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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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MEMORANDUM FOR : Lee Strickland
Chief_ IRG/OIM
FROM J Barry Harrelgon
JFK Project: Officer
SUBJECT Pending ARRB Issues for EXDIR Info Brief
(S) Covert Actions Within the Ford Presidential
Gibrary referred materials 18 a document which raises
concerns It i8 a Helms MFR on a
PIFAB Meeting Within it
theire; are references to CIA: Covert financial bupport to
Partyes in Peru Greece Italy and Brazil and to- E3boE Gaie
ons in France" and_ Ttaly:
Status and Issues: The ARRB staff has agreed to recommend
to the Board that the information related to those covert
actions be considered non- ~ related and the documents
designated" #Not Believed Related? (NBR) The document will
be grouped with similar #NBR documents and be presented to
the Board for action at its 13 April or_ 12 meeting_
(AIUO) 2 Alias Docunentation and Accommodation
Addresses The security file of former Agency employee
David Morales (deceased 3 true nane already released)
within the sequestered collection contains documentation on
five of his alias We anticipate similar problems as we re-
review other security files within the sequestered
collection The ARRB staff has proposed a compromise
resolution to this problem as follows
Protect all references to 'official documents
reflecting the alias such as (SSN Drivers Permit etc
Release items designated as pocket litter such as
club cards_ etc. ;
Protect elements of accommodation addresses to avoid
identifying specific locations; and
Then make a decision to actually release or protect
the alias itself depending on the timeframe and its
importance to the JFK story.
CL BY : 0611637
CL REASON : 1.5 C
DECL ON Xl
DRV FRM : Multiple
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Statig ana Igsues The DO: JFK Team 18 currently reviewing
thig proposal If they agree with, the Agency and ARRB will
out the guidelines which will be- submitted to the
Board at the: 13 April meeting-accompanied; by a Staff
recommendation to accept If the DO hasproblems with the
propoged guidelines I will request: that the i3sue be
pogtponea until the' May meet
(AIUO) 3 ARRB Request CIA-1 Orqanizational Materiale
This request asked for .organization charts on various Agency
directorates components for Che;; Years; 1958-1968 All Agency
directorates provided material responsive to the request
The ARRB staff has reviewed the material and selected items
to be incorporated into the JFK collection_ All: selected
material has been reviewed byrappropriate' components IROS
and: can be_ released; either in full or in Sanitized form
except for the DO material The DO' has advised' the ARRB
staff that all of the DO itens selectea' will be denied in
full
Status- ana Isgues: The ARRB will present the selected
material including a DO: JMWAVE chart to the Board to be
declared Assaggination Records at the 13 April meeting_
They Wili also propoge that a' generic DO organization chart
be prepared in lieu Of the records in contention The chart
would include those components that were involved in the
Oswald story and anti-Castro activities These JMWAVE and
DO organization charts have been the subject of several
discussions and meetings with the ARRB staff over the past
few months The ARRB staff 18 clearly leaning toward
recommending that the JMWAVE chart be released; an actual
vote on these records by the Board will not take place until
the meeting_
(S) 4 _ ARRB Request CIA_IR -15 Mexico City Tapes-
Thi8 request asked for a thorough search Of Agency files and
6 documents for and CIA surveillance take from Cuban and
Soviet facilities in Mexico City at the time of the Oswald
visit and in the immediate wake of the assassination
Among the items provided by the DO were five boxes
containing audio tapes from tel-tap on Cuban and Russian
embassies and facilities _ A number Of the tapes are dated
22 November 1963 ; many others are dated 23 November 1963
through December 1963 _
Status and Igguee The ARRB btaff hag asked the question
what could pobsibly be sensitive Or claggified on the tapes
given that we: have acknowledge a unilateral tap on the
embassies and the existence of the tapes is public
knowledge_ Barring any additional information from the DO ,
the ARRB staff( planzsxo present the issue to the Board at
the 13 April meeting and request that it declare at least
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the tapes from 22 and 23 November to be Assassination
Records A vote on releasing the tapes will be delayed
until the May meeting-
(S 5 LITAMIL_9 a CIA Penetration lof the Cuban
Embassy}; The identity of LITAMIL-9_ was inadvertentIy
released in 1993 He is now identified in true name as a
CIA agent_ in John Newan S book_ Oswald and the CIA As of
1993 LITAMIL-9 was still alive, living indMexico city) and
he has family in Cuba Up to now_ the ARRB Board has agreed
to protect his identity and crypt ana delay the release Of
his 201 file until the Agency could make some judgments
about the potential damage created by the release on
additional documents with his name_ /crypt in them _
Status and Issues: The ARRB has requested that we address
LI-9 issue at the May meeting- The DO has confirmed that
LI_9 is still alive and living inMMexico City: The HRP / DO
JFK teams are currently reviewing the 201 and other LI-9
material in the file It is unlikely that the Board would
agree to delay release until 2017 _ however_ there 1s
precedent for delaying release of records on individuals for
shorter periods or until death.
