MEMO: STATUS OF OUTSTANDING JFK ISSUES
Originator: CIA
From: WICKHAM. C/INF MAN STAFF, EXT SUPP
To: C/JFK DECLASS PROJ, HRP/OIM/DA
Document date: 08/20/1998
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

Chief, JFK Declassification Project/

HRP/OIM/ DA

Fredrick C. Wickham, Jr.

Chief, Information Management Staff,

External Support Group

(U) Status of Outstanding JFK Issues

(U) The following represents the current status of several

outstanding requests.

The referenced matérial is in hard copy

form so it will be delivered with the printed copy of this note.

Michelle viewed this information, while she was here today, and

thinks it will meet the needs.

a. (U) Oswald's files prior to the assassination.

(1). Given that Oswald was a subject of the HTLINGUAL

operation, it is reasonable to believe that there was a

file.

We destroyed all of the HTLINGUAL files under

court order, and no record was made of what files

existed.

References and individual document mentioning

Oswald and HTLINGUAL may be discovered during reviews

of other files within the JFK assassination records.

(2).. The 201 on Oswald represents all the information

we had prior to the assassination. Some of this

information appears to have been received prior to the

opening of the 201 file. Prior to opening the 201, any

documents received would have been placed in an

operational interest file, and it may not have been

registered in the central index. Upon opening the 201,

CL BY 0524343

REASON 1.5 (c)

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the documents from the interest file would have been

transferred to the 201 according to standard procedure.

b. (U) Angelton Files.

The files that Kalaris mentioned in Mangold's book were

incorporated with the files of the CI staff. Per memorandum

dated 1976-1979, the CI files were reviewed and incorporated

into the DO record system. Items that were duplicates

or

not worthy of retention were destroyed. The memos describe

the file collection and the process that was followed.

Because the files that were once known as Angleton's have

been dispersed within the DO records, they are no longer

identifiable as a collection.

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(S) Contact with Journalists.

Memo prepared by Ed Boring responds to the difficulty with

searching for all connections with journalist. The second

memo defines certain crypts. These are both classified and

still sensitive, but we can work on an unclassified version

for the collection.

d. (S) Why did the Pawley 201 file abruptly stop in

1962?

There is an associated OPS file that contains the continuing

information. The record system design was based upon the.

notion that operational activity would be recorded in files

separate from the 201.

Many officers over the years have

included the operational information in the 201 to simplify

their record-keeping:

When the next officer is assigned the

case they may return to using the OPS file. It is common to

find 201 files that have the same situation.

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(U) File searches.

In addition to the EB, we sent more focused requests to LA;

CE, CIC and NROC. CIC has finished their searches and

produced a response. LA and CE have finished their searches

but are waiting until Monday when their focal point officer

returns from leave. NROC is still working, but believe they

will

not find anything. Many of their records are

duplicated within the files maintained by the divisions.

f. (S) Decanter appeal.

We have a draft of additional arguments under review.,

and I will forward it to you by the end of the week.

Fredrick C. Wickham,

Attachments:

A - As Stated

B - Processing of Documents by the Analysis Unit in CI Staff

C - CI Staff Records Study

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