</s>Doc ID: 6878938 Doc Ref ID: A4268794 DATE: 10/08/98 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE: 1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY NUBER : 144-10001-10288 RECORD NUMBER: RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER :: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NSA FROM : PRINCIPAL DEUTY ASST SECDEF (INTEL) TITLE : PRINCipal DEUTYE QUIERIES TO NSA CONCERNING THE WARREN COMMISSI DATE : 01/26/76 PAGES : 10 SSCGSGO, WC INVESTIGATIONS SUBJECTS : SUBJECTES : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : IA, 1A, 1B DATE OF LAST REFUSION : 07/24/98 OPENING CRITERIA : DETERMINATION REQUIRED ORIGINALING AGENCY : DETERMINATIONAL REQUIRED COMMENTS : RELATED DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED-PARTIAL DPUPLICATION OF 144-1001-10127,-10195, -10211, -10212, AND -10025 -- THIS COMPLICATION Of RECORDS WAS LOCATED IN DR. LOUIS TORDELLA'S (FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NSA) RECORD COLLECTION. [RI) - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECOROS CONC. THE ASSASSINTATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFPK, AND THE REV. DR. MILK, JR.

Summary:  
The documents detail interactions between the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Senate Select Committee investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. NSA was requested to review materials for cryptographic significance but found no relevant information. The committee sought clarification on NSA's role, including whether it analyzed Soviet Embassy transmissions in Mexico City (November/December 1963), Cuban military alerts prior to the assassination, and files related to Lee Harvey Oswald. NSA confirmed it did not retain copies of Commission exhibits for operational use, though some were kept as records before being destroyed. Product reports from NSA indicated Cuban forces went on alert after the assassination, suggesting potential prior knowledge. The documents also reference Dr. Louis Tordella’s involvement in reviewing materials and mention specific Commission exhibits (e.g., 31, 15, 10/4, 18) analyzed by NSA.  

Key People:  
- Alton Quanbeck (Senate Select Committee staff member)  
- Thomas K. Latimer (Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense)  
- Dr. Louis Tordella (Former Deputy Director, NSA)  
- David D. Lowman (Special Assistant to the Director for Congressional Reviews)  
- Frank Foster (NSA personnel)  

Key Locations:  
- Washington, D.C.  
- Fort George, Maryland (NSA headquarters)  
- Mexico City (Soviet Embassy)  
- Benghazi, Libya (CIA headquarters mentioned in documents)  

Key Events:  
- NSA’s review of Commission exhibits for cryptographic content (no findings).  
- Cuban military alert prior to the assassination (documented in product reports).  
- Senate Select Committee’s inquiry into Soviet transmissions and Cuban involvement.  
- Destruction of NSA records related to the Warren Commission investigation.  

Key Organizations:  
- National Security Agency (NSA)  
- Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Warren Commission)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Department of Defense (U.S.)

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10288.pdf

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