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[2]Tioa-10335-10014 _ {2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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[5]Assassination Records Review Board
[6]600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530
[7](202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457
[9]January 28, 1997
[11]Mr. John Pereira
[13]Director
[15]Historical Review Group
[17]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[18]Central Intelligence Agency
[19]Washington, DC 20505
[21]Re: Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-16
[22](Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)
[24]Dear John:
[26]- Under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44
[27]U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994), the Review Board has the authority to “directa -
[28]Government office to . . . investigate the facts surrounding, additional information [and]
[29]records ....” Section ONIN CHU). Pursuant to this authority, the Review Board is
[30]seeking to resolve in a complete and comprehensive manner certain questions related to
[31]files on Lee Harvey Oswald that CIA may have held prior to the assassination of
[32]President Kennedy. Accordingly, we request that CIA provide complete and |
[33]comprehensive answers to the questions identified below.
[35]On May 12, 1992, Director Robert M. Gates testified to the Senate Committee on
[36]Governmental Affairs regarding CIA’s records on Oswald prior to the assassination.
[38]- Mr. Gates testified that “[p]rior to President Kennedy’‘s assassination, CIA held only a
[39]small file on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted of 34 documents amounting to 124
[40]pages..... ” (The Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1972: Hearing Before the
[41]Committee on Governmental Affairs, 100th Cong., 2d Sess. 52 (1992) (emphasis added)
[42](copy enclosed). It is the Review Board's current understanding, however, that at the
[43]time of the assassination, CIA held at least three separate files (including soft files) on
[44]Lee Harvey Oswald: a 201 file (201-289248), an HTLINGUAL file, and an Office of
[46]Boarp Memeers: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff - Kermit L. Hall» William) L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson
[47]Executive Director: David G. Marwell
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[51]Mr. John Pereira:
[52]January 28, 1997
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[55]Security file.’ We have identified references to one or more other possible Oswald files
[56]including possible soft files designated as follows: CI/SI, CI/SIG, CI/LSN, and
[57]CS/LSN. ;
[59]1. Please identify, as specifically as possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald
[60]at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.
[62]2. Other than for the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please explain when each
[63]Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the
[64]documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination.
[66]3. For the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please identify which records (and the
[67]total number that) were in the file at the time of the assassination.
[69]4. To the extent that Counterintelligence and the Office of Security
[70]maintained pre-assassination files on Oswald, please explain why those
[71]offices maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination. In
[72]answering this question, please make appropriate references to the
[73]Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB) and to any other materials
[74](including organizational charts) that would help explain the -
[75]jurisdictional and organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
[76]maintained such files.
[78]For each question, please explain the basis for the answer and the sources (records or
[79]persons) whom you consulted to answer the question. To the extent that you are not
[80]able to answer a question completely, please so indicate and provide the best reasonable
[81]answer. If, during the course of your research, you learn that any record relating to a
[82]pre-assassination file or record has been destroyed, please provide us with all available
[83]information related to the destruction of the records or files. ‘
[85]These queries should be interpreted in their broadest reasonable sense. To the extent
[86]that you question whether certain responses may be within the scope of our request,
[87]please let us know and we can advise you whether we would wish to include it. We
[88]anticipate that the responses to these questions will be referenced in CIA’s Final
[89]Compliance Statement.
[91]‘One Office of Security file on Oswald (or relating to Oswald) may have been
[92]numbered 351-164. In addition, Margaret Stevens may have held an Office of Security
[93]“MS-” file on Oswald.
[96]m e
[98]Mr. John Pereira
[99]January 28, 1997
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[102]We request that you make this information available to us by February 24, 1997. If this
[103]does not provide you with sufficient time, please let us know, in writing, by what date
[104]you believe you will be able to answer the questions fully. _
[106]Thank you for your attention to this matter.
[107]Sincerely,
[109]David G. Marwell
[111]Executive Director
[115]Enclosure
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[119]soir et
[121]THE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ACT
[122]OF 1992
[124]HEARING
[126]COMMITTEE ON
[127]GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[128]UNITED STATES SENATE
[129]ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS
[131]S. J. RES. 282
[133]TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS DISCLOSURE OF RECE RDS
[134]RELEVANT TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOPIN FORENNE SY
[136]MAY 12, lag
[138]Printed for the use of the Committee oan Geosert:
[140]1S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
[141]WASHINGTON : 1992
[143]For sale by the US. Goserament Ponting Ouice
[144]Supenniendent of Documents, Congressienal Sales OHice, Wasbingtan DC
[146]ISBN 0-16-039035-4
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[152]denied, you say postponed. I am curious as to how long the post-
[153]ponement will be. Will it be until the national security or privacy
[154]are no longer threatened? Do we want'to require a mandatory
[155]review every two years? ;
[157]Going along, some of the language is fairly broad. We had the
[158]exchange here a few moments ago about. an intelligence agent.
[159]Then there is another section that gives us an exception—‘‘an in-
[160]telligence method which is currently utilized, or reasonably expect-
[164]ed to be utilized.
[165]The one that troubles me most, although I know there is a
[167]reason for it, but I just am concerned about the doors it may open,
[168]is “... an invasion of privacy of a living person, whether that
[169]person is identified in the material or not.” I am concerned about
[170]that being used ‘as a ground for requesting postponement of disclo-
[171]sure. ; ;
[172]So I think, consistent with all that you have said here, I hope
[173]that you will give us the benefit of your second look at that Section
[174]6 of this proposed Act.
[175]_ Chairman Gurnn. Thank you.
[176]_ Senator Cohen? =
[177]‘ Senator Conmn. No further questions. oo a
[178]. Chairman Gienn. Good. Thank you very much: We may have ad-
[180]ditional. questions. It-has been .a-long session this morning here,
[181]and we have additional questions from other members or questions
[182]after we review. We would appreciate an early reply so it could be
[183]included in the record. Thank you very much. We appreciate.
[185]‘Mr. Stoxzs. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[187]Senator Specrer. Thank you very much.
[189]‘Chairman GLENN. The next panel is the Honorable Robert-Gates,
[191]Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the: Honorable
[192]William Sessions, Director of the FBI, Gentlemen, you have been
[193]very patient here this: morning. I know we had told you you would
[194]be on by about 10:00 here. We are about an hour late on that, or a
[195]little over. We appreciate your forbearance ‘this morning. We look
[196]forward to your testimony this morning... ~~
[198]Mr. Gates, if you would lead off, we would appreciate it very
[199]much, . .
[201], TESTIMONY OF THE HON. ROBERT M. GATES, DIRECTOR,
[202].. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC’
[204]Mr. Gates. Thank you, Mr: Chairman, Mr: Chairman, I am here : :
[206]today at your request to provide my views on S: J. Res. 282, the
[207]Assassination Materials Disclosure, Act of 1992, and to describe the
[208]nature of the documents held by the Central Intelligence Agency
[209]that relate to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
[211]_ Senator Sasser. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the Director could | a
[213]pull the mike just a little bit closer? Thank you.
[215]Mr. Gates. I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak on
[216]this important matter. :
[218]Let me begin by stating that I am in complete ement with
[219]the purpose underlying the joint resolution, that efforts should be
[220]made to declassify and make available to the public as quickly as
[221]possible Government documents relating to the assassination of
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[227]en before the introduction of this joint qusclution, I recognized
[229]’ ocuments i i
[231]new unit within CIA i is o, I announced the establishment’ ‘of 5
[233]many historical documents 2} Os ible’ comers wor declassifying as
[235]ton of inteligonce sours ay Posi, consent with the praien
[236]unt - ie Histo ical ie i
[238]Ce rical Review G ,
[240]sta ort Stay of Tnteligenc wl ari te ABC
[241]years old or older and national intelligence estinntn
[243]_ In addition ‘to the i
[244]ew, 3 ue systematic review of 30-year-old doc
[245]lige ip a the history staff in the Center for i eeoge of Inte.
[246]i importance inno ’ icular events of
[247]Kennedy. istorical. Revi the ; xamin
[248]Kennedy. The Hite | Review Group waaeeina fnation of . President
[249]Been RipETpoee of declassifying the records, . ® the doc.
[250]: interest in the Fapers, J am net waiting for
[251]- The Historical Review G my direction, al
[252]ae -begun its review of the documents related se: pains
[253]; it Bue of freee records, including all ¢ documents nat ies
[254]with quite minimal deletions and is being “eran Pees erlase Ne
[256]documents, our al wi
[258]pou ; goal will be to release as i
[260]histeently approved a new CIA declassif fication eee foe a
[262]fist 1 ran s . * .
[264]ing ao of ne Hesitation, I believe we can be eed Presumy an
[266]intruced the Histo jents available to the public, and I have
[268]. 3 Spirit, the Agency | i uke iely
[270]these we ! gency today. will make publi i
[272]Te nde Stand res for historical review and decta ssifietpeuable
[274]ine ¢ 2 cements for dec assification, it is important to place th
[276]ssceination 7p The | c TA s Recetion of documents related to the
[277]000 to 300,000 Pages of material. This Inclates, t boweely
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[281]. gued, and is highly disorganized,
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[285]Unfortunately, and for reasons that'I do not know, what we are
[286]dealing with is a mass of material that is not indexed, is uncatalo-
[287]all of which makes the review
[288]process more cult. The material contains everything from the
[289]most. sensitive intelligence sources to the most mundane news clip-
[291]pings.
[293]; These records include documents that CIA-had in’ its files before
[294]the assassination, a large number of records that CIA received
[295]later as routine disseminations from other agencies, as well as the
[296]reports, correspondence, and other papers that CIA prepared in the
[297]course of the assassination investigations. I should emphasize that
[298]these records were assembled into the present collection as a result
[299]of specific inquiries received from the
[300]House Select Committee on Assassinations. .
[302]Prior to President Kennedy’s assassination, CIA held only a
[303]small file on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted of 34 documents
[304]amounting to 124 pages, some of which originated with the FBI,
[305]the State Department, the Navy, and newspaper clippings. Only 11
[306]of these documents originated within CIA. I have brought along a
[307]copy of Oswald's file as it existed before che assassination so that
[308]you can see firsthand how slender it was at the time. As I have
[309]already noted, we have declassified the CLA documents in this file
[310]with quite minimal deletions and we are providing them to the Na-
[311]tional Archives. ;
[313]The records in this file dealt with Oswald’s defection to the
[314]Soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after his return in 1962. By
[315]contrast, it was only after the assassination that CIA accumulated
[316]the rest of the material on Oswald, some 33,000 pages, most of
[317]which CIA received from other agencies after November 22, 1963.
[319]The Committee*has asked about documents in our possession
[320]generated by other agencies. In fact, much of the material held by
[322]TA originated with other agencies or departments. For example,
[323]in the 17 boxes of Oswald records, approximately 40 percent of the
[324]documents originated with the FBI and about 20 percent originated :
[325]from the State-Departmenit or elsewhere.
