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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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Results for DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE

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CIA|May 27, 1964|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10009-10059

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10009-10059

DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

CIA · From: RANKIN, J. LEE, GEN COUNSEL, WC · To: HELMS, RICHARD, DD/P, CIA · OSW14 : V54B : 20031201-1018269 : · Release: In Part

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High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

CIA|May 27, 1964|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10003-10064

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10003-10064

DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE HARVEY OSWALD - MEMO TO WARREN COMMISSION

CIA · From: RANKIN, J. LEE, GEN COUNSEL, WC · To: HELMS, RICHARD, DD/P, CIA · OSW9 : V38 : 1993.06.08.17:33:39:870000 : · Release: In Part

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High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

|MEMORANDUM|NAID 119-10017-10244

SourceArchival recordTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 119-10017-10244

DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE

… FILE NUMBER : OSWALD, LEE, SOVIET DOCUMENTS DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM: HELMS, RICHARD TO: RANKIN, J. LEE TITLE : DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE DATE: 05/27/64 PAGES: 3 sanitized SUBJECTS : OSWALD, LEE, RUSSIAN PERIOD DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM CLASSIFICATION: S RESTRICTION …

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High confidenceCurated metadataMemorandumRelease 2021