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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|July 28, 1995|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10331-10087

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10331-10087

NOTE: RESPONSE TO SENATOR SPECTER'S REQUEST CONCERNING INFORMATION TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE JFK ACT

CIA · From: DIRECTOR , CI · To: JEFFREY H. SMITH · JFK-M-16 : F4 : 2000.02.08.14:15:11:577035 : · Release: In Part

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CIA|April 23, 1992|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10337-10001

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10337-10001

CIA MATTERS - CONGRESS/CORRESPONDENCE, TESTIMONY, BACKGROUND

CIA · From: STANLEY M. MOSKOWITZ · To: THE HONORABLE JOHN CONYERS, JR. · JFK-M-21 : F2 : 20030804-974579 : UNIT INDEX · Release: Redact

CIA|February 2, 1965|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10423-10337

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10423-10337

WARREN COMMISSION TESTIMONY--SELECTED EXCERPTS

CIA · From: CHIEF, KUDOVE · To: CHIEFS OF ALL STATIONS · JFK-RH12 : F216 : 1998.12.17.15:43:16:250104 : CORRECTED TO 52 PAGES VICE 51. · Release: Redact

FBI|NAID 124-10185-10214

SourceFBITextOCR availableRecordNAID 124-10185-10214

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CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10433-10209

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10433-10209

FOIA ON MARTIN LUTHER KING.

CIA · JFK-RH19 : F02 : 1998.12.22.14:07:05:576108 : NOT BELIEVED RELEVANT. (NBR) · Release: Redact

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10335-10014

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10335-10014

ARRB REQUEST - CIA-16: OSWALD PRE-ASSASSINATION FILES

ARRB · JFK-M-19 : F16 : 2000.02.16.10:41:49:700044 : UNIT INDEX · Release: Redact

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

OCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

OCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

OCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

OCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025