</s>104-10331-10140 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET JFK Working Paper - Internal Use Only 3-23-98 Notes from meeting with ARRB staff, 20 March 1998. re Board Issues (attendees Gunn, Skwirot, Combs) I. NEW ISSUE: Cover Actions - Document 178-10002-10415 [Rockfeller Commission document ] This document went before the Board in November as part of a group of documents from the Ford Presidential Library. of a Group of documents were from the Federal Presidential Library. (It refers to Agency covert financial support in Paraguayan, (Greek, Finnish, Italian and Brazilian elections) and support (It references to Agency cover (all financial support) in Paraguay). (It highlights the agency's financial references to covert action) as not germaine to the assassination and had not anticipated the highlighted material (all references to cover action) as a problem. More than the board instead questioned to covert actions and as not germinate to the assessment and had to anticipate a problem. The Board instead questioned the detections and sense of the staff is that the Board is leaving toward release. The Do Team prepared a response for the staff in February, however, it is not strong enough to take to the Board. Given that the next Board meeting is only 3 weeks away, we discussed the two step process: 1. At the 13 April meeting, have a senior official (B&D) appear before the board to a) undercover the importance of this issue of Agency and Intelligence Community; ask why these covert actions are important to the JFK assassination? they cover! Have have interest to historians but be beyond they obviously have interest in the protection / Key points to make: This is not just Agency decision, NSC and/or will have to be consulted by the protection/ / and/o/or Will have to have been has held by the prosecution / If classification has been held by (ISCAP?)). If Ed went down, it would also serve as an opportunity to meet the other Board members. We could also make available to ARRB any material previously prepared defending protection of covert actions if appropriate.) 2. If the Board remains inclined to release, prepare full evidence package, etc. May for May 12 meeting. According to the Gunn, there is no way to avoid sending this document to the Board, Once the Board has expressed an interest to the issue, they expect to see it again. ACTION: <loc_261><loc_831><loc_135><loc_831>We need to advise Gun next week if we are going to have someone address the issue at the April meeting. If not, the document will be scheduled for action at the May meeting and our "evidence package" should be available for <loc_836>not, and the arRB staff no later than the week of May 4.

Summary  
This document is an internal working paper from March 20, 1998, discussing procedural and classification issues related to the release of records under the JFK Assassination Records Act of 1992. It outlines a two-step approach for addressing concerns about Document 178-10002-10415, which is part of the Rockefeller Commission’s materials. The document references covert financial actions by an unspecified agency in Paraguay, Greece, Finland, Italy, and Brazil but notes these are not directly related to JFK’s assassination. However, the Board may still seek its release. A senior official (B&D) is proposed to address the issue at a subsequent April 13 meeting, emphasizing the importance of covert actions to intelligence community interests. If the Board persists in seeking release, a full evidence package would be prepared for a May 12 meeting.  

Key People  
- Gunn (attendee, likely ARRB staff member)  
- Skwirot (attendee)  
- Combs (attendee)  
- B&D (senior official to address the issue at the April meeting)  

Key Locations  
- Federal Presidential Library (source of documents)  
- Paraguay, Greece, Finland, Italy, Brazil (mentioned in context of covert actions)  

Key Events  
- Meeting of ARRB staff and attendees on March 20, 1998, to discuss Document 173-10002-10415.  
- Proposed two-step process for addressing Board concerns about document release: senior official testimony at April meeting, followed by evidence package preparation if necessary.  
- Internal discussion on guidelines for releasing alias documentation and accommodation addresses.  

Key Organizations  
- ARRB (Agency Records Review Board)  
- JFK Assassination Records Act of 1992  
- Rockefeller Commission (source of referenced documents)

JFK Declassified Files

104-10331-10140.pdf

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