[327]Our staff is still going through the:material compiled at the re-
[328]quest of the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee
[329]on Assassinations, which includes 63.boxes of paper ‘records and
[330]one box that contains:78 reels of microfilm. The microfilms, in
[331]part, overlap material in other parts of the collection. "We estimate
[332]that within the 68 boxes of paper records, approximately 27 per-
[333]cent originated with a variety of other: U.S::Government agencies,
[334]private organizations, arid foreign and American press. :
[336]Although our documents do include many documents from other
[337]agencies, we nonetheless have a substantial collection of CIA docu-
[338]ments that will require considerable effort to review, and as I said
[339]earlier, at my direction, this review for’ declassification is now un-
[341]erway. D Ts v
[343]A preliminary survey of these files has provided us some indica-
[344]tions of what they contain, Although the records cover a wide vari-
[345]ety of topics, they principally focus on CIA activities concerning
[346]‘Cuba and Castro, Oswald's defection to the Soviet Union, and Os-
[347]wald’s subsequent activities in Mexico City and New Orleans. The
[348]also include a large number of name traces requested by the s'
[350]Warren Commission or the -
[352]. individuals who Provided us intelligence inf
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[356]of the House Select Commi
[357]rial relati mumittee on Assassinati
[358]fig, SHE "othe Garrison investigation and Cuben ext athe
[359]e CIA ease a’ /
[360]cause of the timits fe th Prvae oe of documents unilaterally b
[361]erican citizens against wae yct, Which Protect the names of
[362]tion of many documents by the Hever Seles ours, the soquestra-
[363]nations, and th se Select Committe i
[364]cies other than eect that many of the documents belong to agen.
[365]Owever, we have alread ,
[366]to sf ! ready taken ste i F
[367]te coordinate with other agencies, and ‘to fe lire the privess age
[369]the H essary, in the absence of lecislat; ‘
[370]lease the 1 Representatives for a resolution permitting cra toa
[371]documenta, eclassification effort on the sequestered
[372]© l expect a large am
[373]under o ount of the materi ;
[374]cannot be relecsel a assume that there will be eee deel onmted
[375]Pevacy concerns or The grt, 8 varaty of reasono, including
[376]. Let ; re of intellige: ,
[377]Sg Vt me take & moment to give an exarile fs eye
[379]During the investigat;
[380]sassinations, I undeeey by the House Select Committee on As-
[382]rea i t security and pe
[383]ested on a number of CIA employees. These” files cones fit.
[384]dical evaluati j
[385]CIA oe evaluations, and
[386]me . icers.
[387]estion of who killed President Kennedy, theseee nd efevant to the
[388]mal ,
[390]uments, I Ip ues! i
[392]ofthis information cope eat the ppnat to the pubic of dacasins
[393]° ¥ . ec 7 a :
[395]viduals in keeping the informa tion confitentey interest of the indi-
[397]atory informati erns exist with documents containi
[399]f pescnformation on particular individuals where oe i eres
[401]of confidentiality. W.
[402]such @ promise € would not dis ir names i
[403]public, the Ageney ei we cannot disclose such information sot °
[404]mation in ont o. make redactions and summari the 0. the
[405]tion. is released, while we that the maximum amount of informe.
[406]privacy of an individual, Protecting the identity of an agent or
[407]Jegislation is -not.
[408]President regarding Passed by the Co sign
[409]d vide reass the JFK papers, to enhance nate po the
[410]lurance that CIA ‘has not held back iene
[412]have redacted ists, to exami
[413]fied public report on gio eaited. They would then issu
[415]6. effort: i
[416]ssnssination of Presdoat Kemmery Ci ecumentselating tothe
[417]aunting. it i
[418]Bor rea prope aud am commitied to taking ie ier
[419]tunity, I have ‘allocated 1 full-time positnehe ona the
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[426]history staff and to form the Historical Review Group that will
[427]review the JFK documents and other documents of historical inter-
[429]est.
[431]I believe these actions attest to the seriousness of.our intent to
[432]getting these papers declassified and released, and to open what re-
[433]mains classified to outside non-governmental review. It is against
[434]this background that in response to the Committee’s request, I cite
[435]our few technical reservations about the mechanism established by
[436]the joint resolution to achieve this same result. I intend to address
[437]only intelligence community concerns. I will defer to the Depart-
[438]ment of Justice on any additional problems posed by the joint reso-
[439]ution. = .
[441]First, vesting in an outside body the determination as to whether
[442]CIA materials’ related to the assassination can be released to the
[443]public is inconsistent with my own statutory responsibility for the
[444]protection of intelligence sources and methods...
[446]Second, I am concerned that the joint resolution contains no pro-
[447]vision requiring security clearances or secure document handling
[448]by the assassination materials review board or its staff.
[450]Third, I am concerned that the joint resolution does not provide
[451]the Agency with the opportunity to object to the release of CIA in-
[452]formation contained in documents originated by Congress or the
[453]Warren -Commission. Under the joint resolution, documents origi-
[454]nated by these entities can be released directly by the executive di-
[455]rector of the assassination materials review board without any
[456]review by the President or other Executive Branch agencies.
[458]Fourth, the joint resolution provision for a 30-day period for
[459]agencies or departments to appeal decisions by the executive direc-
[460]tor to release information may not provide sufficient time for
[461]meaningful review of what could prove to be a large volume of ma-
[462]terial at one time. oe oe
[464]Fifth, and finally, Section 6 of the joint resolution, which. out-
[465]lines the grounds for postponement of public release of a document,
[466]makes no provision for postponing release. of documents that may
[467]contain Executive privilege or deliberative process, attorney-client,
[468]or attorney work product information. ile such privileges could
[469]be waived in the public interest and, in fact, are not likely to arise
[470]with respect to factual information directly related to the JFK as-
[471]sassination, they would be unavailable under the joint resolution in
[472]the rare case they might be needed.
[474]These are the technical problems that I believe can be solved and
[475]that will, in fact, expedite the release of documents bearing on the
[476]assassination of President Kennedy. But, again, whatever the
[477]future course of this legislation, CIA is proceeding even now to
[478]review for declassification the relevant documents under its con-
[479]trol. Further, we will cooperate fully with any mechanism estab-
[480]lished by the Congress and the President to declassify all of this
[481]material.
[483]Mr. Chairman, let me close with a comment on why I am person-
[484]ally committed to getting these documents out. Like all Americans
[485]old enough to remember that terrible day in 1963, and as several
[486]members of the Committee have alluded to, I also remember where
[487]I was and what I was doing.
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[491]I was a college student at William and Mary, and I -
[492]ber how the word spread-like wild fire between classes of that | hor.
[493]rible event. I made my way to Washington that weekend and stood
[494]at: the intersection of Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,
[496]where I waited for hours to ; ,
[497]will never forget it. “oN the President's funeral cortege. I
[499]I entered public service less than three ears later. i
[500]President Kennedy's inaugural call, a call I think many ia my gern
[501]eration heard. ‘He said then, “Now, the trumpet summons us again,
[502]pot as a call to bear. arms, though arms we need, not as a call to
[504]al e, though in battle we are, but as a call to bear the burden of
[506]a ong. twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, pa-
[507]tient in tribulation, a struggle against the common enemies of
[508]man—tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.”
[510]r ‘man, the only thing more horrifying to me than the
[511]2 . ‘. s cx 2 . as-
[512]sassination itself is the insidious, perverse notion that elements of
[514]the American Government, that m i
[516]t 3 y own Agency, had some part
[518]it I am determined personally to make mane or to expose to disin-
[520]fprest eyes every relevant scrap of paper in CIA’s possession, in
[521]e hope of helping to dispel this corrosive suspicion. With or with-
[523]out legislation, I intend to proceed. I believe I owe that to his
[525]PREPARED STATEMENT oF Mr.-GATES
[527]Mr. Chairman, I am here today at your i i
[528]. » | am a ‘our request to provide my views on S. J. Res.
[529]mature ed seessination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992,” and to describe the
[530]ode focuments held by the CIA that, relate to the assassination of John F.
[531]mater . ry appreciate the opportunity to speak on this important
[532]t me begin by stating that I am in complete i
[533]] t t agreement with th -
[534]lying the Ja joint resol jution—that efforts should be made to declassify and make wen.
[535]sastination of Jol Fe Kenaedy. We hone weet oe oo aments relating to the as:
[536]a and, ‘mportnn ' me . opening up and gi journalists,
[537]historians and, 1 t public access to i
[538]fo eselve « questions that still Linger o over 28 years after the assassination Pome!
[539]do with the mau or of John F Rennede’ it the theory that CIA had anything to
[540]r Ore introduction of this joint resolution, I recogni
[541]Forel te lea Saree nia, vy Soe ah oe
[542]C , wi at will be res ible f
[543]doclassifying as many historical documents as possible consistent with the "protec.
[544]. nce sources and methods. This new unit, the Historical Review
[545]heen a ame 8 Center for the Study of Intelli nce, will review for declassi-
[546]former Soviet Union t ore 1 yer and aia Per ie the aa satis
[547]review of 80-year-old documents, Ihave directed the ‘Histo Stan tn the Conmenntic
[548]nts, taff in th
[549]the Stud: Fad Intelligence to assemble CIA records focusing on particular events OF
[550]histo rial i ed he ce jncluding the assassination of President Kennedy. The Histor-
[551]the woview en examine the documents for the purpose of declassifying _
[553]Because of high interest in the JFK iti i
[554]of he Papers, I am not waiting for | i
[556]Se ae a ceining caren boogng wo Ca, The ar
[557]ed to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and I am vlog $0 ooo ments relat-
[558]: an F, , lad to report that the first
[559]group of these records, including all CIA documents on e Ha: y ald prior t
[561]nese , L i rvey Oswald
[562]fhe 8 sesass jessination, has been lassified with quite minimal deletions and eT being
[563]° fo e National Archives for release to the public. This is, I acknowl-
[564], 4 small fraction of what we have, but it is an earnest of my commitment to
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[568]. newspaper clippings. Only 11 documents origi
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[572]begin review for declassification immediately of this material. And, indeed, as I
[573]speak, the reviewers are going through a substantial number of documents, and I
[574]anticipate that many of these will be released shortly.
[576]As we carry out our program, to declassify Kennedy assassination documents, our
[577]goal will be to release as many as ible. In fact, I recently approved a new CIA
[579]leclassification guideline for our torical Review Program which specifically. di-
[580]rects a presumption in favor of declassification. I believe we can be very forward
[581]leaning in making these documents available to the public, and I have instructed
[582]the Historical Review Group to take this attitude to heart.
[584]To understand the magnitude of the effort involved in reviewing these documents
[585]for declassification, it is important to place them in some context. The CIA's collec-
[586]tion of documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy consists of ap-
[587]proximately 250,000-800,000 pages of material. This includes 64 boxes of copies and
[588]originals of information provided to the Warren Commission and the House Select
[589]Committee on Assassinations and 17 boxes of material on Lee Harvey Oswald accu-
[590]mulated after President Kennedy's assassination. Unfortunately, and for reasons
[591]that I do not know, what we are dealing with is a mass of material that is not in-
[593]lexed, is uncatalogued, and is highly disorg: of which makes the review
[594]process more difficult. The material contains everything from the most sensitive in-
[595]telligence sources to the most mundane news clippings. ;
[597]These records include documents that CIA had in its files before the assassina-
[598]tion, a large number of records that CIA received later as routine disseminations
[599]from other agencies, as well as the reports, correspondence, and other papers that
[600]CIA prepared in the course of, fhe assassination investigations. 1 should emphasize
[601]that these records were assembled into the present collection as a result of specific
[602]inquiries received from the Warren Commission or the House Select Committee on
[603]Assassinations. I have pre} a chart that illustrates this point.
