JFK related…
Originator: NSA
From: OGC
To: Stanley Brand
Document date: 05/08/1981
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : NSA

RECORD NUMBER

: 144-10001-10217

RECORDS SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR :

FROM

NSA

OGC

TO : STANLEY BRAND

JFK RELATED MATERIAL AND DOCUMENTS RELEASED PREVIOUSLY TO THE COMMITTE

PAGES : 25/08/81

SUBJECTS

VARIOUS JFK LETTERS

DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDA, LETTERS

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS

: 1A-

CURRENT STATUS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/97

OPENING CRITERIA

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755

Serial:

GC/305/81

13

May 1981

Mr. Stanley Brand

General Counsel

Office of the Clerk

House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Mr. Brand:

Pursuant to our conversation of ll May, enclosed please

correspondence or records of communications between NSA and

the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The documents

were released as the result of an initial request and prior

to our knowledge of congressional intent that this information

be maintained in confidentiality.

Future requests of this nature will be handled in accordance

with expressed congressional intent; we would appreciate receiving,

however, a letter addressed to this Agency specifying current

congressional views with respect to the information maintained

by NSA.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to call me or

Robin Ullman

688-6054.

Sincerely,

ratricia murphy

PATRICIA A. MURPHY

FOIA Appeals

Coordinator

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ExReg (less encl.)

GC

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Stanley Brand, General Counsel, Clerk of the House

of Representatives

M/R: This

response was coordinated with Q4 (Dinwoodie) on

classification and with Stan Brand, General Counsel to the

Clerk of the House of

Representatives in determining whether

correspondence originating with the House Select Committee

on Assassinations are NSA records.

Mr. Brand informed us of

correspondence from Louis Stokes to Executive Agencies that

congressional material and related information in a form connected

to the Committee should not be disclosed without the written

concurrence of the House of Representatives.

A subsequent letter

from the Clerk of the House affirmed this decision.

He told us

that he believes the Committee inadvertently neglected to send

the

Stokes letter to NSA.

Copies of both letters are attached for

your information, and, for LAO, your file.

As Q4 had already released the NSA-originated records (not

knowing about the Stokes request), we decided to uphold their

findings.

Future requests of this

nature should be handled in

accordance with the Stokes and Henshaw letters.

If any documents

covered by these letters are to be released they must first be

coordinated with

and approved by Stan Brand, General Counsel

to the Clerk of the House of Representatives. His phone

number

is 225-7000.

Mark Allen has sued CIA under the FOIA for withholding

information responsive to a similar reguest.

The D.C. Circuit

in November 1980 remanded that case to the District Court, .

but made some rulings on the (b) (1) and (b) (3) exemptions

which we have

tried

alia,

showing procedural conformity with E.O. 12065,

demonstrating

which exemptions the deleted information fall

under

and why, and releasing

classification markings.

PATRICIA

Patricia Murphy

MURPHY, OGC, 50475,

May 81, pad

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SILS HOUSE UITICEHUILDING. ANNEXE

W'ASHINGTON. D.G. 20315

March 26, 1979

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

U.S.

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

As you

are aware, H. Res. 222,

as passed by the House

of Representatives

on February

2, 1977, authorized the Select

Committee on Assassinations

to

investigate the deaths of

Dr. Martin Luther King, ur. ano

The committee's work

1s now drawina to an eno.

president John i write

Kennedy.

this

letter to

draw to your attention a matter that I recognize

will inevitably come up in the future.

A great deal of material

has been generated by your

Department in

response to specific requests or concerns of

the Select Committee.

In

addition, your Department is in

physical custody of

a variety of materials originating from

the Select Committee.

It can be anticipated that your Depart-

ment will receive requests under the Freedom of Information

Act for

access

to these

materials.

The purpose of this

letter

is to request specifically

that this Congressional material

and related

information in a form connected

to the Committee

not be

disclosed outside your Department without the written

concurrence of the House of Representatives.

