Results for (EST PUB DATE) SIGNATURE SHEETS: CIA MATERIAL REQUESTED AND SEEN BY THE HSCA

“retired to NARA's vaults as part of the records of the Watergate and Iran-Contra investigations. The b. Transferring these HSCA records to the National Archives will protect their existing classification. Departments of State and Defense have routinely retired classified records ”

“ould request affected components to transfer custody of the 64 boxes of material in question to CSI. 2. Today, I called Michael O'Neil, Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. O'Neil serves as the focal point for questions arising with respect to the”

“post-dating the 1978 HSCA investigation. We want the CIA to explicitly confirm, for example, that it is not aware of any undisclosed 1980's or 1990's intelligence or records”

“either, the Warren Commission or HSCA investigations; and the product of CIA internal-, reviews of ‘ programs and operations. Those parts of these materials which are determined by the ARRB staff to have relevancy to the assassination story will be reviewed by HRP andi relea”

“ers, many observers will consider your decision on this question a test of your new openness policy. 9. Options: CIA's three principal options are to keep the Agency's HSCA records closed and in our hands, to open them entirely, or to transfer them to the National Archives. Befor”

“13-00000 - the fact that many of the documents belong to agencies other than CIA. However, we've already taken steps to lift the sequestration, to coordinate with other agencies, and to begin the process of declassification. • As I indicated earlier-in the week, if necessa”

“tional Archives, the following actions (from the offices noted) will be needed: a. Request permissio n from Congress. Congressional Affairs) b. (Office of Transfer responsibility for court-ordered FOIA declassification review from CIA to the National Archives. (Office of the Gene”

“f Strategic Services operational records to NARA, as well as all CIA records so far declassified und er the Agency's Historical Review Program. Although CIA has not previously transferred classified records to NARA, the tra nsfer of this HS CA collection, resulting from a congres”

“rity and privacy information than the CIA, whose motives would appear self-serving, if not sinister. 11. Action: If you wish to retire the Agency's House Select Committee on Assassinations collection to the National Archives, the following actions (from the offices noted) will be”

“13-00000____ Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Esq. July 15, 1998 Page 12 individual for certain important components of CIA execute an affidavit on behalf of that component certifying, under penalty of perjury, that a diligent search for assassination records was undertaken. Acco”

“CIA Records and Information. The Review Board has initiated a number of requests to the CIA for additional information and records. The Review Board expects that these requests will be promptly and fully satisfied during the upcoming year. 4”

“materials provided by CIA and examined by the Committee will be kept and preserved within a segregated and secure area within CIA for at least 30 years unless the DCI and the House of Representatives agree to a shorter period of time." In April 1979, Robert Blakey, Chief Cou”

“edibility of CIA's openness policy. If Congress should decide to open all HSCA records, however, CIA would be hard put to keep its HSCA collection closed. b. Opened: To open the HSCA collection would require the permission of Congress. Indeed, CIA would presumably not consider th”

“amended, reprinted at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note,. and other statutes, assassination-related records in its possession, in order to make such records available to the public. 36. There, are six attachments, numbered I through VI, to this declaration, which I incorporate herein by refer”

“policy toward Cuba in the early 1960's will be ready for public release in the coming months. The 710 records that the CIA made available for Review Board action at the January meeting is the highest monthly number of records released to date. In addition, a total of 289 HSC”

“13-00000 Y ujpfsu/so PKI 11.04 TAA 2u2 144 nu The Honorable Dan Burton January 30, 1998 . Page2 willingness to respond to follow-up requests more quickly. While there are a significant number of requests outstanding, the increased responsiveness of the CIA bodes well for ”

“case for the third option, I should note the following considerations with respect to the first two: a. Closed: To maintain the status quo would keep the collection classified, closed and in CIA's hands, sequestered by Congress until 2029. CIA would, however, remain subject to th”

“4-00000 •I ( MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS a August 1977 - I. Preparation of Materials A. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will cooperate fully in the investigations conducted ”

“2. % assassination-related records in its possession, in order to make such records available to the public. 5 . There are six attachments to this declaration, which are incorporated by reference. Attachment I addresses the universe and scope of documents that have been the sub”

“e 4 3 SECRET SECRET 10. Recommendation: I recommend that CIA transfer its entire HSCA collection (as defined and identified in this report) at its existing classification to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), for continuing declassification review by A rchiv”

“lift the sequestration, to coordinate with other agencies, and to begin the process of declassification. If necessary, in the absence of legislation, we will ask the House of Representatives for a resolution permitting CIA to release the results of the declassification effort”

“t CIA has retired since 1984), so that it can be usefully researched as it is declassified. Moreover , many of the records in this collection (especially photographs, carbon flimsies, and Thermofax) need expert preservation, which NARA is organized to provi de . NW 65990 Docld:32”

“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 reasonable sense. However, to the extent th”