[605]As you can see, prior to ident Ke '3 assassination, CLA held only a small
[606]Rage Beene oF ely anata ah the Fon, Btses Dererenn tre Nova, and
[607]pages), some of which originated wi e , en! e Navy, an
[609]ted with the CIA. I have brought
[610]along a copy of Oswald’s file as it existed before the assassination so that you can
[611]see first-hand how slender it was at the time. As I have already noted, we have de-
[612]classified the CIA documents in this file with quite minimal deletions, and we are
[613]providing them to the National Archives. The records in this file dealt with Os-
[614]wald’s defection to the Soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after his return in
[616]1961, By contrast, it.was only after the assassination that CIA accumulated the rest
[617]of the material-on Oswald—some 33,000 pages—most of which CIA received from
[618]other agencies after November 22,1968. : .
[620]You have asked about documents in our possession generated by other agencies.
[621]In fact, much of the material held by CIA ori with other agencies or depart-
[622]ments. For example, in the 17 boxes of Oswald records, approximately 40 percent of
[623]the documents originated with the FBI, and about 20 percent ted from the
[624]State De nt or elsewhere, Our staff is still going through the material com-
[625]piled at request of the Warren Commission the House Select Committee on
[626]Assassinations, which includes 63 boxes of paper records and one box that contains
[627]12 reels of microfilm. The microfilms, in overlap material in other parts of the
[628]collection. We estimate that within the 63 boxes of paper records, approximately 27
[629]percent of the. documents originated with a variety of other U.S. Government agen-
[630]cies, private organizations, and foreign and American press. . :
[632]Although our holdings do include man documents from other agencies, we none-
[633]- theless have a substantial collection of documents that will require considerable
[634]effort to review, and as I said earlier, at my direction, this review for declassifica-
[635]tion is now underway. A preliminary survey of these files has provided us some in-
[636]dications of what they contain, Although the records cover a wide variety of topics,
[637]they principally focus on CIA activities concerning Cuba and Castro, Oswald's defec-
[638]tion to the Soviet Union, and Oswald’s subsequent activities in Mexico City and
[639]New Orleans. They also include a large. number of name traces requested by the
[640]staff of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, as well as material relating
[641]to the Garrison investigation and Cuban exile activities. .
[643]The CIA cannot release a number of documents unilaterally because of the limits
[644]in the Privacy Act (which protects the names of American citizens against unau-
[645]thorized disclosure), the sequestration of many documents by the House Select Com-
[646]mittee on Assassinations, and the fact that many of the documents belong to agen-
[647]cies other than CIA. However, we have alr taken steps to lift. the sequestration,
[648]coordinate with other agencies and to begin the process of declassification. If neces-
[650]’ security clearances or secure docum:
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[654]sary, I will ask the House for a resoluti itti
[655]the fhe Pescation effort on the sequestered documenta, ‘o release the results of
[656]While. I ex: a large amount of the material can be declassifi
[657]gram, I assume that there stil] will be information that cannot te released to The
[658]pu lic fer io variety of reasons, including Privacy concerns or the exposure of intelli-
[659]materiel. During the investigation by the Tonnes Sea oenamles of this type of
[660]tions, I understand that security and rsonnel fil wer iuested on a maesne
[661]&8 were requested
[663]ERS crane, ge, ee eitan Tam repre oelrmanceevlutog)
[664]vant to the question of who killed President Kenneds 2 and other nose irrele-
[665]J : ly, these and oth -
[667]ments ultimately ended up in the sequestered collection of documents’ T'de otc,
[668]at the benefit to the public of disclosure of this information outweighs the
[670]make redactions and summarize the information in ord
[671]mum mean ad mariz “ion in order to ensure that the maxi-
[672]agent or the privacy opmation. Js released while still protecting the identity of an
[674]legislation is not by the Congress and signed by the Presi i
[675]the ? eK apere, to {hance public confidence and provide Teassuranes that Gia ie
[677]held ba 0 ' @ assassination, I will i
[678]mene neuished eqericans from outside of Government to examine whatever faa
[679]publ report on reacted or Pp Classif: ied. They would then issue an unclassified
[680]_- The e required to declassify the documents related to inati
[681]porecent Kennedy ill be deuating. However, it is an important" program and Tam
[682]i making it work. Even in a time of diminishi
[684]a the Intell nce Community, I have allocation of 15 full-time Positions te
[686]the documents and nthe docusmens cr seorical Review £ Toup that will review
[688]docleiers, thege actions attest to the seriousness of our intent to get these papers
[689]ernmental review. Ie is against thle bases and that; in responce aoe, Bongo
[690]tee's request, I cite our technical reservati about the necha nism estab
[691]the joint resting ct eck eal reserva! ions about the mechanism established by
[692]] to achiev esult. I intend to address only I i
[694]Community concerns; I defer to the Department of Justice on ony aidifoned
[696]. problems posed by the joint resolution.
[698]First, vesting in an outside bod the determinati
[699]t : on as to wheth i
[700]related to the assassination can be. released to the public is inconsistent witht
[701]statu’ rep ponsibility to protect, intelligence sources and methods.
[702]Second, I am concerned that the joint resolution contains no provision requiring
[703]Review Board nae one ent handling by the Assassination Materials
[705]' , I am concerned that the joint resolution d i
[706]2 ned tl loes not provide the i
[707]the op; porta to object to the release of CIA information contained agency with
[708]origina’ ted | ry wereress or the Warren Commission. Under the joint resolution, docu-
[709]oats aeinate atne rare entities can be released directly by the Executive Director
[710]orate Enooutire Beate meena” ard without any review by the President
[711]urth, the joint resolution provision for a 80-da: riod fc j
[712]Pete ee Peane ocisions by the Executive Director to release information "ae pot
[713]valume of material ime fe fmeaningful review of what could prove to be a large
[714]» and finally, section 6 of the joint resolution, which i
[715]Poepenement of Public Zelease of 3 focument, makes 1 no provision for nears ot
[716]é locum , May con ecutive privilege or deliberativ
[717]attorney-client, or attorney work product inf te I Whil privileges could
[718]waived in the public interest and, in fact, are not likely to ere ety eee
[719]factual information directly related to the JFK asraahectin trey tn respect to
[720]available under the joint resolution in the rare casa they might ben needed ean
[721]ese are the technical problems that I believe can be solved and that will, in
[723]fa ¢ 1
[724]Kennel the release of documents bearing on the assassination of President
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[734]i future course of this legislation, CLA is proceeding even
[735]noe So ante taasification the relevant documents under its control. Further,
[736]we will cooperate fully with any mech by the Congress an:
[737]President to declassify all of-this material.
[739]Chairman GLenn. Thank you, Mr. Gates.
[740]Mr. Sessions.
[742]NY OF THE HON, WILLIAM 8. SESSIONS, DIRECTOR,
[743]NPEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; ACCOMPANIED BY
[745]_ DAVID G. LEITCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,
[747]U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[749].. Sessions. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of. the
[750]Commnitios I have a complete statement which I will file, and
[751]there are some diagrams which I will also make available for the
[752]record, and a photograph of the files themselves. ‘Hl
[754]Chairman GLENN. Without objection, your entire statement wil
[756]included in the record.
[758]Be Bee one Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to appear
[759]before you to testify about FBI investigative records relating to the
[760]assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I applaud this Process
[761]and your efforts. It is fundamental. that Government exist to mee
[762]the needs of its citizens. An examination of these issues is directly
[763]related to satisfying the intense interest and concern of our citizens
[764]about the circumstances surrounding that tragic event some
[766]eprom th i i I favor
[768]he outset, I would like to state emphatically that I fa
[769]mes ‘aeclestire, consistent with the law and the legitimate
[770]need to protect certain small but highly sensitive categories o in
[771]formation. I can assure you that the FBI will work cooperatively
[772]through the Department of Justice with both the Senate and the
[773]‘House to develop a comprehensive approach to these importan
[774]issues.
[776]‘As you know, the Government has conducted a number of re-
[777]views “Of the assassination. The Warren Commission, the House As
[778]sassinations Committee, and the Church Committee all conducte
[779]reviews that I believe can be best categorized as exhaustive, t is
[780]my understanding that the FBI provided massive amounts 0: infor:
[781]mation to those entities to help ensure that they accomplishe
[782]their missions. Once again, we desire to be as helpful as we are
[784]able. ; h
[786]‘Immediately following the shooting of President Kennedy, the
[787]FBI began a massive investigation. An intense effort was made. Re-
[788]lated investigations were conducted and much information was ex-
[789]changed, as Director Gates has noted, between the various agen-
[791]cies. As is the case with. all major investigations, thousands of.
[793]pages of documents were created to record the results of these ef-
[795]cilitate the investigations. ;
[797]at? and tone kinds of information. were recorded in the FBI
[798]files. The results of thousands of interviews of witnesses, other ine
[799]dividuals with possible helpful knowledge, and contacts with confi-
[800]dential informants were. memorialized. Communications between
[801]the FBI headquarters and our field offices, and vice versa, were in-
[802]‘cluded, as were communications between the FBI and other agen-
[803]cies. Forensic reports were recorded. In all, FBI files relating to the
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[807]assassination contained over 499,000 pages of documents, with a
[808]few more pages added every time the FBI follows up on a new alle-
[809]gation or a new issue arises.
[811]After Congress amended the Freedom of Information Act in 1974,
[812]the FBI began receiving requests for information relating to the as-
[813]sassination. By 1978, four years later, over 200,000 pages of materi-
[814]al had been processed and made available to the public through the
[815]FBI's public reading room. Many authors, journalists, historians,
[816]and others have visited and revisited these materials, which
[817]remain available today as a valuable source of historic information.
[819]I would like to briefly describe to the Committee a breakdown of
[820]FBI records relating in some way to the assassination. The FBI has
[821]four core files that relate directly to the investigation of the assas-
[822]sination. Our cooperation with the Warren Commission and the in-
[823]vestigation of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby—those are the
[824]four core files. There are a proximately 499,000 pages in these
[825]files, 268,000 of which are duplicate pages that were cross-filed,
[826]third agency records, and some FBI records that have not been
[827]processed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
[829]Approximately 223,000 pages, or 94 percent of the records we
[830]have processed, have already been released to the public. In addi-
[831]tion, the FBI has several other much smaller files as a result of
[832]other directly related investigations, such as the investigation of
[833]Marina Oswald, and these files comprise approximately 22,000
[834]pages, 18,000 of which are duplicate, third agency, or unprocessed
[835]pages. Fifty-eight percent of these pages processed pursuant to the
[836]Freedom of Information Act have been released to the public.
