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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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A TiON
Assassination Records Review Board
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4 600 E Street NW Znd Floor Washington, DC 20530
(2021 724-0088 Fax: (202) 724--0457
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FELEAB:
In TXISTG
January 28, 1997
Mr: John Pereira
Director
Historical Review Group .
Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Re: Request for Additional Information and Records No. CLA-16
(Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)
Dear John:
Under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,44
USC. 8 2107 (Supp: V 1994), the Review Board has the authority to "directa
Government office to investigate the facts surrounding, additional information [and]
records Section 70)(1)(C)(ii): Pursuant to this authority, the Review Board is
seeking to resolve in a complete and comprehensive manner certain questions related to
files on Lee Harvey Oswald that CIA may have held to the assassination of
President Kennedy Accordingly, we request that CiA provide complete and
comprehensive answers to the questions identified below.
On May 12, 1992, Director Robert M, Gates testified to the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs regarding CIA 's records on Oswald to the assassination.
Mr. Gates testified that "[phrior to President Kennedy's assassination, CLA held only a
smallfile on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted of 34 documents amounting to 124
pages (The Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1972: Hearing Before the
Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1Oth Cong-, 2d Sess 52 (1992) (emphasis added)
(copy enclosed) It is the Review Board's current understanding however, that at the
time of the assassination CIA held at least three separate files (including soft files) on
Lee Harvey Oswald: a 201 file (201-289248), an HTLINGUAL file, and an Office of
BoARD Members: John R_ Tunheim, Chair Henry F Graff Kermit L Hall William L Joyce Anna K Nelson
ExECUTIve DIREctor: David G. Marwell
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Mr: John Pereira
January 28, 1997
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Security file. 1 We have identified references t0 one Or more other 'possible Oswald files
including possible soft files designated as follows: CI/SI, CI/SIG, CI/LSN, and
CS/LSN.
1_ Please identify, as specifically as possible, file held by CIA on Oswald
at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy:
2 Other than for the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please 'explain when each
Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the
documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination:
3 For the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please identify which records (and the
total number that) were in the file at the time of the assassination:
4_ To the extent that Counterintelligence and the Office of Security
maintained pre-assassination files on Oswald, explain why those
offices maintained files on Oswald to the assassination: In
answering this question, please make appropriate references to the
Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB) and to any other materials
(including organizational charts) that would help explain the
jurisdictional and organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files:
For each question, please explain the basis for the answer and the sources (records or
persons) whom you consulted to answer the question To the extent that you are not
able to answer a question completely, please s0 indicate and provide the best reasonable
answer: If, during the course of your research, you learn that any record relating to a
pre-assassination file or record has been destroyed, please provide us with all available
information related t0 the destruction of the records or files.
These queries should be interpreted in their broadest reasonable sense: To the extent
that you question whether certain responses may be within the scope of our request,
please let us know and we can advise you whether we would wish to include it We
anticipate that the responses to these questions will be referenced in CIA's Final
Compliance Statement
'One Office of Security file on Oswald (or relating to Oswald) may have been
numbered 351-164. In addition, Margaret Stevens may have held an Office of Security
" "MS- file on Oswald.
each
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Mr: John Pereira
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We request that you make this information available to us by February 24, 1997 . If this
does not provide you with sufficient time; please let us know, in writing by what date
you believe you will be able to answer the questions fully.
Thank you for your attention to this matter:
Sincerely,
Qx
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David G. Marwell
Executive Director
Enclosure
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THE ASSASSINATION MA TERIALS DISCLOSURE AcT
OF 1992
HEARING
BKFORE TMK
COMMITTEE 01
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED SECOND (ONGRESS
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denied, you say pogtponed; I am curious &S to how the post- President Kegnedd;
We that
ponement will be: Will it be_until the national security or privacy historians
most
zoeothatopenieg puBindceiving ioovaal
are no longer threatened? Do we want to require a mandatory mental files will
to regolve
the access to govern-
review every two years?
Zosure fell h? asue pintotiosolye quertiobe that. still over 28
Going along, some of the language is fairly broad We had the clogure wil discredit the tthej cibeledethat naximum dis
exchange here a few moments ag0 about an intelligence agent the murder of Fresident had anything to do with
Then there is another section that gives us an exception _ an in-
theveedetcre the introduenaeg; this joint
telligence method which is currently utilized, or reasonably expect- areedCfor greater_public accessto Cin resolution, I recognized
ed to be utilized:?
neportance iwvo months ago feannouoced docemeatii % historical
The one that troubles me most, although I know there is a
new uhit within CIA that will be the establishment of &
reason for it,but I just am concerned about the door8 it may open,
tonofTistejical documents W pbesibiepoossster: declessiting a
js an invagion of privacy of a person, whether that tion of nntelligence sourcarsand poetilds Consistent with the protecs
person is identified in the material or not; am concerned about
This new the Histerical Review
that being used &s & ground for requesting postponement of disclo for the Study of
will
in the Agency's
sure:
docthaents 30-years oid O odeeacd review fox declassifcation
So I think, consistent `with all that have said here, I
On edGtoe: Covietcu_%o.oldet &rd jo%ena _
estimates
that you will give u8 the benefit of your 8econd look at that Section
bale adecied teth? cystenata; review %8438 old or older:
6.O€ this proposed Act;
diroted the leisaz 8taff in the Center
Botoeatheld tholddcy gezttel'
Chairman GLENN, Thank you:
Eicocica?
assemble records focusing on particulad of Intel-
Senator Cohen?
jmportance;
tbe asgessination events of
Senator COHEN, No further questions: ueenedyoThe putociced eview
wll then
%f . President
Chairman GLENN: Good Thank-you much: We may have &d- the Purpose;of 'tha retodsexamine the doc
ditional questions It-has been a 8ession thi8 morning here,
Jegiecon % ocheraterenci
ectheSize
in the paper8, I am not
and we have additional questions from other member8 or questions ioggintioo &AOthee {encicca toritart declassifying for
after we review. We would eppreciate &n early reply 80 it could be ready has.
The Historical Review
at
documents be
included in the_record Thank you very much: We appreciate: nation of
enf Teview % the docwmeroU}elated tSihetiosassi
Mr: STOKEs. Thank yoU, Mr: Chairman: frst
Pocaidese Kennedy, and [
am to
the assassi-
Senator SPECTER. .Thank you very much: group dheseorecords 'includingrali report that the
Chairman GLENN. The pext panel is the Honorable Robert Gates
Eiguo mininaicdeletiohe ncludinatoChasdoeezegecl on Lee
Director o the Central Intelligence and the. Honorable
totaquichfenio; relezetions-tndiss 'tZansfeeced declheiNed
William. Sessions, Director of the FBI; you have been This.is,[
for release to the publice to the Na-
very patient here thig morning: I know we had you you would an earnest of
acknowledge;
pemall fraction %f what we hold,,but it
be %n by about 10:00 here: We are about an hour late on that, Or @
da eiicestosf 0Yhio materieht {amediotef totbegine eolew is
little over: We eppreciate forbearance ;this morning: We look jing 16roogtof hibstanealH ndeedons e gpeabegne revieweo &e
forward to your tegtimony this morning:
{9379"an9 ohhesebsifTaa leasebeghordocuments and Yewecipate
Mr; Gates, if would lead off, we would appreciate it very As-we carry out be released shortiy;
much:
documeecarOu,OLoaUBogto, eiedeclassify Kennedy assassination
TESTIMONY OF, THE HON. ROBERT M.,GATES, DIRECTOR,
Eigeceicay [ approved a
4et? #teleechns Ecation gLideide {oago:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Eistovor of eeclasgi9gr8a which Seciicall iorects idelresufp
our
Mr:, GATES. Thank you, Mr: Chairman: Mr; Chairman, I am here in
ddeclbesedocone Tbelieve we can beeerya {oreagpeioz
today ' at yourrequest to provide_my views' on S: J. Res. 282, the
Eeaructcaring theseoroau eevierYarouie {3 be peblicornad-ieve
Assassination Materials Disclogure Act %f 1992, &nd to describe the beart; In this @piit, othe to take this. attitude to
nature of the documents held b8 Jole Gentennedylligence Agency thece Jede gutidelines %o€ hieogcaodeviewlna dec depublcation
available
that relate to the asgassination Johin F, Kennedy. (@6o understand the magnitode or" and
Senator SASSER Mr_ Chairman; [ wonder if the Director could {hesordconenta { dac5usi4det%0 the effomporvolved .reviewing
pull the mike a little bit closer? Thank you:
inss051e Coatext; Thea8iss colleioionitOis docpoeant t3 Place cheng
Mr. GATES.
juserv linlcbitplreciatehae opportunity to
on
essassination Ecesident COeanedy ocodoistaeots xelated to Ghe
this important matter.
250,000 to 300,000
of
consists of
Let me begin by stating that I am in complete agreement with copies and originals Palenfor_ador Pr_ This , includes
@PgrOboxetebv
of
the purpoge underlying the joint resolution; that efforts should be nission and the House "CoioniBoviaed to the Com-
made to declassify and make available to the public as quickly &s f material on Lee on Assassinations, and 17
possible Government documents relating to the assassination of
dent Kennedy s assassinetioar Oswald accumulated after aPcesi:
long hope ists,
belp,
linger
theory
Kennedy:
living
unit,
Center Group:
Intelligence
intelligence you hope
including Kennedy:
Group
very Because
long
waiting
Group, begun
keeex
Harvey
E3eqtaa ea' being
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ing making
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Agency today:
speak
boxes
Warren Select boxes
Harvey
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Unfortunately, and for reasons that I do not know; what we are
giathelcnge Select Gonmittee on Assassinationg
dealing with is & masg, of material that is not indexed; is uncatalo
Eel relating to the Ganisone@%estigatioinatiq a5 well as mate
gued, and is disorganized, , al1 of which makes the review
Cuban exile activi-
process more
diriculdiseanaterial contahiclveryteingheorvigre Ie BUhecainot release g_humber of documents
most sensitive intelligence sources to the most mundane news clip ceuse of the limits in the
Act which
unileterally be
toneoican citizens egainst _nuuchoxited protect the names of Pithese records include documents that CLA-had inita fles befor;
tion of mand docuacenthby the "selecscosunitteee orequestre'
the assassination, 8 large ,number of records that CLA received
cietiouser n8lact that maey Oft88elocusenta beeorgg to agen:'
later &5 routine disseminations from other agencies, &8 well as the then CIA, to agen-
reports, correspondence;. and other papers that CLA prepared in the
to Hoordicate e
already taken steps to lift the
course of the assassination investigations I ghould emphasize that dcgiditote 1 Hecosser crencies"AncP8 begift the peotestratior;
these records were assembled into the present collection &8 & result the in the absence of process of de
of specific inquiries received from the Warren Commission or the
tbese Tonee roSulepresentatied .one e0s0lc8ior peraitiog CIXiio ask
House Select Committee on Asgassinations:
entsresults of the declagilcaeiolueiooPeomihengecLetto e
Prior to President Kennedy& ,assassination,, CLA held only a
documents, on the sequestered
small file on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted 0f 34 documents undGrileur expect #
amount of the material
amounting to 124 pages,' some of which 'Originated with the FBF; %e Pfogram; T essume that thereawill can be declassified
the State Department,,the Navy and clippings; Only 11 Paiot concecnsedrtohche public OE thereied]l Obereasongaicludir;
of these documents originated 'within
XRf peve
CIA I brought Sozg.at a
Bivict coecake %he expobuce % reasons, including
copy of Oswald8 file &3 it existed before the essasgination 80
rial,
me take & moment to give an examplece SOuiscerpend meth:
you can see firsthand how,slender it was at the time: As I have this type of mate
aiready noted, we have declassifed the CLA documents in this file sasininonbe_iydeigaticz by the House Select Committee
with quite minimal deletions and we are providing them to the Na- I understand chat security and on As-
tional Archives:
requested on a number of CLA peraonnel files were
The records in this file dealt with Oswald's defection to the
Sedit aecks % Rerger cC_vairxioneesu
files contain fit-
Soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after hig return accumGlated in 1962.
