.

did not convey to him past reservations on the point, and you

may wish to do so.

Attachments:

As stated

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S. D. Breckinridge cousitiention achedula of E.O. 1165g

exemption schadule 58 (11, 121) (J)

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MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. LYLE ALLEK

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Attached are two copies of our Task Force

Report , "Comments on Book V. " Believe

"Scott talked to you about passing them to

vise do genese tat they are not

IG Reports but products of a representative

Agency Task Force.

John

/Leader

IC/Staff

13 Dec. 77

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

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DTC:

I am hesitant to say pass this

this on to the committees until management

knows what the bottom line is. Is there a

synopsis or precise. Let Blake, DCI, etc.,

know what all this means.

LLM 13 Dec

APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

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