“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”
“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 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”
“"enforcement" of these (or other) targets. Although we surely hope that both the ARRB staff and CIA will be able to meet the targets, and although we certainly plan to make all reasonable accommodations for problems that no doubt will arise, we nevertheless anticipate that it ”
“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”
“13-00000 1^002 09/16/98 WED 12:59 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB TION to 1 Assassination Records Review Board W 1 amism 600 E Street NW. 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 Co (202) 724-0088 - Fax: (202) 724-0457 W 1O CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF CI”
“13-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issues ISSUE 1 -— Unacknowledged Covert Actions 2. (S) Within records surfaced by the Ford Library is a document — a Helms Memorandum for the Record on a PFIAB meeting — which contains references to CIA covert financTal s”
“13-00000 fi6 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 CiA HAS NO C CTO DECLASAIFIC/ RELEASE- . ARMALON IN iHic November 27,1996 VIA FACSIMILE The Honorable John M. Deutch Director o”
“responsibility is to ensure public disclosure of all government records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. (FOUO) Topics the Board May Discuss: The Board probably will discuss their concern about whether they will be able to complete their work by the congre”
“13-00000 Secret * The Agency recognizes that there are employees who are part of the JFK story (many of their names have already been released). We propose that the ARRB staff and HRG work together to establish a list of individuals who are important to the story. These n”
“10 A6666______ , '104-10331-10338 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 1 Secret 26 February 1997 Memorandum For: John Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group From: Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer / Subject: (U) CIA Emp”
“and has determined that Mr. Pereira will continue to act as the CIA official responsible for ensuring full compliance with the JFK Act and will remain the Agency's focal point with the Review Board. You have also requested that CIA provide an Initial Statement of Compliance.”
“13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY SUBJECT : Analysis of ARRB and DO Memoranda re Treatment of CIA Officer Names in JFK Collection (Prepared by Gary Breneman, 11 Feb 97) 1. ARRB Memorandum. The Gunn memorandum sets out the criteria required to meet the burden und”
“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--- 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”
“13-00000 SECRET SUBJECT : Pending ARRB (JFK Board) Issues ISSUE 1 Unacknowledged Covert Actions 2. (S) Within records surfaced by the Ford Library is a document -- a Helms Memorandum for the Record on a PFIAB meeting -- which contains references to CIA covert financial ”
“13-00000 2U4of AKKN @001 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20S30 (202) 724-0088 - Fax: (202) 724-0457 CECLAS NO OBJECTION TO RELEASEDTIONAMYOR August 10, 1998 . AS sANTZED S DOCUMENT VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL Robert M. ”
“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”
“14-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 24 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Lee Strickland @ DA DA Focal Point for JFK Board FROM: J. Barry Harrelson CSI/HRG, JFK Project Officer SUBJECT: Records Briefing for ARRB Staff REFERENCE: 1. Meeting with you, 21 February, ”
“13-00000 ARRB 008 09/16/98 WED 13:03 FAX 202 724 0457 % DRAFT -5- 8. With respect to the review of other agency documents referred to CIA, the review of any new assassination records, or the periodic review of postponed assassination records, the CIA shall, in good faith”
“of those files. At this time, we do not propose that you make any major changes that would delay the formal submission of the initial Compliance Statement to the Review Board.1 1 We note that the initial draft statement generally describes the records identified in response ”
“13-00000 TIOM O € O Assassination Records Review Board g.• 600 E Street NW * 2nd Floor * Washington, DC 20530 o (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 Ew 8° CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR February 11, 1998 RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED VIA F”
“compromise-accept the 2010 date provided the Agency has the same right in 2010 as 2017 to review and appeal the release of the records. I have ask OGC for a legal opinion. Please note that this decision affects only those documents designated "NBR" by ARRB. The documents declar”
“13-00000 Do 0 /P EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT ROUTING SLIP ACTION INFO ACTION INFO 1 DCI X 11 OPA 2 DDCI X 12 DDA 3 DDCI/CM 13 DDI 4 ADCI/MS 14 DDO X 5 EXDIR/CIA X 15 DDS&T 6 CHMN/NIC 16 D/OIM X 7 IG 17 HRP X 8 GC X 18 9 COMPT 19 10■ OCA X 20 SUSPENSE DATE: 21 Septemb”
“opposes the 2010 change in the date, I will need a memo from the DO explaining why. We could offer a compromise-accept the 2010 date provided the Agency has the same right in 2010 as 2017 to review and appeal the release of the records. I have ask OGC for a legal opinion. Pleas”
“certain actions, after September 1998, to continue release of duplicate records and to release postponed records in 2017. We request that CIA, in the Final Declaration, memorialize its commitment to undertake these tasks and describe what will be done (as contemplated in IT A.”