quediicchecka O ndividuaicCievoiticeon medical evaluations, and
contrast; it was only after the assassination that CIA
Joesteng; 0 uzateey #uesiden: ;feceedyA Ihoegund oler persoze
the rest of the material on Oswald, some 33,000 pages, mogt of
uments: I
lo ionttely ended GR in eheecquesceced other personal
which CLA received from other,agencies after November 22, 1968.
of this
Oonaoiobelieve that the benefequeshe collection of doc
The Committee *hag asked about documents in' our possession %idthils niokeepiion outveighs the ceezef public of disclosure
by other, agencies In fact, much of the material held by in keeping the informationt ~leatidentasz interest of the indi- Encoicin
with other agencies or:departments: For example,
Siyiniornatic {nceoradtion,xfdentents
in the
18ri7bozed
boxes of Ogwald records_approximetely 40 percent of the
stouseafon EO6oic Onde "Ticelist "dibidoclnenercontainicg
documents originated with the FBI and about 20 percent originated iavieua9g gooigrovideamot O4 fles also coetain information
from the State Or elsewhere: of
who provided u8 inteligence inorcoation Ohe "proeice
Our staff js'
Dipgoinent cougherlereaterial
So5e2ted& at the re
guch
confidentiality:
a
We would not dicclose thei" On 8 promise
quest of the Warren Commission and the House Committee pubiic; Bemiger we cannof dGOosetbeich hazoematibreach %f
on : Assasginations,. which includes 63 boxes of paper records and pabio tbe_ will make redactions and information to the
one box that 'contains 73 reels of microfilm; , The microfilms, in
[eleozed t2 8nsurg tharechctionsimd sumounizof theanfo5
part; overlap material in other parts or the collection 'We estimate
the
iiveleoed_ Edvidtai protece gatlaidenti5oazte@ %genat &
that within the 63 boxes %f paper records _ 27 per-
18 Pevicwy %187 individual of an agent Or
cent originated with & varietyof other U,S:'
Eoorinete agencies
Rzedidend seoardiEongered by tbe
and privete organizations, and foreign and American' press;
Ezegideprovide reasguheJr ! pezene tOoaahence signed nedhdette the
Although our documents do include: cuisce_tay Cofection oc %er relevanPrco doeeessasince chat CI has not held Bablaniortaeio
agencies, we nonetheless have & collection of CIA docu: nsstoinatiog [ wouiasappoine]
a ments that wil require considerable effort to review: and as I gaid
Eihedished iormer0E,GHode 0Godezppoint panel of distin-
earler; at my direction, this review for declassification is now un- Gavinsediabeed %Eeot daisteet" #raroiee reaeveedocumecltsding
derway; fied public
or kept clessified, would aeovessocn uencia
we
preliminary survey of these files has provided u9 sme indica:
The
report %n their an unclassi-
tiong of what contain, Although the records cover & wide vari: astheaion ogreeidert HC26nE tha documents
ety' of they principally_focus On CLA activities concerning
an
02 Fresident Kennedy wie b9 relating to the
Cuba
atpicas
Castro; Oswald 8 defection to tbe Soviet Union, and Os
n portaui
program and I am committed to
However, it Ws
wald'9 Gubsequent activities-in Mexico City and New Orleans TSbey community,
t,time Of
Resonceittedthin "dheingtell
work
also include & large number of name treces requested by the have allocated ffurce posibionsthe
to expand the
Privacy
House
belong
have
necessary;
large
intelligence
During
These
atory derog-
Where
Agency:
tion,
Congress
Tbey
findingg:
they
daunting:
Even #inihird
intelligence
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history staff_and to form the Historical Review Group that will I was & college student et William and
and I can remem-
review the JFK documents and other documents of historical inter- ber Jow the_word spread-like wild fire betweer' classes f thetneor-
est. rible event; I made my wey to Weshington that weekend and stood
I believe these actions attest to the geriousness of.our intent to at the_intergection of 'Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues;
getting these papers declagsified and released, and to what re- wiereeVeraitedefo; hours to watch the President8 fmeral coveegeesi
mains classified to outside non-governmental review.
98813 lgtinst
will pever forget it;
this background that in response to the Committee'8 request; I cite' I entered public service less than three_Years later, heeding
our few technical reservations about the mechanigm egtablished by BretidlenteKennedye inaugurg! call, # call H think nanyein meegerg
the joint resolution to achieve this game result; I intend to address eretion heard He said then, the trumpet summons us again,
only intelligence communiby concerns I will defer to the Depart- hotta8 # call to bear_arms; though armg we need; not as
a call to ment of Justice on any additional problems posed by the joint reso badtle though in battle we are but as @ cali to bearohe burden 0
lution: a twilight struggle year in and year out, rejoicing in
pa- First, vesting in an outside body the determination &s to whether tient in . tribulation,
a Etruggle against ,the common enemies of CIA materials' related to the assagsination can be released to the man tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself' '}
public is inconsistent with my own dtoeitods responsibility for the Mr. Chairman; the only
more horrifying to me than the &s-
protection of intelligence sourceg &nd thesination itsel: is the Insidious, perverse hotion that elemenes af
Second, I,am concerned that the joint resolution containg no pro the amedecen Government, "hat my own Agency, had soeeneatt %
vision requiring gecurity clearances % secure document handing terested determined pereonally to mare public orto exposeetodisin
by the assassination materials review board or its staff: terested eyeg every relevent scrap of paper in CLA 8
in
Third;, I am, concerned that the joint resolution doeg not provide the Of to dispel this corrosive guspicion;
Rosde Goni
or with-
the Agency with the opportunity to object to.the release of CLA in- out legislation, I to proceed. I believe I owe that to his
formation contained in documents , originated by Congress or the memory;
Warren Commission: Under the joint resolution, documents origi- Thank you:
nated by these entities can be released directly by the executive di- [The prepared statement of Mr. Gates follows:]
rector of the assassination materials review board without any
revew by the President or other Executive Branch agencies:
PREPARBD STATEMENT Or MR. GATES
Fourth, the joint resolution provision for a 30-day period for 28Mr: Chainsasslnatoher at 'Do4iogegu request to Provide my_ on S. J, Res.
agencies %r departments to appeal decisions by the executive direc- Hature 09 documeiatioala btethe Cbi Act of 1992,' and to describe the
tor to release information may not provide gufficient time for Kennedy: 1 very much eppreciate
thehoppoelanitty tbespeakssozation; %jomn _
matter. opportunity to speak on this important meaningful review of what could prove to be a large volume of ma-
Let terial at one time: he joigin bsoitatong that I42i foaklete agreement with the purpose under-
Fifth; and finally, Section 6 of the joint regolution, which. out-
Xine ohe ooubleolurgoickiy % efforts be made to declessify and make avaij-
lines the grounde for_postponement of public release of a document,
Taitotioe 8u3o4ns Juidulzedy Po%eiblo Gotat openi documents relating t the es-
makes no provision for_postponing release: of: documents that may
bsteroe ,9d"OiGa irennedty Wee Jopiichaccopeni overnneniy nitleowiiahelp
contain Executive privilege Or deliberative attorney-client; Balievolvauaarnumadiecn over 28
ate {veraneitatiole F willheel?
Or attorney work product information:
Welocch
such privileges could
alise theLIJG37oao Eennoy Giscredieehe
that CLA hed enything to
be waived in the public interest and, in fact, are not likely to arise ublic cceore to tcducio %rthis Joint resolution I recognized the need for greater
with respect to factual information 'directly related to the JFK a8- poblicedCches _ to CHA documents 0 historical importance; Two
months &go, ( an- sassination, they would be unavailable under the joint resolution in estabuny Tento of & pew unit within CIA that wil be Fesponsible for
the rare case might be needed: tion of
ncenOurcoricad daethents
88 pogsible consistent with the protec-
in the
and methodg. This new unil, the Historical Review These are the technical problems that I believe can be solved and Agency 8 Center for the Study %f will review for declassi:
that will, in fact; expedite the_release of documents bearing on the 650r7 Soier8niono 'tesrarld8rvelder oadnaronat
"CEEDZE
estimates on the
asgassination of President Kennedy; But,; again, whatever the rovicer 023de4eUnio documents,01 Yeave ereceoldee Histoddsonr % #e Zeteraric
future course of this legislation,, CIA is proceeding even now to hieoicd_ the
0iteiicedocumentee blayciArcecords eotusio? O5 carticlia-€evee; €
review for declassification the relevant documents under its con-
'SBontencgenccltidig chble Clsinetior Of Scesiden9 keanedy drhe iiistoct
trol. Further, we will cooperate: fully with mechanism estab {ne recoids' will then examine the documents for the purpose ureoseed/ declessityiog
lished latecisy the Congress and the President to
torJeciaechey
al] of this Eecause % high interest in the JFK papers, I
em not waiting for other agencies to btart declassifying documents legislation or
Mr. Chairman, let me close with a comment on why ] am person- Review FouBssin atodi et direction, aready has
belorerity % Ge doctmens reict;
committed to getting these documents %ut; Like all Americans 8otq 8rchesee %f John F Kennedy, and
1 am to report that the first
old enough to remember that terrible in 1968, and as several
E9ur %f theatioecohas bech bocludolasticd all CLA documents on
42RZZ37.