Sincerely,

LS: dm

cc: Robert L. Keuch

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Toys 51rd

Offire of the Clerk

215 House of Erpresentaties

Jasjinglon, 2.0L 20515

March 2, 1981

Honorable William H. Webster

Federal Bureau of

Investigation

J. Edgar Hoover Building

washington, D.C. 20535

Dear Mr. Webster:

I am writing to you concerning a subject of considerable

concern to me as the legislative branch officer charged with

naintaining and pieserving non-current House docunents and

records under the rules

and precedents of the House of

Representatives.

Specifically, I call your attention to

requests

filed with the Bureau

under the Freedom of Informa-

Lion Act for correspondence,

records or any communications

between the Bureau and the former House Select Committee on

Assassinations ('HSCA").

By letter dated March 26, 1979

to the Honorable Griffin

Bell, former

Chairman Stokes specifically identified the

problem which would Iesult from requests under the Freedom

of Information Act for material generated by the Bureau in

response to specific requests by HSCA during its

investiga-

tion.

That letter requested that "this congressional material

and related information in a form connected to the Committee

not be disclosed outside your Department."

My purpose in writing is to reaffirm the congressional

intent expressed by Chairman Stokes at the conclusion of

HSCA's work in my capacity as archival and custodial agent

for the House of SCA's records.

General Counsel has generally. reviewed

materials and has determined that none

materials can be released consistent with the letter from

Chairman Stokes asserting the exemption for Congress under

5 U.S. C. 5551(1) (4) (1976). This is our position notwith-

standing

the recent decision of a panel

of the United States

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webster

Court of Appeals in Holy Spirit Association For The Unifica-

tion of World Christianity v.

Central Intelligence Agency,

2202 (D.C.

Cir. Dec.

Nehear Fied, (Jan. 21, Better when our

23, 1980), petition 10r

We strongly believe that

Chairman Stoke's

letter,

reaffirmation by

this letter, comes squarely within the standards

articulated

factors cited by the panel in Holy Spirit as absent.

As constitutional officer of the House chaiged with

preservation of House records, I cannot overemphasize the

importance of maintaining the

strictest confidentiality over

records

as

well

as

copies ot

congressional materials retained by the Bureau, in connection

with HSCA.

While I believe

that these letters

adequately

serve to support the withholding of any of these documents

under FOIA,

I would appreciate being informed of any such

requests.

this regard, please have appropriate personnel

in the processing sections

contact my General Counsel concein-

ing equests for HSCA materials.

Edmunda Menohaw.)

EDMUND L. HENSHAW, JR.,

U.S. House of Representativ

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

FORT GEORGE G. MADE, MARYLAND 20735

Serial: N9187

11 May 1981

Mr. Mark Allen

P.0. Box 9032

Washington, D.C. 20003

Dear Mr. Allen:

This replies to your letter of 8 April 1981 in which you

appeal the National Security Agency's (NSA) denial of information

responsive to your

Freedom of Information Act request.

I have

reviewed your initial request of 12 January 1981, the nine records

located in response to that request, NSA's letter of 16 March

1981 which forwarded one record in its entirety and portions of

eight other records, and your letter of appeal. As the result

of this review, I am again sending you the releasable portions

of eight documents and I

am'referencing herein the laws that

preclude disclosure of certain segments of these documents.

I

have also decided to release additional portions of three records

that were released to you by the Chief, Office of Policy, and

amended copies

of those records are attached.

However,

I affirm

the determination of the Chief, Office of Policy, that the

remaining portions of the attached records must be withheld.

The ninth document, an unclassified letter from

Eugene Yeates

to Robert Blakey dated 14 July 1978 was released to you in its

entirety and

therefore does not need to be addressed.

Set forth below are descriptions of the

eight

records which

were

withheld in part and the reasons for withholding those

portions of them.

The reasons for withholding are

as responsive

as possible without disclosing

classified information.

The U.S.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has recognized that

information disclosed by an agency about withheld documents does

not have to contain facts

that if made public would compromise

the secret nature of the information.

App. D.C.

977

(1974).

