ARRB REQUEST - CIA-6: CABLE AND DISPATCH TRAFFIC
Agency: CIA
Originator: ARRB
Document date: 9/11/95
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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PROJFILES-ARRB REQUESTS

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assassination Records

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ARRB REQUEST - CIA-6: CABLE AND DISPATCH TRAFFIC

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Assassination Records Review Board

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

(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457

REVIEW

September 11, 1995

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

Mr. John Pereira, Director

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION

Historical Review Group

IN THIS DOCUMENT

Center for the Study of Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 20505

RE: ARRB Additional Information Request No. CIA-6

Dear John:

As a part of our examination of the documentary record surrounding the assassination

of President Kennedy, we would like to conduct a systematic review of cable and

dispatch traffic between the CIA's Mexico City station, CIA headquarters, and

JMWAVE during the period immediately surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald's visit to

Mexico City and the assassination of President Kennedy. It is our understanding that

although copies of many of the cables and dispatches are already in the Oswald and JFK

files, not all cables and dispatches are included.

We hereby formally request the CLA to assemble all of the cable traffic and dispatches

for the period September 26, 1963 through October 20, 1963 and November 22, 1963

through December 30, 1963 between: (a) the Mexico City station and headquarters, and

(b) the Mexico City station and JMWAVE.

Because it may be appropriate in the future for us to examine all similar traffic between

CIA headquarters and JMWAVE during this period, would you please provide us with

your best reasonable estimate of the amount of time and effort that would be entailed in

assembling cables and dispatches between headquarters and IMWAVE for the same

period identified above?

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely yours,

SIGN

David G. Marwell

Executive Director

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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell

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CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FULL

2000

ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY

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12 September 1995

MEMORANDUM FOR:

Fred Wickham

DO Focal Point for

JFK Board Requests

FROM:

John F. Pereira

Chief, Historical Review

Group

REQUEST:

Assassination Records Review

Board Request No. CIA-6

1. Attached for the Do's response is Request No. CIA-6

from the Assassination Records Review

Board, dated 11

September 1995.

2.

The request is for cables and dispatches between

Mexico City Station and Headquarters, and between the

Station and JMWAVE for two periods in late 1963.

The Board

also has a question about similar traffic between

Headquarters and JMWAVE for the same time periods.

3.

Please advise how you would like us to reply to the

Board.

I suggest we discuss what arrangements would be

appropriate for providing access to the documents requested

while assuring proper protection of sensitive information.

John F. Pereira

3.

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CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FULL

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All cable traffic to and from Mexico City for

October-December 1963..

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All dispatches to

..and from Mexico City for

the period of 15 october through & marvegber

1963:

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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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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR T

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT

October 27, 1996

Mr. Barry Harrelson

Historical Review Group

Center for the Study of Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 02505

Re:

Status of Assassination Records Review Board Requests to CIA for

Additional Information and Records

Dear Barry:

I am writing to follow-up on our letter of October 7, 1996, regarding the status of

Assassination Records Review Board requests for information and records from the

CIA.

Formal Requests:

CIA-1

Review Board staff review continues. No CIA action needed at this time.

CIA-6 (Cables and dispatches)

CIA has agreed to make records available (or to have a response ) by

November 1, 1996.

CIA-7 (Histories)

Counterintelligence. CIA has made material available and Review Board

staff examination is ongoing.

Mexico City. The Review Board awaits CIA's compilation of the portion

of the Mexico Station history that was shown to G. Robert Blakey.

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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell

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Mr. Barry Harrelson

October 27, 1996

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Other Histories. No response has been received to our agreement that

CLA identify within two weeks the histories that can be made available

and those that should be subject to further discussions.

CIA-8 (Intelligence community staff)

CIA had promised to provide a report to the Review Board within two

weeks. Nothing has been made available.

CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)

We have received no materials responsive to this request. Additionally,

no response has be received from CIA regarding the list of publications

that are identified in an LBJ Library finding aid that the Review Board

staff provided.

CIA-10 (Interagency source register)

CIA has not yet made available the records that it had agreed to provide

within two weeks. (was Oswald on

CIA-11 (Duran's original statement)

CIA has agreed to make some further attempts to locate Duran's original

statement.

CIA-12 (MWAVE materials)

CIA has agreed to make materials available on a rolling basis.

Informal requests:

Spas Rankin. CIA has made the Spas Rankin file available to the Review Board.

review board staft research continues. When research is complete, staff will

discuss issues with CLA

ales tum collectim pulled waiter

ARRIS staff review

IN 23738. CIA is searching for cable number IN 23738 (7 July 1962). - Copy sent

Marilyn Murrett. CIA has made the Marilyn Murrett file available to the Review •

Board. Review Board staff research continues. When research is complete, staff

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Mr. Barry Harrelson

October 27, 1996

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will discuss issues with CIA.

