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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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3 January 1996
Note To: D/CSI
Subject : JFK Appeal
1 _ Attached is an advance copy of the memorandum for
the DCI being prepared DO/ IMS (with OGC ' s help)
requesting an appeal of certain ARRB decisions The
memorandum is currently (this a m . ) being redone in DO/ IMS
for technical reasons (wrong font distribution_ etc.) The
DDO is expected to see it this afternoon or tomorrow After
DO approval . the memorandum will pass through OGC (Smith)
and CSI for comments before going to the DCI
2 HRG reviewers are not convinced that the
issue (Attachment A) should be appealed. While the DO
makes a good case on the particular_document_ inquestion
given the extensive information on (Tiaison with the Mexicans
that has been released in documents dated after November 22
1963 _ HRG reviewers question this as an- appeal issue I
discussed the issue with John , but we did not come to a
final HRG position_
3 _ HRG reviewers support the appeal in Attachment B and
John agrees _
4 HRG reviewers can support the appeal of the four
stations in Attachment C_ However we believe that opening
a Nov /Dec 1963 window for Oswald related documents might be
a better approach _ We are concerned that the State
Department has not been part of the discussion--the impact
{n cover and foreign relations of acknowledging stations
ATEhough the DO is appealing the release of these four
stations_ it has agreed to acknowledge all of the South and
Central American stations plus London Paris_ Ottawa_ Bonn
and the German bases I raised the State issue with OGC
((Linda Cipriani)} She agreed on the need to include State
in the discussion; once the decision is made to appeal she
will contact her counterpart at State_ I have not had an
opportunity to discuss the State issue with John
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