Document. No./

Description

Attachment 1

Date

9 Dec 77

Attachment 2

7 Jul 78

Attachment 3

9 Aug 78

- Exemption (s)

5 U.S.C. 5552(b) (3): applicable

statute Public Law 86-36, (50

U.S.C. $402 note)

5 U.S.C. 5552(b) (1); 5 U.S.C. 5552

(b) (3):

applicable statute Public

Law 86-36 (50 U.S.C. $402 note)

5 U.S.C. 8552(b) (1): 5 U.S.C. 8552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36, (50 U.S.C. §402 note)

and 50 U.S.C. 8403(d) (3) 0r18

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Attachment 4

10 NOV 78

5 U.S. C. 5552(0) 81); 5 U.S.C. $552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36 (50 U.S.C. $402 note) and

50 U.S.C. 5403(d)(3) 01 18 U.S.C.

$798; 5 U.S. C. 5552(0) (6)

Attachment 5

21 Nov 78

5 U.S.C. C. 5552(b)(1); 5 U.S.C. S552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36 (50 U.S.C. 5402 note) and

50 U.S.C. 5403(8) (3) 01 18 U.S.C.

$798; 5 U.S. C. 5552(b) (6)

Attachment 6

21 NOV 78

Attachment

7

28 NOV 78

5 U.S.C. C. 5552(b)(1);5 U.S.C. §552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36 (50 U.S.C. $402 note) and

50 U.S.C. 5403(8) (3) 0118 U.S.C.

$798; 5 U.S. C. 5552(0) (6)

5 U.S. C. 8552(5) (1); 5 U.S.C. 5552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36, (50 U.S.C. §402 note) and

50 U.S.C. 8403(d) (3) 0r 18 U.S.C.

$798

Attachment 8

28 Nov 78

5 U.S. C. 5552(b) (1); 5 U.S.C. $552

(b) (3):

applicable statutes Public

Law 86-36 (50 U.S.C. $402 note) and

50 U.S.C. 5403(d) (3) 01 18 U.S.C.

$798: 5 U.S. C. 8552(0) (6)

A more detailed explanation of the rationale for each exemption follows:

With

respect to the classifications assigned to the portions

of documents 2 through 8

being withheld, I have concluded that

they meet the criteria for classification in Section 1-3 of Executive

Order 12065 and

in paragraph 2-202 of DoD Regulation 5200.1-R and

that the withheld portions

are properly classified in their entirety

within the categories provided in Section 1-1 of Executive Order

12065 and in Chapter I, Section 5 of DoD Regulation 5200.1-R.

records have

been reviewed for possible declassification or down-

grading

according to the provisions of Sections 3-1 and

3-3 of

Executive Order

of Chapter III of DoD Regulation 5200. 1-R.

Portions that were declassified

are enclosed; the remaining portions

were found to

be properly classified and therefore excluded from

declassification or downgrading despite the length of time which

has elapsed since their

origin. In conducting

this review, I

have weighed the significant need for openness

in government against

the likelihood of damage to our national

security at this time.

I have specifically taken into account Section

3-303 of Executive

Order 12065 and have determined that the records, except for the

portions released, should continue to be classified. Thus, I finc

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that the Chief, Office of Policy, properly found these portions

to be exempt from release pursuant to 5 U.S.C. $552(b) (1), and I

affirm his denial

of your request for release of these portions

on those grounds.

Portions of each of the eight documents are exempt fiom

disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. $552(b) (3).

Section 6 of Public

Law 86-36 provides that no law

shall be construed to require

the disclosure of

the organization, personnel, functions or

activities of the National Security Agency.

Each of

the

records contains information falling

into

this description.

The National Security Agency

is precluded by 18 U.S.C. $798

from providing information concerning classified communications

intelligence activities except to those persons authorized to

receive such

information.

50 U.s.c. 8403(d) (3) protects infor-

mation pertaining to intelligence

Withheld

portions of documents 3 through 8 contain information protected

by these statutes.

Enclosure 6 of DOD Directive 5400.7 (32

C.F.R.

$286 (1980)) specifically recognizes 18 U.S.C. $798

and

Public Law 86-36 as exemption 3 statutes.

Thus, I also find that

the Chief, Office of Policy, properly concluded

that portions of

the documents were exempt from release pursuant to 5 U.s.C.

5552 (b)(3), since each of the statutes and the directive cited

above provides adequate grounds upon which to base such an

exemption.

