Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA C.A.
Document date: 4/4/98
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USe 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

3/31/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10379-10053

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62C-HQ-1029205-3760

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: HQ

TO : [Restricted]

TITLE :

DATE :

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

04/04/1998

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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 pE. 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote):

MATE:

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U.S. Departn

-dof Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Office of the Director. ALL INFORMATION- CORTA

KENSIS

IS UNCLASSIFIER

SICSPY WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Washington: D.C. 20535'

, 1998

9981

Sr. Mario Charpentier Gamboa

Direccion de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional

Apartado Postal 920-1250, Escazu

San Jose, Costa Rica C.A

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Dear Sr Charpentier Gamboa:

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

4.21-99

CLASSIFIED BY 5608 SID/ASR

REASON:

DECLASSIFY ON: X

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(JFK)

United States people.

The President John F: Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, 44 .S.C.§2107(Supp

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

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

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

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

assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Act states that, "Talll 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 FBl has been working diligently since 1993 to fulfill our responsibilities under the

The purpose of this letter is: (I) 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 protect your information from disclosure.

To achieve maximum disclosure of assassination records; the Act established the JFK

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 assuted 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

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TIRETY®

BY SPYCHCLC 1.5(d)(6)

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Released under, the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records: Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE:

11÷14-2017

SECRET

Sr. Mario Charpentier Gamboa

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

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

determines that the information cannot be released, please provide an explanation so that the FBI mày

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 requires that all information in the assassination collection at

'Archives (even in the closed section) be released to the public in the year 2017, inchiding information

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

information from disclosure) past 2017 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 or in other contexts.

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

United States public, but appreciates that cértain information is sensitive and not proper for rèlease.

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

representative or to Cáröl L Keeley, Acting Unit Chief of the Historical and Executive Review Unit

of the FBI, 9,35 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W, Washington, D.C. 20535, (202) 324/0671

Sincerely yours,

Louis J. Freeh

; Director

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