to
memberg of the Committee have alluded I also remember where
Sensterredn8? Ona Natioeai de chiviferor iclegue % Gheicub and ackboivg i8
I was and what I was doing: edge, & small fraction convhat"cre Veaveo buelec %8 & &-nesb & Ey con I
my commitment to
Mary,
"Now,
long
hbope,
thing
hope heloina ntena
today _ views "The
lying
hope
linger
theory
dccla o7yinauizence
they
Group;
Group
Group; begun
ally
day
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begin review for declassification iougediatelysenthia of this material. And, indeed, &s sary Iwill ask the House for & resolution
8peak, ' the reviewera are going ,through a number of documents, and the effort
permitting CIA to release the results of
anticipate that many of these will be-released ghortly: While I expect on the sequestered documents
As we carty out our program to declassify Kennedy agsasgination documents, our gram,
aseumetchat aiatera amoint % the naterial can be declassified under our pro
wil be,to release &8 many eg_Possible: In fact, recently 9 new CLA public for & variety of etill will be information that cannot be releaseduto Pre coclawilcaticg reledeiine Foa 3ur} Etoita} Ievict #rocead SEco per
specifically. di:
Bencec 'ourcevariely ethodoTzet "including Privacy concerng or ithe expoeueesed itxelhe
rects 8 presumption in favor of declaesification ] believe we can be forward materiel During the ioe taketa roment to give examples 0f this type of
ieaning i making these documents evailable to the public, and I have
ve nsoructed
tions,
underinndhhatvecuricviondbyethe House Select Conmittee
on Assasgina-
the Historical Review Group to take this attitude to heart Agency employees rectlety_ and personnel files were requested
on a number of
To undexetand the magnitude O the effort iavolved in reviewing these documents Redic `aloveons Gnd-crelet coecair ontidiv d2oCAPerfcersancithouruatioes:
for declassificetion, it is Important to Place them in eome context, The CLA 9 collec Yent o tevquedioor onotoediliecheckesiceni devidedy_ officers Although irrele:
tion %f documents releted to the aegaesination % President Kennedy consists Of ap uments ultimately ended up in the Kennedythese and other personal doc
oroiiaa OY zoroatioo DOvadeer 8 cheteantrer omrludon Gnaoche %ocopiegelecd dieve 'hancheateneended " puSlic e93isceoed coolechion , of documents: do not be:
originals information provided to the Warren Commiseion and the House Select clear_privacy interest %f the individuele in this information outweighs the
Committee On Assesginationg and 17 boxes of material n Lee Harvey Oowald accu: Sziservg/nce % eriatindividdolumenteepontaining Gerogaton; {fordeatio;
muleted after, Preeident Kennedy 0 ageaseination. Unfortunately, and for reasong Geparticuler individuals where the information
ERared 0, derogatory information
that I do pot know, what we ere dealing with j9 @ mees %f material that is not in- files also contain the names 07 individuals who on gogsip &nd rumor_ Our
dexed, is uncatalogued,_and j9 highly disorgenized_al of which makes the review on & promige 0f We would not
provided us intelligence information
Precees more dificult; The material contains everything from the most' sensitive in- 8 Promise: Where we cannot such
disclose their nameg in breach 0f guch
tolligence sources to the mobt mundane pewe clippinge;
Sire Fedactioere "e C4moucisclose icbrinfoionatioorderh3 nsure bfat Ececy wii
Theee recordg include documents thet CLA had in it9 fileg before the asgaggina- mum amount %f information ig released in;order to, ensure that the maxi:
tion, 8 number of recordg that CLA received later &9 routine diegemination8 agent % the privacy 0 an individual while gtill protecting the identity o an
fzom other agencies, &9 well e8 the reports, correspondence; and other paperg that If Jegisletion is not passed by the and gigned
CLA prepared in the couree of the ngsngaination inveetigatione_ ehould emphasize the JFK Baceran to enhance public
EOoidence and goedd bred8 Prniden feeirdiag
that,thece records were assempled into the present collection &s @ result 0f epecific not held Information relecomtdencne ndserovideoe; {swilncppoint has
inquiries received from the Warren Commisgion or the House Select Committee on of distinguished itom outeide o Government will @Pnoiever 0 Panel
Asgeseinations. I have prepared a chart thet Wuatrateg this point; ments WB redected %r kept classified awoead thexaiiue
As you can $ee, prior to Predident Kennedy8 assas9inetion; CLA held oly & emall public report on their; then issue an unclassified
file On Lee Harvey Oowald that]consigted _%f 88 documents (approximately 110 'ebideeiora required t9 declassify the documents related to the
pagea), @me of which originated with the FBI, State Department, the Navy, and Poesodelly Connedteilttbe Gqunting Howeocuments arelatedrtant ossogaination of
newepaper cligpioswa8s io docueested %zarorated8 vithssheaGOL' % have Jooyght Perconelly committed to making @
work_ Even in & time of
TEEg and [am
0 CopY Oswald'0 fle as it existed before the asgessination 80 that you can witinthe Intelligence Community,
1 have allocation % 15 Tull-time resources
8e0 how elender it was at the time: As I have already noted, we have de- Gheand teHTitory Stat and io Tormn the Viistoricafigevoew pogitiong to
classified the CLA documents in this file with quita minimal deletions; and wB arB thi Jal documenta end other docurents 0f hiscorical iareeegG that will review
providing them to the National Archivee The records in this flle dealt with Og- I leotieva hede ections attest to the se_iougneoriOa outeintent to
wald 8 defection to the Soviet Union @n 1959 and his activities after hig. return in declaeziied end releesed, @ndrto"Opeg feriousreesa% s O lasitedt t Oetgidesaoapevs
1961, By contrast, it was only alter the essasgination that CTA accumulated the rest 03neetuerreview; T @ Against this background that Cin ootsidi" non-gov-
of the material on, 'Ogwald _tome 83,000 Peges_most of which CLA `received from tbe'ioiequesth cite our technical reservationg @bou: the mecponism this Commit-
other SEevcies after November 22, 1968.
Goiounity obncernS; {cbiiyae_ Feseavadoui gbeutende M ecdreisoney bleiheence
You asked about documents in our poesecsion generated by other agenciee: croblens Csed C%ra foiii detez 17egdepartieandf%guddce 03 Ynaadiiongi
In fact,_much of the material held by -CLA originated with other_egencies or depart problems posed by the joint resolution, any
ments: For example in the 17 boxes %f Oowald recorde; approximately 40 percent of related
55483 outaide_body the determination %3,to whether CLA materials
the documents originated with the FBL and about 20 percent originated from the toreboonsibiination can %e seleased to theopubiic?;SxecoesisCeat mite'
State Department or elsewhere: Our staf 1 8Ll going through the material com- steacond, Paporcondery to Protect intelligence sources and methods; my
piled et the request of the Warzen Commiesion and the House Select Committee o security
lecanconcoracecure docu_cen: [esolltor Condi"e"ogrovision requiring
Assaseinations, which includes 63 boxed Of peper records and one box that containa Reveit Bolerd OctS Sarzecuro" documen: handli9 69nthenAB0.9viicr weatrias
72 reels of microfilm: The microflmg in part, overlap material i other parts %f the or its staff,
collection; We eatimate that within tbe 68 boxes Of Paper records, approximately 27 tb8 opoori niConcobjeci tbaththeaeint regplytion doeg not Provide the Agency with
Percent Of the documents originated with a veriety 0 other US. Government agen- originated
6o obieor thehecelers% 0 CA nforation containedein docuynents
cies} Privete organizations; and foreign and American press: gizin oedhafo or the Warren Commission; Under the joint docu- Nithough ou; holdinga d _clude documents {rom other egencieg, we none oen8 Arigissiteadio/ taateri Reciz b8celeased directly byechent_ectouve
thelees have & substantial collection
TCF
documents that will require congiderable or Other Executive
Wnac icenGeview Board without any review bectheeresiene
effort to review, and &8 I eaid earlier, at my direction this review,for declessifica- Roueti Frneufoie Bresocutiogercovi
tion %9 now underway: A Preliminary survey 0 these files has provided u8 8ome in- mentg to
isioolsbo ikoveioa f9 ,; %0dey Period for_egencies or depart;
dications of what contain, Although the recordg cover & wide variety %f topics, provide
"a@@i1ciendecinionio by the Executive Director to release information
not principally focus on CLA activities concerning Cuba and Castro, Oswald 8 defec: volume of material at
for meaningtul review of what could prove
to be a tion to the Soviet and Oswald'8 eubsequent activities in Mexico and 447e %4 aaterly atectiotiv or
New Orleans. aleo a largenumber %f name traces requested by the Postponegonti 03 publictioleeef che cocureeolution which %utlineg the grounds for
ataff of tbe House Select Committee on Areasginations, a8 wel &8 material relating release 0f documents that a document Takes no provision Tor postponing
to the Garrison investigation and Cuban exile activities: attorney-clent 'or
?eetohaey ovorkoptoduct iocoriva Tocotia oivilenile or deliberative process
The CLA cannot release e number %f documents unilaterally because of the Limits be waived in the public interest product 8uch privileges could
in the Privecy Act (which protects the pamea of American citizens against uneu- factual]information directly Snd i fact,,er9 not likely to arise with respect
to thorized disclosure) the eequestration 0f many documents by the Houee Select Com- aquable indeatiog joinectesoltelondn Bhereare Cse cheviniio; bereyedeguld
be un- mittee on Assaeginations, and the fact that msay 0 the documents belong to egen- These are the technical the rare case might be needed_
cies Other than CLA. However; we have already taken steps to Jift the eequestration, facthexpeditetheeeceleice Oroorumenta b Believe Car belolved und Chat will; in
coordinate with other,egencies and to begin the process of declassilication: If necee Kennedy: documents bearing on the assassination of President
declessification
These
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But egain, whatever the future cource o this legislation, CLA i8 proceeding even assassination contained over 499,000 pages_of documents, with
a Dow to review for declassification the relevant documenta 4nder its control, Further, few more pages added every time the FBi follows
we wil cooperate fully with any mechanism established by the Congress and the up on a new alle-
President to declassify all of this material
gation or & new issue arises
Chairman GLENN: Thank you, Mr: Gates:
After Congress amended the Freedom of Information Act in 1974,
Mr; Sessions.
