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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 PLANNING FOR FINAL HSCA REPORT

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“… UMBER : 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM: BRECKINRIDGE, SCOTT D., OLC TO: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS TITLE : PLANNING FOR FINAL HSCA REPORT DATE: 10/17/1978 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : CIA INVESTIGATION HSCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET 1A RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS: …”

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PLANNING FOR FINAL HSCA REPORT

“… NUMBER : 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: BRECKINRIDGE, SCOTT D., OLC TO: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS TITLE: PLANNING FOR FINAL HSCA REPORT DATE : 10/17/1978 PAGES : 6 SUBJECTS : CIA INVESTIGATION HSCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS SECRET : 1A i CURRENT STAT …”