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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 STATUS OF OPERATION MONGOOSE

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KISS/SCOW|April 11, 1962|REPORT|NAID 178-10003-10084

SourceKISS/SCOWTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10003-10084

STATUS OF OPERATION MONGOOSE

DOD · From: LANSDALE, EDWARD · To: POLICY GROUP · Page 1 only. Attached to 1781000310069. · Release: Redact

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High confidenceCurated metadataKISS/SCOWReportRelease 2017-2018

MATHENY|April 11, 1962|REPORT|NAID 178-10004-10258

SourceMATHENYTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10004-10258

STATUS OF OPERATION MONGOOSE

DOD · From: POLICY GROUP · To: LANSDALE, EDWARD · Page 1 only. · Release: In Part

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MATHENY / REPORT

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High confidenceCurated metadataMATHENYReportRelease 2017-2018

U.S. Secret Service|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 202-10001-10179

SourceU.S. Secret ServiceTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 202-10001-10179

STATUS OF OPERATION MONGOOSE

… s document in full under the provisions of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (PL102-526) Reviewed on 7/30/98mr Status of Operation Mongoose Report to Policy Group, 11 April 1962 By Brig. Gen. Lansdale We are in the fourth week of the Special Group's revised plan for Op …

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High confidenceCurated metadataU.S. Secret ServicePaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2021