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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 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

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FBI|May 25, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10281-10092

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10281-10092

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · Release: In Part

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|October 14, 1959|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10294-10076

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10294-10076

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|May 5, 1959|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10216-10138

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10216-10138

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · INC S/S, INFO RPT · Release: In Part

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|April 27, 1959|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10216-10131

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10216-10131

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · INC CABLEGRAM, RAPSHEET, S/S · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|March 13, 1958|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10221-10321

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10221-10321

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · INC 2 S/S · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|October 18, 1957|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10220-10140

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10220-10140

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|July 17, 1952|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10224-10230

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10224-10230

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA, CUBA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA, CUBA · REFERRED TO INS, INC MEMO, RPT, TABLE OFCONTENTS PAGES 3-5, INDEX PAGES 45-47 · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|May 15, 1952|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10224-10211

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10224-10211

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from DIRECTOR, FBI to LEG, HAVANA, CUBA

FBI · From: DIRECTOR, FBI · To: LEG, HAVANA, CUBA · REFERRED TO INS, INC MEMO · Release: In Part

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018