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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 HQ to AG

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1963 6 / 1962 4 / 1976 2

FBI|May 5, 1976|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10370-10004

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10370-10004

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · INC FOLDER, MEMO, LET, A/T, TTY, S/S, R/S, FAX, TRANSLATIONS, RESOLUTION, LHM, BRIEF, REPORT, NOTES, APPLICATION, AFFIDAVIT, STATEMENT, WC INDEX, NEWS ARTICLES · 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|January 9, 1976|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10364-10018

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10364-10018

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · Release: Redact

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Title, metadata, or description text

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2022

FBI|October 20, 1975|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10271-10295

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10271-10295

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|May 20, 1975|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10271-10009

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10271-10009

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · INC MEMO, RPT, LET, LHM, NOTE · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|March 19, 1969|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90086-10223

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90086-10223

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: Redact

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Title, metadata, or description text

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2022

FBI|December 13, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90120-10119

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90120-10119

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

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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|November 26, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90120-10103

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90120-10103

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|November 18, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90096-10002

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90096-10002

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|October 24, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-10301-10273

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-10301-10273

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

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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|April 29, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90019-10347

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90019-10347

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · LHM · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

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FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|April 29, 1963|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90019-10083

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90019-10083

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|September 20, 1962|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90147-10086

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90147-10086

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|August 27, 1962|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90147-10073

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90147-10073

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|August 6, 1962|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90083-10009

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90083-10009

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|June 22, 1962|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90055-10177

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90055-10177

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|November 30, 1960|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90089-10062

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90089-10062

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

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Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

FBI|January 28, 1960|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 124-90090-10052

SourceFBITextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 124-90090-10052

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT from HQ to AG

FBI · From: HQ · To: AG · MEMO · Release: In Part

Matched by

Title, metadata, or description text

Record type

FBI / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidence

Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataFBIPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018