HTLINGUAL. It is the Review Board staff's understanding that CIA continues

its search for HTLINGUAL records and will provide an oral briefing on the

subject. It is also our understanding that some HTLINGUAL records have been

located, but that they have not yet been made available to the Review Board.

Recent and additional informal requests that we have discussed with you:

Operational Reports for Cuban Exile Groups. The Review Board staff has been

unable to locate in the collection monthly operational reports for the DRE, CRC,

or MRR for the period between March 1963 and March 1964. Please advise us

whether these records exist and when we may review them.

Moscow. CIA has been asked to search for additional information regarding

Mosco as discussed with Michelle Combs on October 24, 1996.

Tape. CIA has been asked to search for additional information regarding a tape

as discussed with Irene Marr on October 24, 1996.

Please let me know of any inaccuracies in this letter or any suggestions that you have.

Thank you for your help and cooperation.

Sincerely

T. Jeremy Cunn

General Counsel and Associate Director for Research

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Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 20505

4 February 1998

CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FULL

2000

T. Jeremy Gunn, Esq.

Executive Director

Assassination Records Review Board

600 E Street, N.W. (2nd Floor)

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mr.. Gunn:

Re: ARRB Request No. CIA 6, for Information

CIA Cable Traffic For Specific Periods

The following is responsive to referent request.

Via referent request, the ARRB asked for additional

information on cable traffic and dispatches between CIA

headquarters, Mexico City and JMWAVE.

Specifically, the

staff asked that the Agency provide as a package all such

cables and dispatches for the periods 26 September through

20. October 1963, and 22 November through 30 December 1963.

As you know, within the sequestered collection, there

are several chronological dispatch/cable collections, but

the earliest that any of them commence is 1 October 1963.

In general cable traffic and dispatches are not available as

a chronological collection and

through 30 September 1963, it is not possible to provide

cables and dispatches in a chronological/package form.

During the periods in question, the Office of Communications

(OC) only held cables long enough to ensure that they were

successfully transmitted to the named recipient.

On

occasion, because processes and resources required to

perform cleanup activity varied, cables were sometimes

for longer periods but not with

held

the intention of creating a

long-term reference collection.

In addition, the offices of record for the origination

of cable traffic and dispatches did not create cable and

dispatch files for reference collection purposes.

The

originating office maintained a temporary paper cable

chrono, usually retained for not more than ninety days.

Then, because this temporary chrono copy was not the

"official" or "record" copy, it was destroyed. Accordingly,

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we can only assume that those chronological compilations

which do exist were assembled and preserved solely because

of the assassination of the President and, none had an

earlier start date than 1 October 1963.

There is no electronic repository for cables and

dispatches from the stations.

Once cables were printed out

they went to the addressee and then into specific files.

If you require anything further in this regard, please

advise.

Sincerely,

Barry Harrelson

Nant

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SUBJECT: ARRB Request CIA 6, for Information on

CIA Cable Traffice

fox Specific Periods

Distribution:

Orig

- Adse

1

- C/HRG

1 - Eileen/DO

1 - Appropriate Directorate/ IRO

(DO and DA)

ARRB Request Chrono

ARRB Request CIA 6

1 - Barry

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

REFERENCE:

CONFIENTIAL

CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

RELEASE IN FULL

2000

(U)

Chief, JEK Declassification

Project /HRP/OIM/DA

22 January 1998

(U)

(U)

(U)

Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.

Chief, External Support Group/IMS/DO

Central Intelligence Agency

DO Response to Formal Request CIA #6

ARRB's Memorandum dated 18 December 1997,

RE: Status

Of CIA Responses to

Assassination Records Review Board's

Requests for Additional Information and

(U) This memorandum is submitted in response to formal request

number 6 (CIA #6) from the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) .

*CIA-6 Cables and dispatches

(C) All cable traffic and dispatches for the period September 26,

1963 through October 20, 1963 and November 22, 1963 through December 30,

1963 between: (a) the Mexico city Station and Headquarters, and (B) the

Mexico City Station and JMWAVE are not available as a chronological

collection. The Office of Communications (OC) only held cables long

enough to ensure that they were successfully transmitted to recipient.

and resources to perform cleanup activity varies,

cables were sometimes held for longer periods but not with the intention

of becoming a long-term reference collection. The offices of record for

the origination of cable traffic

and dispatches did not create files in

this manner. The desks maintained a temporary paper cable chrono. These

were not usually retained for more than 90 days. Because they were not

the official copy,

they were destroyed. There is no electronic

repository for cables

and dispatches from the stations. Cables were

printed out and went into specific files. It is not possible to retrieve

this cable traffic and these dispatches.

baldevil s

Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.

CL BY: 2103140

CL REASON: 1.5 (c)

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