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[2]i104-10331-10740 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[8]3-23-98
[10]Notes from meeting with ARRB staff, 20 March 1998.
[11]re Board Issues (attendees Gunn, Skwirot, Combs)
[13]I. NEW ISSUE: Covert Actions -- Document 178 - 10002- 10415,
[14]lRockfeller Commission document J
[16]This document went ‘before the Board in November as part’
[17]of a group. of documents from the Ford Presidential Library.
[18]It refers to Agency (covert financial “support in Peruvian;}
[19]Greeks Finnish, Italian and brazilian elections jand support.
[21]© @abor_union_in France and Italy) The ARRB staff viewed
[22]the highlighted material (all references to covert action)
[23]as not germane to the assassination and had not anticipated
[24]a problem. The Board instead questioned the deletions and
[25]asked for more evidence before agreeing to protect. The
[26]sense of the staff is that the Board is leaning toward
[27]release. The DO team prepared a response for the staff in
[28]February, however, it is not strong enough to take to the
[29]Board. — ;
[31]Given that the next Board meeting is only 3 weeks away,
[32]we discussed a two step process:
[34]1. At the 13 April meeting, have a senior official (Ed?)
[35]appear before the Board to a) underscore the importance of
[36]this issue to Agency and Intelligence. Community; b) ask why
[37]these covert actions are important to the JFK assassination?
[38]They obviously have interest to historians but seem beyond
[39]the charter.
[41][Key points to make: this is not just Agency decision, NSC
[42]and/or WH will have to be consulted; the protection /
[44]classification has been has up-held by ...... (ISCAP?). If
[45]Ed went down, it would also serve as an opportunity to meet
[46]the other Board members. We could also make available to
[48]ARRB any material previously prepared defending protection
[49]of covert actions if appropriate.]
[51]2. If the Board remains inclined to release, prepare full
[52]' evidence package, etc. for May 12. meeting.
[54]According to Gunn, there is no way to avoid sending
[55]this document to the Board. Once the Board has expressed
[56]an interest in an issue, they expect to see it again..
[58]ACTION: We need to advise Gunn next week if we are going
[59]to have someone address the issue at the April meeting. If
[60]not, the document will be. scheduled for action at the May
[61]meeting and our “evidence package” should be available for
[62]the ARRB staff no later than the week of May 4.
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[73]‘II. Alias documentation and accommodation addresses
[75][Multiple documents -- I briefed you earlier on this issue].
[77]ARRB staff proposed compromise:
[78]Documentation (driver permits, SSN, membership cards, etc.) -
[80]a. If documentation can be obtained by anyone (pocket .
[81]litter: National Rife. Association card, club memberships = --
[82]cards, etc.), the presumption will be to release.
[84]b. If documentation would be expected to require
[85]agreement of another government entity (Federal, State or
[86]Local) or private company or organization, the presumption
[87]will be to protect.
[89]c. Items: that are considered by the ARRB staff to be
[90]important to the story, or that do not fall clearly into one...
[91]of the above categories, will be considered on a case-by- .
[92]case base. The Agency may be required to provide additional
[93]evidence to protect in these cases.
[95]‘Accommodation Addresses:
[97],Release as much of the address as possible without
[98]identifying a specific location or otherwise providing
[99]information that could lead to identification of an
[100]individual cooperating with the Agency. For example delete
[101]house number, release street.
[103]Aliases [when true name is released]
[105]If outside of the JFK timeframes (generally 1960- 1964),
[106]the presumption is protect.
[108]If within a JFK timeframe, presumption is to release;
[109]additional evidence will be required to protect.
[111]Action: The HRP and DO JFK teams will re-review the
[112]documents applying the proposed compromise guidelines. If
[113]we conclude that the Agency's equities can be protected
[114]under this compromise, the ARRB staff will present the
[115]guidelines to the Board at the April meeting with the ;
[116]recommendation that the be adopted. The staff will describe
[117]the new guidelines as much preferable to the case-be-case
[118]approach which requires extensive research by the Agency
[119]consume an inordinate amount of staff time.
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