</s>104-10331-10166 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET CL BY: 0611697 CL REASON: Section 1.5 d DECL ON: X5 DRV PRM: LIA 4-82 22 July 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: DCL,CSL,JFK,Team MEMORDUM FOR : J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OFFICE: OIM/HRP SUBJECT: ARRB Meeting 20 July - Results REFERENCE: Original Text of J. Barry Harrison Original Text Of J. Barry Harrelsson CL BY : 0611687 CL REASON: Section I.5 D DECL on: XS DRV FIRM: Lia 4-62 20 July 1998 MEMOORANDUN FOR: Lee S. Strickland @ DA Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO Mary Lou Cummings @ DCI Barbara T. Butler @ DI Teresa Wilcox @ DST Becky L. Rant @ DA SECRET

Summary  
This document is a memorandum dated 20 July 1998, authored by J. Barry Harrison, JFK Project Officer at OIM/MRP, detailing actions taken by the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) during its meeting on 20 July 1998. The ARRB addressed CIA requests regarding document releases related to the JFK assassination investigation. Key decisions included:  
1. Accepting CIA requests to consider crypts/project names in Ford Presidential Library documents (Rockefeller Commission), with NBR deemed non-relevant and protected until 2017;  
2. Approving the release of an Australian document in sanitized form, with identifying information deleted as previously agreed;  
3. Accepting CIA-approved language for a four-page excerpt from the "Mark Lane" document, which was reviewed by a board member with foreign government permission on 7 July 1998;  
4. Rejecting CIA requests to protect specific cryptographic material (UDECANTER, asset, dead, identity, and relationships) exposed in a December 1997 LA Times article;  
5. Rejecting CIA demands to deny full release of MAVE or charts, with the board voting 5-0 to "open in full." The next ARRB meeting was scheduled for August 1998. Harrison noted the need to assess potential Agency appeals or reconsideration requests for items 4 and 5.  

Key People  
J. Barry Harrison (JFK Project Officer), Lee S. Strickland, Fredrick C. Wickham, Mary Lou Cummings, Barbara T. Butler, Teresa Wilcox, Becky L. Rant, William H. McNair, Linda C. Cipriani, Eileen M. Wuk, Edmund Cohen, James R. Oliver, Stephen R. White, Martin J. Boland  

Key Locations  
Ford Presidential Library (Rockefeller Commission documents), unspecified locations referenced in "Mark Lane" document and LA Times article  

Key Events  
ARRB meeting on 20 July 1998; review of CIA requests for document releases; decision to protect NBR until 2017; approval of sanitized Australian document release; inclusion of four pages from the "Mark Lane" document in JFK collection; rejection of CIA requests to restrict UDECANTER-related information and full MAVE/chart disclosure; next ARRB meeting scheduled for August 1998  

Key Organizations  
Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Rockefeller Commission, LA Times (December 1997 article)

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