</s>104-103311-10076 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET CSI-0042/95 27 June 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director of Central intelligence VIA: Executive Director General Counsel FROM: Brian Latelli Director, Center for the Study of Director, Centre for the CIA Records Intelligence SUBJECT: JFK Review Board Actions for CIA Records REFERENCE: Letter to DCI for Executive Director, ARB dtd 21 June, 1995, Same Subject 1. Action Requested. That you disapprove the DO recommend- dation for you to sign to attached letter to the President. The letter recommends that the President postpone the release by the JFK Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) of the names of two CIA employees who retired under cover. (C) 2. Background to release in June 1995, the ARRB made a formal determination to release In full of the National Archives 16 CIA nomination to Lease in full of 30 days after written notice- John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 stipulates that the Presidential Archives Collection Act Of 1992 stipulatives that the Director has 30 days After written notice - postponement of disclosure of documents, appeals procedures also require that the Agency advise to the White House counsel within seven days of notice of board actions, if we wish to agree that the Notice of Board Actions, we refer to the OCC will will officially notify White House Counsel within the seven-day period of the DO objection to release. (U) 3. This Center has worked closely with the Board and its staff and has declassified about 220,000 pages of Agency records that have been sent to the National Archives. A large percentage contacts have been Sent to the Nation Archives. A huge percentage now being systematically reviewed by the Board which has full access to the undated records. The Board will meet more or less monthly and is likely to press for lifting a significant percentage of CIA's reductions. The pending determination is the first taken by the board involving Agency records. (0) CL BY: CL: 195387 DECL: OADR SECRET

The document discusses the release of CIA records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

**Key Points:**

* The JFK Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) has made a determination to release two CIA documents, but the Agency objects.
* The Acting Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) reluctantly acquiesces to the release in full of 16 documents with the exception of two that contain the names of two agency employees who retired in covert status.
* The DDO argues that releasing the names would harm the Agency and its operations, as well as put the individuals at risk.
* The CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) does not believe the DDO's damage argument merits Presidential reversal of the Board's decision.
* The CSI recommends that the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) not appeal the ARRB's decision to the President and thus disapprove the Do's recommendation.

**Key Individuals:**

* John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
* Brian Latelli, Director, Center for the Study of Intelligence
* William H. McNair, DO/IRO
* L. Kay Oliver, ADDO

**Key Dates and Locations:**

* June 1995, Washington D.C.

**Key Events and Activities:**

* The ARRB makes a determination to release two CIA documents.
* The Agency objects to the release of the names of two agency employees who retired in covert status.
* The CSI recommends that the DCI not appeal the ARRB's decision to the President.

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