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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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5 Oecember 1996
MEMORANOUM FOR: Fredrick C. Wickham 00
00 JFK Focal Poiat
FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
CSIIHRG
JFK Project Officer
SUBJECT: Priority Requests from ARRB Staff
REFERENCE:
REQUESTS:
1. The ARRB Staff is planning to interview Russ Holmes about his JFK Ancillary (working) Files Oave Marwell has requested that
Holmes be given on one clearance so that he can look t0 the files. How do you want to handle?
2 Has David Vance Vanek (SSN 482336.55277) ever worked for the Agency (0O1? Vanek is an amy officer who served in
Thailand and Vietnan; could have beea detailed t0 Agency: He figures in one of the conspiracy theories that the ARRB staff is currently
taking depositions 0, Can 0O check or is this an OP issue ~ we have not had a lot of luck with OP. Initially the ARRB staff was going
to make this & fomal request; but agreed to hold off for the moment The theory involves counter-terrorism training and the death of an
American with knowledge of JFK assassination.
3. Agency Officers in Moscow : The ARRB staff is researching Oswald's contacts in Moscow: The records shows that he came into
contact with other Americans besides Snyder (the Consular Officerh: Gunn requested a list of the CIA officers in Moscow a few weeks
ag0. Based on discussions with Ellie, etc_ told him a list did not exist &nd would be considered very sensitive if we did prepare one:
ask him to be more specific; if he had names, we would check against Agency records Since then his staff has located a list of senior
officers in Moscow prepared for the HSCA (Eileen has copyl He has QOW resurrected his requests Let discuss the next step:
4 Did Mrs: G. Stanley Brown (Verna Deane Stebbens Brown, born 12 August 1928/ work for the Agency; what was her status
when she was in Moscow &s Embassy receptionistlsecretary? She is the wife of George Stanley Brown, an Agency employee from
1952-1962 According to the ARRB staff, she had contact with Oswald (see item #31.
will give you a call on Friday to discuss our responses Co the above request_
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October 27, 1996
CIA SPRCIAL COLLECTIONS
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Mr. Barry Harrelson
Historical Review
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Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 02505
Re: Status of Assassination Records Review Board Requests to CIA for
Additional Information and Records
Dear
Iam writing to follow-up on our letter of October 7 , 1996, regarding the status of_
Assassination Records Review Board requests for information and records from the
CIA
Formal Requests:
CIA-1
Review Board staff review continues. No CLA action needed at this time:
CIA-6 (Cables and dispatches)
CIA has agreed to make records available (or to have a response by
November 1, 1996.
CIA-7 (Histories)
Counterintelligence CIA has made material available and Review Board
staff examination is ongoing:
Mexico The Review Board awaits CLA's compilation of the portion
of the Mexico Station history that was shown to G. Robert
BoARD MemBeas: 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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Other Histories No response has been received t0 our agreement that
CIA identify within two weeks the histories that can be made available
and those that should be subject to further discussions
CIA-8 (Intelligence community staff)
CIA had promised to provide a report to the Review Board within two
weeks: Nothing has been made available:
CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)
We have received no materials responsive to this request Additionally,
no
response has be received from CIA regarding the list of publications
that are identified in an LBJ Library finding aid that the Review Board
staff provided.
CIA-10 (Interagency source register)
CIA has not yet made available the records that it had agreed t0 provide
within two weeks: UJe $
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CIA-11 (Duran's original statement)
CIA has agreed to make some further attempts to locate Duran's original
statement.
CIA-12 (JMWAVE materials)
CIA has agreed to make materials available on a rolling basis
Informal requests:
Spas Rankin; CIA has made the Spas Rankin file available to the Review Board:
Review Board staff research continues. When research is complete, staff will
discuss issues with CIA' Ce cllecft~ P-(Lecl We
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NN23738. CLA is searching for cable number IN 23738 (7 July 1962): Cep-: Se
Marilyn Murrett CIA has made the Marilyn Murrett file available to the Review
Board. Review Board staff research continues: When research is complete, staff
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will discuss issues with CIA
HTLINGUAL: It is the Review Board staffs understanding that CIA continues
its search for HTLINGUAL records and will provide an oral briefing on the
subject: It is also our 'understanding that some HTLINGUAL records have been
located, but that they have not yet been made available to the Review Board:
Recent and additional informal requests that we have discussed with you:
Operational Reports for Cuban Exile Groups The Review Board staffhas been
unable to locate in the collection monthly 'operational reports for the DRE, CRC,
or MRR for the 'period between March 1963 and March 1964. Please advise us
whether these records exist and when we may review them:
MoscOw: CIA has been asked to search for additional information regarding
Mosco as discussed with Michelle Combs on October 24, 1996.
Tape: CLA has been asked t0 search for additional information regarding a tape
as discussed with Irene Marr on October 24, 1996.
