</s>180-10096-104041 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 10/14/20 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : HSCA HSCA RECORD NUMBER: 180-1096-10401 RECORD SERIES : NUMBERED FILES. AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 009354 AGENCY FILENUMBER : 0009354 Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCa FROM: FLYNN, DENNIS A. TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS: CIA. FLYN, DENNS A; INTERVIEWS. DOCUMENT TYPE: DOS. SUMMARY: CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: IB CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/21/1993 OPENING CRITERIA: COMMENTS: Box 175. 1 NW 50955 DocId: 32226843 Page 1

Summary: This document is an interview conducted by Robert W. Genzman and Harold Leap on June 16, 1978, with Dennis A. Flynn regarding his employment history and knowledge of CIA cover procedures during his tenure at the U.S. Department of State. Flynn served as Director of Security from 1953 to 1956 and provided details about how CIA employees obtained clearances under State Department cover. He noted that the Security Office would request clearances, contact the CIA liaison officer for certification, and grant clearance, with records placed in individual security files. Flynn stated the State Department did not maintain a listing of CIA employees under cover and that certain individuals (Richard E. Snyder, Jack F. Matlock, John A. McVickar, Joseph Norbury, Alexis Davison) were not CIA employees during 1959–1963.  

Key People: Dennis A. Flynn, Robert W. Genzman, Harold Leap, Richard E. Snyder, Jack F. Matlock, John A. McVickar, Joseph Norbury, Alexis Davison  

Key Locations: Oakton, Virginia; Moscow (mentioned in context of CIA cover arrangements)  

Key Events: Interview conducted by the JFK Select Committee on Assassinations; discussion of CIA-State Department cover procedures for employees during 1953–1963  

Key Organizations: U.S. Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

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