the FBI began receiving requests for information relating to the &s
sassination: By 1978,four yearg later; over 200,000 pages of materi-
TESTIMONY OF THE HON: WILLIAM s. SESSIONS, DIRECTOR, alhad been processed and made avaiiable to the public through the
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; ACCOMPANIED BY
FBTs public reading room. Many authors; journalists, historians,
DAVID G. LEITCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,
and others have visited and revisited these materials, which
US: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
remain: available Eedely
as a valuable source of historic information;
Iwould like to describe to the Committee & breakdown of
Mr: SwSsIONs: Good morning, Mr: Chairman; members of. the FBI records releting in some way to the assassination The FBI has
Committee: I have a complete gtatement which I will file, and four core fles that relate directly to the investigation of the assas-
there are gome diagrams which I will also make available for the gination: Our cooperation with the Warren Commission and the in-
record; and & Ghotog % of the files themgelves: vestigation_of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby those are the
Chairman Without objection, your entire statement will four core files _ There are approximately 499,000 pages in these
be included in the record . 263,000 of which are duplicate pages that were cross-filed,
Mr. SessIoNs Thank you, Mr: Chairman: I am leased to appear third agency records, and some FBI records that have not been
before you to testify about FBI investigative records relating to the processed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act;
assassination 0f President John F: Kennedy: I applaud this process Approximately 228,000 pages, or 94 percent of the records
we and your efforts It is fundamental that Government exist to meet processed, have already been released to the public In addi-
the needs of its citizens: An examination of thege issues is directly tion, the FBI has several other much smaller files as
a result of
related to gatisfying the intense interest and concern of our citizens other directly,Felated investigations, such as the investigation of
about the circumstances surrounding that tragic event some 29 Marina Oswald;, and these files comprise approximately 22,000
years ag0: pages; 13,000 %f which are duplicate; third agency, or unprocessed
From the outset, I would like to gtate emphatically that I favor pages: n 6 infoxmaicg percent of these pages to the
maximum disclosure, consistent with the law and the legitimate Freedom Act have been
ereleoced 5ed
to
'tpe public
need to protect certain small but highly sensitive categories %f in- Of the available in the FBI reading room 0n the main floor
formation: I can assure you that the FBL wil work cooperatively at FBI
; Badguayeilab@ PrOheaplFe1dioogopazon 8re97 derCeooi
through the Department of Justice with both the Senate 'and the are availeble in their The remaining 12,000 pages in the
House to develop a comprehensive epproach to these important reading room reflect sme of redaction: The information
issues: that has not been disclosed or that has been redacted to some As you know, the Government has conducted a number of re- degree falls within the exemptions that are enumerated in the viewg of the assassination The Warren Commission, the House As; Freedom % Information Act and the protections of the Privacy Act
sassinations Committee, and the Church Committee all conducted This includes information that; one; is classified
on the basis of
reviewe that I believe can be begt categorized &9 exhaustive It is national gecurity; two, would disclose' the identities of individuals
my understanding that the FBI provided massive amounts of infor; who gpecifically requested confidentiality; three, would disclose the
mation to those entities to Yelgesna ensure that they accomplished identities O confidential informants or sources; four, is highly pere
their missions Once again, we to be as helpful as we are sonal information about individuals; O, five; originated with other
able. Government agencies and those agencies gpecifically requested that
Lmmediately following the ghooting , of President Kennedde the the information not be released based upon exemptions applicable
FBI began & massive investigation: An intense effort wes Re to those Retronii;y agencies:
lated investigations were conducted and much information was ex- While strongly favor maximum disclosure under the law there
changed; as Director Gates has noted; between the varioug agen: are certain types of information that are particularly critical
to
cies. As j8 the case with all major
"ecord /ingtiGsu
thousands Qf guccessful law enforcement investigationg and national security; for
of documents Were created to record results of these ef- example, information that is and appropriately classified, Bages
and to facilitate the investigations information that would identify
Boponlidenda %ooreateindciaforned;
Many different kinds of information ,were recorded in the FBI tion that would disclose sensitive investigative techniques
or the files:, The results of thousands %f interviews of witnesses, other in- types of information the disclosure of which could
dividuals with possible helpful knowledge and contacts with confi- impact upon our ability to fulfii
our mission. Information
ioegativeb1
in
dential informants were_memorialized Communications between files that has #ot been disclosed publicly falls largely within these
the FBI headquarters and our field office8, and vice ver8a; Were in- descriptions of information
'cluded, as were communications between the EBI and other agen- In any case I believe it is extremely healthy for the country to
cies. Forensic reports were recorded, In all, FBI files relating to the have these issues aired and to be resolved The public interest dic
files;
have
enteetJegree_
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97-062
31 January 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR : Fred Wickham
DO Focal Point
for JFK Board
Lee Strickland
DA Focal Point
for JFK Board
FROM: John F_ Pereira
Chief_ Historical
Review Group
SUBJECT : Request No _ CIA-16
from JFK Boara
1 Attached is "Request for Additional Information ana
Records No CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) which
was received from the Assassination Records Review Board on
29 January 1997 The request is for additional details
related to files on Lee Harvey Oswald that may have existed
in the Office of Security and in the DO _
2 . Please advise how you woula like us to respond to
this request _ We are asked to make the information
available to the Board 24 February 1997
~c gr-
John Pereira
Attachment
POR OPPFefAb USE ONEY -
TIONS
by
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27 February 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR : J Barry Harrelson
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
FROM : Janet A Ecklund
Chief Intormation Management Branch
Office of Pergonnel Security
SUBJECT : Request No . CIA-16 from JFK Board
REFERENCE CSI 97-062 dated 31 January 1997
1 (U) The Office Of Pergonnel Security ha8 regearched
this request from the Agsagsination Records Review Board
relating to the existence of pre-aggaggination files On Lee
Harvey Oswald.
2 (U) In regponge to the specific quegtiong ligted
in Mr Marwell' s letter to the Historical Review Group, the
following responges are provided to those three questiong
pertaining to the Office of Pergonnel Security (OPS) Thege
responses are the best reagonable answers baged on available
information _ Please note OPS was known as the Office Of
Security prior to 1 October 1994
Queetion 1i (U) Pleage identify, a8 specifically a8
pogsible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time
Of the asgabsination Of President Kennedy _
Reeronee: (U) At the time of the asgasgination,
1
the
Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained
information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A file entitled Defectors
File (#0341008) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald,
Regraded Confidential CL BY : 0605636
When Separated From CL Reason : 1.5(c)
Secret Attachment DECL ON : X1
DRV FROM : COV 1-82
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and the Office of Security also had a subject file on Lee
Harvey Oswald (#0351164) This information was reflectea in
the automated security database known as the Management Data
Program/Pergonnel Security (MDP / PS) Thege files were
originally migcellaneous files which were converted to the
above numbers circa 1964 A hand search was also conducted
of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated
gystem _ This hand search produced the same results a8 the
automated search of MDP /PS _
(U) In your request specific mention is made of an
HTLINGUAL file_ MDP /PS reflects OS maintained four official
files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file)
#0090079 , #0093466 (a general file) and #0119144 _ All of
the HTLINGUAL fileb were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
with numerous Boft files Since thi8 material has been
destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether thege fileg
contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A gearch Of
Oswald' & name dia not produce an index reference to any of
these fileg
(U) Attached i8 all of the available information
regarding the destruction Of the HTLINGUAL files This
information was retrieved from [Lydia_Hoffman Of the
Information Management Branch/Records Control Section and
from a review of general office administrative files_
Queation21 (U) Other than for the 201-289248 file
on Oswald, pleage explain when each Oswald file was
opened , the purpoge for the opening Of the file, and
the documents that were in the file at the time Of the
asgassination _
Reeronge: (U) As noted above , all HTLINGUAL files have
been degtroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in
chronological sequence , a_ search of files with numbers in
close proximity to thoge recorded for HTLINGUAL was
undertaken This search revealed the approximate opening
dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as :
#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
#0119144 Opened approximately May 1955
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(U) HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
that involved opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to
and from the Soviet Union _ China Pakistan and South
America_ In OS this project was known a8 SRPOINTER with
subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER , INDIAN . BANJO _ and
SETTER _ OS conducted the actual opening and monitoring of
mail with the acquired information referred to the
Directorate of Operations
(U) The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
defecting to other countries and information regarding
foreign nationals considering defection to the United States_
This compilation of information was received from prese
clippings_ Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal
Bureau Of. Investigation_ the Department of State_ and the
various armed services The pre-aggaggination documents
located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:
a Washington_Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
entitled "U.S_ Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at
15"
b Department Of State memorandum dated 25 October
1960 with attached list of American "defectors"
from May 1959 to October 1960
Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
31 October 1960 from M_ D_ Stevens , subject :
American Defectors
d Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
1 November 1960 from M_ D_ Stevens , subject :
American Defectors
Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
1961
f Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing
known defectors to the USSR , Red China, Cuba , and
United Arab Republic.
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(U) The index reference to the Defectors File
identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
the Defector Machine Ligting_ Thig listing was a computer
printout of defectors which reflected limited biographic
data on each name This listing was maintained separately
from the actual Defectors File; notations within the
Defectors File show the Defector Machine Lisgting a8
permanently charged to the Security Analygis Group Of OS _
Efforts to locate this ligting or determine the disposition
have been unsuccessful
(U) Information regarding the purpobe Of the Defectors
File was
gleaned from a quick review of gelected holdings _
{Katie Nakai of this office at one time was assigned to the
security Analysis Group and recalls the Defector Machine
Lieting_ From her recollection, this machine libting was
approximately one and one-half inches thick and was in two
parte _ One part consisted of an alphabetical index of
defector names with assigned numbers _ The second part
listed the aggigned numbers in numerical order and contained
limited information on each name
(C) The Special Investigations Branch Of Investigations
Division 18 the current operating component encompagsing most
of the_Security Analyeig Group functiong still conducted in
OPS _ iGai1 JeweIV Of this office was queried regarding office
holdings relating to the Defector Machine Listing_ JMs
[eweli had no knowledge of the_ligting and suggested William
[Gilbert} a8 a resource Mr @ilbert CIC Liaigon Officer
could not recall the listing, opined it may have been
destroyed , and guggegted contacting Zachary Filig of the
Counterintelligence Center (CIC)
(C) CIC aggumed many Of the functions previously
conducted by the Security Analyeis Group _ Mr - FiTig was
queried regarding the posgibility the Defector Machine
Listing may have been trangferred to CIC during the
realignment of duties Mr Filia advised the Defector
Machine Listing could not be located in CIC holdings; and he
has made inquiries with Directorate of Operations
counterparts regarding the listing.
