“14-00000 Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 L Special Assistant/EXDIR• CIA SPECPT COELECTIO - RELEASE IN FULL | Mr. Cohen, 2000 and Jim Oliver called and wanted me to pass on the following message: Talked Judge Tunheim and he is willing to release t”
“… ith my agreement with Chairman Tunheim of yesterday, Mr. Harrelson will be retrieving the earlier declaration signed by Mr. Cohen, the DCI letter of 16 September, both of which are”
“14-00000 The HSCA sequestered collection is contained in 64 boxes of multimedia material, including paper, photographs, and microfilm which have been loosely organized into major categories of information. Boxes 1 through 34 are mostly material collected by the CIA's Direct”
“… will notify the Assassination Review Board (ARB) and file a copy of this memorandum in HRG files to refer to when writing the compliance letter to the ARB. 3. (AIUO) It is also understood that original documents are not required when material is requested for or being added to th …”
“… mission records held by the Library of Congress; these records were given to the Library by Rockefeller via a deed of gift which requires a letter from the DCI before access can be granted, This letter will be completed by 9 September 1998.”
“… ment of State Instruction A-273 dated 13 April 1961 j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter k. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated 3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texas 1. Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961 m. Form 745 …”
“… ow, I spoke with the GC, who working with Bob Caudle, was seeking to have included in the Board statement the fact that the DCI had sent a letter endorsing my declaration. I suggested to the GC that even with this addition, the JFK Board comment would be most unfortunate. The whole …”
“… o inform Bob Caudle, which I did. After you spoke with Judge Tunheim and got his agreement to: 1) return the Cohen declaration and the DCI letter and substitute the EXDIR declaration, and 2) eliminate the "blurb," I had the EXDIR sign the declaration. ■ I subsequently briefed the D …”
“… fied a file on Epstein. Several FOIA and PA files also were identified. Attachment 8. Contains the DA response and the final HRP response letter coordinated with the DA/IRO. CIA-IR-13 - Office/Person Dealing with Organized Crime & Cuba The Offices of Security, Human”
“… rd relating to the existence 0- pre-assassination narvey Oswald. 2. In response to the specific questions listed (C) in Mr. Marwell’s letter to the Historical Review Group, the following responses are provided to those three questions pertaining to the Office of Personnel Secur …”
“… ment of State Instruction A-273 dated 13 April 1951 j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter 5 SECRET”
“… e conduct file searches on Ted Shackley, Ron Cross, Bart Henry and Doug Gupton. We were advised by Barry, and as outlined in a 22 May 1996 letter from ARRB to John Pereira, that Cross, Henry and Gupton are pseudonyms used by C1A personnel who testified to the HSCA. Notwithstanding, …”
“… to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. 2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed in Mr. Maxwell's letter to the Historical Review Group, the following responses are provided to those three questions pertaining to the Office of Personnel Secur …”
“… ment of State Instruction A-273 dated 13 April 1961 j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter 5 ■ CECRET”
“… ld 11th line - Please change Office of Security to Center for CIA Security. In so far as DA equities are concerned, I concur with draft letter once the above changes have been incorporated. Becky CC: Frieda P. Omasta@DA Sent on 14 August 1998 at 09:10:11 AM 5/15 20 /, UNC …”
