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[12]MEMORANOUM FOR: Fredrick C. Wickham @ 00 .
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[14]FROM: J. Bacry Harrelson
[15]CSIHRG
[16]JFK Project Officer
[17]SUBJECT: Priority Requests from ARRB Staff
[18]REFERENCE:
[19]REQUESTS:
[21]1. The ARRB Staff is planning to interview Russ Holmes about his JFK Ancillary (working) Files. Dave Marwell has requested that
[22]Holmes be given on one day clearance so that he can look to the files. How do you want to handle?
[24]2. Has David Vance Vanek (SSN 482-36-5577) ever worked for the Agency (DO}?_ Vanek is an army officer who served in
[25]Thailand and Vietnam; could have been detailed to Agency. He figurés in one of the conspiracy theories that the ARRB staff is currently
[26]taking depositions on. Can 00 check or is this an OP issue -- we have not had a lot of luck with OP. Initially the ARRB staff was going
[27]to make this a formal request, but agreed to hold off for the moment. The theory involves counter-terrorism training and the death of an
[28]American with knowledge of JFK assassination.
[30]3. Agency Officers in Moscow: The ARRB staff is researching Oswald's contacts in Moscow. The recards shows that he came into
[31]contact with other Americans besides Snyder (the Consular Officer). Gunn requested a list of the CIA officers in Moscow a few weeks
[32]ago. Based on discussions with Elie, etc., | told him a list did not exist and would he considered very sensitive if we did prepare one. |
[33]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 seniac '
[34]officers in Mascow prepared for the HSCA (Eileen has copy). He has now resurrected his requests. Let discuss the next step.
[36]4. Did Mrs. G. Stanley Brown (Verna Deane Stebbens Brown, born 12 August 1928) work for the Agency; what was her status
[37]when she was in Moscow as Embassy receptionistisecretary? She is the wife of George Stanley Brown, an Agency employee from
[38]1952-1962, According to the ARRB staff, she had contact with Oswald (see item #3).
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[42]twill give you a call on Friday to discuss our responses to the above request..
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[50]Assassination Records Review Board:
[51]. 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor - Washington, DC 20530.
[52](202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457
[54]October 27, 1996 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
[56]Mr. Barry Harrelso RELEASE IN FULL
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[59]Historical Review Group 2000
[61]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[63]Central Intelligence Agency
[65]Washington, D.C. 02505
[67]Re: Status of Assassination Records Review Board Requests to CIA for
[68]Additional Information and Records
[70]Dear Barry:
[72]I am writing to follow-up on our letter of October 7, 1996, regarding the status of -
[73]Assassination Records Review Board requests for information and records from the
[75]~ CIA.
[77]Formal Requests:
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[79]Review Board staff review continues. No CIA action needed at this time.
[80]CIA-6 (Cables and dispatches)
[82]CIA has agreed to make records available (or to have a response ) by
[83]November 1, 1996.
[85]CIA-7 (Histories)
[87]Counterintelligence. CLA has made material available and Review Board
[88]staff examination is ongoing.
[90]Mexico City. The Review Board awaits CIA’s compilation of the portion
[91]of the Mexico Station history that was shown to G. Robert Blakey.
[93]Boarp Memaers: John R. Tunheim, Chair - Heary F. Graff +e Kermit L. Hall + William L. Joyce + Anna K. Nelson
[94]Execurive Dinecron: David G. Marwell
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[101]Mr. Barry Harrelson
[102]October 27, 1996
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[105]Other Histories. No response has been received to our agreement that
[106]CIA identify within two weeks the histories that can be made available
[107]and those that should be subject to further discussions.
[109]CIA-8 (Intelligence community staff)
[111]CIA had promised to provide a report to the Review Board within two
[112]weeks. Nothing has been made available.
[114]CIA-9 (Publications and analytical materials)
[115]We have received no materials responsive to this request. Additionally, ;
[116]no response has be received from CIA regarding the list of publications
[117]that are identified in an LBJ Library finding aid that the Review Board |
[118]staff provided.
[120]CIA-10 (Interagency source register)
[122]CIA has not yet made available the records that it had agreed to provide
[123]within two weeks. (wes Osirld on
[125]CIA-11 (Duran’s original statement)
[127]CIA has agreed to make some further attempts to locate Duran’ s original :
[128]statement.
[130]CIA-12 JMWAVE materials)
[131]CIA has agreed to make matefials available on a rolling basis.
[132]Informal requests:
[134]Spas Rankin. CIA has made the Spas Rankin file available to the Review Board.
[135]Review Board staff ayo seal cit When research is complete, staff wi
[136]discuss issues with Comm calhe char prlled [we
[138]MERE clett Ai ens
[139]IN 23738. CIA is searching for cable number IN 23738 (7 July 1962). ~ Cop aN sont
[141]Marilyn Murrett. CIA has made the Marilyn Murrett file available to the Review -
[142]Board. Review Board staff research continues. When research is complete, staff
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[146]Mr. Barry Harrelson
[147]October 27, 1996
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[150]will discuss issues with CIA.
[152]HTLINGUAL. It is the Review Board staff’s understanding that CIA continues
[153]its search for HTLINGUAL records and will provide an oral briefing on the
[154]subject. It is also our understanding that some HTLINGUAL records have been
[155]located, but that they have not yet been made available to the Review Board.
[157]Recent and additional informal requests that we have discussed with you:
[159]_ Operational Reports for Cuban Exile Groups. The Review Board staff has been -
[160]unable to locate in the collection monthly operational reports for the DRE, CRC,
[162]- or MRR for the period between March 1963 and March 1964. Please advise us .
[163]whether these records exist and when: ‘we may review them.
[165]Moscow. CIA has been asked to. search for additional information regarding .
