“***& vp-vs - ■- .. * "1 C. "Working Files" (including "Russ Holmes" papers, etc.) -status: No Record Identification Forms have been prepared. ARRB staff has conducted a general survey. - target dates: .. Work to commence by CIA on October 1,1997. CIA should prepare Record”
“14-00000 Russ Holmes Working Files to be completed and a declassified version transferred to NARA by December 1998. Mexico City tapes (186) to be completed and transferred to NARA by September 1999. [CIA-IR-15] Post-September 1998 Discovery of Assassination Records. Di”
“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”
“13-00000 SECRET (AIUO) 7. ARRB Request, CIA-IR-34, Files of CIA Officials and/or Officers. This is a major request. The board has ask for “the office files of the individual occupying the following positions during the period 1959-1964. " : X The Office of Deputy Director”
“14-00000 A J 2 6 Fee 1996 3 MEMORANDUM FOR: Barry Harrelson Historical Review Group FROM: Lee S. Strickland . DA Focal Point for JFK Board Requests SUBJECT: ARRB Request for Access to Indices to CIA His tories REFERENCE: A. JFK Board Request No. CIA-7, dtd 9 Nov 1995”
“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”
“of the ARRB Staff's CIA team are fully cleared (TS/SCI). 4. HRG reviewer Jim Hanrahan ((31809?) is the focal point for this request. Many of the documents described in CIA-9 were part of eight Executive Order Mandatory Review requests (see attachments) from 1994 and 1995. Ji”
“13-00000 09/16/97 TUE 12:36 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB -3- - target dates: . Completion of final review of 63 boxes by January 31,1998. -time line: 9/30/97 box 40 (priority 1) 10/31/97 box 48 (priority 1) 11/30/97 box 56 (priority 1) 12/31/97 box 63 (priority 1) 1/31/98 ”
“Additional information/special requests - - official and informal. The responses should include tasking and response memos plus search strategy and files searched if ’ In cases of “no records” additional appropriate. documentation may be required. [Note : I have already re”
“13-00000 SECRET CL BY: 611637 CL REASON:Section 1.5 C ■ DECL ON: X1 DRV FRM: COV 2-87 15 January 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCI Fred Wickham @ DO Lee Strickland @ 0A FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE: CSI/HRG SUBJECT: ARRB 22 January”
“14-00000 Secret Working Notes 17 August 1998 Talking Points for meeting with ARRB Executive Director, Laura Denk 4:00 p.m., 17 Aug. 1998 Meeting is primary a “Meet and Greet” Laura will be looking for reaffirming of commitment to complete the tasks still outstanding and ”
“August 1993. The total number of pages released by CIA prior to or during August 1993 was €. approximately 123,000. An additional release of >• approximately 30,000 pages of HSCA material from the sequestered collection was made in 1995..* d. Box 64 of the sequestered collec”
“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”
“privacy of each individual clearly outweighs the public interest, most of the information in these files has no relevance to the assassination story, and any related information exist elsewhere in the collection. At ARRB staff request HRP is preparing five OP files for review b”
“13-00000 SECRET - Working Paper [Note: Category 3 led to a long discussion on agency records. The focus was on how the ARRB staff could be confident that files were searched.] 3. I explained that the Agency would not be able to say that all records had been located (lack”
“13-00000 ION Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088- Fax: (202) 724-0457 9 CA HAS No OBJECTION TO June 9, 1997 DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT° Stewart F. Aly Mr. Edmund”
“MARSMALL, “WARS” SANFORD, ROUTH CAROLINA M TURMER, TEZAR JOHN & SUNUMU, NEW HWVPSHAE WASHINGTON, DC 20516-6143 THOMAS G.ALLEN,MANE PETE SESSIONS, TEXAS HAROLD E, PORD, in. TENNESSEE SAKE PAPPAS, NEW JERSEY VincE SNOWBARGEA, RANSAS Muonre (202) 225-07 BOB BARR, GEORGIA . SAnc”
“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 ”
“ADMINISTRATION. (CB HAS HAD SOME DEALINGS WITH THE ARRB, BEGINNING WITH THEIR REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO THE RESTRICTED (MOSG@7 STATION HISTORY FROM THE 1960'S. THE ARRB'S PREMISE IS TO DECLASSIFY AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, EVEN *DOCUMENTS ONLY MOST TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO T”
“be declared NBR (Not Believed Relevant) and their release postponed until 2017. The Agency position is that the privacy of each individual clearly outweighs the public interest, most of the information in these files has no relevance to the assassination story, and any related ”
“10 A6666_____ , 104-10331-10209 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET work cop 7 Cl BY: 611837 CL REASON: Section 1.6 C DEC otX1 on rat COV 2-87 21 November 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira § DCI Fredrick C. Wickham”
“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 Although each request had unique characteristics, all began as a request by the Board or an ARRB staff member on behalf of the board for information. The requests fell generally into five broad categories as follows: a. Requests for access to basic information whic”
“April meeting, have a senior official (Ed?) appear before the Board to a) underscore the importance of this issue to Agency and Intelligence Community; b) ask why these covert actions are important to the JFK assassination? They obviously have interest to historians but seem ”