“… HE-CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 16 JAN 59-CRYPTOGRAPHIC CLEARANCE AUGUST 1959-VACATION IN CANADA FOR 2 DAYS 15 MAR 61-ESTABLISHMENT OF P.O BOX LETTER ADDRESS FOR SUBJECT 30 MAR 62-MFR. SUBJECT WAS PROVIDED AN ALIAS (FISCALINI) FOR TASK FORCE " W" TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK ON 31 MAR 62 TO C …”
“LETTER ADDRESS 03 DEC 62-SUBJECT WAS BRIEFED TO A SENSITIVE OPERATION CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE CI STAFF & DOS/IOS 20 FEB 63-REQUEST FOR CIA ID …”
“… IA were customarily sent in separate transmissions as a security measure if a pouch (es) were compromised). We also note that in a speed letter, dated 1978, written by DDO/LA/STB to OLC, that the RMDs for Mexico City Station, for the”
“… . Mark LANE - Our search produced references to two documents : (1) An Agency dispatch from Germany dated 23 January 1970, and (2) An OGC letter dated 29 March 1977. Both of these documents are available for review. The OGC letter concerns a 1976 FOIA request Mark Lane was one of …”
“of Higher Education, 1988 and 1992; PAH Newsletter, 1984; SHAFR Newsletter, (Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations), June -December 1977. American Historical Association . Member, Jt. Committee of nistorians/Archivists, 1989-91. Member (elected), Research Di”
“13-00000 L . "Isham Green Harris: Secessionist Governor of Tennessee," in Buck Yearns, ed., The Confederate Governors (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985), pp. 185-94. "Constitutional Machinery and Judicial Professionalism: The Careers of Midwestern State Appellate”
“… ies for postponement or disclosure under the statute. In fulfilling these responsibilities I will be required to adhere faithfully to the letter and spirit of the enabling legislation, which carries a presumption of the immediate disclosure of all records relating to the assassinat …”
“the Princeton University Library and as a temporary instructor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at UCLA this coming Winter quarter. 2. I do not believe that I have any investments, obligations, liabilities, or other relationships which could involve ”
“13-00000 "Disorder in the House: The Inaccessible Record." The Public Historian, Summer, 1980. The Records of Federal Officials, (ed.) Garland Press, 1979. "Government Historical Offices and Public Records," American Archivist, October, 1978. "Mission to Mexico: Moses Y. B”
“Perspectives (American Historical ssociation Newsletter), February, 1984. "History Without Historians," Newsletter, American Historical ssociation, February, 1978. "Foreign Policy Records and Papers: A Case Study of One Group f Documents, cuments." Newsletter,Society for Hi”
“intrigue, but no other event in twentieth-century American history has generated such persistent notions of conspiracy as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. More than four hundred books have been published on the subject;. n6 a major newsletter provides a continu”
“… bilities with unusual integrity, fairness, good humor and courage." Jim Marrs, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy 463 (1989) (quoting letter from President John F. Kennedy to Chief Justice Earl Warren). n47. See Holland, supra note 18, at 52. - - - - - - . -End Footnotes- •• …”
“13-00000 . RPR 04 '97 10:06AM P.22/44 PAGE 22 56 Md. L. Rev. 1, *18 toughened since 1787). - - -End Footnotes - - V. Openness and Secrecy - FOIA For more than 190 years, the American public did not have a legal right to gain access to information about its government.”