[166]Mosco as discussed with Michelle Combs on October 24, 1996.
[168]Tape. CIA has been asked to search for additional information regarding a tape
[169]as discussed with Irene Marr on October 24, 1996.
[171]Please let me know of any inaccuracies in this letter or any suggestions that you have.
[172]Thank you for your help and cooperation. — ;
[174]and Associate Director for’Research
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[190]alistofour ‘current requests for information. These should be
[192]or which we await your response. If you have any
[193]you should call either Bob Skwirot or the analysts
[194]0. formalize any of the requests into our numbered
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[198]Ave all files in collection? : If CIA has any
[199]-G-, personnel, 201, etc.), we Would like to
[201]jas Fiaikin file in Box 15 folder 34. Who is the person.
[202]signing the DCD messages? ‘Did Raikin work for CiA? Did
[203] -J-he-wortcfor OCD/OO? What ts relationship between
[205]Location of cable Identified in JFK 7
[206]_ ° | 1993.07.20.10.18:29:650620 (Box 94; F 22) p.2. Cable
[207]"”__-] number (IN 24738) 7 July 62. We can send fax if helpful.
[208]| 1'OF Murtét files. Are all files in coliection? if CIA
[210]i we "has: dditional files (e.g., personnel, 201, efc.), we
[211]2 would like to requestthem. a
[213]Tapes of Alvarado Interrogation
[215]New Orleans, Hunter Leake, Clay Shaw, QKENCHANT,
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[234]December 18, 1997 CPA. St, COLLRCTIONS »
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[236]Mr. John Pereira Bie a
[237]Chief
[238]Historical Review Group
[239]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[240]Central Intelligence Agency
[242]Washington, D.C. 02505
[244]Re: Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests for
[245]Additional Information and Records
[247]Dear John:
[249]I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious
[250]concern about the status of CIA’s responses to the Review Board’s requests for
[251]additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to
[252]several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of
[253]requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two
[254]years ago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be
[255]forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now
[256]extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct
[257]a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the
[258]highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request
[259]that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests
[260]be answered by April.1, 1998.
[262]The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal
[263]requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for
[264]information and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the
[265]following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies.
[267]‘As identified more fully below, the issues are: CLA-1 Organizational Material,
[268]CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CIA-IR-03
[269]HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CLA-IR-07 Claude
[270]Barnes Capehart, CIA-IR-15 Electronic “take” from Mexico City, CLA-IR-21 DRE
[271]Monthly Operational Reports, CIA-IR-22 “A” Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison.
[273]@oaro Memeers: John R. Tunheim. Chair « Henry F. Graff + Kermit ©. Hall « William L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson
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[279]Mr. John Pereira
[280]December 18, 1997
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[283]Informal Requests
[285]Each of the following informal requests was previously made to CIA. For future
[286]reference, they will be referred to by the “Informal Request” (IR) number provided
[287]below.
[289]CTA-IR-01 Personnel Assigned to Post from 1959-64 (see RIF 104-10065-10199).
[291]This request is complete. .
[292]CIAIR-02 Location of Cable Identified in JEK 1993.07.20.10.18:29:650630.
[293]This request is complete.
[294]*CIA-IR-03 Full Computer Search for List of Documents in HTLINGUAL File.
[296]‘CIA agreed to undertake a computer run for all HTLINGUAL documents in
[297]April 1997. To date, no response has been received by ARRB. All computer
[298]searches for these documents should be documented ina formal letter for the
[299]record.
[301]“CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton’s Files.
[303]The Review Board seeks to ensure that it has taken all reasonable steps to
[304]account for any files that James Jesus Angleton possessed or controlled that
[305]related to the assassination and to Lee Harvey Oswald. Because of the perceived
[306]controversy surrounding the disposition of Angleton’s files, the Review Board
[307]believes it prudent to obtain a clear understanding of the types of files that he
[308]maintained and their ultimate disposition. (The Review Board does not seek to
[309]explore any subjects in Angleton’s files beyond those that may have pertained to -
[310]the assassination.) To date, CIA has made available certain documents provided
[311]by the CIC and the case files for Mangold v. CIA. The Review Board requests any
[312]additional information in the possession of CIA that would explain the
[313]disposition of Angleton’s files.
[315]In addition, the ARRB staff’s review of the Mangold v. CIA files designated
[316]additional documents from those files as assassination records. These documents
[317]are: Tab D, documents Nos. 95, 109-116, 120, and 121; and from the Denied
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[321]MEMORANDUM
[323]July 20, 1998 ‘on
[325]To: Jeremy Gunn
[326]Executive Director
[328], ce: Bob Skwirot
[329]CIA Team Leader
[331]From: | Michelle Combs Pele Linh.
[333]Associate Director for Research and Review
[334]Subject: CIA-IR-01 Personnel Assigned to Post in 104-10065-10199 from 1959-1964
[336]In response to ARRB’s first informal request, CLA provided several documents from the
[337]Directorate of Operations which contained lists of the CLA employees assigned to the
[338]country post found in record number 104-10065-10199. These lists of CLA employees
[339]were not designated as assassination records.
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[348]12 September 1998
[350]MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk
[351]Executive Director, ARRB
[353]FROM: ; J. Barry Harrelson
[354]JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM
[356]SUBJECT : CIA-IR-1, CIA Personnel Assigned to Post
[357]from 1959-64
[358]1. This is in response to referent request.
[359]2. Searches were made for information responsive to
[360]the request and materials were provided for examination by
[362]ARRB staff. No documents were selected for the JFK
[363]Collection.
[365]3. This concludes the Agency's action on this request.
[366]If you have any question, please advise.
[368]J. Barry Harre So