“13-00000 FINAL REPORT OF THE ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD' clashed with the CIA's strong evidence in ii. Commentary. Whenever the Review support of postponement. Initially, the Board Board voted to protect the identity of an indi was inclined to release Scelso’s true”
“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 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”
“13-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: Reconsideration of Releases in Scelso Testimony and Lopez Report and does effect the Agency's ability to protect the ^ —information from further release. Equally troubling- is the fact that Scelso's testimony could be read to confirm not only what”
“13-00000 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW ■ 2nd Floor ■ Washington, DC 20530 June 14,1995 Mr. John Pereira Chief, Historical Review Group CIA 1820 North Fort Myers Drive Arlington, VA 22209 Slc.' Dear Mr. Pereira: I have attached a list of ARRB em”
“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”
“(pseud.). The Board found that his identity is relevant to the assassination story and CIA offered evidence of a continuing need to protect the identity. In this case, "Scelso" documents would continue to be scheduled for release in five years. ‘Six work full-time on informan”
“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”
“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 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”
“"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 ”
“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”
“Division, Joint Staff) at the request of the ARRB staff. With one exception, ARRB staff feels that all records flagged by Mr. McBride's working group are relevant to the historical understanding or context of the assassination of President Kennedy. A description of the record”
“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 • (a SECRET - WORKING PAPER Pending Issues As part of the change in process, Marwell wants the Board to focus on outstanding substantive issues as opposed to micro managing the review. We discussed the following: 1) Nosenko. ARRB staff needs to review the non-”
“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”
“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”
“time the Historical Review Group (HRG) of the Center for the Studies of Intelligence (CSI) had been the principal liaison with the JFK Board. As of that date, DCI area/IRO was appointed to be the DCI area focal point. HRG would continue to receive requests from the Board for”
“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 Assassination Records Review Board ■ 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 November 9,1995. CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIMDATIOK AND/OR HAND DELIVERED RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Mr. John Pe”
“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 ”
“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_____ , 104-10331-10202 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”
“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”
“is relevant to the assassination story and CIA offered evidence of a continuing need to protect the identity. In this case, “Scelso" documents would continue to be scheduled for release in five years. ‘Six work full-time on informant evidence, four devote about half their time”
“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 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 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”
“top management including a willingness to raise the issue with the acting/new DCI and possibly the White House is critical to success. I see OGC (Linda) being tasked with preparing a memo for the Board similar to the one prepared on sources. (AIOU) The Board has meetings sc”
“13-00000 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW ■ 2nd Floor ■ Washington, DC 20530 June 6, 1995 Mr. John Pereira Director Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 Dear John: As you ”
“amount of time and money on individuals of marginal or no interest to the JFK story. (C) [Note: /.There is also the issue of State Department equities and the impact of officially acknowledging as. CIA hundreds of officers who were under official State cover.] Proposed Acti”
“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 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”
“13-00000 .WED 17:08 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB____ Bou I I 9 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20630 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 1 MEMORANDUM I CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO I Via Farmmile DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE ”
“13-00000 Messrs. Aly and Moore June 9,1997 Page 3 Department of Defense are agreeable to such an arrangement, the Review Board will take the responsibility for contacting all non-military agencies with equities in the records while Army and DoD make arrangements for all a”
“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”
“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 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 5. % * page 3 of the Board will be the person who will be closely working with the Executive Director. Thus, the Chair should be particularly involved in the selection process. III. Policy Issues 1. Have you made any public statements — oral or written . regar”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“13-00000 _ _ / , . MAY 30 ‘95 11:45AM P.2 Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 May 30, 1995 Mr. John Pereira Director Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington”
“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 ”
“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”
“necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)1 and we request that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests be answered by April 1, 1998. The rem”
“13-00000 ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY 16 October 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO DO JFK Board Focal Point FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE: CSI/HRG SUBJECT: Agenda for ARRB meeting 17 November 1997 REFERENCE: The following ”
“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 SECRET SUBJECT: The JFK Declassification Experience "A small number of CIA staff officers, almost exclusively in the Directorate of Operations, unnecessarily impeded the process and damaged the Agency's interests by resisting compromise with all-or-nothing posi”
“nson, DDA (Mike Sednaoui, CI Staff Bill Sturbitts, DDO/LA Division John Leader, OIG Lavon Strong, PA 1. (S) Mr. Miller opened the meeting by reviewing the past and current relationship between the Agency and the HSCA and by requesting that the attendees focus their discussion upo”