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Scope: This research tool indexes 37,141 records - a curated subset of the ~300,000 documents in the JFK Assassination Records Collection. Releases indexed: 2017-2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025. 2,165 records have full-text OCR indexed - of those, 2,162 are sourced from the 2025 re-release (NARA has not yet published an XLSX manifest for 2025; each document’s prior-release history is shown on its page). Releases not yet indexed: 2026. Methodology

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CIA|January 7, 1994|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10332-10007

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… nd seem to add little, if any, important information. , 5In HSCA subjects, there typically will not be information about Ruby, Oswald or the assassination itself. However, in a file on, for example, Sam Giancana, there may be informant reports on Giancana’s sup …

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FBI|October 5, 1967|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90146-10072

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… between Gibson and another individual in Switzerland there appeared a possible indication that Gibson had been acquainted with Oswald. Gibson was interviewed at the American Embassy, Paris, where he stated that he had no X correspondence or knowledge of Oswald …

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CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10173-10134

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… SECRET % (When Filled le) DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCE .. SUBJECT or DOCUMENT DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION Gunther Boon Oswald 2. . 201-291-87 RI FILE NO. DISPATCH On SOURCE DOC. 15 apt.521 SYMBOL wo. 4' DATE' 1 STEIN 118-122113 7. SORCe CRYPT …

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