In addition, portions of documents 4, 5, 6 and

8 relating

to one individual

exempt pursuant to 5 U.S. C. $552(b) (6)

due to

certain unique circumstances

involved. I have determined

that disclosure would constitute a "clearly unwarranted invasion

of personal

privacy," for this individual.

With the exception of the one document released in its

entirety

and the portions of the other documents that were

released, I found

the matter

covered by your request clearly

within

the statutory protection and exemptions cited

above.

proper protection

classified information and intelligence

sources and methods requires a denial of the remaining portions

of the documents.

Finally four documents originated by Congress, one of

which

was a Memorandum

of Understanding between the House

Select Committee on Assassinations and the Office of the

Secretary of Defense and attached

to document 5, were

found

not to be agency records and

are therefore not subject to the

Freedom of Information Act. Possession of a document does not

dictate that it is an

"agency record" but rather whether control

of the document has passed from Congress and become property of

the agency within which it resides.

See Goland v. CIA, 607 F.2d

339 (D.C. Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 927 (1980). As you

already know, when the House Select Committee on Assassinations

disbanded, Chairman Stokes informed

former Attorney General

Griffin Bell that the Congressional

materials and related

information connected to the Committee should be held in

confidentiality.

That assertion of Congressional privilege

has been recently reaffirmed

by the Congress.

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As your appeal is denied in part, you are hereby advised

of your rights

under 5 U.s.C. 5552 to seek judicial review.

You

may seek an order

from a United States Court in the district in

which you reside, in which you have your principal place of

business, or

in which

this Agency's records are situated (U.S.

District Court, District of Maryland), or in the District of

Columbia, for the production of any Agency records which you

consider

to have been improperly withheld by this Agency.

5 U.S.C. 5552(a) (4) (B) sets out your

rights in this matter

with respect to such judicial action.

Sincerely,

ANN CARACRISTraCisti

Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act

Appeals Authority

Encls:

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Legislative Affairs

9De 77

To: DIR

THRO: D DIR

He Assasinations Committe

1. The Diguty Clif Crunal

Aà Assasinidins Chinter, Mr. 5.

Wrey called to say he is sanding

a litter to D1R. Letter, do be

disfil Monday, will request

cortain informatin (unziciel)

1 OSA.

I Possidat Kenny o les. King.

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NIT

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Phone Call from House

7 July 1978

Select Committee on Assassinations

This office received a phone call this date from a staffer

of the House Select Committee on Assassinations who said the

address a letter to NSA.

the letter would be on its way shortly.

Legislative Affairs

LAO

CC :

DIR

D/DIR

GC

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NATIONAL SECUTITY AGENCY

CENTRAL SECURITY SEPVICE

FORT GIORC"". PiLADI. MARYLAND 20755

Serial:

1A0/025-78

9 August 1978.

"SECRETi

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND

DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

ATTN: Ms. Judith A. Miller

SUBJECT: House Select Committee on Assassinations 10 July 1978

Request

1. NSA has made a thorough search of all records that

might contain information relevant to the Select Committee on

Assassinations' request for

"telegrans or other communications,

sent from Cobo Cleaners in Detroit, Michigan, by Earl Ruby

any other individuals to Cuba in March and April 1962."

2.

If no other

component of DoD has located information pursuant to the Comnittee's

request, propose you use the attached draft as your response

to the Committee.

If, however, there is any reason why the

attached draft cannot be used, please consult with MI. Silver

before releasing information in any other form.

3.

The attached draft response is classified CONFIDENTIAL.

A direct response from the National securitiency to the

Committee's request

because the availabilennon saint the type of

information requested by the Commitee

and protected in e

Acting Chief

Legislative Affairs

Incl:

a/s

Copy Furnished:

DOD General Counsel

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bir. G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.

S. House of Representatives.

331 House Office Building, Annex 2

Washington, DC 20515

Dear MI. Blakey:

This is in reply to your recent letter which reguested from

the Department of Defense certain information relating to Cobo Cleaners

and Mr. Earl Ruby in March and April 1962.

