</s>Assassination Records Review Board Final Determination Notification AGENCY : HSCA RECORD NUMBER : 180-10060-106464 RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS AGENCY FILE NUMBER: December 8, 1995 Status of Document: Postponed in Part Number of releases of previously postponed information: 10 Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United States or to any individual. Number of Postponents: 9 Postponents; All the postponents in this document represent Social Security numbers. Reason forBoard Action: This text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of privacy would be substantial that it outweighs the public interest. Substitute Language: SSN Date of Next Review: 2017 Board Review Completed: 10/24/95 Released under the Joint- Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 592 (44 USC 210/Note). 092-NV 88326 Date: NW 83236 Dodc:32239472 Page 1

Summary:  
The documents consist of multiple payroll authorization forms for Belford L. Lawson III, detailing his employment with the U.S. House of Representatives under the Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). The forms span from 1976 to 1978 and include his Social Security Number (579-58-9975), salary adjustments, and appointment dates. Each form references the HSCA and its role in investigating assassination-related matters. A separate memorandum from January 3, 1977, requests staff employees to disclose familial relationships with current Members of Congress, including Lawson, who responded affirmatively as "related by the following relationship: Bellford.Jowson" (likely a typographical error). The documents also reference administrative actions by the Assassination Records Review Board in 1995 regarding declassification and redaction of sensitive information.  

Key People:  
- Belford L. Lawson III (employee)  
- Louis Stokes (authorizing official)  
- Henry B. Gonzalez (authorizing official)  
- Thomas H. Downing (chairman, Select Committee on Assassinations)  
- Richard A. Sprague (approved payroll certification)  

Key Locations:  
- Washington, D.C. (U.S. House of Representatives)  
- Office of Finance (House Administration)  

Key Events:  
- Employment of Belford L. Lawson III by the Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) from 1976 to 1978  
- Payroll authorization processes for HSCA staff members  
- Administrative review and redaction actions by the Assassination Records Review Board in 1995  
- Request for familial relationship disclosures among House staff employees (January 1977)  

Key Organizations:  
- U.S. House of Representatives  
- Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Committee on House Administration  
- Assassination Records Review Board

JFK Declassified Files

180-10060-10464.pdf

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