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

SECRET

13 December 1996

MEMORANDUM FOR:

Executive Director

Assassination Records Review Board

SUBJECT:

Response to Questions Posed by the

Assassination Records Review Board

1. The attached memorandum and attachments are in

response to questions

raised by ARRB members during the 16

October 1996 briefing. They are provided to the Review Board

for background purposes only. We request that the memorandum

and its attachments be returned to CIA once the Review Board

has

completed its deliberations on these issues.

2. Please note that the author of the memorandum is

under cover and her name is classified.

The Percia

John F. Pereira

Chief, Historical Review Group

:.

This

memorandum is unclassified

when

separated from'attachments

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• OCС-96-086

19 NOV 1996

MEMORANDUM FOR :

FROM:

SUBJECT:

John Pereira

Historical

Review Group

‹Linda A. Jasper

Deputy Chief, Office of Central Cover

Response to Questions Posed by the John E..

Kennedy Assassination Review Board

1. During the OCC briefing of the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Review Board on 16 October 1996,

members of the

Board asked three questions to which OCC said it would respond

Following are the questions and the

responses:

a .

How many real businesses or contrived facilities in the

commercial cover program are connected to the publications E

industry?

Response:

A few real businesses are loosely connected

with the publications industry, and the names of a few contrived

facilities could be perceived as being associated./

b. How many companies participated in the commercial cover?

program in the 1960s, and how many participate today?

Response:

Approximately 500 companies participated in the commercial cover

program in the 1960s, and circa 1, 800 are currently in ther

program.

ALL PORTIONS OF

THIS DOCUMENT ARE

CLASSIFIED SECRET

CL BY (052.35507

REASON

1.5 (c)

DECL X1; 12 November 2021

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SUBJECT: Response to Questions Posed by the John E. Kennedy

Assassination Review Board

C.

Could a copy of the secrecy agreement which is signed by

company officials participating in the conmercial cover program

be made available, and has it changed since the 1960s? Response:

Attached is a copy of the secrecy agreement used from 1955 to

1988 and a copy of the agreement used from 1988 to the present.

The only difference is an addendum on the reverse which was added

in 1991 pursuant to the Treasury, Postal Service and General

Government Appropriations Act of 1991.

This memorandum and its attachments are for background

information only and must be returned to the Central Intelligence

Agency after review by the John F. Kennedy Assassination Review

Board.

Linda A. Jasper

Attachment:

as stated

CC:

Fredrick wickham,

IMS

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SUBJECT:

Response to Questions Posed by the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Review Board

DC/OCC (1h/LJasper, 32435 18Nov96 file: jfkboard)

Distribution:

Orig & 1 - Addressee

1 - DC/OCC (Ljasper)

1 - His. Review Board (BHarrelson)

1 - OCC/EXO (EMathias:)

1 - OGC (Ciprinai)

3

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ICA

SECRECY AGREEMENT

I. I acknowlodge the fact that because of the confidential

relationship between myself and the U.S. Government, I will be the

recipient of Information which, In 1tself, or by the Implications

to be drawn therefrom, will be such that its unlawful disclosure

or loose handling may adversely affect the interest and the security

of the United States. I realize that the methods of collecting

and of using this information, as well as the identity of persons

involved, are as secret as the substantive information 1tself and,

therefore, must be treated by me with an equal degree of secrecy.

2. I shall always recognize that the U.S. Government has the

sole interest in all Information which I or my organization may

possess, compile or acquire pursuant to this understanding. No

advantage or gain will be sought by me as a result of the added

significance or value such Information may have, due to the Govern-

ment's interest In 1t.

I solemnly pledge my word that I will never divulge, publish,

nor reveal either by word, conduct, or by any other means such Informa-

tion or knowledge, as Indicated above, unless specifically authorized

to do 5o, by the U.S. Government.

4. Nothing In this understanding 18 to be taken as imposing any

restriction upon the normal business practices of myself or my organi-

zation: 1.o., Information normally possessed by us or gathered in the

regular course of business will continue to be utilized in accordance

with our normal practices.

SIGNATURE:

SIGNATURE:

/REPRESENTAZINE OF Ü.S. GOVERNMENT

DATE

ORGANIZATION

DATE

FORM SS 611

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AMERICA

STATES OF

SECRECY AGREEMENT

1. I acknowledge the fact that because of the confidential relationship between myself

and the U.S. Government, I will be the recipient of information which, in itself, or by the im-

plications to be drawn therefrom, will be such that its unlawful disclosure or loose handling

may adversely affect the interest and the security of the United States. I realize that the

methods of collecting and of using this information, as well as the identity of persons involved,

are as secret as the substantive information itself and, therefore, must be treated by me with

an equal degree of secrecy.

2. I shall always recognize that the U.S. Government has the sole interest in all informa-

tion which I or my organization may possess, compile or acquire pursuant to this understan-

ding. No advantage or gain will be sought by me as a result of the added significance or value

such information may have, due to the Government's interest in it.

3. I solemnly pledge my word that I will never divulge, publish, nor reveal either by word,

conduct, or by any other means such information or knowledge, as indicated above, unless

specifically authorized to do so, by the U.S. Government.

4. Nothing in this understanding is to be taken as imposing any restriction upon the nor-

mal business practices of myself or my organization: i.e., information normally possessed by us

or gathered in the regular course of business will continue to be utilized in accordance with our

normal practices.

SIGNATURE:

SIGNATURE

REPRESENTATIVE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT

DATE

ORGANIZATION

DATE

108 611

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ADDENDUM

Pursuant to the Treasury, Postal Service and General

Government Appropriations Act of 1991, the following language

shall be incorporated into and considered a

part of the

attached nondisclosure agreement:

"These restrictions are consistent with and do not

supersede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee

obligations rights or liabilities created by Executive Order

• 12356;

section 7211 of title 5.

United States Code (governing

disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United

States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower-

Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of

the military);

section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States

Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing

disclosures.of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health

or safety threats); the In.:.

•nIce Identities Protection Act

of 1982 < 50 USC 421 et seg.) (gu:

-- fisciosures not rid

expose confidential Government agents), and the statutes waich

protect against disclosure that may compromise the national

security, including section. 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the

Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).

The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions

and liabilities created by said Executive Order and listed

statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and are

controlling."

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