[838]Of the pages available in the FBI reading room on the main floor
[839]at FBI headquarters, approximately 189,000 pages, or 94 percent,
[840]are available in their entirety. The remaining 12,000 pages in the
[841]reading room reflect some egree of redaction. The information
[842]that has not been disclosed or that has been redacted to some
[843]degree falls within the exemptions that are enumerated in the
[844]Freedom of Information Act and the protections of the Privacy Act.
[846]This includes information that, one, is classified on the basis of
[847]national security; two, would disclose the identities of individuals
[848]who specifically requested confidentiality; three, would disclose the
[849]identities of confidential informants or sources; four, is highly per-
[850]sonal information about individuals; or, five, originated with other
[851]Government agencies and those agencies specifically requested that
[852]the information not be released based upon exemptions applicable
[853]to those particular agencies. .
[855]While I strongly favor maximum disclosure under the law, there
[856]are certain types of information that are particularly critical to
[857]successful law enforcement investigations and national security; for
[858]example, information that is properly and appropriately classified,
[859]information that would identify confidential sources, and informa-
[860]tion that would disclose sensitive investigative techniques or the
[861]types of information the disclosure of which could negatively
[862]impact upon our ability to fulfill our mission. Information in FBI
[863]files that has not.been disclosed publicly falls largely within these
[864]descriptions of information.
[866]In any case, I believe it is extremel healthy for the country to
[867]have these issues aired and to be resolved. The public interest dic-
[869]97-062
[870]31 January 1997
[872]MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham
[873]DO Focal Point
[874]for JFK Board
[876]Lee Strickland
[877]DA Focal Point
[878]for JFK Board
[880]FROM: ‘John F. Pereira.
[881]Chief, Historical
[882]Review Group
[884]SUBJECT: . Request No. CIA-16
[885]from JFK Board
[887]: 1. Attached is “Request for Additional Information and
[888]Records No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)”, which
[889]was received from the Assassination Records Review Board on.
[890]29 January 1997. The request is for additional details
[891]related to files on Lee Harvey Oswald that may have existed
[892]in the Office of Security and in the DO.
[894]2. Please advise how you would like us to respond to
[896]this request. We are asked to make the information
[897]available to the Board by 24 February 1997.
[899]a ae y
[900]i Len De 6ece S
[902]a John Pereira
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[910]27 February 1997
[912]MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson
[913]Historical Review Group
[914]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[916]FROM: ) Janet A. Ecklund 7
[917]Chief, Information Management Branch
[918]Office of Personnel Security
[920]SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
[922]REFERENCE : CSI 97-062 dated 31 January 1997
[924]1. (U) The Office of Personnel Security has researched
[925]this request from the Assassination Records Review Board
[926]relating to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee
[927]Harvey Oswald. ;
[929]2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed
[930]in Mr. Marwell’s letter to the Historical Review Group, the
[931]‘following responses are provided to those three questions
[932]pertaining to the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These
[933]responses are the best reasonable answers based on available
[934]information. Please note OPS was known as the Office of
[935]Security prior to 1 October 1994.
[937]Question 1: (U) Please identify, as specifically as
[938]possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time
[939]of the assassination of President Kennedy.
[941]Response: (U) At the time of the assassination, the
[942]Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained
[943]information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A file entitled Defectors
[944]File (#0341008) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald,
[946]Regraded Confidential CL BY: 2605636 7)
[947]When Separated From CL Reason: 1.5(c)
[948]Secret Attachment DECL ON: X1
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[957]and the Office of Security also had a subject file on Lee
[958]Marvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in
[959]the automated security database known as the Management Data
[960]Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were
[961]originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the
[962]above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted
[963]of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated .
[964]system. This hand search produced the same results as the -
[965]automated search of MDP/PS.
[967](U) In your request specific mention is made of an
[968]HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official
[969]files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file),
[970]#0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of
[971]the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
[972]with numerous soft files. Since this material has been
[973]destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files
[974]contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A search of
[975]Oswald's name did not produce an index reference to any of
[976]these files.
[978]-(U) Attached is all of the available information
[979]regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL files. This
[980]information was retrieved from {tydia Hoffman/of the
[981]Information Management Branch/Records Control Section and
[982]from a review of general office administrative files.
[984]Question 2: (U) Other than for the 201-289248 file
[985]on Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was
[986]opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and
[987]the documents that were in the file at the time of the
[988]assassination.
[990]Response: (U) As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have
[991]been destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in
[992]chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in
[993]close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was
[994]undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening
[995]dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:
[997]#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
[998]#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
[999]#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
[1000]#0119144: Opened approximately May 1955
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[1012](U) HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
[1013]that involved opening incoming_ and outgoing mail destined to
[1014]and from the Soviet Union, (China), (Pakistan, and South
[1015]America. In OS this project was known as SRPOINTER with
[1016]subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER, INDIAN, BANJO, and
[1017]SETTER. OS conducted the actual opening and monitoring of
[1018]mail with the acquired information referred to the
[1019]Directorate of Operations.
[1021](U) The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
[1022]1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
[1023]défecting to other countries and information regarding
[1024]foreign nationals considering defection to the United States.
[1025]This compilation of information was received from press
[1026]clippings, Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal
[1027]Bureau of. Investigation, the Department of State, and the
[1028]various armed services. The pre-assassination documents
[1029]located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:
[1031]a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
[1032]entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at
[1034]15”
[1036]b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 October
[1037]1960 with attached list of American “defectors”
[1038]from May 1959 to October 1960
[1040]c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
[1041]31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
[1042]American Defectors
[1044]d. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
[1045]‘1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
[1046]American Defectors
[1048]e. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
[1049]1961
[1051]f. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing
[1053]known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and
[1054]United Arab Republic.
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[1062](U) The index reference to the Defectors File
[1063]identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
[1064]the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer
[1065]printout of defectors which reflected limited biographic
[1066]data on each name. This listing was maintained separately
[1067]from the actual Defectors File; notations within the
[1068]Defectors File show the Defector Machine Listing as
[1069]permanently charged to the Security Analysis Group of OS.
[1070]Efforts to locate this listing or determine the disposition
[1071]have been unsuccessful.
[1073](U) Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors
[1075]File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings.
[1076]atie Nakai, of this office at one time was assigned to the
[1077]Security Analysis Group and recalls the Defector Machine
[1078]Listing. From her recollection, this machine listing was
[1079]approximately one and one-half inches thick and was in two
[1080]parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical index of
[1081]defector names with assigned numbers. The second part
[1082]listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and contained
[1083]limited information on each name.
[1085](C) The Special Investigations Branch of Investigations
[1086]Division is the current operating component encompassing most
[1087]of the Security Analysis Group functions still conducted in
[1088]OPS. ‘Gail dewelP of this office was queried regarding office
[1089]holdings relating to the Defector Machine Listing. IMs
[1091]ewell/had no knowledge of the listing and suggested William
[1093]\Gilbert/ as a resource. CIC Liaison Officer,
[1094]could not recall the listing, opined it may have been
[1096]destroyed, and suggested contacting of the
[1097]Counterintelligence Center (CIC).
[1099](C) CIC assumed many of the functions previously
[1100]conducted by the Security Analysis Group. Mr. Filis>was
[1101]queried regarding the possibility the Defector Machine
[1102]Listing may have been transferred to CIC during the
[1103]realignment of duties. Mr._Fili@ advised the Defector
[1104]Machine Listing could not be located in CIC holdings; and he
[1105]has made inquiries with Directorate of Operations
[1106]counterparts regarding the listing.
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[1118](U) The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
[1119](#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file
[1120]was created as a separate repository for the numerous press
[1121]clippings and reports received from other government
[1122]agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
[1123]and his activities following his return to the United
[1124]States. The first volume of this file appears to have been
[1125]preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents
[1126]contained in this file are as follows:
[1128]a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
[1129]dated 31 October 1959
[1131]b. The Washington Post press clipping dated
[1132]1 November 1959 entitled “Ex-Marine Asks Soviet
[1134]Citizenship”
[1136]c. Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow
[1137]dated 2 November 1959
[1139]d. Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo
[1140]dated 9 November 1959
[1142]e. Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
[1143]dated 9 November 1959
[1145]f. The Washington Post press clipping dated 16
[1146]November 1959 entitled “Rebuffed’”
[1148]g. Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November
[1149]1959 entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to
[1151]Marx at 15”
[1153]h. Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
[1154]forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960
[1156]i. Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
[1157]13 April 1961
[1159]j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated
[1160]May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter
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[1172]: k. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated
[1173]3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texas
[1175]1. Note to CI/SI\dated 28 September 1961
[1177]m. Form 745 “Indices Search Request” dated
[1178]12 October 1961
[1180]n. Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow
[1181]dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure
[1183]o. Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
[1184]Service name check form to Central Intelligence
[1185]Agency dated 5 December 1961
[1187]p. Navy Department message to Moscow dated
[1188]3 March 1962 :
[1190]q. Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
[1191]Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
[1192]enclosure
[1194]r. The Washington Post press clipping dated
[1195]9 June 1962 entitled “Third American in 2 Months
[1196]Leaves Soviet ‘Home’”
[1198]s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
[1199]of report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August
[1200]1962.
[1202](U) In addition to those documents listed above, the
[1203]following documents were located in a subsequent volume of
[1204]the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination
[1205]of President Kennedy.
[1207]t. Undated summary of file information on Lee
[1208]Harvey Oswald
[1210]u. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
[1211]20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
[1213]v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
[1214]17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
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[1226]w. Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated
[1227]9 October 1963
[1229]x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated
[1230]10 October 1963
[1232]y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated
[1233]24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).
[1235]Question 4: (U) To the extent that Counterintelligence
[1236]and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination
[1237]files on Oswald, please explain why those offices
[1238]maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.
[1239]In answering this question, please make appropriate
[1240]references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)
[1241]and to any other materials (including organizational
[1242]charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and
[1243]organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
[1244]maintained such files.
[1246]Response: (U) It is believed that OS holdings on Lee
[1247]Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel.to Russia during
[1248]which he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was in
[1249]contact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and the
[1250]Department of State prepared reports on these contacts.
[1252]Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, the
[1253]Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
[1254]of these reports. In the beginning this material was
[1255]probably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of
[1256]documents on this person increased, a separate file was
[1257]created to be the repository of information on the alleged
[1258]American defector. There is a notation in the Defectors
[1259]File that a separate file exists on Oswald.
[1261](U) Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of
[1262]Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D.
[1263]Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-
[1264]assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, a
[1265]majority of them contain a notation or the initials of
[1266]Marguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was the
[1267]officer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filing
[1268]of this information.
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[1278](U) The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
[1279]component responsible for collecting, developing, and
[1280]evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to
[1282]detect and/or prevent penetration of the Agency’s
[1283]organization, employees, and activities by foreign or
[1284]domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted
[1285]research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
[1286]Maintained records identifying personalities, environments,
[1287]and personal traits of individuals who had been of
[1288]counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained
[1289]liaison with various government agencies in connection with
[1290]counterintelligence activities and coordinated the
[1291]counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using
[1292]organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
[1293]directly to the office of the Director of Security.