Please let me know of any inaccuracies in this letter or any suggestions that you have:
Thank you for your help and cooperation:
Sincerely
T: Jeremy unh
General CounseI and Associate Director forResearch
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From: EJeremy Gunn
Subjedt RequestsitoCIAfor-Records-Related Information- UPDATE
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Theollowingrsa lstofour curent requests for inforation These ghould be
conslde e84o mabrequests for whidh we awaityour fesponse Ifyouhave any
aadlled 9e tons0ree ponses You should cali either Bob Skwirotor the anaiyets
jdentfediel Weare to formalize any of the requests into Our numbered
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pana 986 Vebs eixtilles Are aljfiles In callaction? CIA has &ny Combs
27o Tesponse edditon liles (eg;;personnel 201,etc ); wo would Iike t0
1036 Rquestthem:
pending 918/96 Saeijakn fike In Box 15 folder 34. -Who Is the person Combs
cigning tta DCD messages? :Did Raikin work for CIA? Did
he-workfor DCDOOO? What Is relationshlp batween
decuments in fila and Ralkdn?
pendlng: '96/36 Location ot cabla ldentified In JFK Legaspi
1923.0720.10.1829.650630 (Box34,F22) P 2 Cable
number (IN 24728) 7 July62. Wecan snd fax if helpful
Partial 9ie/98 MafD:Munet files: Are all files in coliection? If CIA Combs
responsa: hasranyadditional files (egn Parsonnel,201, etc:), we
10/96 would like t0 request them:
pending 936 Intonation on HTUNGUAL Combs
complete 9/96 Infomation on Angleton's filing system at Cl Combs
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pending: 1017/96 Location of DRE, CRC; MRA(?) monthly operational Legaspi
reports
pending. 10/2496 Tapes Mam
pending 10p2436 Mascow Combs
Pending 11/066/38 Tapes ot Atvarado Intenogation Marr
pending 12/1096 New Orleans; Hunter Leake, Clay Shaw, QKENCHANT , Legaspl
and ZRCLFF
pending 12/10/96 Claude Bames Capehart Skwrot
pending 01/07/87 Howard Guabker Gunn
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December 18, 1997 C^SPECLALCOLLECTIONS
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Mr: John Pereira
Chief
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Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 02505
Re: Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board's Requests for
Additional Infommation and Records_
Dear John:
Iam writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious
concern about the status of CLA's responses to the Review Board's requests for
additional information and records Although CIA has completed its responses to
several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of
requests have not been answered including some that were made more than two
years ag0. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be
forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers It is now
extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct
a proper follow-up ifnecessary: The issues that we can now identify as being of the
highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**) and we request
that they be answered within the next month: We request that the remaining requests
be answered by April 1, 1998.
The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal
requests for information and records, and second, a of the informal requests for
information and records Please let me know ifyour understanding ofany of the
following differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential dtscrepancies:
identified more fully below, the issues are: CIA-1 Organizational Material
CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03
HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CIA-RR-07 Claude
1i Barnes Capehart, CLA-IR-15 Electronic 'take" from Mexico City, CIA-IR-21 DRE
Monthly Operational Reports, CIA-IR-22
A Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison
Bo4ro Membeas: John R. Tunheim, Chair Henry F Graff Kermit ! Hall William L. Joyce Anna K_ Nelson
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Informal Requests
Each of the following informal requests was previously made to CIA For future
reference, will be referred to by the "Informal Request" (UR) number provided
below.
CIA-IR-01 -Personnel Assigned to Post from 1959-64 (see RIF 104-10065-10199).
This request is complete:
CLA-R-02 Location of Cable Identified in JFK 1993.07.20.10.18.29.650630.
This request is complete
#CIA-RR-03 Full Computer Search for List of Documents in HTLINGUAL File:
CIA agreed to undertake a computer run for all HTLINGUAL documents in
April 1997. To date, no response has been received by ARRB. All computer
searches for these documents should be documented in a formal letter for the
record:
#CIA-R-04 Disposition of Angleton's Files
The Review Board seeks to ensure that it has taken all reasonable steps to
account for any files that James Jesus Angleton possessed or controlled that
related to the assassination and to Lee Harvey Oswald Because of the perceived
controversy surrounding the disposition of Angleton's files, the Review Board
believes it prudent to obtain a clear understanding of the types of files that he
maintained and their ultimate disposition: (The Review Board does not seek to
explore any subjects in Angleton"s files beyond those that may have pertained to
the assassination) To date, CLA has made available certain documents provided
by the CIC and the case files for Mangold 0. CLA. The Review Board requests any
additional information in the possession of CIA that would explain the
disposition of Angleton's files:
In addition; the ARRB staffs review of the Mangold v. CIA files designated
additional documents from those files as assassination records: These documents
are: Tab D, documents Nos. 95, 109-116, 120, and 121; and from the Denied
they
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MEMORANDUM
July 20, 1998
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To: Jeremy Gunn
Executive Director
CC: Bob Skwirot
CIA Team Leader
From: Michelle Combs
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Associate Director for Research and Review
Subject: CIA-RR-01 Personnel Assigned to Post in 104-10065-10199 from 1959-1964
In response to ARRBs first informal request; CLA provided several documents from the
Directorate of Operations which contained lists of the CIA employees assigned to the
country post found in record number 104-10065-10199. These lists of CIA employees
were not designated as assassination records
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File 4.20.1 and 4.20.44
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12 September 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk
Executive Director_ ARRB
FROM: J_ Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer , HRP/OIM
SUBJECT : CIA-IR-1 . CIA Personnel Assigned to Post
from 1959-64
1 This is in response to referent request _
2 _ Searches were made for information responsive to
the request and materials were provided for examination by
ARRB staff_ No documents were selected for the JFK
Collection_
3 This concludes the Agency S action on this request _
If you have any question, please advise _
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J _ Barry Harre}
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