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(U) The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
(#0351164) was established circa 1960 _ It appears this file
was created a8 a separate repository for the numerous press
clippings and reports received from other government
agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
and hi8 activitieg following his return to the United
States The first volume Of this file appeare to have been
preserved as the pre-asgaggination file, and the documents
contained in this file are as followg
a Department Of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
dated 31 October 1959
b The_Waghington _Poet pregs clipping dated
1 November 1959 entitled "Ex-Marine Agks Soviet
Citizenship"
C Department Of State Dispatch #234 from MOBCOw
dated 2 November 1959
d Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo
dated 9 November 1959
Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
dated 9 November 1959
f The_Washington Poet presgs clipping dated 16
November 1959 entitled "Rebuffed"
g- Evening_Star press clipping dated 26 November
1959 entitled "U.S. Defector to Redg Turned to
Marx at 15"
h Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960
1 Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
13 April 1961
j Department of state Dispatch from Moscow dated
May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter
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k_ Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated
3 July 1961 from Dalla8 , Texas
1 _ Note to CIKSI dated 28 September 1961
m Form 745 Indices Search Request" datea
12 October 1961
n _ Department Of State Dispatch #317 from MOscow
dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure
Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
Service name check form to Central Intelligence
Agency dated 5 December 1961
P~ Navy Department meggage to Mogcow dated
3 March 1962
Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
enclosure
r_ The_Washington_Poet pregg clipping dated
9 June 1962 entitled "Third American in 2 Monthg
Leaves Soviet Home I1
8 _ Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
Of report from Dallas Texag _ dated 30 August
1962
(U) In addition to those documents listed above , the
following documents were located in a subsequent volume of
the Ogwala file and also appear to predate the asgassination
of President Kennedy
t Undated summary of file information on Lee
Harvey Oswala
u= Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
20 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
V
Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
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W _ Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated
9 October 1963
X_ Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated
10 October 1963
Y _
Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico dated
24 October 1963 (no mention Of Oswala)
Queetion_ 4i (U) To the extent that Counterintelligence
and the Office of Security maintained pre-aggaggination
files on Oswald, pleage explain why those offices
maintained files on Ogwald prior to the aggassination_
In answering this question pleage make appropriate
references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)
and to any other materials (including organizational
charts) that would help explain the jurigdictional and
organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files
Reeponge: (U) It is believed that OS holdings on Lee
Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Rusgia during
which he renounced his US citizenship _ Oswald was in
contact with the American Embagsy in MOscOW , and the
Department of State prepared reports on thege contacts _
Most likely because Of counterintelligence
concerns , the
Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
of these reports In the beginning this material was
probably retained in the Defectors File_ As the number of
documents on this person increased , a separate file was
created to be the repository of information on the alleged
American defector There i8 a notation in the Defectors
File that a separate file exists on Oswald.
(U) Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file Of
Lee Harvey Oswalda (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D_
Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre -
assassination time frame Of the documents listed above , a
majority of them contain a notation or the initials of
Marguerite D, Stevens leading one to believe she was the
officer responsible for the collection
1
analysis and filing
of this information
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(U) The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
component responsible for collecting, developing, and
evaluating information of a
counterintelligence
nature to
detect and/or prevent penetration of the Agency' s
organization , employees and activities by foreign or
domestic organizations or individuals SRS conducted
research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
maintained records identifying personalities_ environments ,
and personal traits of individuals who had been of
counterintelligence interest over the years SRS maintained
liaigon with various government agencies in connection with
counterintelligence activities and coordinated the
counterintelligence effort throughout OS _ Using
organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
directly to the office of the Director of Security.
(U) Don Staton of the OPS /Management Staff was queried
regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre-
agsassination time period. MMr Staton made inquiries
relating to the above request and the OPS / Information
Management Officer (Ronda Allen Jretrieved retired policy
records for review The information on the mission and
function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office of
Security administrative and historical files as well as a
review of the security file on Marguerite D_ Stevens
3 (U) For your information, a page-bY-page review of
the documents contained in the Defectors File (12 volumes)
and Lee Harvey Oswald' s file (7 volumes) has not been
conducted for the purposes of this request _ Our efforts
were concentrated on the pre-assassination time frame
4 (U) This review was conducted by Katie Nakai
OPS /CD / IMB_ secure 40552
x
l.G~k_I_
Janet A Ecklund
Attachment
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
On 8 April'.1994, the complete set of. SRPOINTER and
HTLINGUAL 'security support files and: indexes held by" the
'Office of Security were destroyed in accordance with the
guidelines set forth in the approved Records Control
Schedules 31-76 and 31-83 and by the Office of General
Counsel
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MEMORANDUM_FOR: Terrt Terozaagon
RevLew Team
OfELce 6f Becurlty
VIA : Robert J_ EetLnger
Asb otant Ceneral Counaal
Lltigatlon DlvLelon
FROM: I8tephen RS DLRublo
Informatfon Management Officar
OfEzce Of Ganeral Coungal
SUBJECT : HTLINGUAL/ BRPOINTER Flle Debtruction
1 Thle reaponde Eo your memo Qf 9 February 1994
requeetLng contirmat:on that the Becurity bupport {ileb O:
the HTLINGUAL project are not the bubject Of a current
1tlgation {nventLgaeion, Or Other Inqulry that would
preciude thelr destruction pureuant to normal guldelinee for
recorde O: thte type_ A revlew Of OGC ELlea located no
currently acclve cagee involving tha HTLINGUAL project
Therefore OC no Objection to debtructlon OE the
{Llee Lf
auSGG_pcea byoyobjecptcoveg fecoragtdoapos_thon
achedule.
2 For your Informatlon I have attached a copy OE a
March 1990 memorandum Jn whlch OC provided guldande to Eba
DO regarding degtructlon Of MCHAOS ana HTLINGUAL project
flles _ According to that memorandum, fileg pertalning to
HTLINGUAL may be deetroyed only Lf: (1) they meet the
crIterla tor deatructlon on the applicable NARA
recorde dlepoeItLon achedule; (2) are Dot
reaponapyeoved
Co a
POIA or Prlvacy Act requebt Currently being proceaged by the
OfELce concerned; and (3) do not document Ehe' Initlacion,
Lmplementatlon, and terulnatlon Of the projecte , Or
conatitute ELlee On 0.8 _ pexeone Of forelga Intelligence
or
counterintell gence value whlch the Agency 10 requlred to
malntAin. Ao the attachment JndLcates_ NARA 8 requlrement
that the SBCI concuur In any propobed destructlon bab already
been met _
CV BX 2171358
DBCL OADR
DRV FM SBC 13-87.
S B C R B T
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S B C R E T
SUBJBCT: HTLINGUAL/ SRPOINTER Flle Dagtructlon
3 _ I apologlze for the delay In redpondlng to your
request _ Pleaee Let me Xnow Lf I may be of further
abelatance .
stephen K_DiRubio_
Attachment :
Aa gtated
2
9 6 C R B T
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r.4o
9 E C R B.T
SUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/ SRPOINTER Flle Degtruction
DCI/oac/REG/EKDIRubIogBka/76195 (6 Apr 94)
Dletrlbution:
Orlglnal Addrebbee
1 CC Reglatry
3
S B C R F *
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"A 66 'Y4 03817Fm1 USGOVERNENT
S3C99cE98330
MBMORANDUM FOR: C/OIT/TkB
FROM: M. George Jamabon
Chfat , LitIgation DvliLon , OGC
SUBJECT : DeastructLon Of MKCHAOS and HTLINGUAL
Project FIles
REFERENCE : Request for AuthorIzat_on to Ratala or
Destror QuestLonable Records ; 141C' s for
MHCHAOS ana HTLINGUAL Projects , Etom
IMS/MPO/ IRME , dated 18 December 1989
1 Tae roEerenoed cequest ge0ks concurrance Eor the
destructlon o8 MHCHAOS ana KTLINGUAL {4106 Sn accordance with
routine racorde destructLan schedules approved by the National
Archivist _ BubJect Eo the quel EIeatfons sat forth below , the
propoeed deseructlan can procead wIthout Jegal objection.
2 . On geveral occasjons over the . Past 12 years Do( IKS has
proposed thet tha Agency Identify and' destroy MHCHAOS and
HTLINGUAL racords In accardance WIeh routIne records
dastructIon schedules The @ajor IBabon not to do s0 hes been
the exlstence 0E HJtigation thet has nacess-tated retention of
Ehose records' WIth Ehe settlement Of the National bawyers
Guila I tIgation,
8 major Obbtacle to routioe racords
destructIon appeare to bave been @lfaLnated_
0
3 That cabe elone , however aoes not govern tha records
retention .Or_daseruetion o2 MCHAOB or HILINGUAL EIl0s In
addJEion, destructton Mey_proceed only Jo accordance with the
records d1epos_6i0n authorization Providad by the Archivist on
17 Mareh 1978 _ (Job Nob , NCI-263-77-18 ana NC1-263-78-1) The
aPrtovOI GIven by the Archivist 1s subject to esgentially the
fo1lowIag conaIElong : (1) {Ileg and documan68 Ehat are Ene
objects Of FOIA an4: PrIvay Act Fequests O5 those Jnvolved Jn
eny other JIt qation, are not to be destroyed; (2) files that
document the Init_ation, LmplementatLon, and terminaeLon of the
projects and other EIle5 On 0.6_ Persons of Eorelgn
Intex 1Jgence Or counterintell gence value which the Agency {5
requlred to maiatafn, are not to be destroyed; (3) n0 digposal
0lil occ4r prior to revfew and concurrance oe the Senata Select
Commtttee od Intelligedce _
4 .
Iq revlawing the materiale you have provlded, I have
been abla to conclude that thed SSCI Chalrmen , Birch Bayh , in
severa) geparate letters dated 6 AprI1 1978 informea the DCI
Ehat the Committee had no objacelon ta tba implementation of
Ehe records dLsposel Ilat3 aPproved by the ArChivist, In ny
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DLv"0ii rdo
vlew therefore, conaltion number (3) had been satlefLed.
AecordIngly, NIth be . except-on OE the Ca8o o8 HurtzYL
Itted stiates, there aprear to ba no `ongoIng court Cases
relating to MHCHAOS OrHTLINGUAL EIles ehat necees-eate the
retantLon o8 thoge materials . A11 HTLINGUAL materlals relatLng
Eo Iao T, Humlts , therefore. should b0 rataLned . In aaaition,
any)records Perta_atag to Dc , 61adey M, Peck (Peak_LYCTA)
Gbauld be retalaed , I am not awafo Of any other Matter8 that
woula reguire retentLon 0e che 21les at the pregent tIme , but
You should contact the Agency - 8 FOIA Cooranator 6o detenuiae
if there are a0y outstandaing FOIA or Prlvacy Act' requests
relatlng to MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAD that shoula not be destroyea
If 80 , MatarLals shoula be retaLaad Lo accordance wIeh the
ragutrements of Ebe Records Dlepo8ol Dlet. Flnallye of course,
Jnfocmation that the Agency must maIntala that 18 62 foreiqn
Intell gence value also Sboula not be destroyad.