(S) 6 Richard Gibson CIA asset Gibson, who presently
Tives in England is a left wing journalist who was
associated with the Fair Play_For Cuba Committee (FPFCC) an
entity to which Oswald wrote letters ana claimed to be a
member . Gibson did not become an Agency asset until after
the assassination, however he had been of interest to the
FBI when he headed the FPFCC _ Unfortunately a combination
of previous releases and release by the Board led to press
reports in 1994/1995 about his relationship with the CIA At
that time CIA officers were dispatched to advise him about
the possible compromise and promise him the very best
attempt at protecting the re_
lationship_ ARRB also agreed
(to delay the release of any additional information until the
{Agency and FBI had determined the full extend of the files
on Gibson and the_potential _ damage
status and Issues: The Gibson documents are scheduled for
ARRB action at the meeting _ It appears to be possible
to release Gibson s role in the JFK assassination story and
protect his relationship with the Agency in our JFK
assassination records ; however _ the FBI has a four volumes
file which covers both FBI interest and Gibson S
relationship with the Agency The HRP /DO JFK teams are
currently reviewing the Gibson material and I will be
meeting with the FBI to review what they are releaging
on
Gibson and the disposition Of their file
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(AIUO)_ ARRB Request CIA-TR-34 Files 0f CIA Qfficials
andor_ Officers This 18/a,major request The board has
ask for the office files: of the individual eccugying the
following positions during the period- 1959-1964
The; Office of Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
General charles Cabell 1953-1962
General Marshall Carter 106271965
The OfEice of the;' Deputy director for; Plans
'Richard Biggell 1958 2
1965
Richara Helms 1962-1965
04 The chronological: files Of C: Tracy Barnes 1959-1964
Office of General Counsel ; Lawrence Houston 1959-1964
Operational Diaries of William Harvey 1962-1963
Status and Isgues This request' will by it8 very breadth_
require lots_ of time on behalf of directorate: and DCI
X records officers And while: it may seem' overly broad; HRP
has developed a methodology with the ARRB which provides' the
access required by the Board and guarantees that their
review is focused. The request; 18 for access to review the
files for possible assassination related material and the
Board has no interest in reviewing multiple files which have
nothing to; do with the assassination story_ A meeting 18
held between the ARRB staff HRP JFK team and" the
appropriate IRO; to. discugg: the Bcope of the request _
Usually, the ARRB staff are first provided shelf lists,
indexes records list8, etc_ for the purpose of
narrowing/selection what they think is important HRP
assist the IRO or component representatives in reviewing
the selected files to ensure they deal with appropriate
subjects and timeframes Once access is approved, the
appropriate IRO and component sets up a file review session
with the ARRB staff_ If material requested ig particularly
bensitive access can be limited to the ARRB Executive
Director or members of the Board _ records selected as
Assassination Records are subject to review under the JFK
Act This process hag be uged for numerous requests for
access including DCI McCone Files , Family Jewels materials,
histories and gecurity files
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