“… leased to the public as open in full or with redactions. Of the 1200 released pages, roughly 800 contain information directly relevant to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Although all of these 800 pages have been released in redacted form, we have asked th …”
“… ona fide defector. . Reel 46, Folder 5 This folder contains documents pertaining principally to personalities in the Minsk area during Lee Harvey Oswald's residence there. Some documents in this folder have been released to the public. The two NBR documents include: a nine page 1964 "homewo …”
“… Ms. Neiman noted that the material can be divided into two parts: Approximately 800 pages that deal with Nosenko's infor mation about Lee Harvey Oswald's life in the Soviet Union and his relationship with the KGB. A body of counterintelligence staff studies, inter rogation reports, file …”
“… lid. Mr. KLEIN. As Chief of the Soviet — bar - - ■ ’ when I say happened, where responsibility for what happened to Nosenko? And ay that Lee Harvey Oswald was a minor aspect bona fides? he was kept, what he was asked? Mr. MURPHY. I was responsible for the case. icterize the Oswald aspect? M …”
“… mmission, and do believe some form of conspiracy was involved. But now, a powerful new book claims to have the last word. Its conclusion? Lee Harvey Oswald did indeed act alone. The book is titled Case Closed, but is it? [voice-over] Whatever side you're on in this still-raging controversy, y …”
“… d Kennedy, is dead. Let us pray. SHERR: The official version of what happened is that from that sixth-floor corner window, acting alone, Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots, the third of which ended the life of America's 35th president. But that's too simple an explanation for a great many A …”
“… acy buffs for years led him directly to the only person who could possibly have shot the President. GERALD POSNER, Author, 'Case Closed': Lee Harvey Oswald killed Jack Kennedy, acting alone. SHERR: [voice-over] Posner, author of Case Closed, the culmination of a three-year, exhaustive reexam …”
“… e're going to hear about the Tooth Fairy. It's just mathematically impossible. No one has ever been able to recreate what it is said that Lee Harvey Oswald did. SHERR: Well, they've done it- he’s done it now with a computer enhancement- Mr. LANE: I know that.”
“… at it tended to support the Warren Commission's findings, that would not end the speculation. Surveys show that most Americans doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, believing instead that he was either part of or himself became a victim of a conspiracy. LEE HARVEY OSWALD: I didn't shot an …”
“… enchman, and discussed killing President Kennedy. They did hate him. They might have even had a conspiracy afoot. There is no tie between Lee Harvey Oswald and organized crime. There's not opportunity for him to have been their assassin. In essence, he beat the Mafia to Kennedy. SHERR: How ab …”
“actually crossed the line to being criminal. SHERR: Is there any evidence- do you believe at all that Lee Harvey Oswald was working on behalf of the CIA to kill the President? Mr. POSNER: No. I don't believe the CIA had any connection, not only to kill the …”
“… He insists Oswald never worked for the KGB. Still concerned about his own safety, Nosenko asked 20/20 not to show his face. Mr. NOSENKO: Lee Harvey Oswald was mentally unstable. SHERR: [voice-over] But unlike Posner, Nosenko says he doesn't believe Oswald could have shot the President for a …”
“… he was 16. Mr. OSWALD: My experience with him in the field with a shotgun or a .22 was he usually got his game. SHERR: [voice-over! And Lee Harvey Oswald used the same rifle that killed the President only weeks earlier in a failed attempt to murder to retired Army general Edwin Walker. In o …”
“Oswald, 0, S, W, A, L, D. REPORTER: Did you fire that rifle? LEE HARVEY OSWALD: That's the facts that you people have been getting, but I emphatically deny these charges. SHERR: [voice-over! If, as you say, Lee Harve …”
“… of John F. Kennedy, and Nosenko had agreed to speak for the first time exclusively about the Soviet intelligence agency's surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald during his stay in the Soviet Union from late 1959 until June 1962. Nosenko had suggested that he and Posner”
“… d. "I knew he . could be extremely helpful in reconstructing that period of Oswald’s life." A chapter in Posner's new book, "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK," is devoted to Nosenko and his assessments of Oswald. As the title suggests, Posner finds Oswald to be Kenn …”
“… th School on West 13th Street, which Jack Ruby attended. Tribune photo by Charles Cherney. GRAPHIC: The three shots. From: "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK," by Gerald Posner (Random House, Sept. 1, 1993.) See microfilm for complete graphic. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LO …”
“… 0000 10/8/1996 America Online: Dick Kovar Page 2 ammunition. A Soviet defector, Yuri Nosenko, was known to have told investigators that Lee Harvey Oswald - identified by the Warren Commission as Kennedy's assassin - was not a Soviet agent. But Scelso said: "I later heard that Nosenko was di …”
“… : Bob Skwirot CIA Team Leader From: Michelle Combs Associate Director for Research and Review Subject: No Evidence of Contact Between Lee Harvey Oswald and the CIA’s Office of Operations One of the enigmas that has surrounded Lee Harvey Oswald’s defection and re-defection is the questio …”
“… targets. We would want to continue protection of the information which identifies coverage of other countries and individuals other than Lee Harvey Oswald. 3. We also agree to release of the following: A. Pseudonyms of employees, aliases of employees, and file numbers. CL BY 5243430 DECL …”
“… all reasonable steps to account for any files that James Jesus Angleton possessed or controlled that related to the assassination and to Lee Harvey Oswald. Because of the perceived controversy surrounding the disposition of Angleton's files, the Review Board believes it prudent to obtain a c …”
“… e JFK assassination or its investigations, there is no time frame limitation. Any document or request that deals with the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, or the various conspiracy theories should be referred to the HRG/JFK review project. III. Key Topics, Etc. (U) Certain individuals, org …”
“… Center for the 1 Study of Intelligence, sent a memorandum dated 25 October ! 1993 to the Agency directorates requesting a name search on Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK assassination, and any documents related to the assassination. This effort and discussions with various Agency components and Ag …”
“… the CIA-HSCA Sequestered Collection in that it contains complete underlying files, not just the specific records reviewed by the HSCA).3 Lee Harvey Oswald's 201 File. CIA has placed this file into the JFK Collection.4 As for the microfilm copy of the Oswald 201 file (which we assume duplicate …”
