MEMO: POSSIBLE EXTENSION FOR JFK ASSASSINATION BOARD
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: ACTING DIRECTOR OF CI
To: JOHN F. PEREIRA
Document date: 1/2/97
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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: MEMO: POSSIBLE EXTENSION FOR JFK ASSASSINATION BOARD

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Acting Director of Central

Intelligence

Director, Center for the Study

of Intelligence

Executive Director

John F. Pereira

Chief, Historical Review Group

Possible Extension for JFK

Assassination Board

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This memorandum is for your information.

At some point,

the White House or Congress may ask for your opinion on the

subject discussed below.

2.

The JFK Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) is

considering making a request to Congress to extend the Board's

charter for one additional year.

Unless Congress agrees to an

extension, the Board's charter will expire on 30 September 1997.

The Board, whose members were appointed by President Clinton, was

established in 1994 by legislation. The original term was two

years, but a one-year extension was granted.

3. We have been advised by the ARRB's Executive Director,

David Marwell, that the rationale for requesting an extension

would be based on the Board's delay in getting up to speed, and

on the large volume of records from the FBI, CIA, and other

agencies that the Board must still review.

4.

Marwell expects the

ARRB to decide in January on whether

to seek an extension.

He said that the Board would consult with

the White House before making a formal request to Congress.

expect the Board, as well as the White House and Congress,

We

to try

to determine whether CIA or other agencies would be opposed to an

extension.

5. From CIA's point of view, an extension for the ARRB

would call for a commitment to continue devoting resources to

supporting

the Board's efforts. Currently, the Agency has two

Barns enorts.

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staff officers and 14 independent contractors dedicated full time

to JFk matters. Other officers in the Historical Review Group,

the Directorate of Operations,

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spend substantial amounts of time in responding to requests

the JEK Board.

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