4. I would 0J30 poLnt 'out that the tecms of the NatJonal
Lawyers Guila settlemant requlre tbat 4ll 4genctes Of the
Federal Government Jacluding the CIA, shali not 480 , release
o5 digclose , wIehIn or outsIde the dovernment_ sertain
InformaEIon relating to the Natfonal Lawyers Gufla and {e5
subunIes
0
Aceord_ngly, ff there Ls CIA informat_on derIved
ecOm the FBI ' : Jnveseigatlon relacing to the Natfonal Lawyars
GuIld, Aqancy recoras _ €Iles o5 Ind-ce8 mubt ba approprlately
ma rked 80 08 to
Pormit impienentatzoce&8
tbe settlement
agreemene . Tal8 Mean8 that _ to the extent MCHAOS recoras are
not Isolated bue are contatned Jn other Agency 24186 _ boqe
Meads 68 ensurIag that the informa tLon 13 not dIsseminated Must
ba @ade .
5 Please d0 not hesItate to contact Me 1} You bave any
quostiona .
NAx wys
George arkson
CC : C/ALD/OGC
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9 February 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR :
OGC/litigation STVE
FROM: Terri Eagal
Inforation Review Team
SUBJECT: Files Scheduled For Destruction
1 On 7 February 1994, this office was given direction
by Mr Archibald,; Legal Advisor for the Office of Security,
to deal directly with your office in reference to the
attached:
2 If you have any questions: about the attached,
please feel free: to call on (406152 Your prompt assistance
in this matter is greatly appreciated.
3 Thank you . for your coordination and cooperation in-
assisting the_Records Control Schedule Analysts; Terri Eagal
40615} and Tydia Hoffman 40616}
36t !
Information Review Team
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EECRET
9 December 1993
MEMORANDUM FOR : fames Archibald
office of security, Legal Advisor
FROM : ferri Eagal
Information Review Team
SUBJECT : HT LINGUAL Security Support Files/ SR POINTER
Files
On 7 December 1993_
1
this office coordinated with Barry
Zeeman of DO/ IMS on (47411/ in reference to the HT LINGUAL
SesuofEicsupporam Files_ SR POINTER Files I asked Mr Zeeman if
his any problems with_ our office ~desEoUct?or these
files as they were within our delines for des He
responded by saying that,they had retired their files in .1991 and
would have to look into it further On 8 Decenber 1993, MMr
Seenan called to say that his Office_ DO/ IMS _ had no problem with
uS-destroying our support files to their HT , LINGUAL project as
they` destroyed their files in the late 1980 ' s _ The few files
they retired: in 1991 were on the Adninistrative and Policy issues
of HT LINGUAL .
2 Since the DO no longer has a need for the information
in these files (list is attached) and has essentially approved
their destruction, we have SUPpjied to you cezfoRees of our own
Security Records Control Schedule which that these files
meet destruction criteria As you can see though , by the coment
on the SR POINTER Files we need to be sure there is no
litigation open before we destroy-
3 In light of paragraph 2, our office now awaits OGC
approval Your Coordination with OGC in this effort is greatly
appreciated: Please note. destruction of these files include the
SR POINTER name index which is utilized by this office
for the Freedom Of Information
fcererolX)
Act and Privacy Act (PA)
cases Destruction 0f this index will aid in decreasing
unnecessary review and research on part of FOIA and PA
4 _ Thank you If we can be of assistance to_ you;,
please_call either BarbarazDeavers on
882685
{erri Eagal On /40615_
or (Lydia Hoffman on 7406153
%ew &n?z
Information Review Team
Distribution
Original Jim Archibald
CC Len Kaplan
CL BY '2039256
DECL OADR
DRV FM SEC 13-87
SECRET
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(ilr$ 101 NTjcic
"SECrEfAt ioN,
Voi iimi 01"/m"; |1|(n N';imib iiim' Rcs
31-83 Jecurtty F4le Revlew_
Lists of securIty fiieg EeceLved by
External EMPORA RY _ Destroy when 6 months old_
Actfvitlee Branch: pezgonnen 1n connect Ion wIth
external act-vltlee Sequesee and cover ana
pocumentatton mattete
29 JecurAtY_Duty Oft!ee2ie er24ng FIlee .
Kecurtty Duty Ofdyce 4veht3 reports= Duplicate TEMPORARY Destroy 5 years after
koples of reporte 2ee py Security Duty Futoff_ Cut off at of each
pfficers conceritne 1; natauals who contact the calendar year, hold in current ffles
Agency
(Pubridiad Ee: Federal Regleter' area for 2 years, transfer to AARC for
KIA-51, Not-ecagr Syetems of Recordb 3 year8, then destroy.
{prIvacy: Act; DeFederal Regieter muet
pe amended #8 changea or
lagcontInued #
30 Securtty Du8ec 0 600 Seerational ana
Ingtructloncz
Copled 19
eport8 _ guara pobt TEPORARY Destroy when superseded
Inetrice94 Euc officer rosterb, bbsolete , or no longer needed _
Recoga zequests for telephone TEMPORARY Destroy 3 yearb after
badku cutoff. Cut off when backstop.
larrangement 18 term nated , hold In
current ffleg area 3 years , then
laestroy .
31 Secusl 2ee.
Recora orrespondence and reports on TEMPORA RY Destroy 3 years after
eperag dlee In connection wfth cutoff Cut off at terination of
OffLc? projects _ project , hola Jn current ffles area
for 1 year transfer to AARC for
2 years, then destroy
IREUNU 4 SCHEDULE (^ sii^iimN
Drimn ~SHEET
SECRET 35
Log-
Jed end
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for
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Rcs
schciul [ New
ittm No(s ) itcM Files identif iCatiOn
~~SET"
VOLUME d ispos /T iON imstruct / ONS No,
SPECIAL PRQUJBcI MATERIAL
Record Copies Of reports pertaining to Temprary Hola in current file
the SRFOMNTER' Project. (Disoontinuea) area
until litigation concluded
then
destroy .
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Securi Support Files_ for AT LINGUAL SR POINTER Files
David G_ Ellis
Mai} Intercept Program
{cAuley; Peter Fx SFN 156003
'McAuleysPeter E:
99358 PROJECT CHAPERON
OS-PROJECT POINTER
PROJECT SETTER SFN 159144
PROJECT SETTER
SRINDIAN SEN 507356
PROJECT SRINDIAN
SR POINTER/REDSKIN
SR POINTER
PROJECT SR POINTER
PROJECT SR POINTER Cuban Watch List
SR POINTER HT LINGUAL Material Duplicated from CI Staff:
Report JAN 29 75
Draft Memorandum on Background -of SR POINTER Prepared
23DEC74
OS Personnel Directly and Indirectly Involved with SR
POINTER
WESTPOINTER SFN 583870
PROJECT WESTPOINTER
SSD Mail Cover
U.S . Post Office Liaison
File with no name related to Mail
SR POINTER INDEX
VOL 1 SFN 93466 SR POINTER 'GENERAL
VOL 2 SFN 93466 SR POINTER GENERAL
VOL 3 Record of BANJOES Received
VOL 4 PROJECT HT LINGUAL Clearance #90079 29NOV56-29NOV63
VOL 5 SR POINTER General Aduin and Policy April 63
VOL 6 Original SR POINTER Documents
VOL .7 Documents Reviewed by George Clark OGC
VOL 8 SR POINTER SFN 119144 Informant BANJO
VOL 9 PROJECT SR POINTER Admin 1lJUN52-SFEB58 #77826
VOL 10 HT LINGUAL Statistics SEN 119144
VOL 11 SR POINTER GENERAL SEN 93466
VOL 12 PROJECT Outline and Cronology #77826
VOL 13 Record of BANJOES Received (VOL 6)
VOb 14 SR POINTER Statistics JAN68-MAR70
VOL 15 SR POINTER
VOL 16 SR POINTER GENERAL File Admin and Policy 18JAN62 -
29MAR63
VOL 17 SR POINTER 13MAR70 #90079
VOL 18 SR POINTER GENERAL File Aduin and Ploicy 27JUL54 -
19DEC61
VOL 19 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 1FEBS6-2SEP58 Memos to CI
Staff
VOL 20 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 9SEP58-1SAUG60 Memos to CI
Staff
ty
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Security Support Files for HT LINGUAL SR POINTER Files
VOL 21 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 26AUG60-6JUN62 Memos to CI
Staff
VOL 22 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 25JUN62-25MAR64 Memos to CI
Staff
VOL 23 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 2JUL53-27DEC57
VOL 24 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special:
BANJO File 8JAN58-22DEC58
VOL 25 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 7JANS9-22DEC60
VOL 26 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 3JAN61-27DEC61
VOL 27 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 23JAN63-2MAR64
VOL 28 PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 25MAR64-23DEC64
VOL 29 PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 4JAN66-29MAR67
VOL 30 PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 3OMAR67
VOL 31 FANFOLD Coding System #90079
VOL 32 Watch List JAN66
VOL 33 '#90079 DC Survey
VOL 34 #94866 Radio MOSCOw
VOL 35 SFN 77826 PROJECT SR POINTER Post Office Department,
Relations With
VOL 36 PROJECT DAYLIGHT SFN 243550
VOL 37 Review of HT LINGUAL Project Outline 1OAUG59
VOL 38 POINTER
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8R: POINTER Information
HT LINGUAL- A DO. project Opening 0 S:: citizen %8 mail going
to:other countries (mostly Soviet. Union): 6
mail incoming
from other countries: (1950 '9) Most mail was opened: in NY
Actual; opening monitoring Of mail asgigned to.OS with 'info
tuzned over to the DO :
SR POINTERH; OS name_for: HT LINGOAL:
WESTPOINTER-" : Opening mafl_ in San; Frangico (also know" as MK_
SOURDOUGH) Targeted Che_Chinese}
PROJECT_ INDIAN- Targeted: mail: to/ from Ravistan;
BANJO: Actual: letters (copies) intercepted
PROJECT SETTER-.Mail: opened in New Orleans targeting South
America
Project was. exposed in Rockefellar Comission report;
Project_ names release with JFK info:
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CONFIDENTIAL
06 December 1993
MEMORANDUM FOR : Phil Boycan
Services Team Leader
FROM: Willian Marshall
Services Team
SUBJECT : Transfer of POINTER and related files
REFERENCE : Memorandum, dated 23 November 1993from
Leonard_Kaplan) (C/IRT) to Jim Archibald
(OGC)
Memorandum , dated 23 November 1993,
from ( Jim Archibald (OGC) to Leonard
Kaplan (C/IRT)
1 On 30 November 1993, Investigations and Services Branch
(IGSB) received a copy of an Office of General Counsel (OGC)
memorandum, dated 23 November 1993_ wherein Jim Archibald
advised that it would be prudent for IESB to transfer the
below list of files to the Information Review Team IRT)
2 _ In accordance with this memorandum, IeSB (3s04
(Stafford) transferred the below list of files on 06_
December 1993 to [Leonard Kaplan (c/IRT) via IBarbara Deavers
(G20 Stafford)
3 Therefore, as of 06 December 19930 ICSB considers
itself absolved of the responsibility as custodian of the
files Conversely, as of 06 December
1
IRT assumes the
responsibility as custodian of the files_
FILES TRANSFERRED FROM 0S/IcSB TO OS/IRT:
1 . HT LINGUAL (BANJO) 0119144
2 WESTPOINTER 0583870
3 _ SR POINTER No case number visible
4 DAVID G ELLIS FILE No case nuber visible
5 _ PROJECT INDIAN No case number visible
(Continued on next page)
WARNING NOTICE CL BY 0701140
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES DECL OADR
OR METHODS INVOLVED DERV FRM COV 1-82
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6 _ HT LINGUAL 0090079
SR POINTER/OS PERSONNEL No case number visible
8 _ HT LINGUAL 0090079
9 _ PROJECT HT LINGUAL 0090079
10 _ HT LINGUAL 0090079.
