</s>Doc ID: 6878907 DO: ID: A426941 Date:10/13/95 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: 144-10001-10164 RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER #: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : DOD FROM : TO : NSA TITLE : HCSA REQUEST FOR NSA MATERIAL ON KENNEDY ASSASSINTATION DATE : 11/14/78 PAGES : DIPLOMATIC SUBJECTS : DIPLIOMATIO PRODUCT REPORTS CUBAN COMMUNICATIONS CUBAR REPONSIATIONS CUBAM REPONS/TRANSLATIONS DOCUMENTS TYPE : MEMORANDUM, LETTERS DOCUMERT TYPE : 1B CLASSIFICATIONS : 1 B RESTRICTIONS : 1b CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/12/95 CURRENT STATION : P OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINSATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFK, AND THE REV. DR. MILK, JR.

Summary  
The documents detail requests and responses related to the U.S. government’s investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A 1978 request by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) sought materials from the Department of Defense, including records on presidential protection in 1963, personnel present in Dallas during the assassination, and information on Lee Harvey Oswald. The Department of Defense acknowledged receipt of the request but did not provide specific findings.  

A separate NSA memorandum dated June 1978 outlines extensive reviews of signals intelligence (SIGINT) files over 14 years to identify any relevance to Kennedy’s assassination. These reviews included Cuban communications, Soviet traffic, and materials related to Oswald, Jack Ruby, and Marina Oswald. The NSA concluded that no significant intelligence material linked Cuba or other entities to the assassination. Specific findings included four Cuban diplomatic messages referencing Oswald’s visa activities and comments on the assassination (dated late November 1963), three Cuban military reports noting lack of alert status post-assassination, and a 1962 Cuban message about an assassination in Puerto Rico.  

Key People  
- **Harold Brown**: Secretary of Defense, recipient of the HSCA request.  
- **G. Robert Blakey**: Chief Counsel for the HSCA, initiator of the request for materials.  
- **Eugene F. Yeates**: NSA official summarizing findings on Cuban involvement.  
- **Lee Harvey Oswald**: Central figure in the assassination investigation; referenced in multiple documents.  
- **Jack Ruby**: Mentioned as a person of interest related to the assassination.  
- **Marina Oswald**: Lee Harvey Oswald’s wife, noted in records.  

Key Locations  
- **Dallas, Texas**: Site of the assassination and focus of personnel investigations.  
- **Cuba**: Subject of communications reviews and diplomatic messages.  
- **Puerto Rico**: Mentioned in a 1962 Cuban intelligence message.  
- **Washington, D.C.**: Headquarters for the Department of Defense and HSCA.  

Key Events  
- **Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)**: Central event under investigation.  
- **Warren Commission (1964)**: Requested NSA review of materials related to the assassination.  
- **Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and Senate Select Committee (SSC)**: Conducted reviews of Cuban agent networks and related materials.  
- **House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)**: Initiated requests for records and intelligence assessments in 1978.  

Key Organizations  
- **National Security Agency (NSA)**: Conducted extensive SIGINT reviews and provided summaries of findings.  
- **Department of Defense (DOD)**: Responded to HSCA requests regarding presidential protection records.  
- **House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)**: Primary requester of materials and information.  
- **Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**: Mentioned in context of potential Cuban-CIA links, though no direct findings were reported.

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10164.pdf

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