[1295](U) Don Staton/of the OPS/Management Staff was queried
[1296]regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre-
[1297]assassination time period. (Mr. Staton} made inquiries
[1298]relating to the above request, and thé OPS/Information
[1299]Management Officer Ronda Allen jretrieved retired policy
[1300]records for review. The information on the mission and
[1301]function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office of
[1302]Security administrative and historical files as well as a
[1303]review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.
[1305]3. (U) For your information, a page-by-page review of
[1306]the documents contained in the Defectors File (12 volumes)
[1307]and Lee Harvey Oswald’s file (7 volumes) has not been
[1308]conducted for the purposes of this request. Our efforts
[1309]were concentrated on the pre-assassination time frame.
[1311]4. (U) This review was conducted by Katie . Nakai /
[1313]OPS/CD/ IMB), secure (405527 anor
[1315]a
[1317]7
[1319]Attachment
[1320]8
[1322]SECRET
[1324]13-00000
[1326]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
[1328]“on. 8 ‘april: 1994, ‘the complete set of SRPOINTER and
[1330]_ - HTLINGUAL ‘security support files~ and. indexes held by the
[1331]- Office of Security were destroyed in accordance with the.
[1332]guidelines set forth in the approved: Records Control °
[1334]Schedules 31-76 and 31- 83 and by the office of General
[1336]. Counsel.
[1338]oN.
[1339]an)
[1341]OGC-94-51066
[1342]6 April 1994
[1344]MEMORANDUM FoR: [Terri Ragal. ;
[1345]Information Review Team
[1346]Office of Security
[1348]“VIA: Robert J. Batinger
[1349]Assistant General Counsel’ /.
[1350]Litigation Division
[1352]FROM: Stephen X. Dizubio /
[1353]Information Management Officer
[1354]Office of General Counsel
[1356]SUBJECT: -HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction
[1358]1. This responds to your memo of 9 February 1994
[1359]requesting confirmation that the security support files of
[1360]the HTLINGUAL project are not the subject of a current
[1361]litigation, investigation, or other inquiry that would
[1362]preclude their destruction pursuant to normal guidelines for
[1364]‘ yecords of this type. A review of OGC files located no
[1366]currently active casea involving the HTLINGUAL project.
[1367]Therefore, OGC poses no objection to destruction of the
[1368]files it authorized by your approved records disposition
[1369]schedule. _ oe
[1371]2. For your information.I have attached a copy of a
[1372]March 1990 memorandum in which OGC provided guidance to the
[1373]DO regarding destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL project
[1374]files. According to that memorandum, files pertaining to
[1375]HTLINGUAL may be destroyed only if: (1) they meet the
[1377]''. @xiteria for destruction on the applicable NARA approved
[1379]records disposition schedule; (2) are not responsive to a
[1380]FOIA or Privacy Act request currently being processed by the
[1382]_of£ice concerned; and (3) do not document the initiation,
[1383]implementation, and termination of the projecta, or
[1384]' conatitute files on U.8. parsons of foreign intelligence or
[1386]counterintelligence value which the Agency is required to
[1387]maintain. Aa the attachment indicates, NARA's requirement
[1388]that the SSCI concur in any proposed destruction has already
[1389]been met.
[1392]Cu BY 171358 |
[1393]DECL ADR
[1394]DRV FM SEC 13-87.
[1396]SECRET
[1398]P.2/6
[1403]13-00000
[1405]SECRET
[1407]| SUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction
[1409]3. I apologize for the delay in responding to your
[1410]request. Please let me know if I may be of further |
[1411]assistance.
[1413]Attachment:
[1415]As Stated
[1417]2
[1418]SECRET
[1422]SECRET
[1423]*-.,° SUBJECT: HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction
[1425]| DCI/OGC/REG/SEDIRUBLO yuka/76195) (6 Apr 94)
[1427]Distribution:
[1428]Original - Addyessee
[1429]_ d+ OGC Registry
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[1434]Peta
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[1442]P.546
[1443]“BRR Wo 794 eat eet USGOVERNMENT
[1446]MEMORANDUM FOR: § C/OIT/IMB_’
[1447]FROM: W. George Jamason
[1449]Chief, Litigation Division, OGC
[1450]SUBJECT: Destruction o£ MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL
[1452]. Project Files ‘
[1454]REFERENCE: Request for Authorization to Retain or
[1456]Destroy Questionable Records: 141C‘s for
[1457]MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL Projects, from
[1458]‘IMS/MPG/TRMB, dated 18 December 1989
[1460]1. The referenced request seeks concurrence fox the
[1461]destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL files in accordance with
[1463]' foutine records destruction schedules epproved by the National
[1465]Archivist. Subject to the qualifications set forth below, the
[1466]proposed destruction can proceed without legal objection.
[1468]Z. -On several occasions over the past 12 years, DO/IMS has
[1469]proposed that the Agency identify and destroy MHCHAOS and
[1470]HTLINGUAL records in accerdance with routine records
[1471]destruction echedules. The major reason not to do so has been
[1472]the existence of litigation that has necessitated retention of
[1473]those records. With the settlement of the National Lawyers'
[1474]Guild litigation, a major obstacle to routine records
[1475]destruction appears to have been eliminated.
[1477]3. That case alone, however, does not govern the records
[1478]retention or destruction of MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files. In |
[1479]addition, destruction may proceed only in accordance with the
[1480]records disposition authorization provided by the Archivist on.
[1481]17 March 1978. (Job Nos. NC1-263-77-18 and NC1-263-78-1). The
[1482]approval given by the Archivist is subject to essentially the
[1483]following conditions: (1) files and documents that are the
[1484]objects of FOIA and Privacy Act requests, or those involved in
[1485]any other litigation, are not to be destroyed; (2) files that
[1486]document the initiation, implementation, and termination of the
[1487]projects, and other files on U.S. persons of foreign.
[1488]intelligence or counterintelligence value which the Agency is
[1489]required to maintain, are not to be destroyed; (3) no disposal
[1490]will occur prior to review and concurrence of the Senata Select
[1491]Committee on Intelligence.
[1493]4. In reviewing the materials you have provided, I have
[1495]_ Been able to conclude that then SSCI Chairman, Birch Bayh, in
[1496]' several separate letters dated 6 April 1978, informed the DCT
[1498]that the Committee had no objection ta the implementation of
[1499]the records disposal lists approved by the Archivist. Ina my
[1501]13-00000
[1505]om et ee, _ er ee er Td TE 4
[1507]view, therefore, condition number (3) has heen satisfied.
[1509]. Accordingly, with the exception of the case of .
[1511], there appear to be'no ongoing court cases
[1513]_re@lating te MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files that necessitate the
[1515]retention of those materials. All HTLINGUAL materials relating
[1517]- to Leo T. Hurwitz, therefore, should be retained. In addition,
[1519]any records pertaining to Dr. Sidney M. Peck (Peck v. CIA)
[1521]. should be retained. I am not aware of any other matters that
[1523]would require retention of the files at the present time, but
[1524]you should contact the Agency's FOIA Coordinator to determine
[1525]if there are any outstanding FOIA or Privacy Act requests
[1527]‘relating to MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL that should not be destroyed.
[1529]If so, materials should be retained in accordance with the
[1531]requirements of the Records Disposal List. Finally, of course,
[1533]information that the Agency must maintain that is of foreign
[1534]intelligence value also should not be destroyed.
[1536]4. I would also point ‘out that the terms of the National
[1537]Lawyers Guild settlement require that all agencies of the
[1538]Federal Government, including the CIA, shall not use, release
[1539]or disclose, within or outside the Government, certain
[1540]information relating to the National Lawyers Guild and its
[1541]subunits. Accordingly, if there is CIA information derived.
[1543]- from the FBI's investigation relating té the National Lawyers'
[1545]Guild, Agency records, files or indices must be appropriately
[1546]marked so as to permit implementation. of the settlement
[1548]agreement, This means that, to the extent MHCHAOS records are
[1550]not isolated but are contained in other Agency files, some
[1551]means of ensuring that the information is not disseminated must
[1552]@ made.
[1554]5. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any
[1555]questions. ,
[1557]/.
[1560]13-00000
[1562]9 February 1994
[1564]MEMORANDUM FOR: OGC/Litigation STEVE = |
[1566]FROM: 2 Terri Eagajy
[1567]nformation Review Team
[1569]SUBJECT: Files Scheduled For Destruction
[1571]_—i.__On 7 February 1994,. this office was given direction
[1572]by Mr. Archibald, Legal Advisor for the Office of Security,
[1573]to deal directly. with your. office in reference to the
[1574]attached. ; os
[1576]. If.you have any. questions about the attached,
[1577]please feel free to call’ on (40615) Your prompt assistance
[1579]in this Matter is greatly appreciated. —
[1581]3. “Thank you. for your | coordination and cooperation in.
[1582]assisting the Records Control Schedule Analysts; Terri Eagah
[1584]| 40615) and By Lydia Hoffman 40616)
[1585](2
[1587]Information Review Team
[1590]13-00000
[1592]or (Lydia Hoffman) on 40615/
[1594]"9 December 1993
[1596]| MEMORANDUM FOR: {ames Archibala /
[1598]Office 1 of Security, Legal Advisor
[1600]FROM: erri Eagal
[1601]; ; nformation Review Team
[1603]SUBJECT: , HT LINGUAL Security Support Files/SR POINTER
[1604]Files
[1606]1. On 7 December _ 1993, this office coordinated with Barry /
[1608]Zeeman /of DO/IMS, on (47411) in reference to the HT_LINGUAL.
[1610]Security Support Files/SR POINTER Files. I asked Mr. Zeeman’ if
[1611]his office had any problems with our office destroying these
[1612]files as they were within our guidelines for destruction. He |
[1613]‘responded by saying that they had retired their files in eo and
[1614]would have to look into it further. On 8 December 1993,
[1616]' Yeeman)called to say that his office, DO/IMS, had no probie -with
[1618]us-destroying our support files to their HT. LINGUAL project as
[1620]they destroyed their files in the late 1980's The few files
[1622]they retired in 1991 were on the Administrative and Policy issues
[1623]of .HT LINGUAL.
[1625]2. since the DO no longer has a need for the information
[1626]in these files (list is attached) and has essentially approved
[1628]'their destruction, we have supplied: to you copies of our own
[1630]Security Records Control Schedule which verifies that these files
[1631]meet destruction criteria. As you can see though, by the comment
[1632]onthe SR POINTER Files, we need to be sure there is no
[1633]litigation open before we destroy.
[1635]3. In light of paragraph 2, our office now awaits OGC
[1636]approval. Your coordination with OGC in this effort is greatly
[1637]appreciated. Please note, destruction of these files include the
[1638]SR POINTER name index which is currently utilized by this office
[1640]for the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) -
[1642]cases... Destruction of this index will aid in decreasing
[1643]unnecessary review and research on part of FOIA and PA.
[1645]4.  .Thank you. If we can be of any. assistance | to_you 'qo6is)
[1646]40615
[1648]please call either Barbata-Deavers) on (40268; ferri Eagalj on
[1650]Information Review Team
[1652]Distribution:
[1654]Original - Jim Archibal
[1656]ce -\Len Kaplan
[1657]CL BY = <2039256
[1658]DECL OADR
[1660]DRV FM SEC 13-87
[1662]SECRET
[1664]2m pant martes hmete BRS
[1666]Neen ne emEnnaneenanaceneemend
[1669]13-00000
[1672]Al-83
[1674]ereverren oN
[1676]‘Security. File Review.