11- SR POINTER 0077826
12_ SR POINTER 0093466
13 SR POINTER (BANJO) 0119144
14 - SR POINTER (BANJO) 0119144
15_ WATCH LIST No case nuber visible
16_ HT LINGUAL 0119144
17 _ DC SURVEY 0090079
18 . PROJECT DAYLIGHT 0243550
19_ SR POINTER (CUBAN WATCHLIST) No case nuber visible
20 _ HT LINGUAL (BANJO) 0119144
21. HT LINGUAL No case number visible
22 _ SR POINTER (BANJO) 0119144
23 _ RADIO AMATEURS IN USSR No case number visible
24. FANFOLD CODING SYSTEM. 0090079
25 _ SR POINTER (MAPS) No case number visible
26 _ RADIO MOSCOW 0094866
27 PROJECT CHAPERON 0099358
28 SR POINTER No case nuber visible
29_ MAIL INTERCEPT PROGRAM _ No case number visible
30 _ SR POINTER 0090079
31 PROJECT OUTLINE CHRONO/ SR POINTER 0077826
32 _ PETER MEAUEEY 0156003
33 _ US POST OFFICE LIAISON No case number visible
34 _ SSD MAIL COVER No case nuber visible
35 _ PROJECT SETTER 0159144
36 _ SR POINTER/REDSKIN No case nuber visible
37 _ SR POINTER No case nuber visible
38 OS PROJECT POINTER No case nuber visible
39 RECORD OF BANJOES No case nuber visible
40 _ SR POINTER/AT LINGUAL No case number visible
41 _ SR POINTER No case number visible
42 _ HT LINGUAL No case nuber visible
43 _ SR POINTER 0090079
44 _ ORIGINAL SR POINTER No case nuber visible
45 _ SR POINTER BANJO 0119144
46 _ SR POINTER_ BANJO 0119144
47 SR POINTER_ BANJO 0119144
48 _ HT LINGUAL 0119144
49 _ SR POINTER No case nuber visible
(Continued)
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50_ PROJECT HT LINGUAL 0090079
51 PROJECT SR POINTER 0077826
52 _ SR POINTER 0093466
'53_ SR POINTER 0093466
54 _ SR POINTER No case number visible
55'_ BANJO No case nuber visible
56 _ CIAUDETTE BoUFFARD No case nuber visible
57 CLARE LENK No case number visible
58 _ STOLEN AGENCY CREDENTIAL _ No case number visible
59_ SR POINTER 0090079
&iLAu]
William Marshall (C)
OST IESB
Barbara Deavers (C)
OS7IRT
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UNCLASSTFIED NTFRNAL CONFIENTIAL SECRET
USE ONY
ROUMING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Opone)
REMOVAL OF SRPOINTER FILES FROM '{3804 STAFFORD TO {G20 STAFFORD
FrOM: BXENSION M
Leonard M Kaplan
C IRT 40285 DaTE
G20 Stafford
23 Nov 93
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CONFIDENTIAL
23 November 1993
MEMORANDUM FOR: Janes Archibald? OS_Legal Advisor
6N20 Stafford Building
FROM: Leonard M_ Kaplan
Chief Information Review Team
Office of Security
SOBJECT : Removal of SRPOINTER 'Files from 3804
[Stafford (IeSB) to G20 Stafford IRT)
1 Per a telephonic conversation with Will Marshall of
the OS/ Investigations and Services Branch (ICSB) this memo
will formally request a transfer/relocation Of the noted
SRPOINTER files to OS/ Information Review Team (IRT)
2 IESB 18 currently bolding the SRPOINTER files as
Mr _ John Daley formerly an IiSB Security Officer, served as
the OS referent as well as for his historical perspectives
of the files_ Mr Daley has since retired and it has been
informally agreed that IRT will serve a8 the' focal point
holder of the files_
3 _ A formal transfer will serve to alleviate I&SB's
role a8 an "intermediary" in the occasional to frequent use
of the SRPOINTER files for IRT S formal responses to Freedom
Of Information' and Privacy Act requests _ Additionally,
as
IRT serves a8 the focal point for other public and Agency
requests, it is necessary to reference tbese_ files _
4 Your concurrence i8 required per CIESB
instructions for a formal move of the SRPOINTER files fIom
3304 Stafford to G20 Stafford?
Lz9 ]
Itn)
Leonard MJ Kaplan
Sumu Ox ^l
Concurrence:
James Archibald
WARNING NOTICE CL BY 2129112
INTELLIGENCE SOORCES DECL OADR
OR METHODS INVOLVED DERV FRM COV 1-82
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL
USE ONLY
ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT (Optinal)
Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
FROM Extension NO_
J. Barry Harrelson CSI 97-210
Historca] Review GroupICSi
DATE
2E20IPB 31825 9 1997
TO (Ofcer designation, room, and building) DATE
OFFICIALS COMMENTS (Number each comment t0 show from wtom
REcENED Foawarded INITALS t0 whom Draw a line across column after each comment )
1. John Pereira, CMHRG
'2E20.IPB 9mN1t
2
Janet A Ecklund
CNMB; OPS
'1S12 Staftord
5. J. Barry Harrelson
CSIMRG
2E20 IPB_
6
8
10.
12
13_
14
FORM USE ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL
1-92
610 (eF)
EDITIONS USE ONLY
May
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
CSI 97-210
9 May 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief_ Information Management Branch
Office of Personnel Security
VIA : Chief , Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
FROM: J Barry Harrelson
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
SUBJECT: Request No _ CIA-16 from JFK Boara
REFERENCE : A Memo for C/IMB , dta 27 Feb _ 97 ,
Same Subject
B _ Memo for DA/DO IROs (CSI 97-062) _
ata 31 Jan 97
The following actions need to be taken to complete the
Agency' s response to the JFK Board' s Request for Additional
Information _ and Records_ No CIA-16 (Oswald Pre_Assassination
Files) :
a_ Response to Request : CIA has to provide an official
response that will become a part of the public record_ The
response shoula be a releasable version of your memorandum Of
27 February 1997 ; according to the classification markings, most
of the text is unclassified_ I recommend that you sena me an
annotated copy indicating what can be released_ I will prepare
the response and coordinate it with you_ Also please review the
attachments to the memorandum for pobsible release _ The JFK
Board may consider documentation of the destruction of
potentially relevant files as assassination records HRG will
handle any additional coordination (OGC _ DO_ etc.) required.
b Transfer of_ Oswald's_ OS_File(#0351164): The original
Office of Security subject file on Oswald currently held by the
Office of Personnel Security should be transferred to the
Historical Review Group The file will be incorporated into the
Agency' s JFK Assassination Collection ana reviewed for release
under the JFK Act of 1992 Most documents in this file will
probably be duplicates of documents in the HSCA sequesterea
material hela HRG _ however under the JFK law all 0d Oswala"
fileis are considered assassination records The ARRB staff has
asked for access to the file when practical_
ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
SUBJECT : Request No _ CIA-16 from JFK Boara
OCt Defectors_ File 1#0341008) : The ARRB staff has requested
access to the parts of the Defector File that contain the Oswala
documents items a-f, listed in your 27 February memorandum _
(We were unable to locate documents "e" and n f" in the HSCA
sequestered collection. ) Assassination- and Oswala-related
documents in this file will most likely be declared assassination
records _ HRG will handle any third Agency coordination required_
Please let me know when it will be possible to give the ARRB
staff access to the files_ The access is considered for back-
grouna purposes only, and any notes taken will be reviewed by
your staff and HRG If a file is considered sensitive_ access
can be restricted to one ARRB staff member and monitored by your
staff_ The review can take place either at your office or in
HRG _ If you any questions , please give me a call, secure 31825 _
J Barry Harrelson
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ADMINISTRATIVE ' INTERNAL USE ONLY
SUBJECT: Request No CIA-16 from JFK Board
DC/eSI HRG / JBHarrelson:bas/*31806, (9 May 97 )
g:hrg/req#16OS.doc
Distribution_
Original Addressee
C/IPECRD
Linda Cipriani OGC
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Harrelson
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5 June 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT : Review of OS Records on LHO and Defectors
FROM: Gary M. Breneman_ IC
1 Over the course of three half days _ 29 May , 2 and 4
June _ 1997 ARRB Staff member Michelle Combs reviewed the
Office of Security files on Lee Harvey Oswala and a multi-
volume file collection entitled 0 Defectors These were
made available by Ms: Janet Eckluna in OS offices in
Stafford Building_
2 At the request of OS , the undersigned was present
during the review Mrs Combs took notes of items of
interest and put_yellow stickies on a number of documents _
She advised Vsl Eeklund that she (Mrs Combs) would write a
memorandum on wnat-she had done and pass it to Mr Gunn _
Further she advised that Mr Gunn might want review the
files personally _
3 Ms:: Feklund stated she would keep these files
segregated witthin her office for quick retrieval if we
wanted to see them again_
Gary Breneman
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27 October 1997
MEMORANDUM EOR THE RECORD
EROM: Janet A Ecklund
Chief Information Management Branch
Office Of Personnel Security
SOBJECT : OSWALD, LEE HARVEY ,
AIN : 0351164
1_ The Office of Personnel Security was tasked on 31
January 1997 the Historical Review Group/Center for the study
Of Intelligence (HRG/CSI) _ via the Directorate of
Administration/Information Review Office, with researching pre_
assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The tasking was
generated by the John F, Kennedv Rera"S-desire to review and
declassify relevant material_ The results of this review were
forwarded to the #KG/CSI on 21 February 1997 _
2 During the Informazion Management Branch' s
(IB) research in response to the_ above tasking it was noted that
Volue V of the Oswald files Ias not on the shelf where Volumes
I-IV and VI-VII were located . A search of the entire area where
the volumes had been maintaine;
failed to locate Volume V_ The
IB Files Section was subsequeqtly charged With conducting an
all out search for the missing vojume_ The search failed to find
Volume V
3 In July 1997
1
the Oswald files were reviewed page by
page prior to being turned over to HRGICSI and another attempt
was made to locate Volume V or Eo locate persons who might know
what happened to it. Volume V not located nor were any
persons located who were knowleageable Of its status
4 . During the complete review of the Oswald files no
time gap was apparent and no one was located who could recall
ever seeing Volume V This would suggest that either Volume V
had been consolidated into other volumes or that Volume V never
existed but that a nubering error resulted in what should have
been Volume V being labeled as Volume VI - The use of Roman
numerals on the cover of the volumes might have caused this
error to occur.