“that it is fully prepared to do so ifnecessary to complete its work by its September 30, 1998, termination date. . I urge you to take all appropriate steps to ensure that the CIA promptly fulfills its obligations under the law by expeditiously reviewing and transferring the re”

“are CIA-originated cables, dispatches, memoranda, reports, and correspondence. i. There are questions of privacy that we believe the Board may want to consider in- determining what information is to be released to the public. Some of the records contain, for example, medica”

“cannot be released to the public for a variety of reasons, including 0 privacy concerns or the exposure of intelligence sources and methods. Let me take a moment to give examples of this type of material. During the investigation by the House Select Committee on Assassinatio”

“t this proposal addressed remains--the widespread allegations, given new impetus by Oliver Stone's " JFK," that CIA was part of a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. That CIA has a closed collection of records concerning the Kennedy assassination is well known, both beca”

“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 has been tasked to locate the additional ”

“13-00000 ARRB 0007 1-.09/16/57 ***** TUE 12:37 FAX 202724 0457 :..... 5 -6- E. Referrals 0v**w 1. HSCA referrals (Numbered files. Security Classified Testimony, etc.) -status: most of these records have been reviewed. The database suggests * that a percentage of them ”

“13-00000 TION 5.6 7 Assassination Records Review Board th 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202} 724-0088 • Fax: (202} 724-0457 w October 7, 1996 HAND DELIVERY Mr. Barry Harrelson Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Centr”

“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 later than March 16, 1998. After formal submission of the CIA's initial Statement of Compl”

“13-00000 ■ 04/16/97 WED 16:11 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB £002 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 Int”

“nsfer them to the National Archives. Before making my case for the third option, I should note the f ollowing considerations with respect to the first two: a. Closed: To maintain the status quo would keep the collection classified, closed and in CIA's hands , sequestered by Congr”

“13-00000--- Assassination Records Review 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 Harr”

“interest or are of peripheral interest to the assassination, it will be presumed that employee names will be released if their identities are important to the assassination story unless the CIA is able to provide specific information of a potential harm of release. (CIA acknow”

“14-00000 CIA SPECIAL CULLEC 1IONS RELEASE IN FULL 2000 Assassination Review Board Second Public Meeting, 12 July 1994 Room 105, NARA Official Attendees: Members of the Board, Steve Tilly, NARA. Public: 25/30 in attendance including four from FBI (Terry & Grant), Lesar, ”

“the agreed NARA deadline for the remaining files. 17. (S) The inadvertent releases of former employees names resulted in a few individual complaints but no known foreign government or liaison service complaints. Four foreign governments opposed release of their information, ”

“13-00000 Representatives for a resolution permitting CIA to release the results of the declassification effort on the sequestered documents. While I expect a large amount of material can be declassified under our program, I assume that there still will be information that ”

“13-00000 re C/A IR-01 TION 18 DEC97 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 * Fax: (202) 724-0457 December 18, 1997 .14 Cni T de " ACTORTC OLLR. Lolo 0 IN (IT 1 Mr. John Pereira Chief 2000 Historical Review”

“of postponed records from the CIA- HSCA Sequestered Collection and the Holmes Collection would be transferred in September 1999 after duplicates have been processed. To the extent CIA believes that certain other records, particularly those designated as NBR, must remain in C”

“13-00000 , APR 22 ■ Je 10.42 P.3 ‘APR 22 ‘92 08^47 2. CIA or other agencies that originate documents should conduct initial review of material to determine whether it can be released. Material- withheld from public release could then be made available to Review Board. 3”

“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 Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 02505 Re: Submission of CIA's Initial Statement of Complianc”

“Board [CIA-IR-28]. 5 "CIA-1" reflects that these assassination-related materials were identified by the Review Board from among materials that CIA provided in response to a formal, written request (numbered 1) from the Review Board. 6 "CIA-IR-08" reflects that these assassi”

“13-00000 I 08/05/97 TUE 17:24 FAZ 202 724 0457 ARRB @001 1 1 I ■TlOW ey Po Assassination Records Review Board ft <w ge 0 600 E Street NW * 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20S30 (202) 724-0088 - Fax: (202) 724-0457 MEMORANDUM CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR”

“those employee names that are of low public interest or are of peripheral interest to the assassination. It will be presumed that employee names will be released if their identities are important to the assassination story unless the CIA is able to provide specific informatio”

“13-00000 ■ 8.5 - H-E ‘5e‘0o:S The Honorable Robe.: M. rates Page 2 Would you be opposed to a provision requesting agencies, whenever possible, to self-certify materials which may released without agency objection? What recommendations can you make with regard to the ne”

“13-00000. DEC 09 '96 03:17PM 2 IA P.3/4 David G. Marwell Harrelson directly. As usual, they will provide you with the specific information you need as quickly as possible to continue to record CIA's compliance with the JFK Act. As to your request for a complete descripti”

“13-00000 ION ia O €‘st Assassination Records Review Board W • H • 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 Ew „or September 23, 1998 The Honorable George Tenet Director of Central Intelligence The Central Intelligence Ag”