“… be what specific steps it has taken to address the following requests: CIA-9, Publications and Analytical Materials (See David G. Marwell letter dated March 6, 1996 to Mr. John Pereira); CIA-11, Silvia Duran’s Original Statement (See David G. Marwell letter dated May 3, 1996 to Mr. …”
“… nates your Agency Compliance Official and includes your statement regarding your position with respect to the provisions outlined in this letter. To the extent that you have any questions or suggestions regarding the Compliance Program, please do not hesitate to contact our General …”
“… cal Point for JFK Board FROM: Barry Harrelson DCI/CSI/HRG JFK Project Officer SUBJECT : ARRB Request No. CIA-9 REFERENCE: “Compliance Letter” to DCI, fr. ARRB ExDir, dtd. 27 Nov 1996, (attached) 1. The attached request was received from the Assassination Records Review Board ( …”
“13-00000 4 ICON TO DECL FAND/OR RELE■ FORMATION IN THIS December 10, 1997 Barry, Welcome back! Here are the two letters we received from the LBJ Library with the listed materials attached. We can process these documents as assassination records by designating only t”
“… to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. 2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed 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 1961 j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter 5 SECRET”
“govern the records retention or destruction of MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files. In addition, destruction may proceed only in accordance with the records disposition authorization provided by the Archivist on 17 March 1978. (Job Nos. NC1-263-77-18 and NC1-263-78-1). The approval g”
“13-00000 8 "SR POINTER Information HT LINGUAL- A DO project. Opening U.S. citizen’s mail going to other countries (mostly Soviet Union) & mail incoming from other countries (1950‘s). Most mail was opened in NY. Actual opening & monitoring of mail assigned to OS with info ”
“… 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 …”
“… , ARRB FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM SUBJECT : CIA-16, Oswald Pre-Assassination Files 1. This is further to my letter of 24 December 1997 in response to referent request. 2. That letter, was a partial response which provided the Office of Personnel Secur …”
“… Assassination Records Review Board Requests to CIA for Additional Information and Records Dear Barry: I am writing to follow-up on our letter of October 7, 1996, regarding the status of Assassination Records Review Board requests for information and records from the CIA. Forma …”
“… additional information regarding a tape as discussed with Irene Marr on October 24, 1996. Please let me know of any inaccuracies in this letter or any suggestions that you have. Thank you for your help and cooperation. Ge Associate”
“… that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests be answered by April 1, 1998. The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requ …”
“… in April 1997. To date, no response has been received by ARRB. All computer searches for these documents should be documented in a formal letter for the record. **CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton’s Files. The Review Board seeks to ensure that it has taken all reasonable steps t …”
“… n Government Operations House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: The Director has asked me to respond to your letter of April 6, 1992 requesting certain information regarding CIA holdings of records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. We …”
“am enclosing the answers to the specific questions you raised in your letter. / Sincerely, Stanley M. Moskowitz Director of Congressional Affairs Enclosure”
“… (cover sheet included) TRANSMITTED TO: NAME: JOHN PEREIRA ORGANIZATION: OGC BLDG, ROOM TELE/EXT: 76160 (FAX 874 3208) SUBJECT: OCA LETTER (W/ENCL) & INK MEMO (W/O ATT.) & CIA AS DRAFT MOU WITH STATE TRANSMITTED FROM: NAME: KEN MCDONALD BLDG, ROOM: 316 AMES TELE/EXT: 30147 …”
“… rations United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 - Dear Mr. Chairman: The Director has asked me to respond to your letter of 6 April requesting certain information regarding CIA holdings of records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. We do hav …”
“… ONLY Subject: House Government Operations Committee Hearing on H.J. Res. 454 (JFK Materials Resolution) received a long, single-spaced letter from Justice detailing numerous "legalistic" objections to the resolution, which he characterized as not reflecting a real willingness to …”
“DD/P, to accompany draft reply to Cumming 1 undated —Handwritten descrip of letter cited above 2 21 Nov 60 -- Cover letter, Bissell to Cumming, on US defectors 1 00 Declassified version of Oswald info from ff n 7 Lis …”
“… 9-10) seem important to make (especially if the basic model of the legislation is adopted) but might be better included in a post-hearing letter to the committee or something. Again, otherwise I fear you run the risk of leaving the perception of trying to nitpick the concept of JFK …”
“… nd objective." I enjoyed the opportunity to testify -before the • Committee, and I hope that these corrections prove helpful. A similar letter is being sent to-Ranking- Minority Member Roth. cc: Senator Cohen Senator Boren Senator Murkowski RobertoGita Sincerely, Director …”
“… d and objective.“ I enjoyed the opportunity to testify before the Committee, and I hope that these corrections prove helpful. A similar letter is being sent to Chairman Glenn. cc: Senator Cohen Senator Boren Senator Murkowski Robertonlates Sincerely, Director of Central Int …”
“… Intelligence Deputy Director Office of Congressional Affairs FROM: John Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group SUBJECT : JFK/Possible Letter from Congressman Burton to EXDIR Jeremy Gunn, Executive Director of the JFK Board, told HRG yesterday that Congressman Dan Burton may w …”
“… - Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your letter of December 16, 1997 in which you expressed interest in the status of Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) processing of records related t …”
“Memo (internal) to DD/P, to accompany draft reply to Cumming 1 undated - —Handwritten descrip of letter cited above 2 21 Nov 60 -- Cover letter, Bissell to Cumming, on US defectors . 1 19 Declassified version of Oswald info from ff 7 List …”
