Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY
Document date: 06/19/1998
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

Identification Form

3/31/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10378-10266

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62C-HQ-1029205-3858

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

HQ

TO:

[Restricted]

TITLE:

DATE: 06/19/1998

'PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS :

JFKARCA OF 1992

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 3; 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/11/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC LET

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: •11-14-2017

June 1,9998

AIL INFORMATION CONTAINDI

HARRIN IS UNCLASSITIED

SXCEP I WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Avon & Somerset Constabulary

P.O. Box 37

Portshead

(s)

Bristol BS20 8QJ

United Kingdom

CLASSIFIED BY: 5668 SLO/SCe

REASON: 1.5

Dear von & Somerset Constabulary J65)

DECLASSIFY ON: XC6 )

(572) 4/14199

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

States people.

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, 44 U.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 Records Administration

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

President John F. Kennedy. The Act states that, "[a]ll 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 FBI

has been working diligently since 1993 to fulfill our responsibilities under the Act.

The purpose of this letter is: (1) 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 assured 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

Dep. Dir.

Chief of

released

Staff

Off. of Gen.

Counsel

Asst. Dir.:

Crim. Inv.

CJIS

Finance

Info. Res.

1-- Director

1 - Mr. Bryant

Insp.

Lab.

62r-d1

1 - Mr. R. Bucknam

1 - Mr. P. Kelley

1 - Ms. Gawley

1 - Mr. Collingwood 1 - Mr. Campbell

1- Ms. Wilkins

List of additional foreign agency addressees attached

1 - Ms. Keeley

1 - Ms. Sifford

National Sec.

Personnel

Training

Off. of EEOA

Off. of Public

& Cong. Affs.

Beatty

RM1144 X0571

Director's Office

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Avon & Somerset Constabulary ] (5)

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

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

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

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, including 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 information related to the assassination to the

United States public, but appreciates that certain information is sensitive and not proper for release.

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 Carol L. Keeley, Acting Unit Chief of the Historical and Executive Review Unit of

the FBI, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20535, (202) 324-0671.

Sincerely yours,

Louis J. Freeh

Director

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REVIEN

BOARD

Assassination Records Review Board

600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530

(202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457

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May 11, 1998

ATT TIPOEHATION COUTAINED

12::

" SACLASSTFIED

EAGENE WHERE SHOWE

OTHERWISE

Avon & Somerset Constabular

P.O. Box 37

Portshead

Bristol BS20 8QJ

United Kingdom

(5)

CLASSIFIED BY: 5668 SLD/gel

REASON: 1.5

(d.)

DECLASSIFY ON: X (6)

Re:

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Records Relating to the

C5FR5 414/99

Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Greeting:

The Assassination Records Review Board, which is an independent agency of the

United States government, is honored to present to your government a request on

behalf of the people of the United States of America.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was one of the great tragedies for the

American people in this century. Since the time of his assassination, a majority of the

American people have believed that all relevant information has not become publicly

known. In order to respond to this concern, the United States Congress passed

legislation, signed into law by President Bush, that created the Assassination Records

Review Board. This law is known as the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994). The five members of the

Assassination Records Review Board are citizens of high standing who were appointed

by President Clinton and confirmed by the United States Senate.

The principal mission of the Review Board is to transfer records in government files to

the United States National Archives so that they can be examined by historians,

scholars, and researchers. As a part of its mission, the Review Board has been working

with U.S. government agencies during the past three years - including the FBI -- to

declassify records to the greatest extent possible. The FBI has notified us that some

information in its files on the assassination originated with your government. FBI

officials have copies of these records that they will make available for your

examination.

The Review Board respectfully requests that your government take all reasonable steps

to help make the information in these records available to the United States National

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BOARD MeMBERs: John R. Tunheim, Chair • Henry.F. Graff • Kermit L. Hall • William L. Joyce • Anna K. Nelson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: T. Jeremy Gunn • DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Thomas E. Samoluk

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Archives. Accordingly, we request that your government consent to the release of its

information in these records to the greatest extent possible.

Thank you for your time and attention to these records. If you would find it helpful,

someone from our agency would be pleased to meet with a representative of your

government to discuss these issues further.

Sincerely

Dr. T. Jerem

Gunn

Executive Director

Enclosures

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