“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”
“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”
“13-00000 first meeting, although it is certainly expected that it could be completed much more quickly. The point is to proceed . expeditiously, while still doing a careful job. We faced a difficult choice in deciding who should appoint the- Review Board, and I am aware yo”
“13-00000 After consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, the Review Board announces that the following U.S. Army records (IRR) are now being opened in full: 194-10002-10181; 194-10002-10184; 194-10002-10186; 194-10002-10188; 194-10002-10190; 194-10002-10191; 194-10002”
“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 • ”
“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”
“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 Messrs. Aly and McBride June 9, 1997 Page 3 equities in the records, declassify them, and simply hand them across the table to other agencies for their review. It has been our own experience that sessions of this sort greatly simply the review process by giving a”
“13-00000 09/16/97 TUE 12:35 FAX 202724-0457 @003 -2- .consequences for CIA and we expect to refine this timetable both to minimize the z'. resource impact and to allow us and the CIA to proceed most efficiently with the I review. We also, take very seriously our commitmen”
“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”
“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 PAGE 27 Federal News Service, JUNE 4, 1997 believe the government did conceal, continues to conceal, and will continue to conceal the truth. If the review board is permitted time to complete its work, it will assist in defusing the last two charges. We cannot prev”
“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 PAGE 19 Federal News Service, JUNE 4, 1997 REP. HASTERT: And then you are confident, as you said before, that the review board can finish its task by September 30th, 1998. REP. STOKES: I am just very confident that - in projecting the fact that they can do this w”
“13-00000 The Honorable George Tenet September 14, 1998 Page 2 to this most simple of requests. For me personally and for other members of the Board, this raises significant concerns- as to whether CIA's highest officials actually have confidence in the reliability of the ”
“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 ”
“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”
“27 February 1995 To: C/HRG Subj: Review Board's Proposed Regulations 1400.2 (e)(3), Storage facilities and locations, presents a possible conflict with our continuing protection of WTC. 1400.5 , Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety...and no portion”
“13-00000 FINAL REPORT OF THEASSASSINATION Records Review Board marginally relevant records, but would not a. CIA officers. require agencies to present the same amount of evidence in support of postponements. i. Review Board guidelines. The Review The regulations that the Re”
“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”
“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”
“in the CIA's assassination records including the CIA's segregated col records. The Review Board and the CIA had lection of 63 boxes as well as one box of to confront the challenge presented by the € microfilm records (box 64) and several boxes statute, which requires name-spe”
“13-00000. SECRET Page 3 WTC/Memorandum for the Record (KEY: C/96-05677) that do not add to the story but harm our equities. In response to a Healey question, Pereira said we are making progress in giving the Board staff the context and framework necessary to appreciate and”
“Review Board on or about 20 March 1996, any names of CIA employees are presumptively released unless CIA provides specific evidence to the Review Board that harm to the national security or to the employee would likely result from such release. Since these guidelines were ad”
“10401; 194-10013-10402; 194-10013-10403; 194-10013-10404; 194-10013-10405; 194-10013-10406; 194-10013-10407; 194 10013-10408; 194-10013-10409; 194-10013-10410; 194-10013-10411; 194-10013-10412; 194-10013-10413; 194-10013 10414; 194-10013-10415; 194-10013-10416; 194-10013-10”
“13-00000. (1988), which upheld the power of the same court division to appoint independent counsels to investigate executive branch misconduct. If the Committee nevertheless concludes that this approach is unde-sirable, I would offer two alternatives for consideration, co”
“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”
“attest, under oath, that it has made all reasonable and diligent searches and that its answers are true and correct to the extent of the best, reasonably available information. In this regard, is important to note that when the Review Board requests, for example, a 201 file, i”
“13-00000 7 1 11 September 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Oliver FROM: C/HRG Martha Lut Chief/Resea Bread SUBJECT: Secrecy Agreements with Commission Members 1. At your request, PRD searched its files to find information on how secrecy agreements have been handled vis a ”
“conviction that the additional time is necessary and our sincerest commitment that we will complete our task by the end of Fiscal Year 1998, if given the means. I would like to note that, as you may be aware, the Administration is supportive of the one-year extension for the”
“13-00000 upon the American public, who may be coming to realize that there may be closure in sight (in our lifetimes) with regard to the JFK assassination." These words capture why the Review Board was created by the Congress and why we hope that the Review Board will have ”
“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 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 ”
“13-00000 1 Wickham seconded Pereira's assessment that we have a very good working relationship with the staff. Under the provisions of the act, the Board will be working until October 1997, dealing with CIA, FBI, DepState, as well as private individuals and even foreign g”
“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 ”
“Assassination Records Review Board 's request for a 1-year extension of its authorization so that it can complete its mission in a professional and thorough manner. I have always believed very strongly that Congress should not indefinitely continue funding for Federal entities ”
“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 Mr. David W. Carey October 28, 1997 Page 2 accelerated in order for us to succeed. We must keep in mind that the goal includes reviewing, processing, and transferring to the custody of the National Archives all identified assassination records by September 1, 199”
“13-00000 CHAPTER 5: THE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW: REVIEW BOARD"COMMON Law" - - threatened to appeal to the President to over h. CIA job titles. . turn the Review Board's votes, but the Review Board's position was that the JFK Act i. Review Board guidelines. The Review required”
“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”
“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, ”
“this reason, and for the short time-line on which we are now operating, we believe that there is an urgent need to make acceptable arrangements for the review and referral of records.| Proposal In order to expedite the process and make it more efficient, we would like to pr”
“13-00000 Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board records was its belief that the FBI's evidence by employing the sources or methods at issue did not enumerate specific harms that would since the FBI did not cite the laws or treaties result from disclosure. to ”
“13-00000 13 examinations. He was asked whether he did it, and according to one source, he flunked that. He was asked whether anyone had ordered him to do it, and he is said to have flunked that question too. Materials regarding incidents of this kind should be fully availa”
“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”
“deposited at the National Archives and Records Administration, where they were recently located. A description of the records, which primarily pertain to U.S. activities related to Cuba, is attached hereto. We have identified what appears to us to be equities of numerous milit”
“13-00000 0 106 STAT. 3455 106 STAT. 3456 PUBLIC LAW 102-526—OCT. 26, 1992 PUBLIC LAW 102-526—OCT. 26, 1992 conducted by the Review Board with regard to specific assas- of the subject, originating agency, length or other physical descrip sination records; and tion, and eac”
“thus far. We very much hope to be able to report, at the completion of our work, that the Agency has fully complied with the letter and spirit of the JFK Act and that the Review Board is confident that all CIA assassination records have been fully processed and transferred to ”
“Board raised two additional matters which tend to fall within the category of special requests: 1) A request that the Agency review and declassify the Board's interviews of former CIA officer and Mexico City station employee, Anne Goodpasture; the Agency's response to that reque”
“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”