Searching the archive...

JFK Research Center

A research reading room for records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, drawn from the U.S. National Archives Catalog.

Navigate

Home Search Entities Topics Timeline Evidence

Analysis

Open Questions Tension map Established Facts Release history Bibliography

About

Overview Methodology Editorial policy Roadmap

Records sourced from the U.S. National Archives Catalog, ABBYY JFK-OCR, and allowlisted primary-source reports. Transcriptions and OCR are machine-generated and may contain errors.

Search · JFK Research Center

Documents Mentions Semantic14 results

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

Filters

FBI18,005CIA15,955HSCA1,226Department of Defense315NSA299SSCIA258Senate (Church Committee)253Senate236Department of State79NARA47JCS45U.S. Marine Corps45Department of Justice33U.S. Secret Service32ROCKCOM24WC24ARMY24DOS17LBJ14KISS/SCOW11MATHENY7INSCOM6OSD4BUCHEN/DAN4DUVAL78-673CAR/HARDY3BUCHEN78662DAVIS2CHENEY2

1950 – 2004

19502004

Document matches | 14

Results for AELADLE.

Results14Current document, mention, or semantic mode Entities32People, agencies, places, and concepts Topics11Curated subject lanes Media0Official JFK Library records TimelineChronology routes for this query QuestionsOpen-question routes

Visible OCR

2/14

High confidence

Top agencies

CIA 14

Dense years

1963 5 / 1962 4 / 1971 1

CIA|March 3, 1971|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10198

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10198

DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCE: AELADLE.

CIA · JFK64-8 : F2 : 20040302-1052738 : · Release: In Part

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

CIA|August 17, 1964|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10207

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10207

SUBJECT: COMMENTS OF IDENTITY 1 REGARDING AELADLE.

CIA · From: CHIEF, WE · To: CHIEF, SR · JFK64-8 : F2 : 1998.02.28.18:15:28:030102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|October 10, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10216

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10216

THIS CABLE CONCERNS AELADLE.

CIA · From: WITHHELD · To: DIRECTOR · JFK64-8 : F2 : 20040302-1052753 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|August 22, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10223

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10223

SUBJECT: AELADLE.

CIA · From: SR/CI/K · To: MFR · JFK64-8 : F2 : 1998.02.28.18:42:42:920102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2023

CIA|July 16, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10220

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10220

SUBJECT REFS IS AELADLE.

CIA · From: DIRECTOR · To: LONDON · JFK64-8 : F2 : 1998.02.28.18:38:11:466102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|July 5, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10242

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10242

COMMENTS ON AELADLE.

CIA · From: CHIEF, EE · To: COS, GERMANY · JFK64-8 : F2 : 20040302-1052763 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|September 21, 1962|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10169-10121

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10169-10121

DISPATCH: CPS/FUTURE PLANNING RE AELADLE.

CIA · From: HAROLD R. ALBANO · To: CHIEF, EE · JFK64-7 : F26 : 1998.02.07.17:43:33:170102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2023

CIA|January 23, 1962|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10169-10140

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10169-10140

OPERATIONAL/ ROSEWOOD/ AELADLE.

CIA · From: CHIEF WH · To: COS LONDON · JFK64-7 : F26 : 1998.02.08.10:20:44:030108 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|January 3, 1962|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10169-10146

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10169-10146

STATEMENT PREPARED BY AELADLE.

CIA · From: EDWARD W. KNOWLES · To: MFR · JFK64-7 : F26 : 1998.02.08.10:57:31:920108 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|December 28, 1961|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10169-10147

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10169-10147

OPERATIONAL/ REDWOOD/LCIMPROVE/AELADLE.

CIA · From: CHIEF SR · To: COS GERMANY · JFK64-7 : F26 : 1998.02.08.11:02:51:890108 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10240

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10240

AELADLE.

CIA · From: DIRECTOR · To: LONDON · JFK64-8 : F2 : 1998.02.28.19:08:16:170102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2021

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10230

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10172-10230

RYBAT AELADLE.

CIA · From: DIRECTOR · To: LONDON · JFK64-8 : F2 : 1998.02.28.18:54:17:500102 : · Release: Redact

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2021

CIA|July 25, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10172-10243

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10172-10243

THIS CASE THROUGH SUMMARY BASE ON REF B AND JOINTLY PASSED.

.104-10172-10243 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 to CLASSIFIED MESSAGE TTN T#S(1 TO FROM : : DIRECTOR BONN 7 SECRET HB/MDOS ACTION: c/c J INFO : ADDP, C/CI, C/SR 3, s/c 2 (EYES on.7) SEC RET2515

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

OCR status

Full text is available for close reading

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Low confidenceOCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025

CIA|January 31, 1962|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10169-10139

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10169-10139

HANDLING AT GERMAN STATION 16 & 17 DECEMBER OF SOVIET DEFECTOR FROM RUSSIAN EMBASSY AT HELSINKI.

traces, the following procedure is worthy of study. If Headquarters possesses, and time permits. will believe it worthwhile to forward an immediate summary to the Station rendering support if the background of the defootor is such that it would a matter of

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

OCR status

Full text is available for close reading

Record type

CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Low confidenceOCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025