The Department of Defense has conducted a thorough search of

its records and E

The above information is classified CONFIDENTIAL because it

relates to Department of Defense intelligence operations and must

not be disclosed to unauthorized individuals. In addition, you must

not reveal the Department of Defense of any Defense Agency as the

source of this information.

Sincerely,

F DRAFT

John G. Kester

The Special Assistant

Candied by DIRNSAICHESS INSAICSIN IN A

ERDOpe fiRE GDS, EO 11852, Calagary?

Dectersiy Urn Molitiaiion Dy Sha Dristato

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CC :

DIR

D/DIR

GC

DDO

EXEC/DDO

Serial: 1A0-025-78

M/R: 1.

MI.

Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the House

Select Committee on Assassinations, requested this information from

NSA on 10 July.

On 14 July, he was informed that, in accordance

with the MoU between DoD and the Committee, requests must go to

DOD not NSA.

'Ms. Judy Miller forwarded the Committee request to NSA.

Lanes

This memo has been coordinated with GC and EXEC/DDO.

The

classification was reviewed bysi

sand approved by D/DIR.

now =-.

SKORET

-MAHOLE VIA COMENT CLAMMIES OMIS

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10 November 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: 8 November Meeting with MI. Blakey

1.

On 8 November,

*visited Mr. Robert G. Blakey,

Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the House Select. Committee

information linking an assassination plot against President Kennedy

with a figure in organized crime.

MI. Blakey had been referred to

NSA (GC, Dan Silver) by Ms. Judy Miller, Special Assistant to

John Kester, OSD.

2.

Mr. Blakey indicated.that+

3 had

communicated with a friend of his named Sgt Michael B. Stevensen

at "Corry" Field, FLorida

3.

At that time,

sometime before November

mations 0949051

work

w-37-753-7771

as

wig referred in paragraph

stated thàt he hia no

did not know who the crime figure is.

Super so Sater actually Prate

273)

in his

4. Mr. Blakey stated that NSA had already acknowledged the

existence of such a facility during this period, but he didn't

indicate to whom such a statement had been made.

5. Mr. Blakey posed the following questions for NSA:

(a) What is NSA's capability for retrieving communications

from this time and place?

(b)

How quickly can we make this retrieval?

(His Committee completes its work in December. If

NSA can easily provide the answers to a number of

questions, he will do some preliminary investigation

before formally requesting the information, but if

we indicate that much time will be required, he will

task us now.)

(c) What additional information does NSA need from Mr.

Blakey to speed the retrieval process?

(d) Is the data still available for retrieval?

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(e)

Wast

working for Praeter (Prater)i

and actually doing this kind of work

at that location during. that period? "

He asked for the responses, or at least, a status of what

can be provided and how soon, by Monday, 13 November.

" September, the General Counsel sent a copy of

meletter to

the FBI (GC/335/78), along with a letter

from AF Security Service (to which Sgt Stevensen had sent the letter).

In the General Counsels letter he noted that sect service was

8. On 9 November,

Band I met with Dan Silver and decided

Dan should respond initially to Mr.

Blakey's questions by phone.

After coordinating with EXEC/DDO,

Jasked

to provide input

for a response.

9.

of the availability of data from &

months 0F1963

conducted an initial review

covering the first eleven

• 0,

equert fune

eat

YEATES

EUGENE F.

Chief

Legislative Affairs

* NOLE VIA SOIRA GUINNE

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

21 November 1978

SUBJECT: House Assassination Committee Inguiry

1.: On 17 November 1978, m

- GC, and I attended an

interview conducted by staff

members of the House Select Committee

on Assassinations in regard to the allegations off

on concerning the involvement of certain individuals in

the assassination of President Kennedy.

2. The interview was conducted by Messrs Kenneth Klein and

Gary Cornwell and was held in secure spaces prövided by Mr. George.

Murphy, director of the Senate National security office. Both

individuals are

The interview was conducted under terms of a Memorandum

of Understanding executed between the Committee and OSD on 15 November;

1978 (copy attached).

4. For purposes of the intervi

DoD made available Sgt.

Nicholas B. Stevenson SAFe

was

accompanied angerey raham, USAi

Sgt. Stevenson

USAF, ALI FOICE LegISLatIVe

Liaison.

