“CIA Records and Information. The Review Board has initiated a number of requests to the CIA for additional information and records. The Review Board …”
“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”
“Archives as they are completed, rather than waiting until work on the entirety has been concluded. We have been asked about documents in our possession generated by other agencies. In fact,’much of the material held by CIA originated with other agencies or departments. For e”
“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 ”
“Approximately 125,000 pages were transferred to the National Archives by that date. • With subsequent releases, CIA has now declassified and transferred some 227,000 pages of material to the National Archives. Based on discussions with the Board, we are. continuing to release ad”
“… ams, my intention is to bring to the FOIA process a much more positive attitude- toward declassification and the release of government or CIA records. ... The chart that I've brought along with me describes the nature of CIA's collection of documents, about 250,000 to 300,000 pages of …”
“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”
“sixty histories for which further review was sought. To date, the ARRB staff has reviewed the seven histories that CIA has made available and has made suggestions with respect to further processing of those seven histories. CIA should make the remaining sixty-plus histories av”
“agencies and those are numbers, between the two agencies, it's more than a million pages of records. What we are doing right now are delving into what's called the sequestered collection in both of these agencies. Within the CIA these are records that the House Select Committ”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“… til September 30, 1998. At the January 22 closed meeting, the Board processed for public release approximately 3,600 FBI records, 1,000 CIA records, and 350 records from other agencies. The nearly 5,000 records processed by the Board is its highest total for a single meeting. In addit …”
“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 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____ 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”
“… to the Director of Central Intelligence concerning the Assassination Records Review Board's recent formal determinations with respect to CIA Records.. The appropriate Agency components have again reviewed the documents that the Board has decided to release either totally or with some …”
“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 Mr. Barry Harrelson October 7, 1996 Page 2 which will be processed as an assassination record. Gunn will then determine whether there are any additional portions of the history that should be added to the Blakey version. CIA will compile the "Blakey version" as ”
“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”
“you on all the other requests, 3including my PA request for the records on me. The appeal is several years old now.Bly. recollection is that your last reference to this stated the processing of the appeal had - not been completed. I have rights under the Act to more than copie”
“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”
“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”
“persons who were responsible for conducting the searches, the physical locations of the records that were searched, the off-site storage facilities (e.g., Federal Records Centers) searched, the specific steps that were taken to locate and retrieve materials in archives, and a”
“19 AAAY---- 104-10330-10083 12025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 - APR 15 ‘97 04:55PM USGOVERNMENT P.2/14 SECRET Central Intelligence Agency Washington. C 20505 15 April 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: David G. Marwell Executive Dir”
“***& 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”
“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”
“public, and I have instructed tions, I understand that security and personnel files were requested on the Historical Review Group to take this attitude to heart. Agency employees. These files contain 6. .----------- aevalui fitness reports, ,(performance number of To understan”
“… ARRB 0004 Mr. J. Barry Harrelson April 16, 1997 Page 3 historical understanding of the assassination by providing some background on CIA records. CIA should now review the DO and DS&T organizational material and re-examine some of the proposed redactions. Several documents have be …”
“… ct 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. CIA use of State Cover: The Board did n …”
“… tion____ CIA has been cooperative in providing written responses to formal and informal requests submitted by the Review Board regarding CIA records. These responses will collectively demonstrate much of the work that CIA has done under the JFK Act. We request that CIA attach to its Fi …”
“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”
“persons who were responsible for conducting the searches, the physical locations of the records that were searched, the off-site storage facilities (e.g., Federal Records Centers) searched, the specific steps that were taken to locate and retrieve materials in archives, and a”
“13-00000 SEP 21 1998 THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE £ WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELEASE IN FULL 16 September 1998 2000 Mr. John R. Tunheim Chair, Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: JFK- Assassina”
“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 ”
“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 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”
“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 Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Esq. July 15, 1998 Page 8 1. CIA Should Describe More Specifically its Searches for Assassination Records_____ _____________________ We consider it essential that CIA describe with more specificity the searches that it conducted for rec”
“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”
“13-00000 DRAFT b Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW • 2nd Floor • Washington, DC 20530 (202} 724-0088 • Fax: (202) 724-0457 Ew CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO j - DECL ASSIFICATION AND/OR October 17, 1997 RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION 1 IN THIS DOCUMENT Mr. John”
“discussed at our meeting, the Review Board staff understands that the history has been located and the Review Board staff awaits its being made available. CIA-8 (Intelligence community staff) CIA will provide a report to the Review Board staff within two weeks. CIA-9 (Pub”
“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 ”
“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, …”
“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”
“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”
“files that remained of interest to the Board. As soon as we receive a list of the missing files, we will begin an in-depth review of Executive Registry records in an effort to locate the missing file See Attachment 10 CIA-IR-31 Dulles Calendars The ARRB staff has completed ”
“… view Program Office of Information Management Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 . Re: • Final Search for all Original CIA Records Related to the Assassination of President Tohn F. Kennedy Dear Barry: This letter is in follow-up to our meeting of June 26, 1998, whe …”
“of protecting Capehart’s relationship with global marine. (Attachment 6). In coordination with the DS&T, HRP responded to the ARRB staff. CIA-09 George Bush Computer Search The Offices of Security and Human Resource Management reviewed the files of George Herbert Walker Bus”
“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”