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Scope: This research tool indexes 37,141 records - a curated subset of the ~300,000 documents in the JFK Assassination Records Collection. Releases indexed: 2017-2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025. 2,165 records have full-text OCR indexed - of those, 2,162 are sourced from the 2025 re-release (NARA has not yet published an XLSX manifest for 2025; each document’s prior-release history is shown on its page). Releases not yet indexed: 2026. Methodology

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SSCIA 7 / Senate 1

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1964 7 / 1965 1

SSCIA|June 2, 1965|PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10236

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10236

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: Redact

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High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper-textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|August 14, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10230

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10230

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · box 333Foldler 2 · Release: In Part

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SSCIA / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|August 4, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10227

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10227

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: In Part

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|July 31, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10226

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10226

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: In Part

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SSCIA / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|July 31, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10216

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10216

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: In Part

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SSCIA / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|July 14, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10224

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10224

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: In Part

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SSCIA / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

SSCIA|July 4, 1964|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10002-10210

SourceSSCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10002-10210

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

FBI · Box 333Folder 2 · Release: In Part

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SSCIA / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Entity name appears in the title

High confidenceCurated metadataSSCIAPaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018

Senate|June 10, 1964|PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10005-10151

SourceSenateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 157-10005-10151

PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LEADERS

CIA · From: HELMS, RICHARD-DEP DIR FOR PLANS · To: DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE · BOX 435-3 · Release: Redact

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Senate / PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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High confidenceCurated metadataSenatePaper-textual DocumentRelease 2017-2018