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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|April 1, 1967|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10119-10183

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10119-10183

HANDWRITTEN NOTES.

CIA · JFK43 : F18B : 1997.07.03.07:36:52:780106 : · Release: Redact

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

High confidenceOCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025

CIA|February 6, 1996|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10331-10265

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10331-10265

MEMO: CIA STATIONS/BASES

CIA · From: HARRELSON. DCI/CSI/HRG · To: KEN DUNCAN. STATE INR · JFK-M-16 : F12 : 2000.02.10.10:39:13:530044 : UPDATED VERSION OF 24 JAN 1996 MEMO WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTATIONS. 2D PAGE ARE HANDWRITTEN NOTES. · Release: Redact

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2022

Department of State|October 13, 1975|NOTES|NAID 178-10004-10314

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10004-10314

P/INTELLIGENCE MTG 13 OCT 75

WH · From: SCOWCROFT, BRENT · To: [RESTRICTED] · Participants: Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Levi, Lynn, Colby, Buchen, Marsh, Rumsfeld, Scowcroft, Raoul-Duval. Handwritten notes. For typed transcript see ID# 1781000410302. · Release: Redact

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataDepartment of StateNotesRelease 2023

KISS/SCOW|June 5, 1975|NOTES|NAID 178-10004-10309

SourceKISS/SCOWTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10004-10309

P/K 5 JUNE 75

WH · From: SCOWCROFT, BRENT · Participants: Ford, Kissinger, Scowcroft. Handwritten notes. For typed transcript see ID# 1781000410297. · Release: In Part

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataKISS/SCOWNotesRelease 2017-2018

KISS/SCOW|April 12, 1975|NOTES|NAID 178-10004-10308

SourceKISS/SCOWTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10004-10308

P/K 12 APR 75

WH · From: SCOWCROFT, BRENT · Participants: Ford, Kissinger, Scowcroft. Handwritten notes. For typed transcript see ID# 1781000410296. · Release: In Part

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataKISS/SCOWNotesRelease 2017-2018

KISS/SCOW|March 5, 1975|NOTES|NAID 178-10004-10307

SourceKISS/SCOWTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10004-10307

P/K 5 MAR 75

WH · From: SCOWCROFT, BRENT · Participants: Ford, Kissinger, Scowcroft. Handwritten notes. For typed transcript see ID# 1781000410295. · Release: In Part

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataKISS/SCOWNotesRelease 2017-2018

Department of State|March 4, 1975|NOTES|NAID 178-10002-10364

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10002-10364

E. HOWARD HUNT, CF 3-4-75

ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION · Handwritten notes. Unmarked but transcribed version is classified. · Release: Redact

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataDepartment of StateNotesRelease 2023

CIA|October 11, 1963|PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10052-10059

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10052-10059

DESCRIPTION OF AND INFO ON LEE H. OSWALD SENT TO MEXICO FOR ID WITH LEE OSWALD WHO CALLED SOVIET EMBASSY 1 OCTOBER.

CIA · From: DIRECTOR · To: MEXICO CITY · JFK6 : F5 : 1993.07.02.17:30:32:560340 : INCLUDES ROUTING SHEET WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES. · Release: Redact

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Medium confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper-textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

CIA|September 16, 1998|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10332-10023

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10332-10023

ARRB-CIA ISSUES: COMPLIANCE WITH JFK ACT-PERSONAL DECLARATIONS

similar to CIA-2. A variety of methods of responses was utilized, (some dated June 1995 and some undated) to answer, including a paired listing marked (returned to CIA), microfilm file summary sheets, and handwritten notes. CIA-4 Confirmation of/Queries

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CIA|February 1, 1968|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10150-10136

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10150-10136

THE EXAMINATION OF THE BONA FIDES OF A KGB DEFECTOR.

Top Secret (SEVENTH DEPARTMENT - January 1962-January 1964) 1 NOSENKO's Written Notes: After returning to KGB Headquarters from Geneva in 1962, NOSENKO said, he had availed himself of various opportunities to record what he learned of KGB operations in

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Low confidenceOCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025