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[2]i104-10331-107149 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[6]1998
[8]2 Lee Strickland:
[9]Chief, IRG/OIM
[11]is va’ Helms' MFR:’on See Meceinge Within it
[12]ré eferences to C! clalcovert. financi Sial ‘support. to 7,
[13]Ital dBrazil and to. /
[15]‘Status and'Issues: The ARRB staff has agreed to recommend
[16]- to:the Board that the information related to those covert
[17]‘- actions: be considered non-related and the documents
[18]designated | “Not Believed Related” (NBR). The document will
[20]( Alias “Document at ion nd A commodat ion
[21]Addresses. The security file of former Agency employee,
[22]David Morales (deceased -- true name already released),
[23]within the sequestered collection contains documentation on
[24]five of his alias. We anticipate similar problems as we re-
[25]review other security files within the sequestered
[26]collection. The ARRB staff has proposed a compromise
[27]resolution to this problem as follows:
[29]-- Protect all references to ‘official | j}documents
[31]reflecting the alias such as (SSN, Drivers: Permit, etc .7/
[33]= Release items designated as pocket litter such as
[34]club cards, etc.;
[36]-- Protect elements of accommodation addresses to avoid
[37]identifying specific locations; and
[39]-- Then make a decision to actually release or protect
[40]the alias itself depending on the timeframe and its
[41]importance to the JFK story.
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[48]DRV FRM: Multiple
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[56]The | DO.. JFK ‘Team is currently. reviewing
[58]a the material | “and selected items
[59]2 JFK sropriaee Goupone selected
[61]atus and issues: The ARRB will: present. the selected
[62]ial; including a. DO. TMWAVE chart, to the Board | to be
[64]‘ rie-DO’ ‘organization chart
[66]‘be Y Spared in ‘Liew of the records. in? ‘contention. The chart
[68]‘would include those components that were involved in the
[70]Oswald story and anti-Castro activities. These JMWAVE and
[72]. ... DO organization charts have been the subject of several
[74]discussions and meetings with the ARRB staff over the past
[75]few months. The ARRB staff is clearly leaning toward
[76]recommending that the JMWAVE chart be released; an actual
[77]vote on these records by the Board will not take place until
[78]the May meeting.
[80]4. ARRB Request, CIA-IR.-15, Mexico City Tapes.
[81]! - -This..request asked for a thorough search of. Agency files and
[82]’ documents for and CIA “surveillance ~take' from Cuban and
[83]~ Soviet. facilities in Mexico City at the time of the Oswald
[84]‘visit and in the immediate wake of the assassination.
[85]Among the items provided by the DO were five boxes
[86]containing audio tapes from tel-tap on Cuban and Russian
[87]~ embassies and facilities. A number of the tapes are dated
[88]22 November 1963; many others are dated 23 November 1963
[89]through December 1963.
[91]Status” and. “eeu “the ARRB ‘staff has asked the question,
[93]‘what’.could possibly be sensitive or classified on the tapes
[94]iven that we have acknowledge a tap on the
[96]-Sembassies and the existence of the tapes is public
[97]~ knowledge. ty plans additional information from the Do,
[99]the ARRB staff/plan o present the issue to the Board at
[100]the 13 April m ng and request that it declare at least
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[108]\ Gibson and the disposition of their File., ae
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[112]the tapes from 22 and 23 November to be Assassination
[113]Records. A vote on releasing the tapes will be delayed
[114]until the May meeting.
[116](Ss 5. (LITAMIL-9/ -- a CIA Penetration (o£ the Cuban/
[117]Embassy). The identity of EETAMEL @ pas inadvertent
[118]released in 1993. He is now/identified in true name_as a
[119]CIA ath John Newman's book, Oswald and the CIA.
[121]1993, {LITAMIL-9/was still alive, living i i
[122]he has family in (Cuba } Up to now, the ARRB Board has agre
[123]to protect his identity and crypt and delay the release of
[124]his 201 file until the Agency could make some judgments
[125]about the potential damage created by the release on
[126]additional documents with his name/crypt in them.
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[130]Status and Issues: The ARRB has requested that we address
[131]LI-9)issue at the May meeting. The DO has confirmed that
[132]LI-9/is still alive and living in{Mexico City). The HRP/DO
[133]JFK teams are currently reviewing the 201 and other/LI-9
[134]material in the file. It is unlikely that the Board would
[135]agree to delay release until 2017, however, there is
[137]ed
[139]precedent for delaying release of records on individuals for
[141]shorter periods or until death.
[143](S) 6. Richard Gibson, CIA asset. _ .Gibson, . who presently
[144]‘lives in England, is a left wing journalist who was
[146]associated with the Fair Play For Cuba Committee (FPFCC) , an)
[148]entity to which Oswald wrote letters and claimed to be a
[150]member. Gibson did not become an Agency asset until after_p~
[152]‘che a: assassination, however,;-he had been of interest to the
[153]FBI when _he headed the FPFCC. Unfortunately a combination
[154]of previous releases and release by the Board led to press
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[158]reports in 1994/1995 about his relationship with the CIA. At
[159]‘ithat time, CIA officers were dispatched to advise him t about ]
[161](the possible compromise and promise him the very best
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[165]attempt at protecting the relationship. ARRB also agresd /
[167]to delay the release of any additional information until t
[168]Agency and FBI had determined the full extend of the files
[170]\on Gibson and the potential damage. ~
[172]The Gibson ‘documents are @ scheduled for
[174]‘Status _ ‘and Issues:
[176]~ARRB action at the May meeting. It appears to be possible _
[178](to reléase Gibson's role in the JFK assassination story an
[179]) protect his relationship with the Agency in our JFK
[180]~assassination records; however, the FBI has a four volumes”
[182]file which covers both FBI interest and Gibson's aN
[184]‘relationship with the Agency. The HRP/DO JFK teams are ;
[186]currently reviewing the Gibsoti taterial and I will be
[187]meeting with the FBI to review what they are releasing on
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[211]+. This isa major. ‘request. “The board has
[212]ask. for .“the’ office. files. ‘of. the individual occupying - the
[213]a a
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[218]_ Status and Issues:
[219]require lots-of :
[220]records of fi mat .
[221]has: developed’ 4° methodology: with the ARRB which provides’ the .
[222]“access required: by. the Board: and guarantees. that’ their 7
[224]“yvyeview is focused. The request is. for access to review the:
[226]files for possible assassination related material and the
[227]Board has no interest in reviewing multiple files which have
[228]3 nothing to, do with the assassination story... A meeting is
[229]‘held | between | the ARRB staff, HRP JFK team and the ©
[230]_. ) appropriate:.IRO™ to. discuss. the scope of the request. —.
[232]“* Usually, the’ ARRB staff-are first provided shelf lists,
[233]indexes, records lists, etc. for the purpose of
[234]narrowing/selection what they think is important. HRP
[235]assist the IRO or component representatives in reviewing
[236]the selected files to ensure they deal with appropriate
[237]subjects and timeframes. Once access is approved, the
[239]_ appropriate IRO and component sets up a file review session
[240]with the ARRB staff. If material: requested is particularly
[241]sensitive, access can be limited to the ARRB Executive
[242]Director or members of the Board. Any records selected as
[243]Assassination Records are subject to review under the JFK
[245]Act. This process has be used for numerous requests for
[247]access including DCI McCone Files, Family Jewels materials,
[248]histories and security files
[250]“this: ‘request wil. by.
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