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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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98-1333007

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SECRET

RYBAT

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FRP :

STAFF

CONF: CE/EXO

CE/WUMB, CEDORECORD,

(3/P)

INFO: CE/LGI, CE/R/IO, CE/ST, CE/STR, CE/STSWE,

DC/CE, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, RYBAT, FILE, CE/R, CE/W,

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TOT:

012139Z MAY

98

DIRECTOR 795035

SECRET

STAFF

TO :

012139Z DIRECTOR 795035

PRIORITY MOSCOW INFO MINSK

FROM: LIMITED DISSEM CE/EXO INFO CE/R, CE/R/IO, DC/CE, CE/LGL,

CE / WUMB

SLUGS:

_WNINTEL RYBAT

*SUBJECT: <ASSASSINATIONS>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD AND DEPT OF STATE

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPROACHING FSB/SVR, FOR OSWALD FILE

REF: NONE

TEXT:

1.

ACTION REQUIRED:

WOULD_ APPRECIATE STATION THOUGHTS ON

*BELOW PROPOSAL, TO APPROACH FSB/SVR SEEKING ACCESS TO FILE ON< LEE>

* <HARVEY ( (OSWALD) ) .>

*

2.

ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW 102-526 IN OCTOBER 1992, HAS THE

PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE TO IDENTIFY, SECURE, AND MAKE AVAILABLE ALL

*RECORDS RELATED TO THE<ASSASSINATION>OF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY. > THE

ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.

RCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATTON LED HAS HAD SOME DEALTNONAI

WITH THE ARRB, BEGINNING WITH THEIR REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO THE

RESTRICTED MOSCOW STATION HISTORY FROM THE 1960'S.

THE ARRB'S

PREMISE IS TO DECLASSIFY AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, EVEN

*DOCUMENTS ONLY MOST TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO THE<KENNEDY>

* ASSASSINATION.>

3.

PL 102-526 SPECIFICALLY STATES:

"THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

REPUBLIC OF RUSSIA AND SEEK THE DISCLOSURE OF ALL RECORDS OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, INCLUDING THE RECORDS OF

THE KOMITET GOSUDARSIVANNOY BEZOPASNOSTI (KGB) AND THE GLAYNOYE

*RAZVEDYVATELNOYE UPRAVIENIYE (GRU), RELEVANT TO THE<ASSASSINATION>

*OF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY, >AND CONTACT ANY OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

*THAT MAY HOLD INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE<ASSASSINATION>OF

*PRESIDENT KENNEDY>AND SEEK DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION. "

THE ARB HAS REQUESTED STATE AND AGENCY HELP IN GETTING

ACCESS TO THE KGB RECORDS ON OSWALD.

THE RECORDS, ORIGINALLY HELD

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WHEN 598-1333007

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* IN MINSK,

WERE FLOWN TO MOSCOW IN '63 FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION, >

THEN RETURNED TO MINSK WHERE THEY ARE STORED TODAY.

APPROACHED BY STATE AND THE ARRB, THE BELARUSIANS HAVE SHOWN

SAMPLES FROM THE FILE BUT HAVE NOT AGREED TO ARRANGEMENTS TO COPY.

THE ARRB CHARTER EXPIRES ON 30 SEPT 98 AND THE OLD KGB FILE(S) IS

A MAJOR OUTSTANDING REQUIREMENT.

STATE HAS MANAGED TO GET THE

SUBJECT AS THE NUMBER ONE TALKING POINT ON VICE PRES GORE'S RECENT

CONFERENCE DISCUSSIONS.

THE BELARUSIAN RESPONSE WAS TO TRY IT

AGAIN LOCALLY IN MINSK, OFFERING INCREASED "COPY FEES"

THE ARRB CHAIRMAN HAS COME BACK TO STATE TO ASK THEY

CONTACT-THE AGENCY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUEST: SCAN THE STATION

CHECK WITH THE-ESB/SVR, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RUSSIANS RETAINED

*A COPY OF THE<LEE HARVEY OSWALD'S>KGB FILE IN MOSCOW?

CAN WE GET

ACCESS TO THE FILE AND, PRESUMABLY, OBTAIN A COPY FOR THE ARRB:

WE NOTE THAT THE ARRB WILL PROBABLY PUSH HARD-TO_ DECLASSIFY THE

RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY SUCHA REQUEST-COULD HAVE

SEVERAL IMPLICATIONS WHICH-WE MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER, I.E., THE

RUSSIANS MIGHT ASK FOR FILES OF THE ROSENBERGS OR OTHER NOTORIOUS,

PERSONALITIES.

THE HQS CONTEXT IS THAT WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE

ARRB ON A VARIETY OF OTHER SERIOUS DECLASSIFICATION/ DISCLOSURE

ESSUES AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE IN A BETTER NEGOTIATING POSITION IF WE

COULD BE SEEN AS ASSISTING THEIR EFFORTS TO GET THE OSWALD FILE.

OBVIOUSLY SUCH AN ACTION HAS TREMENDOUS IMPLICATIONS ANI

WE WELCOME A FULL_DIALOGUE_EROM STATTON-ON THIS MATTER.

REGARDS..

FILE: NONE. CL BY: 714549, CL REASON: 1.5 (D), DECI

ON: X5, DRV FROM: LIA 3-82.

CABLETYPE: GECO STAFF 4.0.1.>

RELNO: DORELS0100952954

ORIG:

CE/EXO (CHENGMD, 39263) ; AUTH: AC/CE/R (BANNERMAN) :

COORD:

C/CE/R/IO (ZERRUSEN), C/CE/WUMB (WARD) ; INFO: CE/LGL (WATSON) ;

REL: DE/CE (LEVEN)

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