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Central Intelligence Agency
#6
Ats
Washington, DC 20505
24 December 1997
Dr_ T Jeremy Gunn
Executive Director
Assassination Records Review Board_
600 E_ Street _ N.W _ (2nd Floor)
TONS
Washington, D.C _ 20530
NEl
Dear Dr Gunn :
Re : Request for Additional Information and Records
No CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) and
No _ CIA-IR-24 (Defector File)
This is a partial response to the ARRB ' s referent
request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had
on Lee Harvey Oswald_ It is believed the following comments
and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of
Security questions The DO response is pending
1 At Tab A is a 22 December 1997 memorandum
containing information from the Agency - s Office of Personnel
Security which provides details about the files it had on
Oswald prior to the assassination plus when and why they
were created. These include the Office of Security file on
Oswald, a , general file on Americans who had defected to
another country and inforation about HTLINGUAL files
2 Also enclosed at Tab B is a 27 October 1977
memorandum from the Office of Personal Security which
explains the numbering of that Office' s file on Oswald. In
particular_ it explains why the "missing- volume V may never
have existed.
3 An ARRB staff member has reviewed the Oswald
Security file- and the file on American defectors
4 _ The Oswald Office of Personnel Security file and
those pages of the defector file deemed relevant by the ARRB
staff member have been forwarded to HRG for review and will
be processed according to current release guidelines
If you have any questions about this response , please
advise
Sincerely,
J _ Barry Harrelson
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22 December 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
1 Pursuant to ARRB "Resquet No . CIA-16_ the Office of
Personnel Security conducted research for and existing pre-
assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The following
responses are provided to those questions which pertain to
the Office of Personnel Security (OPS) These responses are
the best reasonable answers based on available information
Please note OPS was known as the Office of Security prior to
1 October 1994 .
Question 1: Please identify as specifically as
possible, each file held by CIA on Oswala at the time
of the assassination of President Kennedy _
Response: At the time of the assassination, the Office
of Security (OS) held two files which contained information
on Lee Harvey Oswald_ One file entitled Defectors File
(#0341008 ) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, and
the second file was Office of Security subject file on Lee
Harvey Oswald #0351164) This information was reflected in
the automated security database know as the Management Data
Program/ Personnel Security (MDP / PS) These files were
originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the
above numbers circa 1964 _ A hand search was also conducted
of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated
system _ This hand search' produced the same results as the
automated search of MDP /PS _
2 Within the ARRB request is specific mention of an
HTLINGUAL file MDP /PS reflects OS maintained four official
files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file) _
#0090079 _ #0093466 (a general file) and #0119144 All of
the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
with nuerous soft files Since this material has been
destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files
contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswala. The search
of Oswald' s name did not produce an index reference to any
of these files Attached is all of the available
information regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL
files This information was retrieved from the Information
Management Branch/ Records Control Section and from a review
of general office administrative files
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Question For other than the 201-289248 file on
Oswala, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the
purpose for the: opening of the file_ and the docuents that
were in the file at the time of the assassination
Regponse: As noted above _ all HTLINGUAL files have been
destroyea_ Since OS files are usually set up in
chronological sequence a search of files with numbers in
close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was
undertaken This search revealed the approximate opening
dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:
#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
#0119144 Opened approximately May 1955
3 HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
involving the opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to
and from the Soviet Union_ China Pakistan. and South
America In the Office of Security this project was known
as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER
INDIAN _ BANJO , an SETTER The Office of Security actually
conducted the opening and monitoring of mail with the
acquired information being referred to the Directorate of
Operations
4 The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
defecting to other countries and information regarding
foreign nationals considering defection to the United states
This file contained information was from press clippings
Directorate of Operations reporting the Federal Bureau of
Investigation_ the Department of State and the various armed
services The pre-assassination documents located in this
file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:
a Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
entitled "U.S Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at
15"
b Department of State memorandum dated 25 October
1960 with attached list of American 0 defectors It
from May 1959 to October 1960
Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
31 October 1960 from M. D Stevens subject :
American Defectors
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d Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
1 November 1960 from M_ D Stevens _ subject:
American Defectors
Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
1961
f Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing
known defectors to the USSR , Red: China_ Cuba _ and
United Arab Republic_
5 The index reference to the Defectors File
identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
the Defector Machine Listing_ This listing was a computer
printout Of defectors and provided limited biographic data
on each name This listing was maintained separately from
the actual Defectors File; notations within the Defectors
File show the Defector Machine Listing as permanently
charged to the Security Analysis Group of the Office of
Security- Efforts to locate this listing or determine its
disposition have been unsuccessful
6 _ Information regarding the purpose of: the Defectors
File was
gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings
An employee of this Office was recalls the Defector Machine
Listing as being approximately one and one-half inches thick
and in two parts One part consisted 0f an alphabetical
index of defector names with assigned numbers _
The second
part listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and
contained the limited biographic data on each name
7 _ The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
(#0351164) was established circa 1960 _ It appears this file
was created as a separate repository for the numerous press
clippings and reports received from other government
agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
and his activities following his return to the United
States The first volume of this file. appears to have been
preservea as the pre-assassination file, and the documents
contained in this file are as follows :
a Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
dated 31 October 1959
b The Washington _ Post press clipping datea
1 November 1959 entitled 0 Ex-Marine Asks Soviet
Citizenship"
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C Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow
dated 2 November 1959
d Department of state telegram #1448 from Tokyo
datea 9 November 1959
Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
dated 9 November 1959
f The Washington_ Post press clipping dated 16
November 1959 entitled "Rebuffed"
g _ Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November
1959 entitled "U.S Defector to Reds Turned to
Marx at 15"
h_ Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960
1 . Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
13 April 1961
j Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated
May 1961 with enclosure of Oswala letter
k_ Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated
3 July 1961 from Dallas_ Texas
1 Note to CIISI datea 28 September 1961
m Form 745 Indices Search Request- datea
12 October 1961
n Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow
dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure
Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
Service name check form to Central Intelligence
Agency datea 5 December 1961
p Navy Departient message to Moscow dated
3 March 1962
q Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
enclosure
r The_Washington Post press clipping dated
9 June 1962 entitled "Third American in 2 Months
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Leaves Soviet Home
S _ Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
of report from Dallas, Texas _ dated 30 August
1962
8 In addition to those documents listed above_ the
following documents were located in a subsequent volume of
the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination
of President . Kennedy _
t Undated summary of file information on Lee
Harvey Oswala
40 Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswala)
V Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswala)
W _ Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated
9 October 1963
X_ Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City datea
10 October 1963
Y _ Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated
24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswala)
Question 4 : To the extent that Counterintelligence
ana the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination
files on Oswald, please explain why those offices
maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination_
In answering this question_ please make appropriate
references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)
and to any other materials (including organizational
charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional ana
organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files
Response: It is believed that OS holdings on Lee
Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia during
which he renounced his US citizenship_ Oswald was in
contact with the American Embassy in Moscow , and the
Department of state prepared reports on these contacts
Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns the
Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
of these reports _ In the beginning this material was
probably retained in the Defectors File As the number of
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documents increased, a separate file was created to be the
repository of information on the alleged American defector
There is a notation in the Defectors File that a separate
file exists on Oswala_
9 Both the Defectors File #0341008) and the file of
Lee Harvey Oswala #0351164) were handled by Marguerite D_
stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-
assassination time frame Of the documents listed above , a
majority Of them contain a notation or the initials of
Marguerite D Stevens _ leading one to believe she was the
officer responsible for the collection analysis_ and filing
of this information
10 _ The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
component responsible for collecting, developing and
evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to
detect and/or- prevent penetration of the Agency S
organization, employees and activities by foreign or
domestic organizations or individuals SRS conducted
research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
maintained records identifying personalities _ environments _
and personal traits of individuals who had been of
counterintelligence interest over the years SRS maintained
liaison with various government agencies in connection with
counterintelligence activities and coordinated the
counterintelligence effort throughout OS _ Using
organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
directly to the office of the Director of Security_
11. A representataive of the Office of Personnel
Security IManagement Staff was queried regarding the mission
ana functions of SRS during the pre-assassination time
period. He made inquiries relating to the above request
and the OPS_ Information Management Officer retrieved retired
policy records for review_ The information on the mission
and function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office
of Security administrative and historical files as well as a
review of the security file on Marguerite D Stevens
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CIA SP
CO LFCTIONS
RElj) UY
rGil
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16 September 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR : Ms Laura Denk
Executive Director ARRB
FROM : J _ Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer _ HRP / OIM
SUBJECT: CIA-16 , Oswala Pre-Assassination Files
1 This is further to my letter of 24 December 1997 in
response to referent request _
2 That letter was a partial response which provided
the Office of Personnel Security' s information_ The
Directorate of Operations (DO) response was still pending_
The DO response was provided on 2 September 1998 and it is
attached.
3 Please note that both responses are contained in the
Agency S Compliance Declaration dated 2 September 1998 at
Attachment V(2 )
4 This completes the Agency- S action on CIA-16 _ If
you have any questions about this matter please advise
Sincerely,
J . Barry Harrelso
Encl _ Als
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DO Response to Board Request CIA 16
Oswala Pre-Assassination Files
The Directorate of Operations reviewea the D
records to determine if there were any additional files
containing pre-assassination records relating to
Oswala_ Research identifiea a document in the Oswala
201 which appearea to be a file inventory _ The
docuent identifiea CI Staff as the file custodian _
CIC has confirmed that all CI Staff holdings Were
incorporated into the 201 _
Prior to establishing a 201_ any documents received
woula have been placea in an operational interest file_
We found no reference to the existence of an
operational file_ If such a file had existed, however _
it migbt not have been registered in the central index
It was standard procedures that upon opening a 201, the
documents from an interest file woula be transferred to
the 201_
Given that Oswala was a subject of the HTLINGUAL
operation, it is reasonable to believe that there was a
file On him _ We destroyea all of the HTLINGUAL files
under court order_ ana no recora was made of what files
existed. We aid not review all Of the D record system
to' destroy all copies of material which may have been
derivea from HTLINGUAL material We know for
instance _ that there are HTLINGUAL items related to
Oswala in the HSCA sequesterea collection
In sum , the 201 on Oswala contains all the
information we are aware of that we had prior to the
assassination