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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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Results for ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES

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Senate|January 1, 1976|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 157-10008-10234

SourceSenateTextOCR availableRecordNAID 157-10008-10234

ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES

SSCIA · From: INDERFURTH, RICK · BOX 437-16 · Release: Redact

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High confidenceOCR textOCRSenatePaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2025

Department of State|June 1, 1975|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 178-10004-10420

SourceDepartment of StateTextOCR availableRecordNAID 178-10004-10420

INVENTORY OF ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES

… Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : ROCKCOM RECORD NUMBER: 178-10004-10420 RECORD SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES INVENTORY Document Information ORIGINATOR : ROCK FROM: TO: TITLE : INVENTORY OF ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES DATE: 06/00 …

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Department of State / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

High confidenceOCR textOCRDepartment of StatePaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2025

CAR/HARDY|January 1, 1975|LIST|NAID 178-10003-10404

SourceCAR/HARDYTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10003-10404

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WH · Handwritten list summarizing Rockefeller Commission files, including comments. Probably done by Mason Cargill or Tim Hardy. · Release: In Part

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Department of State|January 1, 1975|LIST|NAID 178-10003-10399

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10003-10399

LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM.

… n Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Base#NW66000 Date: 11-04-2021 List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files. v9.1 NW 66000 Docld:32112910 Page 1 NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION REQUIRES CONCURRENCE OF CIA DATE: MAR 2016 51 N …

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Department of State|January 1, 1975|LIST|NAID 178-10003-10397

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10003-10397

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ROCK · Annotated excerpts of the index to the Rockefeller Commission files. · Release: Redact

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Department of State|January 1, 1975|LIST|NAID 178-10003-10400

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10003-10400

LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM.

… ONS, FOREIGN LEADERS ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION LIST Confidential IB Redact 07/29/1993 List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files. v9.1 NW 66000 Docld:32112909 Page 1 NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION. TO DECLASSIFICATION REQUIRES CONCURRENCE OF CIA DATE: MAR 2016 50

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CIA|April 23, 1992|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10337-10001

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10337-10001

CIA MATTERS - CONGRESS/CORRESPONDENCE, TESTIMONY, BACKGROUND

… ations. Many of these records are now stored under seal at the National Archives, while many others remain in agency files. The Rockefeller Commission files were claimed by President Ford as part of his personal papers and then deeded by him to the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Ar …

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CIA / PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Low confidenceOCR textOCRCIAPaper - Textual DocumentRelease 2025