“… IA sources to the Warren Commission's work is underscored by the documents released thus far by the Board. For example, Exhibit Four is a letter dated June 17, 1964 from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to J. Lee Rankin, then General Counsel to the Warren Commission. nl76 The letter de …”
“… the following. (It is noted that the source description identifies the 'source by job title.) ■a. 00-B 47958, 26 March 1952, concerns a letter written to the public relations director of the International Trade Mart by one Dr. Jutta SCHALLER, a trade consultant to the Bonn Gover …”
“… he did not come back on November, X. “Ho i what the Secretary of State should do in this, but in the light of this experi- merely wrote a letter..,* .*... 70 1 2ence, would there not be some benefit possibly in giving people in the field the result of the experience gained in thi …”
“14-C Plans to begin public hearing on defining an assassination record in Sept. Anna Nelson commented on the importance of identifying what is a record before beginning to address specific issues/documents. William Joyce reported that he had sent letters to 55 agencies ask”
“had the power to withold a document. Lesar ask if the Board had given consideration to. his letter concerning the definition of an assassination record. Jack thanked him for the letters but the Board would not be able to address the is …”
“… R RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT FR: JOHN R. TUNHEIM PHONE: (612) 296-2351 Chair RE: PEREIRA LETTERS Please disregard the letter faxed to you on the issues the Review Board would like to review on Wednesday, as that was a preliminary draft of the issues. On Monday you …”
“… ation that is designated for protection from unauthorized disclosure by the DCI. : . If within five days the Committee does not receive a letter from the DCI objecting to the proposed disclosure and stating the reasons for the objection, the Committee may disclose the information.. …”
“… decision on the merits of the disclosure issue, the Committee agrees that it will not on that basis, or on the basis of its 14-day notice letter, disclose the information in dispute. This Agreement, however, Manly ton Ga a is without prejudice to any of the Committee’s other right …”
“… f the House Thomas Foley reteesting approval to begin declassifying and releasing the records. In October of that year, Mr. Foley wrote a letter to the DCI granting CIA the authority to do so. The Speaker's decision was made in anticipation of passage of the Assassination Records …”
“… o#@ DST Kathryn Dyer FROM: J. Barry Harrelson CSI/HRG, JFK Project Officer SUBJECT: Records Briefing for ARRB Staff REFERENCE: ARRB letter to DCI, dtd. 27 November, 1997, RE CIA Compliance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. 1. The JFK Board (ARRB) staff has r …”
“… JFK Project Officer SUBJECT: Records Briefing for ARRB Staff REFERENCE: 1. Meeting with you, 21 February, 1997, same subject; 2. ARRB letter to DCI, dtd 27 November 27, 1997, RE CIA Compliance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection ACT. 1. As we discussed in our meeting …”
“4-00000 ✓ In the letter to David, I would add at the end of the third paragraph: “Our Office of General Counsel provided some legal comments on the scope of the …”
“14-00000 page 15 This Eatiagoe Z. Genicual Comment From 3/10/95 In the letter to David, I would add at the end of the third paragraph: “Our Office of General Counsel provided some legal comments on the scope of the …”
“13-00000 CONFIDENTIAL 5. In lieu of a security exit briefing, send each Board member and staffer a letter which expressly mentions that they have an obligation to submit for prepublication review any future writings they plan to publish (relat …”
“… :25 PM SUBJECT: LUFK Board Secrecy Agreements Issue Bruce: : The EXDIR concurs with the OGC recommended option (#5) , provided that the letter is low-key and stresses that the pre-publication review "obligation" is standard operating procedure. Additionally, he requests the oppor …”
“Agreement and are controlling. 16. I understand that nothing in this agreement limits or otherwise affects any provision of criminal or other law that may be applicable to the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, including the espionage laws (sections 793, 794 and”
“13-00000 • JOSEPH CALIFANO PAPERS (6 boxes) Identified by Steve Tilley at NARA, these 6 boxes of papers, almost exclusively from 1962-63, were either generated by, or addressed to Joseph Califano, who at this time was Department of the Army General Counsel and Special Assist”
“13-00000 .WED 17:08 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB____ Bou I I 9 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20630 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 1 MEMORANDUM I CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO I Via Farmmile DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE ”
“13-00000 R SECRET OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. (bas peer.) 3 July 1962 SENSITIVE MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL LANSDALE From: Subject: Lt. Col. Patchell gue Psychological Operations Group . Meeting held from 1100 to. 1300. on 3 July 1962 with t”
“… relson, Senior Review Officer, Historical Review Group of CIA and have appreciated the cooperation we have received. The purpose of this letter is to”
“… cords. We also request that by December 9, 1996, the agency convey its agreement to adhere to the compliance procedures outlined in this letter. To the”
“13-00000 The Honorable John M. Deutch November 27, 1996 Page 3 agency's compliance with the JFK Act ("Statement of Compliance"), setting forth the steps that the agency has taken to locate and process assassination records. The Review Board recognizes that many of the re”