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[2]ir04-10331-10202 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[12]CL REASON: Section 1.6 C
[13]Ect of XT
[14]orv Fait: LOC 5-82
[15]5 November 1997
[16]MEMORANDUM FOR: | ; John Pereira @ DCI
[17]; - Fred Wickham @ DC
[18]Lee Strickland @ DA
[19]Kathryn Dyer @ DCI
[20](Uinda Ciprian}@ DC!
[21]FROM: J. Barry Harrelson ‘
[22]JFK Project Officer
[23]OFFICE: CSIHRG
[24]SUBJECT: . 17 November JFK Board Meeting-- CIA issues (update)
[25]REFERENCE:
[27]1. The following CIA items are on the agenda for the 17 November ARRB meeting:
[28]© {S)Reconsideration of the release of Warrenton} Va. as the location of the CtA Record Center.
[29]In addition to written evidence being prepared by DA, the Agency has been offered the opportunity to brief the Board.
[31]e@ = Chairman Tunheim's proposal to advance the opening date of the Nosenko NBR (Not Believed Relevant) material from the 2017 per
[32]the JFK Act to the year 2010. ; : ;
[34]The ARRB staff disagrees with the Board on this issue and will recommend that the release date remain 2017. However, they are not
[35]confident that-the Board will accept their recommendation and has requested the Agency's position on the 2010 date. If the Agency
[36]opposes the 2010 change in the date, | will need a memo from the DO explaining why. We could offer a compromise--accept the 2010
[37]date provided the Agency has the same right in 2010 as 2017 to review and appeal the release of the records. | have ask OGC for a legal
[38]opinion. Please note that this decision affects only those documents designated "NBR" by ARRB. The documents declared to be
[39]Assassination Records (AR) will be re-reviewed and released, either sanitized or in full, during the coming year.
[41]@ (8) Proposed release of reference to CIA employee being under (‘integrated State cover".
[43]We have provided written evidence (00 note coordinated with State and copy of MOA between CIA and State). According to the ARRB
[44]staff, some Board members consider CIA use of state cover)as an “open secret” and are inclined to release. We have been offered the -
[45]opportunity to brief the Board.
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[53]© Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) financial records.
[55]ARRB staff plans to recommend to the Board that monthly summaries be considered ARs and the remaining material be designated NBR.
[57]Samples of these documents have been provided to DA, DO, and OCWNRO. If | you have any comments or objections, please forward them
[58]to me by COB Wednesday. .
[60]@ Documents containing lang lists of names, crypts, companies, etc. These include both Agency documents and notes of HSCA
[61]staffers. (FYI - no action required at this time}
[63]The ARRB staff will ask the Board to delay processing of such documents and, in some cases, declare them NBR. The staff considers
[65]them marginal to the story and believes that they are not worth the time involved.
[67](s) 2. We need to advise the ARRB staff no later than COB 12 November (Wednesday), if we plan to brief the Board on(Warrentan}
[68]andjor(State Cover) Written evidence is due to ARRB staff hy COB 13 November (Thursday). They need at least one day to review the
[69]material and prepare their presentations for the Board.
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[72]Becky Rant @ DA ;
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