[1677]‘Lists of security f:
[1678]Activities Branch.
[1679]pxternal activitie
[1680]Hocumentation, ma
[1682]red by External
[1683]connection with
[1684]‘and cover and
[1686]Becurity Duty Of
[1688]rstems of Records,
[1689]ederal Register must
[1690]changed or
[1692]correspondence and reports on
[1693]er .
[1695]Tties in connection with
[1697]fey: projects.
[1699]CVASS ER ECATION
[1700]drat vsan
[1701]BE torrions
[1703]SECRET
[1705]PESPOS Eo ba T ue Tle,
[1707]Destroy when 6 months old.
[1709]YY. Destroy 5 years after
[1710]utoff. Cut off at end of each
[1711]alendar year, hold in current files
[1713]prea for 2 years, transfer to AARC for
[1714]3 years, then destroy,
[1716]TEMPORARY . Destroy when superseded
[1717]obsolete, or no longer needed.
[1719]TEMPORARY. Destroy 3 years after
[1720]cutoff. Cut off when backstop.
[1721]arrangement is terminated, hold in
[1723]current files area for 3 years, then
[1724]destroy.
[1726]TEMPORARY. Destroy 3 years after
[1727]cutoff. Cut off at termination of
[1728]project, hold in current files area
[1729]for 1 year, transfer to AARC for
[1731]2 years, then destroy...
[1733]tat)
[1735]“35
[1737]13-00006
[1739]Res
[1741]3(~ A ‘” danas ite ‘ FILes IOENT IFICATION -  cuas EG ‘| VOLUME " pisPosiTiON INSTRUCT IONS
[1742]z Record copies of reports pertaining to ‘Temporary. Hold in current file
[1744]the SRPOINTER Project.. (Discontinued). area until litigation concluded then
[1745]. destroy.
[1748]13-00000
[1750]Security Support Files. for HT LINGUAL / SR POINTER Files
[1752](avid G. Ellés )
[1753]“Mail I Intercept Program
[1754]a (McAuley, Peter F. SEN” 156003 /
[1755]a (McAuley, Peter _ Fs
[1756]99358 PROJECT CHAPERON
[1757]OS-PROJECT POINTER a
[1758]PROJECT SETTER SFN 159144 en
[1759]PROJECT SETTER me
[1760]- SRINDIAN SFN 507356 ‘ -~
[1761]. PROJECT SRINDIAN ,
[1762]‘SR POINTER/REDSKIN
[1763]SR POINTER
[1764]PROJECT SR POINTER
[1765]PROJECT SR POINTER Cuban Watch List
[1766]SR POINTER/HT LINGUAL Material Duplicated from CI Staff-.
[1767]Report JAN 29 75
[1768]Draft Memorandum on Background -of SR POINTER Prepared
[1769]23DEC74
[1770]OS Personnel Directly and Indirectly Involved with SR
[1771]POINTER ,
[1772]WESTPOINTER SFN 583870
[1773]PROJECT WESTPOINTER
[1774]SSD Mail Cover
[1775]U.S. Post. Office Liaison .
[1776]File with no name related to Mail
[1777]oe SR POINTER INDEX
[1778]me VoL
[1780]; 1 SFN 93466 SR POINTER GENERAL
[1781]oe ‘VOL 2 SFN 93466 SR POINTER GENERAL
[1782]VOL 3 Record of BANJOES Received
[1783]VOL 4 PROJECT HT LINGUAL Clearance #90079 29NOV56~-29NOV63
[1784]VOL 5 SR POINTER General Admin and Policy April 63
[1785]VOL 6 Original SR POINTER Documents
[1786]VOL 7 Documents Reviewed by George Clark oGCc
[1787]VOL 8 SR POINTER SFN 119144 Informant BANJO
[1788]VOL 9 PROJECT SR POINTER Admin 11JUN52-SFEB58 #77826
[1790]VOL 10 HT LINGUAL Statistics SFN 119144
[1791]VOL 11 SR POINTER GENERAL SFN 93466
[1792]VOL 12 PROJECT Outline and Cronology. #77826
[1793]VOL 13 Record of BANJOES Received (VOL 6)
[1794]‘VOL 14 SR POINTER Statistics JAN68-MAR70
[1795]VOL 15 SR POINTER
[1796]VOL 16 SR POINTER GENERAL File Admin and Policy 18JAN62-
[1798]VOL 17 SR POINTER 13MAR70 #90079
[1799]VOL 18 SR POINTER GENERAL File Admin and Ploicy 27JUL54-
[1800]19DEC61 .
[1801]- VOL 19 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 1FEB56- 2SEP58 Memos to CI
[1802]' Staff
[1803]VOL 20 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 9SEP58~-15AUG60 Memos to CI
[1804]Staff
[1807]13-00000
[1809]‘" "YOL 21 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 26AUG60-6JUN62 Memos to CI
[1811]Security Support Files for HT LINGUAL / SR POINTER Files
[1813]Staff
[1815]VOL 22 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 25JUN62-25MAR64 Memos to CI
[1817]Statf
[1819]VOL 23 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
[1820]BANJO File 2JUL53-27DEC57 . .
[1822]VOL 24 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special.
[1823]BANJO File 8JAN58-22DEC58 : . . .
[1825]VOL 25 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
[1826]BANJO File 7JAN59-22DEC60 ;
[1828]VOL 26 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
[1829]BANJO File 3JAN61-27DEC61 a ;
[1831]_VOL 27 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
[1832]BANJO File 23JAN63-2MAR64
[1834]VOL
[1836]. VOL
[1838]VOL
[1840]VOL
[1842]VOL
[1843]VOL
[1846]NOL
[1847]Relations With=
[1849]VOL 36 PROJECT DAYLIGHT SEN 243550
[1851]VOL 37 Review of HT LINGUAL Project Outline 10AUG59
[1852]- VOL 38 POINTER
[1854]28
[1855]29
[1856]30
[1857]31
[1858]32
[1859]33
[1861]34
[1863]35
[1865]‘#90079 DC Survey
[1866]‘#94866 Radio Moscow
[1868]PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 25MAR64-23DEC64
[1869]PROJECT. HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 4JAN66-29MAR67
[1870]PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 30MAR67
[1872]FANFOLD Coding System #90079
[1874]Watch List JAN66 ~
[1876]SFN 77826 PROJECT SR POINTER Post Office Department,
[1879]13-00000
[1881](SR ron ER Tiforant ae oe
[1883]“gp LINGUAL A DO. project. Opening: U.S. itizen' ‘3 mail’ going
[1884]Sato: other countries (mostly Soviet. Union): &“‘mail.. ‘incoming.
[1885]. + Exowi. other countries: (1950's). Most mail was’: opened. in NY. =
[1886]“Actual, opening | -& monitoring. of mail assigned: to. Os. with info
[1887]turned - over: to. -Ehe: “POs. . a oe oo .
[1889]SR- POINTERS. os - name for. Br ‘LINGUAL.
[1891]- MESTPOINTER=- ‘Opening mail in San. Fransico” also. known. as MK
[1892]‘SOURDOUGH) Targeted ithe. Chine ss\. 7 Sy |
[1896]90~ Actua Letters, (copies) ‘intercepted.
[1898]| BROJECT SETTER Mail: opened in New Orleans, targeting South
[1899]America,‘ : .
[1901]- Project was” exposed ‘in Rockefellar Coniniission. report. oon
[1902]Project. names release with: SEK . Anfo. ° ue
[1905]13-00000
[1907]~. aN
[1909]7 CONFIDENTIAL oO
[1911]06 December 1993
[1913]MEMORANDUM FOR: (Phil Boycan /
[1914]Services Team Leader
[1916]FROM: (William } Marshall }
[1917]Services Team
[1919]- SUBJECT: Transfer of POINTER and related files
[1921]REFERENCE: Memorandum, dated 23 November 1993 from
[1922]; ' (Léonard” Kaplan) (C/IRT) eee Archibald )
[1923](OGC)
[1925]Memorandum, dated 23 November 1993,
[1927]from/Jim Archibald} (OGC) to Leonard /
[1928](Kaplan) (C/IRT)
[1930]1. On 30 November 1993, Investigations and Services Branch
[1931]-(I&SB) received a copy of an Office of General Counsel (OGC)
[1932]memorandum, dated 23 November 1993, wherein /Jim Jim Archibald)
[1933]advised that it would be prudent for I&SB to transfer the
[1934]below list of files to. the Information Review Team (IRT).
[1936]2.. In accordance with this memorandum, I&SB (3804) .
[1937]Stafford) transferred the.below list of files, on 06
[1939]December 1993, to (Leonard Kaplan? (C/IRT) via Barbara Deavers ?
[1940](G20. Stafford). Se Sa
[1942]3. Therefore, as of 06 December 1993, I&SB considers
[1943]itself absolved of the responsibility as custodian of the
[1944]files. Conversely, as of 06 December, IRT assumes the
[1945]responsibility as custodian of the files.
[1947]FILES TRANSFERRED FROM OS/I&SB TO OS/IRT:
[1949]1. HT LINGUAL (BANJO) ...-.c cc ccc eee c cece eeens 0119144
[1951]2. WESTPOINTER we eee eee c wees Se eee ewww ee 0583870
[1953]3. SR POINTER —.... eee ee eeee No case number visible
[1954]4. (DAVID G, ELLIS) FILE ............ No case number visible
[1955]5.