5..

The Committee staffers were interested primarily in Sgt.

Stevenson's recollections in regard to events described by l

in a letter to Stevenson written in May 1978.

Sgt. Stevenson briefly described

Regarding

the specific allegations

3 relating to

the President's

assassination,

mst. Stevenson emphatically stated that he had no

no proba de us not been wilty on went ood it on

man and my tole in the interview was concentrated largey

on interpreting

rong quemphasing the fact that the

The staffers made no notes and agreed to let us review their

report; for purposes of classification, on or after 20 November 1978.

HANBLE MA COINT CHANNELS BY

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9. The staffers remain particularly interested in determining

the name of

the individual whom believes relates

to

the assassination.

They will explore means of determining this

almation to include the possibility of having sgt. Stevenson

and ask him for the identity (Stevenson indicate

his extreme unwillingness to do this. LTC Graham stated that this

request would have to be examined at policy level

within DoD).

If the Committee is able to determine a specific name,

the staffers indicated that they would probably initiate a specific

inquiry to NSA to again search our materials.

UGENE I YEATE

Chief

Legislative Affairs

Encl:

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CC :

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CHIDEF

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755

Serial: D1/LAO-017M-78

21 November 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND DEPUTY

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

ATTN:

Ms. Judith A. Miller

1. The National Security Agency has made a thorough search of all

records that might contain information pertaining to the Select Committee

on Assassinations' request for information.

to relevant to an allegation by

* linking an assassi-

nation plot against President Kennedy with a figure in organized crime.

i suggest you use the attached

draft as your response.

If, however,

there is any reason why the attached

draft cannot be used, please consult with us before releasing the infor-

mation in any other form.

3-

The attached draft response is unclassified.

EUGENE F. YEATES

Chief

Legislative Affairs

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M/R: On 8 November, Mr. Robert G. Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, posed a number of questions to

NSA regarding allegation that he fro

information linking an assassination plot against President Kennedy with a figure

in organized crime.

MI.. Blakey subsequently submitted a written request (dated

15 November) to support his verbal one.

In essense, the questions probed sa's ability quickly an thereignly

probe for records

hm for information relating to the allegation.

The actual traffic from this period was minimal and no other records are extant.

The Director has approved.

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Legislat

ve Aïfairs

28 November 1978

TO: Judy Miller

1... Enclosed is a request made directly to us by

Blakey and a reply which we propose be provided to

MI. Blakey by Mr. Kester.

2. If you have any

questions concerning this

please give me a

call:

EUGENE F.

"YEATES'

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HI. G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.S. House of Representatives

3331 House Office Building, Annex 2

Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Blakey:

This responds to your letter of November 13, 1978, directed to a

component of the Department of Defense.

with respect to the subject of the FBI file to which the requested

information relates;

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Sincerely,

JOHN G. KESTER

Special Assistant to

The

Secretary

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NEI DENTIAL CINE-CHANNELS.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

28 November 1978

SUBJECT: Visit to House Select Committee on Assassinations

• On 21 November I visited House Select Committee on Assassinations

spaces to review for classification purposes the report Messrs Cornwell

and Klein wrote following the 17 November interview with Sgt Nicholas B.

Stevenson, USAF.

2.

The report, about one and a half pages long, listed the participants

in the interview and described generally the substance of the discussions:

Although it did not mention the specific site to which Sgt Stevenson and

assigned, it did say that the facility was able t

u. The report further

mentioned f

and "NSA" in several places.

3 ..

I told Mr. Cornwell that as written, portions of the report should

be classified "CONFIDENTIAL, HANDLE VIA COMINT CHANNELS ONLY."

He agreed

to classify it and asked me to mark it which I did. I suggested that with

a few changes we could make it unclassified. Mr. Cornwell stated that he

would prefer to retain the original language of the report at this time

but that if it was to be used in any unclassified report by the Committee,

he would then ask us to review the wording so that classified information

would not be disclosed.

Mr. Cornwell asked if NSA had determined whether the conversation

we ferenced had been published and disseminated in product

channels. I told him that we had not yet determined the answer to that

question and that we would be back in touch.

Legislative Affairsi

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