</s>104-1030-10102 105.195.2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Honorable John Raymond Tunheim Chairman Assassination Records Assassination Board 600 E. Street N.W. Washington, D C. Dear Judge Tunheim: (C) I have just received informal word of the decisions of the JFK Board made at its 17 November 1997 meeting Most of the Board's decisions-those relating to the CIA presence in Warren, CIA's involvement in various non-governmental organizations, and the details of CIA funding of the Cuban Revolution, CIA is involved in very funding of a Cuban Revolution. The Board to care very decision to release documents in a form that would reveal the Agency's use of State Department. cover. (C). We stand behind the position that we have presented in writing and in discussions with the Board on previous occasions. I would welcome an opportunity to have a senious occasion. I could welcome an Opportunity to your convenience. I explain why the Agency considers this information so sensitive and to answer any questions you may have. Meanwhile, I offer the following summary of our fundamental concerns. (S) Effective official cover is necessary to enable our officers to work overseas and often hostile and volatile environmental concerns. Work over covers as often enables the Agency to conduct its business with allied liaison services in environmental official cover also enables the agency to conducts where host governments would find it politically the Central Intelligence Agency in all such settings in State Department cover is critically important because its use affords our officers the rights and privileges set forth in the United States. In accordance with the (Immunity-diplomatic immunity, in particular, I indeed, the effectiveness of the Agency's Use of State Departement cover. CL BY: CL REASON: 2217297 1.5 (c) DECL ON: X1 XI DRV FROM: XI COV 2-87. SECRET

Summary  
The document outlines the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) position on withholding certain records related to its historical use of State Department cover during operations involving the Cuban Revolution and non-governmental organizations. It references decisions made by the JFK Assassination Board at its November 17, 1997 meeting, including restrictions on releasing documents that would disclose CIA activities in Warren, Texas, and its funding of the Cuban Revolution. The CIA asserts that maintaining operational security and diplomatic immunity is critical for conducting intelligence operations abroad, particularly in hostile environments. It emphasizes that State Department cover enables covert work with allied services and protects agency personnel from identification or exposure. The document also notes that the use of such cover remains essential for the foreseeable future and urges the Board to consider its continued necessity. A memorandum addressing these concerns is referenced but not included in the text.  

Key People  
- David W. Carey (CIA official)  
- John Raymond Tunheim (Chairman, Assassination Records Board)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C.  
- Warren, Texas (contextual reference to CIA activities)  

Key Events  
- JFK Assassination Board meeting on November 17, 1997  
- Discussions regarding the release of CIA records related to State Department cover and Cuban Revolution funding  
- Reference to ongoing CIA operations relying on diplomatic immunity  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- U.S. Department of State  
- JFK Assassination Records Board

JFK Declassified Files

104-10330-10102.pdf

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