MTG W/Congressional Committee on Disclosure of JFK Records
From: LAO
Document date: 04/27/1992
Document type: Memorandum

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

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RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-1022.

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CLASSMENCATYON NEMORANDUM

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kennedy

27 April 1992

SGAC-2-1/HGOC-2-1

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Meeting with Congressional Committees on Disclosure

of Kennedy Assassination Records (U)

1. (U) On 10 April 1992, Kevin Powers, David McManis,

and the undersigned attended a meeting with staffers from the

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (SGAC) and the House

Government Operations Committee (HGOC) to discuss pending

legislation to provide for

disclosure of government records

relevant to the assassination of President John E. Kennedy.

SGAC staffers present were De. Leonard Weiss, staff director,

and Steven Katz, counsel. HGOC staffers present were James C.

furner, counsel; Robert Gellman, counsel; and Don Goldberg,

committee staffer.

2.

(U) The purpose of the meeting was to inform NSA Of

the committees' interest in any material the Agency possesses

regarding the JEK assassination and Warren Committee

investigations.

Bills have been introduced in both the House

and Senate (H.J. Res.

454 and S.J. Res. 282 respectively) to

establish an assassination materials review board that would

determine whether JFK assassination material provided to the

board by government entities should be immediately transferred

to the National Archives for public review or qualifies for

postponement of public disclosure.

Documents will be

requested from the CIA, FBI, NSA, DOD, Department of State,

Warren Commission files, House Assassination Committee files,

Senate Church Committee files, and any other sources found to

maintain files on the JFK assassination.

3. (FOUOT Both Mr. Powers and Mr. McManis told the

staffers that they did not think that NSA's holdings of

assassination material would be voluminous.

They added that

after nearly 30 years it was likely that NSA holdings would be

limited to copies of published reports and responses to

queries

posed by Congressional committees

at the time. The

staffers noted that it was the committees' intent to push for

the declassification of as much relevant material as possible.

4.

(U)

Hearings on the bills are scheduled for 28 April

and 14 May in the House committee and on 12 May in the Senate

committee.

Copies of the bills have been provided by the

committees to the Legislative and Regulatory Counsel for

separate comment.

Carl R. Ollew

CARL R. ALLEN

Legislative Staff Officer

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CC :

BER, A/DIR, C/S, DDO, PO5, DDT, T54, D9, Li&RC, OGC(OPS)

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