</s>104-1030-1010.00 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 ER 97-4602 ASSASSINATIO ASSASSination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0888 - Fax: (202) 720-724-0457 SOUND October 28, 1997 Mr. David W. Carey Executive Director Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Re: Completing the Review of JFK Assassination Records Dear Mr. Carey: I would like to congratulate you on your new appointment at the Agency and wish you the very best of success in the difficult challenges that lie ahead. As you probably are aware, the Assassination Record Review Board has been mandated by Congress and the President to oversee the declassification and transfer to the National Archives of all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. During the past three years we have received excellent cooperation from CIA in regard to the processing of the relevant Agency records. From our perspective, this is due in significant part of the work of John Pereira, Chief of the Historical Review Group, and J. Barry Harrison, who has shoulder-to-date the extent of the extremely committed, burdensome, and frequently thanked for the agency. We also very much appreciated receiving, and frequently thank you for your support from the Secretary of State, and to be strong message to support her successor, Nora Slatkin, who advised us in a meeting on October 16, 1996, from her full support for the project and her willingness to commit the necessary Agency resources to complete the project. Because the Review Board is now in the final twelve months of its statutory tenure, I thought it would be appropriate to advise us of our goals for its upcoming year. It is our wish to be able to state in our final Report of the President and to the Congress that CIA has made all reasonable attempts to locate, review, and declassify it all available records on the Kennedy assassination. We would like the review Board to be Able to assure the American people that the Agency has been fully cooperative in this enormous and difficult task, and that the agency no longer retains any "secret" files on the assassination. In addition, we are obligated to keep Congress informed, on a monthly basis, in the status of our work and any difficulties that would interfere with our ability to achieve our objective. Although many important strides have been made to further our goals, we nevertheless perceive that the pace of review and declassification of Agency records will need to be BOARD MEMBERS: John R. Tunheim, Chair F. Henry F. Graff . Kermit L. Hall . William L. Joyce . Anna K. Nelson E. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marvell

Summary  
The document outlines the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB)’s goals for completing the review and declassification of all CIA records related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination by September 1, 1998. The ARRB emphasizes the need for increased processing speed to meet deadlines, noting that approximately 40,000–50,000 pages of CIA records remain unreviewed. The Board acknowledges CIA’s cooperation but highlights challenges in resource allocation and potential funding cuts affecting the project. It also references a request for additional resources, including contractors, to expedite review and declassification efforts. The ARRB warns that if deadlines are not met, it may take unilateral actions to release records. The document includes administrative details about board members, agency coordination, and budgetary constraints impacting the project.  

Key People  
- David W. Carey (Executive Director, CIA)  
- T. Jeremy Ghan (Executive Director, ARRB)  
- John F. Pereira (CIA Historical Review Group)  
- J. Barry Harrison (CIA staff member)  
- Nora Slatkin (former Secretary of State, mentioned in context of support for the project)  
- Cynthia R. Bower (CIA official discussing funding issues)  
- Rebecca V. Strode (recipient of internal communications)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (CIA headquarters and ARRB office)  
- National Archives (destination for transferred records)  

Key Events  
- Deadline for transferring all CIA assassination-related records to the National Archives: September 1, 1998.  
- Request for additional resources (contractors, funding) to accelerate review of documents.  
- Discussion of potential budget cuts affecting CIA programs, including declassification efforts.  
- Mention of re-reviewing previously released materials to determine if further declassification is possible.  

Key Organizations  
- Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)  
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)  
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (mentioned in context of funding constraints)

JFK Declassified Files

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