“13-00000 COVER S H E E T FAX To: Barry Harrelson Fax #: (703) 613-3063 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO - Subject: LBJ Library documents outstanding DECLASS ECATION AND/OR RELEASE OF CHUINFORMATION Date: May 28, 1998 IN TIS on F Pages: 9, including this cover sheet. COMMENTS ”
“13-00000 / SECRET g. - CL BY: 611637 CL REASON: Section 1.5 C DECL OREX1 DEV FRM COV 2-87 21 November 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCI Fredrick C. Wickhan @ DO Lee Strickland @ DA ( Linda Cipriani @ DCI FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE”
“13-00000 %. SECRET / organization be processed as a assassination record, and that the remainder of the CIA Ramparts Memorandum be declared NBR. The memorandum discusses the truth or fallacy of the allegations in Ramparts the Agency used non-governmental organizations for s”
“[Note: Two of the outstanding requests (CIA 16 and CIA-IR- 04) are long-overdue priorities that the ARRB staff requested by completed by 7 August. Laura may raise this issue. Several of the “Continuing” requests are close to completion.] Preparation of Records for NARA (Bo”
“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”
“13-00000 9 WED 15:53 FAX 202 724 0457 _____ ARRB CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO @001 DECLASS Fi, L RELEASE OFCATION AND/OR 9 % IN* THIS S INFORMATION’ UUV UMENT COVER SHEET To: J. Barry Harrelson Fax#: 703-613-3063 Subject: Segregated Collections Date: April 23, 1997 P”
“14-00000 they had no desire to obtain. I said that I felt that serious consideration should be given to either advising Mr. Colby about the particulars, or if ■ that was not satisfactory, to at least advise our oversight Committee chairmen and ask them to investigate whateve”
“13-00000 DEC SECRET Central Intelligence Agency Washington D C.20505 28 January 1997 Mr. David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear David: This is to acknowledge your letter of 3 January 1997 ”
“13-00000 P.4 MAR 18 ‘97 06:53PM SECRET Please also remember that, when we request accesses to these materials, we are not designating them "assassination records" and we are not, at this time, requesting that copies of documents be given to the Review Board. We appreciate ”
“13-00000 SECRET JFK Project Officer OFFICE: CSI/HRG SUBJECT: ARRB meeting 17 November - Results REFERENCE: 1. Reconsideration of the release of Warrenton as CIA Records Center: The Board accepted the Agency's request for reconsideration; postponed until 2017. 2. C”
“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”
“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”
“Assessment Document: The Board accepted the ARRB staff's recommendation (concurred in by CIA) that the paragraphs on the one relevant organization be processed as a assassination record, and that the remainder of the CIA Ramparts Memorandum be declared NBR. The memorandum dis”
“13-00000 ____ 0e7A07.*9. Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Esq. July 15, 1998 Page 7 DO Office Information [CIA-IR-18] Computer Name searches [CIA-IR-19] Zapruder Film [CIA-IR-25] AMWORLD [CIA-IR-32] Search for document mentioned in RIF No. 104-10151-10206 [CIA-IR-35] Wil”
“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”
“13-00000 SECRET CL BY: 611637 CL REASOE Section 1.5 C DECI 0m X1 DRV FRU: LOC 5-82 5 November 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCI Fred Wickham @ DO Lee Strickland @ DA Kathryn Dyer @ DCI Linda Cipriani @ DCI ' FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer O”
“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”
“13-00000 SECRET 23 August 1996 Note For: Fred Wickham, DO ‘Eleanor Neiman, DO Mike Luce, DO/Mexico Valerie Patterson, DO/EA Christine Hegeman, DO/EA Linda Cipriani, OGC From: J. Barry Harrelson, CSI/HRG Subject: Meeting with ARRB Staff 1. Thursday afternoon I met with”
“catch up. 3. We see a need for representatives of the CIA to continue to attend these sessions until they are completed. 4 Names and clearances need to be faxed to us only if the CIA attendees for this October session are different from those clearances passed to ARRB in Jul”
“13-00000 U04/23/97 WED 15:53 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB ---- - ---- — ------ £001 I.. CO V E R HAY TAX SHEET To: J. Barry Harrelson Fax#: 703-613-3063 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO Subject: Segregated Collections / DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR Date: April 23, 1997 RELEASE OF THIS D”
“13-00000 SECRET 1 organization be processed as a assassination record, and that the remainder of the CIA Ramparts Memorandum be declared NBR. The memorandum discusses the truth or fallacy of the allegations in Ramparts the Agency used non-governmental organizations for supp”
“14-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 24 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Richard Flynn/@ DI (Teresa Wilco#@ 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 No”
“statement that the Joint Staff was standing by to expeditiously process these records for declassification in collaboration with other agencies when the ARRB was ready. ARRB staff has only recently completed its initial review of these records, which constitute selectively fla”
“13-00000 ub ju 93 FKI US. 31 TAl 202 124 0437 AKKD Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW ■ 2nd Floor ■ Washington, DC 20530 June 30, 1995 Mr. John Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group CIA I 1820 North Fort Myers Drive Arlington, VA 22209 £1 re Dear Mr”
“19 AGAAA____ , 104-10331-10076 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET D % CSI-0042/95 27 June 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director of Central Intelligence VIA: Executive Director Gene”