</s>104-10330-10026 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992-3057 SECRET DD/0/0-30657 -1 1W 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, JFK Assassination Records Review Board FROM: David Cohen Deputy Director for Operations SUBJECT: Release of JFK Documents SUBJECT: 1. I understand the JFK ARB is presently considering the release of documents which would identify CIA stations to the public. I am opposed in general to revealing the locations of public. If I am opposing a general to reveal the locations or our stations and would prefer instead to submitting the station brussels. I would be willing, however, to open certain stations during a specific window of time if they are substantially relevant to the assassination investigation to provide that the documentation is question are sanitized (to conceal the permanent / presence of the station). (8) 2. In all but a handful of instances, public acknowledgement of a station would be a political ambassination to the host government and would would be able to engage aggressive operations and would be a threat to the government. For example, the operation is probably would be related to the situation. would be conducted at all as long as as the presence appears to be temporary. I have surveyed the involved components and determined the damage to national security which would follow such release. (8). 3. I strongly urge that you not allow the information regarding the Congo and Senegal to be released. The Congo is now Zaire and the station and Sonegal to bereleased. The Congo is now Zaireand the station in the 60's would have been in our Leopoldville, now Kinhasa where we are currently located. Our current relationship with the Zaireans is not a full-bodied. laison type, but more of a limited relationship is a full certain individuals from the services. In the past, we have had close CL BY 0695930 CL REASON: 1.5 (C) DECL ON: X1 DRV FRM LOC 3-82 SECRET

Summary: This document is a classified memorandum dated 1995 from David Cohen, Deputy Director for Operations, to the Chairman of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (JFK ARB). The memo addresses the release of information about CIA station locations in connection with the JFK assassination investigation. Cohen opposes public disclosure of these stations, citing national security risks. He argues that revealing station locations would harm diplomatic relations, expose sensitive operations, and compromise ongoing intelligence activities. Specific concerns are raised regarding stations in Congo (now Zaire), Senegal, Brussels, Helsinki, Paris, Berlin, Luxembourg, The Hague, Oslo, Madrid, Stockholm, Geneva, London, Prague, Managua, San Jose, Panama City, San Salvador, Santo Domingo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Santiago, Montevideo, Australia, India, Tunisia, and Morocco. Cohen emphasizes that public acknowledgment of these stations would lead to political embarrassment, increased scrutiny, and potential threats to intelligence operations. He also notes the importance of maintaining clandestine relationships with host governments and the risks of exposing historical Cold War activities in Prague. The memo concludes by urging the JFK ARB to avoid releasing information about these stations due to national security implications.

Key People: David Cohen (Deputy Director for Operations), Chairman of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board  
Key Locations: Congo (Zaire), Senegal, Brussels, Helsinki, Paris, Berlin, Luxembourg, The Hague, Oslo, Madrid, Stockholm, Geneva, London, Prague, Managua, San Jose, Panama City, San Salvador, Santo Domingo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Santiago, Montevideo, Australia, India, Tunisia, Morocco  
Key Events: Opposition to public disclosure of CIA station locations related to JFK assassination records; discussion of national security risks and diplomatic implications; evaluation of operational damage from releasing station information  
Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), JFK Assassination Records Review Board (JARB)

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