“13-00000 SECRET 9 October 1997 Memorandum to: Jeremy Gunn Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board From: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer CIA/CSI …”
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“13-00000 SECRET 9 October 1997 Memorandum to: Jeremy Gunn Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board From: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer CIA/CSI …”
“13-00000 -SECRET 21 March 1997 JFK PROJECT WORKING : PAPER SUBJECT : Policy Guidance — "Atsugi" and “U-2” 1. References to “CIA base/Station/representatives at Atsu …”
“… CC: Regina A. Genton, Brian S. Latell, Edmund Cohen @ DA, James R. Oliver @ DA, Linda C. Cipriani, J. Barry Harrelson Sent on 20 October 1997 at 02:21:49 PM CONFIDENTIAL”
“13-00000 SECRET OIM-97-0010 14 November 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: (U) Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board FROM: (U) Deputy Director for Administration Central Intell …”
“… s provided (these dates were set in view of the fact that the Review Board's operations currently are scheduled to expire on September 30, 1997): 1. Designation of Agency Compliance Official (or officials) and statement of intent to comply with the TFK Act. We request that by Dec …”
“… e alternate suggestions to us. 2. Initial Statement of Compliance. We request that the Agency Compliance Official prepare, by January 6, 1997, an initial written statement of the”
“… luding any follow-up tasks to be completed by the agency. The Review Board anticipates that these interviews will be conducted in January 1997. 4. Submission of Final Agency Declaration of Compliance. By July 1, 1997, Federal agencies are expected to complete the process of iden …”
“13-00000 The Honorable John M. Deutch November 27, 1996 Page 5 5. Compliance Depositions. Starting on or about August 1, 1997, the Review Board, pursuant to its statutory authority, may conduct depositions, under oath, of the Agency Compliance Official along with …”
“… Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW * 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 ■ Fax: (202) 724-0457 April 16, 1997 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 0250 …”
“13-00000 .04/16/97 WED 16:11 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB @003 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 2 As we have written in our formal requests and as we have said to you orally, you should interpret our requests in the broadest r …”
“… y Station; and files on George Stanley Brown. 3This memorialization follows-up, in large part, on your conversations of March 19 and 20, 1997 with Michelle Combs and on the DO and DS&T briefings to the ARRB staff on April 1, 1997.”
“13-00000 04/16/97 WED 16:11 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB 0004 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 3 historical understanding of the assassination by providing some background on CIA records. CIA should now review the DO and DS …”
“13-00000 .04/16/97 WED 16:12 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB @005 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 4 CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches. The Review Board first made this request on September 11, 1995. On September 11, 1995, CIA agreed …”
“13-00000 04/16/97 WED 16:12 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB 006 b Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 5 review.5 Michelle Combs reviewed the materials and identified some that should probably become available to the public. The DI h …”
“… CIA-13 Mexico City Backchannel Communications. This request, dated November 1, 1996, was raised at the DO follow-up briefing on April 1, 1997. The DO provided no response and no time frame for a response. CIA-14 Mexico City Station Annual Reports. This request, dated December …”
“13-00000 _ .. 04/16/97 WED 16:13 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB £]008 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 7 **CIA-IR-01 Personnel assigned to post from 1959-64 (see RIF 104-10065-10199). This request, originally made in November 1996, …”
“13-00000 .04/16/97 WED 16:13 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB 009 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 8 CIA-IR-05 Possible foreign source for records on Oswald. CIA was informally requested, more than two years ago, to use its cont …”
“13-00000 . 04/16/97 WED 16:14 FAX 202 724 0457 ARM 010 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 9 "George Bush" in question. CIA is now checking whether the search query included George Herbert Walker Bush prior to 1970. CIA s …”
“publishers regarding public discussion of the assassination. This request, originally discussed in March 1997, was raised at the DO follow-up briefing on April 1, 1997. The DO had no response and no time frame for a response. CIA-IR-13 Office or …”
“13-00000 04/16/97 WED 16:14 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB £011 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16,1997 Page 10 ClA-IR-14 Breckinridge files. CIA (OGC) will determine the disposition of the files of Scott D. Breckinridge. **CIA-IR-15 El …”
“13-00000 04/16/97 WED 16:15 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB 012 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 11 ClA-IR-19 Computer searches. The Review Board has requested that full computer searches be conducted on all of the following …”
“13-00000■ 04/16/97 WED 16:15 FAX 202 724 0457 AKiW Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 12 Conclusion Please let me know if you have any supplements or corrections. We would very much like to ensure that these matter …”
“13-00000 -SECRET Executive Order J % 8 October 1997 JFK Records Review Project (U) The following is intended as a guide for those people whose work requires them to review Agency documen …”
“13-00000 DRAFT nU 0060Ji October 16, 1997 HAND-DELIVERED J. Barry Harrelson Senior Review Officer Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intell …”
“September 1998, including the submission to Congress of a final report detailing the work accomplished by the CIA and other Federal agencies under the JFK Act, please submit the CIA's Initial Compliance Statement to the Review Board no later than November 6,.19977 <_. 1V”
“13-00000 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson Octobe’r 16, 1997 Page 2 Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, T. Jeremy Gunn Executive Director and General Counsel cc: GLinda,Cipriani Esq.”
“… Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202} 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 Ew CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO j - DECL ASSIFICATION AND/OR October 17, 1997 RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION 1 IN THIS DOCUMENT Mr. John Pereria Director Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence …”
“13-00000 A Mr. John Pereira October 17, 1997 Page 2 The Review Board has promised Congress that this work will be completed by September 1998. The Review Board also is obligated to …”
“13-00000 ■ Mr. John Pereira October 17, 1997 Page 3 Third, the Board will presumptively vote to open in full all records that have not been reviewed in conformity with the schedule …”
“… w Board G 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724—0457 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO October 30, 1997 DECLASSIFICATION ANDVOR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED VIA FACSIMILE J. Barry Harrelson Senior Review Officer' Historical Rev …”
“… ation Records Collection Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 Dear Mr. Harrelson: Thank you for submitting to the Review Board the CIA's December 11, 1997 DRAFT of its initial Statement of Compliance under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ("JFK Act"). You su …”
“13-00000 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson February 11, 1997 Page 2 Therefore, please submit the CIA's official initial Statement of Compliance to the Review Board as soon as possible, but no late …”
“… xecutive Director of the of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA or Agency). I have held the position of Executive Director since July of 1997 and have served with the CIA for over 29 years in a. variety of operational, staff, and management positions. 1 2. As the Executive Di …”
“… e held this position since February 1994; I have also held the position of Director of the Office of Information Management since October 1997. I have served with the CIA for over 30 years in a variety of intelligence, legal, staff, and management positions. 2. As Director of I …”
“… d the DCI Administrative Officer to appoint a focal point officer for the JFK Assassination review. (Tab 2) In the spring and summer of 1997, the Agency arranged for the Board staff to receive a series of briefings by representatives of each directorate on the files kept within …”
“… ssination material remained in volume one and subsequent material was filed in volumes numbered II through VI. However, during a February 1997 search, no volume V was found. A second”
“Records Relating to Oswald or the Assassination known to have been destroyed or removed. In November 1997, the Information Management Officer of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advised that he had discovered a record which indicated a …”
“14-00000 Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 24 December 1997 Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E. Street, N.W. (2nd Floor) Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear …”
“1 1 22 December 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 1. Pursuant to ARRB “Resquet No. CIA-16, the Office of Personnel Security conducted research for and existin …”
“14-00000 • I 21 October 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM: Janet A. Ecklund Chief, Information Management Branch Office of Personnel Security SUBJECT : OSWALD …”
“4-00000 SECRET Executive Order 8 October 1997 JFK Records Review Project (U) The following is intended as a guide for those people whose work requires them to review Agency documen …”
“… (IRO) for the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) of the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency). I was appointed to this position on 6 October 1997 and have held various administrative and professional positions within the Agency since (1980). I am responsible for the review of record …”
“… collection,- Mr. Flynn is aware of a limited number of records searches the Dl conducted in direct response to ARRB requests.. On 11 June 1997, DI personnel met with members of the ARRB. Mr. Flynn had arranged this? meeting earflecto @ive ARRB staffers. MIchelle Combs and Bob Skwr …”
“capabilities. The topics they asked the Dl to search are noted in an attached memorandum to Barry Harrelson dated 17 June 1997.. The result of further searches (CIA -9) are summarized a 19 June 1997 memorandum a member of the DI/IRO’s staff prepared for Mr. Barry …”
“… Detailed questions were presented in advance to CIA personnel who then provided complete responses to the ARRB staff during the summer of 1997. At that time HRG instructed my predecessor to wait for formal taskings from ARRB before proceeding with additional searches. See Attach …”
“… O) for the Directorate of Administration (DA) of the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency) . I was appointed to this position on 3 February 1997. and have held various administrative and professional positions within the Agency since 1965. I am responsible for the review of records …”
“1997. The briefing focused on the DA records systems that existed in the 1960s and the current records systems. Questions that were provided b …”
“… RB staff. (Attachment 5). The OS file was reviewed and in April 1998 was released to the National Archives. NOTE: The attached 17 February 1997 OS memorandum describes records holding related to HTLINGUAL and states that the files were destroyed in April 1994. CIA-IR-03 HTLINGUAL …”
“… rge Joannides CIA-24 Defector File The Office of Security provided a description of “Defector Files” maintained by OS in a 17 February 1997 memo (See attachment 5) * CIA-IR-25 Zapruder File The Offices of Security, Human Resource Management, Finance & Logistics searched for …”
“… rectorate of Administration- Briefing for the JFK Assassination Records Review Board Staff on Records Management in the DA 17 March 1997 Carol M. Johnson Becky Rant, DA Information Management Officer DA Information Review Officer 2B17 IP Bldg. 2B17 IP Bldg. 703-613-1205 Secu …”