[1957](
[1959]PROJECT INDIAN ..............26- No case number visible
[1960]Continued on next page) me, :
[1962]WARNING NOTICE CL BY 07011407
[1964]INTELLIGENCE SOURCES DECL OADR
[1965]OR METHODS INVOLVED DERV FRM COV 1- 82
[1967]CONFIDENTIAL
[1969]13-00000
[1971]CONFIDENTIAL
[1973](Continued)
[1976]7. SR POINTER/OS PERSONNEL ......No case number visible
[1977]8. HT LINGUAL ...cen cee ececene ecw cane ea ccceee -0090079
[1978]9. PROJECT HT LINGUAL wee ee eee cece ee eee eee eee 20090079
[1979]10. HT LINGUAL 2... ccc ccc ccc cane ccc cc ccc erate tees 0090079
[1980]11. SR POINTER ... cc ccc ccc cece ccc n cence csacccnene 0077826
[1981]12. SR POINTER J... ccc ccc ccc cc ccc ccccseeccceccens ec c 0093466
[1982]13. SR POINTER (BANJO) ......... eee ec eee eee eee ce 0119144
[1983]14. SR POINTER (BANJO) 2... ccc cee ew ee eee ee ceo ee OL19144
[1984]15. WATCH LIST ee eeeececeeeeese-NO Case number visible
[1985]16. HT LINGUAL .... cc ccc ccc ewe ceca nae c cena eeneee 0119144
[1986]17. DC SURVEY ccc ccc cece cece c er cccccecccccscce 20090079
[1987]18. PROJECT DAYLIGHT 2... ccc cece rece ew ee cce cv ccc es 00243550
[1989]' 19. SR POINTER (CUBAN WATCHLIST) .No case number visible
[1990]20. HT LINGUAL (BANJO) ........ ccc cece ccc c cence 0119144
[1991]21... HT LINGUAL wee ec eeceteeee ee eNO case number visible
[1992]22. SR POINTER (BANJO) Bec e een ene senscccece eee e0119144
[1993]23. RADIO AMATEURS IN USSR ...... No case number visible
[1994]24. FANFOLD CODING SYSTEM. .... cece cece eee ccccc es e 0090079
[1995]25. SR POINTER (MAPS) ...... -.--.-NO case number visible
[1996]“26. RADIO MOSCOW ..... 2. ccc cc ccc ncece eee ewww cease 0094866
[1997]27.. PROJECT CHAPERON 2... ccc ccc ccc ccc nace ceca aces 0099358
[1998]28. SR POINTER ...............2.-eNO case number visible
[1999]29. MAIL INTERCEPT PROGRAM........No case number visible
[2000]30. SR POINTER .......... sce e wer ececececsesscses 0090079
[2001]31. . PROJECT OUTLINE CHRONO/SR POINTER ...........0077826
[2002]32. PETER MEAULEY ..........cccccv ccc cccccces ee2-- 0156003
[2003]33. US POST OFFICE LIAISON «.....-NO case number visible
[2004]34. SSD MAIL COVER ...............NO case number visible
[2005]35. PROJECT SETTER ...ccccccccccnvccnccscscccces 0159144
[2006]36. SR POINTER/REDSKIN ..........-No case number visible
[2007]37. SR POINTER .........ces0¢-+2---NO Case number visible
[2008]38. OS PROJECT POINTER ...........No case number visible
[2009]39. RECORD OF BANJOES ............No case number visible
[2010]40. SR POINTER/HT LINGUAL ........No case number visible
[2011]‘41. SR POINTER ....... a eeceee -----NO case number visible
[2012]42. HT LINGUAL ..........cc cee eee No case number visible
[2013]43. SR POINTER ........ cece were ere cce scene veces 0090079
[2014]44. ORIGINAL SR POINTER .......... No case number visible
[2016]46. SR POINTER/BANJO 2... ccc cence ccc s cece cccecese eOLI9144
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[2124]FROM: _ (feonard. Me Kaplan la
[2125]ee |. (Chief, Information Review. Team
[2126]office of Security -
[2128]SUBJECT:  ——sRemoval_ of SRPOINTER Files “from (3804 ia)
[2130]- Reetfords (resp) to (G20 § Stafford /(IRT) .
[2132]ls Per a telephonic. conversation: with (will waxsnaly) of
[2134]the OS/Investigations and Services Branch (I&SB), this memo. ~
[2135]_ewill formally request.a transfer/relocation of the noted
[2136]_SREOINTER, files to 08/Information Review Team (IRT) .
[2138]ee -IesB- is currently. holding the SRPOINTER . files: as.
[2139]Mr. John Daley? formerly an I&SB Security Officer, ‘served as.
[2140]‘the OS réferent, as well as for his historical. perspectives
[2141]of the files. (Mr. Daley?has | since retired and it has-been
[2143]. informally agreed that IRT will serve as the: focal point .
[2144]holder of the files.
[2146]3. A formal ‘transfer will serve to alleviate I&SB's
[2147]role as an "intermediary" in the occasional to frequent use
[2148]of the SRPOINTER files for IRT's formal responses to Freedom .
[2149]of Information and Privacy Act requests. Additionally, as
[2150]_ VIRT serves as the focal point for other public and Agency
[2151]"Fequests,_ ‘ait-is necessary to reference these files.
[2153]4, Your concurrence is ‘required per C/I&SB
[2154]- instructions ‘for a formal move of the SRPOINTER | files from
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[2177]Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
[2178]FROM ,
[2179]J. Barry Harrelson CSI 97-210
[2180]Histori Review Group/CSI _
[2182](E20 IPB / 25 9 May 1997
[2184]TO (Officer designation, room, and building) OFFICIAL'S | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
[2185]== INITIALS | to whom. Oraw a line across column after each comment.)
[2187]1. John_Pereira, C/HRG
[2188](2E20 IPB_/
[2190]3. (Janet A. Ecru?
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[2195]5. J. Barry t Harrelson
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[2205]9 May 1997
[2207]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information Management Branch
[2208]Office of Personnel Security
[2210]VIA: Chief, Historical Review Group
[2211]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[2213]FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
[2214]Historical Review Group
[2215]Center for the Study of Intelligence
[2217]SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
[2219]REFERENCE: A. Memo for C/IMB, dtd 27 Feb. 97,
[2220]. Same Subject
[2221]B. Memo for DA/DO IROs (CSI 97-062),
[2222]dtd 31 Jan 97
[2224]The following actions need to be taken to complete the
[2225]Agency” s response to the JFK Board’s Request for Additional
[2226]io: nd Re: ords A-1 ald Pre-Assassination
[2227]Files) :
[2229]a. Response to Request: CIA has to provide an official
[2230]response that will become a part of the public record. The
[2231]response should be a releasable version of your memorandum of
[2232]27 February 1997; according to the classification markings, most
[2233]of the text is unclassified. I recommend that you send me an
[2234]annotated copy indicating what can be released. I will prepare
[2235]the response and coordinate it with you. Also please review the
[2236]attachments to the memorandum for possible release. The JFK
[2237]Board may consider documentation of the destruction of
[2238]potentially relevant files as assassination records. HRG will
[2239]handle any additional coordination (OGC, DO, etc.) required.
[2241]b. Transfer of Oswald's OS File (#0351164): The original
[2242]Office of Security subject file on Oswald currently held by the
[2243]Office of Personnel Security should be transferred to the
[2244]Historical Review Group. The file will be incorporated into the
[2245]Agency’s JFK Assassination Collection and reviewed for release
[2246]under the JFK Act of 1992. Most documents in this file will
[2247]probably be duplicates of documents in the HSCA sequestered
[2248]matexial held by HRG, however, under the JFK law all “Oswald”
[2249]file® ate considered assassination records. The ARRB staff has
[2250]asked for access to the file when practical.
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[2258]. ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
[2260]SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
[2262]‘~scs Defectors File (#0341008): The ARRB staff has requested
[2263]acceSs*to the parts of the Defector File that contain the Oswald
[2264]documents, items a-f, listed in your 27 February memorandum.
[2266](We were unable to locate documents “e”" and *f”" in the HSCA
[2267]sequestered collection.) Assassination- and Oswald-related
[2268]documents in this file will most likely be declared assassination
[2269]records. HRG will handle any third Agency coordination required.
[2271]Please let me know when it will be possible to give the ARRB
[2272]staff access to the files. The access is considered for back-
[2273]ground purposes only, and any notes taken will be reviewed by
[2274]your staff and HRG. If a file is considered sensitive, access
[2275]can be restricted to one ARRB staff member and monitored by your
[2276]staff. The review can take place either at your office or in
[2277]HRG. If you any questions, please give me a call, secure 31825.
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[2320]5 June 1997
[2322]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
[2323]SUBJECT: Review of OS Records on LHO and Defectors
[2325]- FROM: Gary M. Breneman, IC
[2327]1. Over the course of three half days, 29 May, 2 and 4
[2328]June, 1997 ARRB Staff member Michelle Combs reviewed the
[2329]Office of Security files on Lee Harvey Oswald and a multi-
[2330]volume file collection entitled “Defectors.” These were
[2331]made available by Ms: Janet Ecklun@ in OS offices in
[2332]Stafford Building.
[2334]2. At the request of OS, the undersigned was present
[2335]during the review. Mrs. Combs took notes of items of
[2336]interest and put yellow stickies on a number of documents.
[2337]She advised Wisi -EekIun that she (Mrs. Combs) would write a
[2338]memorandum on what i-had done and pass it to Mr. Gunn.
[2339]Further, she advised that Mr. Gunn might want review the
[2340]files personally.
[2342]3. Ms. Eckiund stated she would keep these files
[2343]segregated within her office for quick retrieval if we
[2344]wanted to see them again.
[2346]Gary Breneman
[2349]13-00000
[2353]27 October 1997
[2355]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
[2357],
[2359]FROM: (Janet A. Ecklund }
[2360]Chief, Information Management Branch
[2361]Office of Personnel Security
[2363]SUBJECT: OSWALD, LEE HARVEY.
[2364]AIN: 0351164
[2366]1. The Office of Personnel Security was tasked on 31
[2367]January 1997 by the Historical Review Group/Center fdér the Study
[2369]o£ Intelligence (HRG/CSI), via the Directorate of
[2371]Administration/Information Review Office, with researching pre-
[2372]assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The tasking was.
[2373]generated by the John F. Kennedy. Bosrats--desire to review and
[2374]declassify relevant material. the results of this réview were
[2375]forwarded to the HkG/CSI on 27 february 1997.
[2377]2. During the Informa:ion Management Branch’s
[2378](IMB) research in response to =he above tasking it was noted that
[2379]Volume V of the Oswald files yas not on the shelf where Volumes
[2380]I-IV and VI-VII were located. 4 search of the entire area where
[2381]the volumes had been maintainey failed to locate Volume V. The
[2382]IMB Files Section was subsequehtly charged with conducting an
[2384]-all out search for the missing'yolume. The search failed to find
[2386]Volume V.
[2388]3. In July 1997, the Osyald files were reviewed page by
[2389]page prior to being turned over to HRG/CSI and another attempt
[2390]was Thade to locate Volume V or to locate persons who might know
[2391]what happened to it. Volume V Was not located nor were any
[2392]persons located who were knowleageable of its status.
[2394]4. During the complete réview of the Oswald files no
[2396]“time gap was apparent and no one was located who could recall
[2398]ever seeing Volume V. This would suggest that either Volume V
[2399]had been consolidated into other yolumes or that Volume V never
[2400]existed, but that a numbering error resulted in what should have
[2401]been Volume V being labeled as Volume VI. The use of Roman
[2402]numerals on the cover of the volumes might have caused this
[2403]error to occur.
[2405]13-00000
[2407]a . Central Intelligence Agency
[2409]24 December 1997
[2411]Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn
[2412]Executive Director
[2413]Assassination Records Review Board _.
[2415]oo . rere
[2416]600 E. Street, N.W. (2nd Floor) «2... .2 no. DS
[2417]Washington, D.C. 20530 s _
[2418]Dear Dr. Gunn: a
[2420]eos a
[2422]Re: Request for Additional Information and Records
[2423]No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) and
[2424]No. CIA-IR-24 (Defector File)
[2426]This is a partial response to the ARRB’s referent
[2427]request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had
[2428]on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is believed the following comments
[2429]and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of
[2430]Security questions. The DO response is pending.
[2432]1. At Tab A is a 22 December 1997 memorandum
[2433]containing information from the Agency’s Office of Personnel
[2435]- Security which provides details about the files it had on
[2437]Oswald prior to the assassination plus when and why they
[2438]were created. These include the Office of Security file on
[2439]Oswald, a.general file on Americans who had defected to
[2440]another country and information about HTLINGUAL files.
