“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 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”
“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 2705796 Assassination Records Review Board Work copy S . 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 October 27, 1996 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 75 * T'. 4gin YAY Vs TY Y ' RELEASE IN Mr. Barry Harrelson Historical Rev”
“"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 ”
“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 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 ”
“13-00000 04/23/97 WED 15:53 FAX 202 724 0457 ARRB @002 CA 8 0 OBJECTION TO tit LASCATION AND/OR RELER A OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Assassination Records Review Board Guidelines for Review of Postponements in the Segregated Collections Adopted: April 23, 1997 • ”
“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”
“13-00000 SECRET The Board accepted the Agency's and ARRB staff's recommendations on 204 additional documents. Reconsideration and Appeals: If the Agency wishes to ask the Board to reconsider a decision or plans to appeal to the President, the ARRB staff has requested th”
“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 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 / 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”
“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”
“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 .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 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”
“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”
“determination notice with the document]. 4) “Green” highlighted documents that go to the Board would be handled the same as today. [The expectation is that a lot less documents would require r Board action. ] Comments: With some fine tuning, I think this process could work”
“14-00000 3. Section 1400.5 Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety The introductory paragraph specifies that “no portions of any assassination record shall be withheld—solely on grounds of non-relevance.” This appears to open the door for acces”
“13-00000 subsequent court challenges to the Board's action, and the FOIA cases. 8. If you have any questions concerning the application of the Act to your review of the assassination records, please call RabHEay me on secure extension 76105. 5”
“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 ”
“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 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 Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Esq. July 15, 1998 Page 4 Designated records from security files of Jack Ruby, Walter Sheridan, Harold Weisberg, Richard Case Nagel, and Gordon Novel [CIA-IR-27]. Excerpts from the calendar of former CIA Director Allen Dulles [CIA-IR-31]”
“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-”
“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”
“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”
“13-00000 6 fact that (1) if the promise of confidentiality is not required to have been made in writing, then there is seldom any effective means to counter the agency's claim of confidentiality and the agency wins by default; and (2) the agency's claim of confidentiality ”
“13-00000 & 00/16/87 ARRB @002 TUE 12:35 FAX 202 724 0457 b C1A HAS NO OBJECTION TO .• DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR- RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION MEMORANDUM IN THIS DOCUMENT Jon September 16, 1997 To: Review Board, " From: T. Jeremy Gunn Subject: Proposed AR 4 I. Backgro”
“responsive to all requests the DS&T has received. I have obtained this knowledge through my personal experience, as well my conversations with, and my review of the records of, the former DS&T IRO Anthony R. Frasketi, and the DS&T Information Management Officer, Marsha A. Hub”
“4-00000 ,I 1,00 % —v- (- U4.) / VKKI 0001 facsimile TRANSMITTAL ~,-5 to: John Pereira, CIA Historical Review Program fax #: (703) 243-8343 re: ARRB proposed interpretive regulations date: February 9, 1995 pages: 4, including cover sheet. Dear John: Following this c”
“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”
“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 (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”
“10 A6666_____ , 104-10328-10038 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 23 Sep 98 ROUTING SLIP ACTION INFO ACTION INFO 1 DCI 11 OPA 2 DDCI 12 DDA 3 DDCI/CM 13 DDI 4 ADCI/MS 14 DDO X 5 EXDIR/CIA 1”
“information that is only incidental to the assassination, such as a passing reference to a name. There is a potential risk that sensitive, non-relevant sources and methods would be compromised. We suggest that the Board consider adding wording to this section that accommodates t”
“13-00000 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 21 November 1997 CSI 97-536 Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn Executive Director Assassination Records Review Board CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 600 E Street, NW RELEASE AS SANITIZED Washington, DC 20530 20”
“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”
“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 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”
“13-00000 1 1, ,b ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD Chairman; 1 % John R. Tunheim ve Board Members: Henry Franklin Graff Kermit Hall William Joyce Anna Kasten Nelson Executive Director: David Marwell Po”
“13-00000. DRAFT 1 proceeds. However, the Committee does not intend to vest unfettered discretion in the Review Board to request any and all records of agencies without regard to their relationship to the assassination. The Committee expects that the Board will request on”
“1997. The briefing focused on the DA records systems that existed in the 1960s and the current records systems. Questions that were provided by the staff prior to the briefing were discussed and an individual from the Office of Communications (OC) attended to answer questions ”
“completed its work within that . and 2-year period. (B) whether an assassination record or particular informa Reports, tion in a-record qualifies for postponement of disclosure under (2) Upon its termination, the Review Board shall submit reports this Act. to the President a”
“involving the 1941 and 1945 taps, were heavily redacted—the FBI withheld on personal privacy grounds the names and intercepted conversations of Grunewald's telephone partners, rendering the released transcripts virtually incomprehensible and of minimal research value.) I have”
“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, ”
“13-00000 SECRET Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC| financial records. ARRB staff plans to recommend to the Board that monthly summaries be considered ARs and the remaining material be designated NBR. Samples of these documents have been provided to DA, DO, and DCI/IRO. If y”
“13-00000 lun 14:00 FAA ZUZ 724 0457 ARRB 0002 vol. 4/80 fiL T. Jeremy Gunn Executive Director and General Counsel Assassination Records Review Board Prepared Statement for Senate Governmental Affairs Committee AI Hearing on S. 712 AE -C .‘V:J MANC/OH March 25, 1998 ”