“… ________________ We consider it essential that CIA describe with more specificity the searches that it conducted for records relating to Lee Harvey Oswald and to the JFK assassination, including searches done by CIA in the early 1990's. See CIA Initial Compl. Stmt., at 1. This is important p …”
“… r records that were destroyed, CIA should, include a representation that it is aware of no other undisclosed files or records relating to Lee Harvey Oswald or the assassination of President Kennedy, including records”
“… Declaration its complete formal response to the Review Board's request for an accounting of all pre assassination files that CIA had on Lee Harvey Oswald [CIA-16]. We believe that CIA's response to CIA-16 has been very valuable and therefore should be included as part of CIA's Final Declara …”
“13-00000 i Search Terms Lee Harvey Oswald Harvey Lee Oswald Marina Oswald Jack Ruby Exaction Ex Action Executive Action Assassination President Kennedy John F. Kennedy Ken …”
“… ls relating to President Kennedy's assassination. In view of the importance of the CIA's formal representations regarding its holdings on Lee Harvey Oswald and President Kennedy's assassination, the Review Board requests that CIA’s Final Declaration of Compliance be certified, under oath, bot …”
“… IR and the General Counsel certify that CIA has met its obligations under the JFK Act and certify that no records on the assassination or Lee Harvey Oswald have been knowingly withheld. Absent the requested certifications, the Board considers depositions of senior Agency officials necessary an …”
“… ions immediately available for deposition. The Directorate of Operations has been the primary repository for records directly relating to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination. In fact, the Directorate of Operations only recently uncovered additional records relating to a KGB source with inf …”
“… all transmit to the "Protected 5 Collection," in accordance with Section 5(e) of the JFK Act, the originals of all postponed records from Lee Harvey Oswald's 201 file, Office of Brar 5 Security file, and "A" file. 40 b. By September 30, 1998, CIA shall transmit to the "Protected 3 Colle …”
“Review Board (the Board) all records in its possession relating to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy; and (2) is aware of no other assassination-related records in its possession being withheld …”
“… records searches to locate and disclose to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (the Board) all records in its possession relating to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy; and (b) is aware of no other assassination-related records in its possession being withheld fro …”
“… ssination event, including materials from CIA's Mexico City Station, which were considered relevant because of a visit to Mexico City by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the assassination. The Rockefeller Commission in 1975 and Church Committee investigation in 1975 and 1976 were focused on …”
“maintained on Lee Harvey Oswald (the 201 file) as well as similar files on additional individuals. Many of the microfilm documents duplicate other documents in the othe …”
“… r to the President's appointment of the Board, CIA's Historical Review Group (HRG) requested the directorates to conduct a name search on Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK assassination, and any related documents (Tab 1). This request resulted in a series of meetings and discussions with”
“… der to assure that there are no oversights in this regard, we are requesting the following, by directorate: / DO & DI: A name search on Lee Harvey Oswald for the period 1980 through 1993; a subject search on JFK assassination (Kennedy assassination, etc.), same period; all appropriate comp …”
“… IDEAL. Post-1978 information related to the following terms: Warren Commission, House Select Committee on Assassinations, HSCA, Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marina Oswald, Jack Ruby, or GPFLOOR. 2 . SF T”
“… ecords relating to Oswald or the assassination that CIA knows to have been destroyed or removed from CIA files." Discussion. Files on Lee Harvey Oswald (a) The Office of Security (OS) maintained a pre- assassination subject file on Oswald. This file contained newspaper articles and repor …”
“… gations, CIA was directed by court order to destroy all HTLINGUAL material. It is reasonable to believe that an HTLINGUAL file existed on Lee Harvey Oswald; however, along with all other files designated as HTLINGUAL files, it would have been destroyed in accordance with the court order. Wit …”
“… search for information on this document revealed that the document had been created in 1977 and was described as "allegations regarding the Lee Harvey Oswald file." It was included with other documents grouped under the description: "Individual Case Files - Consists of documents accumulated in …”
“… -IR-24 (Defector File) This is a partial response to the ARRB's referent request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is believed the following comments and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of Security questions. The DO response is p …”
“… 1. Pursuant to ARRB “Resquet No. CIA-16, the Office of Personnel Security conducted research for and existing pre assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The following responses are provided to those questions which pertain to the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These responses are th …”
“… merous soft files. Since this material has been destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. The search of Oswald's name did not produce an index reference to any of these files. Attached is all of the available information rega …”
“… Investigation, the Department of State, and the various armed services. The pre-assassination documents located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are: a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at 15" b. Department of Sta …”
“… listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and contained the limited biographic data on each name. 7. The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file was created as a separate repository for the numerous press clippings and re …”
“… here is a notation in the Defectors File that a separate file exists on Oswald. • 9. Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D. Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre- assassination time frame. Of the docum …”
“… of Intelligence (HRG/CSI), via the Directorate of Administration/Information Review Office, with researching pre assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The tasking was. generated by the John F. Kennedy Board’s desire to review and declassify relevant material. The results of this review …”
“… e JFK assassination or its investigations, there is no time frame limitation. Any document or request that deals with the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, or the various conspiracy theories should be referred to the HRG/JFK review project. III. Key Topics, Etc. (U) Certain individuals, or …”