[2442]2. Also enclosed at Tab B is a 27 October 1977
[2443]Memorandum from the Office of Personal Security which
[2444]explains the numbering of that Office’s file on Oswald. In
[2445]particular, it explains why the “missing” volume V may never
[2446]have existed.
[2448]3. An ARRB staff member has reviewed the Oswald
[2449]Security file and the file on American defectors.
[2451]4. The Oswald Office of Personnel Security file and
[2452]those pages of the defector file deemed relevant by the ARRB
[2453]staff member have been forwarded to HRG for review and will
[2454]be processed according to current release guidelines.
[2456]If you have any questions about this response, please
[2458]advise.
[2459]Sincerely,
[2461]J. Barry Harrelson
[2463]13-00000
[2465]22 December 1997
[2467]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
[2469]1. Pursuant to ARRB “Resquet No. CIA-16,the Office of
[2470]Personnel Security conducted research for and existing pre-
[2471]assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The following
[2472]responses are provided to those questions which pertain to
[2473]the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These responses are
[2474]the best reasonable answers based on available information.
[2475]Please note OPS was known as the Office of Security prior to
[2476]1 October 1994.
[2478]Question 1: Please identify, as specifically as
[2479]possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time
[2480]of the assassination of President Kennedy.
[2482]Response: At the time of the assassination, the Office
[2483]of Security (OS) held two files which contained information
[2485]‘on Lee Harvey Oswald. One file entitled “Defectors File”
[2486](#0341008), contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, and ~
[2488]the second file was Office of Security subject file on Lee
[2489]Harvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in
[2490]the automated security database known as the Management Data
[2491]Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were
[2492]originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the
[2493]above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted
[2494]of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated
[2495]system. This hand search produced the same results as the
[2496]automated search of MDP/PS.
[2498]2. Within the ARRB request is specific mention of an
[2499]HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official
[2500]files under this project--#0077826. (an administrative file),
[2501]#0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of
[2502]the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
[2503]with numerous soft files. Since this material has been
[2504]destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files
[2505]contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. The search
[2506]of Oswaid’s name did not produce an index reference to any
[2507]of these files. Attached is all of the available
[2508]information regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL
[2509]files. This information was retrieved from the Information
[2510]Management Branch/Records Control Section and from a review
[2511]of general office administrative files.
[2513]13-00000 .
[2515]Question 2: For other than the 201-289248 file on
[2516]Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the
[2517]purpose for the. opening of the file, and the documents that
[2518]were in the file at the time of the assassination.
[2520]Response: As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have been
[2521]destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in
[2522]chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in
[2523]close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was
[2524]undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening
[2525]dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:
[2527]#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
[2528]#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
[2529]#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
[2530]#0119144 Opened approximately May 1955
[2532]3. HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
[2533]involving the opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to
[2534]and from the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan, and South
[2535]America. In the Office of Security this project was known
[2536]as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER,
[2537]INDIAN, BANJO, and SETTER. The Office of Security actually
[2538]conducted the opening and monitoring of mail with the
[2539]acquired information being referred to the Directorate of
[2540]Operations.
[2542]4. The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
[2543]1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
[2544]defecting to other countries and information regarding
[2545]foreign nationals considering defection to the United States.
[2546]This file contained information was from press clippings,
[2547]Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal Bureau of
[2548]Investigation, the Department of State, and the various armed
[2549]services. The pre-assassination documents located in this
[2550]file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:
[2552]a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
[2553]entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at
[2554]157
[2556]b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 Qctober
[2557]1960 with attached list of American “defectors”
[2558]from May 1959 to October 1960
[2560]c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
[2561]31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
[2562]American Defectors
[2564]13-00000
[2566]dad. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
[2567]1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
[2568]American Defectors
[2570]e. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
[2571]1961
[2573]£. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing
[2574]known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and
[2575]United Arab Republic.
[2577]5. The index reference to the Defectors File
[2578]identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
[2579]the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer
[2580]printout of defectors and provided limited biographic data
[2581]on each name. This listing was maintained separately from
[2582]the actual Defectors File; notations within the Defectors
[2583]File show the Defector Machine Listing as permanently
[2585]charged to the Security Analysis Group of the Office of
[2587]Security. Efforts to locate this listing or determine its
[2588]disposition have been unsuccessful.
[2590]6. Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors
[2591]File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings.
[2592]An employee of this Office was, recalls the Defector Machine
[2593]Listing as being approximately one and one-half inches thick
[2594]and in two parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical
[2595]index of defector names with assigned numbers. The second
[2596]part listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and
[2597]contained the limited biographic data on each name.
[2599]7. The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
[2600](#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file
[2601]was created as a separate repository for the numerous press
[2602]clippings and reports received from other government
[2603]agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
[2604]and his activities following his return to the’ United
[2605]States. The first volume of this file. appears to have been
[2606]preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents
[2610]contained in this file are as follows: =
[2612]a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
[2613]dated 31 October 1959
[2615]b. The Washington Post press clipping dated
[2616]1 November 1959 entitled “Ex-Marine Asks Soviet
[2617]Citizenship”
[2619]13-00000
[2621]Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow
[2622]dated 2 November 1959
[2624]Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo
[2625]dated 9 November 1959
[2627]Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
[2628]dated 9 November 1959
[2630]The Washington Post press clipping dated 16
[2631]November 1959 entitled “Rebuf fed”
[2633]Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November
[2634]1959 entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to
[2635]Marx at 15”
[2637]Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
[2638]forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960
[2640]Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
[2641]13 April 1961
[2643]Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated
[2644]May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter
[2645]Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated
[2647]3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texas
[2649]Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961
[2651]Form 745 “Indices Search Request” dated
[2652]12 October 1961
[2654]Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow
[2655]dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure
[2657]Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
[2658]Service name check form to Central Intelligence
[2659]Agency dated 5 December 1961 ,
[2661]'Navy Department message to Moscow dated
[2663]3 March 1962: oo
[2665]Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
[2666]Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
[2667]enclosure
[2669]The Washington Post press clipping dated
[2670]9 June 1962 entitled “Third American in 2 Months
[2673]13-00000
[2675]Leaves Soviet ‘Home’”
[2677]s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
[2678]of report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August
[2679]1962.
[2681]8. In addition to those documents listed above, the
[2682]following documents were located in a subsequent. volume of
[2683]the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination
[2684]of President. Kennedy.
[2686]t. Undated summary of file information on Lee
[2687]Harvey Oswald : ;
[2689]u. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
[2690]20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
[2692]v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
[2693]17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)
[2695]w. Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated
[2696]9 October 1963
[2698]x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated
[2699]10 October 1963
[2701]y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated
[2702]24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).
[2704]Question 4: To the extent that Counterintelligence
[2705]and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination
[2706]files on Oswald, please explain why those offices
[2707]maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.
[2708]In answering this question, please make appropriate
[2709]references to the Clandestine Servi'ces Handbook (CSHB)
[2710]and to any other materials (including organizational
[2711]charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and
[2712]organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
[2713]maintained such files.
[2715]Response: It is believed that OS holdings on ,Lee
[2716]Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia during
[2717]which he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was in
[2718]contact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and the
[2719]Department of State prepared reports on these contacts.
[2721]Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, the
[2722]Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
[2723]of these reports. In the beginning this material was
[2724]probably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of
[2726]13-00000
[2728]documents increased, a separate file was created to be the
[2729]repository of information on the alleged American defector.
[2730]There is a notation in the Defectors File that a separate
[2731]file exists on Oswald.
[2733]9. Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of
[2734]Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D.
[2735]Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-
[2736]assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, a
[2737]majority of them contain a notation or the initials of
[2738]Marguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was the
[2739]officer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filing
[2740]of this information.
[2742]10. The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
[2743]component responsible for collecting, developing, and
[2744]evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to
[2745]detect and/or. prevent penetration of the Agency's
[2746]organization, employees, and activities by foreign or
[2747]domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted
[2748]research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
[2749]Maintained records identifying personalities, environments,
[2750]and personal traits of individuals who had been of
[2751]counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained
[2752]liaison with various government agencies in connection with
[2753]counterintelligence activities and coordinated the oS
[2754]counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using
[2755]organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
[2756]Girectly to the office of the Director of Security.
[2758]11. A representataive of the Office of Personnel
[2759]Security /Management Staff was queried regarding the mission
[2760]and functions of SRS during the pre-assassination time
[2761]period. He made inquiries relating to the above request,
[2762]and the OPS/Information Management Officer retrieved retired
[2763]policy records for review. The information on the mission
[2764]and function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office
[2765]of Security administrative and historical files as well as a
[2766]review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.
[2768]13-00000
[2772]16 September 1998
[2774]MEMORANDUM FOR: Ms. Laura Denk.
[2775]Executive Director, ARRB
[2777]FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
[2778]JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM
[2780]SUBJECT: CIA-16, Oswald Pre-Assassination Files
[2782]1. This is further to my letter of 24 December 1997 in
[2783]response to referent request.
[2785]2. That letter, was a partial response which provided
[2786]the Office of Personnel Security’s information. The
[2787]Directorate of Operations’ (DO) response was still pending.
[2788]The DO response was provided on 2 September 1998 and it is
[2789]attached.
[2791]3. Please note that both responses are contained in the
[2792]Agency’s Compliance Declaration dated 2 September 1998 at
[2793]Attachment V(2).
[2795]4. This completes the Agency’s action on CIA-16. If
[2796]you have any questions about this matter, please advise.
[2798]Sincerely,
[2800]Encl. A/S
[2802]13-00000
[2804]DO Response to Board Request CIA - 16
[2805]Oswald Pre-Assassination Files
[2807]The Directorate of Operations reviewed the DO
[2808]records to determine if there were any additional files
[2809]containing pre-assassination records relating to
[2810]Oswald. Research identified a document in the Oswald
[2811]201 which appeared to be a file inventory. The |
[2812]document identified CI Staff as the file custodian.
[2814]CIC has confirmed that all CI Staff holdings were
[2815]incorporated into the 201.
[2817]Prior t6 establishing a 201, any documents received
[2818]would have been placed in an operational interest file.
[2819]We found no reference to the existence of an
[2820]operational file. If such a file had existed, however,
[2821]it might not have been registered in the central index.
[2822]It was standard procedures that upon opening a 201, the
[2823]documents from an interest file would be transferred to
[2824]the 201. . .
[2826]Given that Oswald was a subject of the HTLINGUAL
[2827]operation, it is reasonable to believe that there was a
[2828]file on him. We destroyed all of the HTLINGUAL files
[2829]under court order, and no record was made of what files
[2830]existed. We did not review all of the DO record system
[2831]to destroy all copies of material which may have been
[2832]derived from HTLINGUAL material. We know, for
[2833]instance, that there are HTLINGUAL itens related to
[2834]Oswald in the HSCA sequestered collection
[2836]In sum, the 201 on Oswald contains all the
[2837]information we are aware of that we had prior to the
[2838]assassination.