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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 OSWALD IN NEW ORLEANS

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Senate|January 19, 1976|REPORT|NAID 157-10014-10120

SourceSenateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10014-10120

OSWALD IN NEW ORLEANS

SSCIA · From: WALLACH, PAUL · CCBOX 375 · Release: Redact

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High confidenceCurated metadataSenateReportRelease 2022

CIA|November 26, 1963|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10127-10088

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10127-10088

ARNESTO ROGRIGUEZ, ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN, KNEW OSWALD IN NEW ORLEANS

CIA · From: CIA · To: CIA · JFK57 : F1 : 1994.05.13.09:01:57:590007 : HANDWRITTEN DRAFT OF MEXI-7094 (NEXT DOCUMENT). · Release: In Part

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High confidenceCurated metadataCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10173-10006

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10173-10006

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from MX to SECRETARY OF STATE

… EXIT FROM MEXICO. AFTER WE LEARNED ALVARADO HAD PINPOINTED SEPTEMBER 18 WE AT FIRST ONLY KNEW THAT THE FBI HAD DEFINITELY PLACED OSWALD IN NEW ORLEANS ON SEPTEMBER 17. STILL LATER WE WERE INFORMED BY KEENAN OF WASHINGTON THAT OSWALD HAD WITHDRAWN BOOKS FROM NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC (JF …

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Low confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2021