“… interested. I am attaching a memorandum am Gent, Fr. Carson 63 EIRS 1 63 aev IRS 1 1. For your approval there is attached hereto a letter for the Attorney General’s signature, to the Secretary of the Treasury, 68 Respe etfully * poh “YEs D 2 4' P. E. Foxsorth A r 1 …”
“… . Request of Kean Committee for Henry W. ald filer drAwe-n Resin. Mr. Helleman. he Mr. fizoo----- Minn Sendy--- nnolosed to a igy of a letter dated April 7. 1953, Cron the -- * “.Chief Counsel of the House Subcommittee on Administration of the Internal . Revenue Laws, requestin …”
“… ment Reform and Oversight 2185 Rayburn House Office Building House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: • This letter is the Assassination Records Review Board’s sixth monthly progress report, as required by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight …”
“… the volume must return to earlier levels to ensure that the review is completed in a timely manner. As I reported in my January 16, 1998 letter to you, all of the agencies and offices to which you addressed letters in December have now contacted us and pledged to complete their wo …”
“… iginally advised that GPFLOOR could not be released in the slug line although it could be released in the text of the cable. Exhibit B. Letter to the Legal Attache in Paris from the Director of the FBI, October 12, 1960. Subject: Lee Harvey Oswald * Internal Security. This docume …”
“information could be withheld if a FBI report was circulated outside the Bureau. These included: the Do Not File procedure for memos requesting and authorizing "black bag jobs;" blue/pink/informal memos for "administrative" matters in which case was "to be destroyed after acti”
“… dge federal court division that appoints independent counsels for criminal investigations. The Justice-Department, in an April 27, 1992, letter to---- Chairman Glenn, worries that "it is not clear" that our approach to appointing the Review Board is constitutional. In addition, s …”
“… nch prerogatives, and help us deal with solving the problem. I feel obliged to take special note of one point in the Justice Department letter, and that is their claim that the Executive branch must have not only increased safeguards over its own material — but also have the abil …”
“the Committee will yet be able to obtain executive branch cooperation and move forwa-rd with this process. The public expects action on this matter, as the many letters, postcards, and -13-”
“… hone calls to congressional offices demonstrate. Having said this, there are, in fact, several points raised by the Justice Department's letter, and by private citizens in touch with me, which I believe merit further iconsideration by the Committee. 1. Perhaps the most important …”
“… agencies and committees as to what documents should be forwarded to the Review Board executive director. 2. As the Justice Department's letter to Chairman Glenn noted, the Joint Resolution, as drafted, would give an agency or committee control over release of a record it originat …”
“… ould be changed to give agencies authority over release of their own information. However, the change suggested in the Justice Department letter may not by itself do the trick, because a record, for example a lengthy congressional report, may contain both information -15- ■”
“… ident Kennedy. To date, I have handled over fifty such lawsuits. I have carefully studied the proposed legislation. I have also read the letter which you received from the Department of Justice. I have heard that the Administration may seek to achieve its goals, particularly”
“13-00000 4 bullet(s), bullet fragments and items of evidence allegedly struck by bullets during the assassination of President Kennedy. Denied access by the FBI and the Attorney General, in 1970 he brought suit. A four-year legal battle ensued. First, the district court, r”
“… aris" (the FBI representative in Paris), that the subject was "Lee Harvey Oswald, Internal Security," and that it had to do with a "Paris letter 9/27/60." The rest of the text was blacked out. Obviously, this version of the document left room for a great deal of speculation among hi …”
“… the public has the right to see the files on the assassination. I believe that what the Review Board is all about can be summed up in a letter we received from a man from California just last week. The author is”
“13-00000 PAGE 18 Federal News Service, JUNE 4, 1997 A great deal of this was fueled in 1992 by a movie entitled "JFK." That movie contained many distortions of the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of our president. As a result of that movie, my office was delu”
“indicated at the top of the memorandum. The subject, as indicated, is Lee Harvey Oswald: Internal Security. And then it says Re: Paris Letter 9-27- 60. And the remainder of the entire document is blacked out. And not surprisingly, a document like this dated three years prior to …”
“… 00 23 January 1996 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 'Memo for Record RELEASE IN FULL Subject: - Status of JFK Records Review 2000 References: Letter from Marwell to Pereira, dtd 15 Dec 96, (same subject); Letter from Pereira to Marwell, dtd 19 Jan 96, (response to above letter); Phon …”
“… Procedures set out in JFK Act 1. Once Board has determined whether a record shall be released or postponed, it must send a "Notification Letter" to the head of the agency (DCI) 2. Only recourse for an agency that disagrees with Board determination is to appeal to the President. …”
“13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY appeals within 7 days of receiving Notification Letter 4. CIA has never before presented an appeal to the President; FBI presented an appeal last year but the White House told the parties to …”
“… about the materials was provided for release vice the actual document(s). 4%. The Agency's written responses to each request - either a letter or memoranda - included, of course, the fact the materials designated were to be processed for release according to then current guidelin …”
“13-00000 approximately 30,000 pages of notes, letters and memos created by the HSCA or its staff. The boxes are a combination of files on subjects and persons of interest to HSCA including documents prepared by the Agency as a result of the investigation, eight boxes of secu”
“well as administrative actions, the net number of pages in CIA’s JFK Collection at NARA is about 260,000. SIZE AND NATURE OF THE COLLECTION 5. (U) The material requiring line-by-line review included 17 boxes called the Oswald 201 File; 64 boxes called the "Segregated Colle”