“Service. The ARRB members were appointed by President Clinton in 1993 as required by statute. Their principal responsibility is to ensure public disclosure of government records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. The statute grants the Board full access to al”
“19 AAAGA_____ , 104-10331-10154 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 Secret 0 5 March 1997 Memorandum For: Fred Wickham, DO Focal Point for JFK Linda. Cipriani, OGC Focal Point for JFK From : Barry Harrelson JFK Project Offi”
“13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY 6 iv. The release of the officer's name would cause significant harm to the national security or the foreign relations of the U.S. (a criteria which is broad enough to drive the proverbial Mack truck through). 2. In Part II, t”
“10 A6666_____ , 104-10331-10202 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET CL BY: 611637 a REASON: Section 1.5 c DECL OR X1 DRV FRM: LOC 5-82 5 November 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira 3 DCI Fred Wickham @ DO Lee Stric”
“13-00000 tlON o Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 ' Fax: (202) 724-0457 September 14, 1998 VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL The Honorable George Tenet Director Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.”
“With respect to the Review Board's request that CIA submit a / Final Declaration of Compliance under penalty of perjury, we are in the process of identifying the appropriate CIA official to sign such a Declaration. Both HRP and my office will work closely with you to ensure t”
“13-00000 @1 003 09/16/98 WED 13:00 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB J Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Esq Gary M. Stern, Esq. September 16, 1998 Page 2 enclosed draft MOU so that we can resolve any outstanding issues and ultimately reach an agreement on an MOU before September 30, 1998”
“14-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE OWt-Y e under penalty of perjury, that they had conducted thorough searches and identified all relevant records. The CIA refused. The Board then, as an alternative, asked the highest officials of the Agency - - the Executive Director an”
“they contain potentially embarrassing information for the Agency (as did the IG report on the Castro plots), there doesn't appear to be grounds for denying under the JFK Act.”
“13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY From the Desk of R. Bruce Burke Associate Deputy General Counsel NOTE FOR: Marne Jensen-Kendrick @ DA FROM: R. Bruce Burke OFFICE: OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL DATE: 09/17/98 08:59:36 PM SUBJECT: JFK Board Prepublication Review ”
“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”
“13-00000 TIOM Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor * Washington, DC 20530 (2021 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO July 15,1998 DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED • ” VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL ”
“obligation I could not make classified information available to the Board pintil it took the necessary steps to safeguard that information. Third, I am concerned that the joint resolution does not provide the Agency with the opportunity to object to the release of CIA infor”
“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”
“coordination with the JFK Assassination Records Review Board on behalf of the Agency, an ongoing process since FY 1994. HRP provided a central Agency focus for a process which: Coordinated with Board Staff on relevancy and classification on roughly 250,000 pages (many duplica”
“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”
“13-00000- DEC 09 ‘96 03:17FM P.2/4 •• CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 General Counsel 9 December 1996 David G. Marwell Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street N.W., 2nd Floor Washington D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Marwell: The”
“this would satisfy the situation. I informed the GC thatthe EXDIR was willing to sign and the GC asked me to 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 ”
“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”
“September 1998, including the submission to Congress of a final report detailing the work accomplished by the CIA and other Federal agencies under the JFK Act, please submit the CIA's Initial Compliance Statement to the Review Board no later than November 6,.19977 <_. 1V”
“former Agency affiliation, complaining that it violates this agreement and suggesting that threat to the military defense, intelligence such release might jeopardize business rela operations, or conduct offoreign relations of tionships or threaten personal safety. the United”
“13-00000 Drebdocidre CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELEASE IN FULL 2000 11 February 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM: Gary M. Breneman, IC SUBJECT: Comparison of ARRB and DO Memoranda re Treatment of CIA Officer Names in JFK Collection 1. This memorandum is in response t”
“13-00000 ht file CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 General Counsel 29 July 1998 Ronald Haron, Esq. General Counsel € Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street N.W., 2nd Floor Washington D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Haron: Congratulations on your recent”
“13-00000 101/30/98 FK1 11:00 FAA 202 ART Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202} 724-0088 • Fax: (202} 724-0457 January 30, 1998 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION AN IHIS DOCU”