[1]DARAAN
[2]\104-10330-10733 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[4]ee sO SECRET
[5]13 December 1996
[7]MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director
[8], Assassination Records Review Board
[10]SUBJECT: , ” “Response to Questions Posed by the
[11]Assassination Records Review Board
[13]1. The attached memorandum and attachments. are in
[14]response to questions raised by ARRB members during the 16
[15]October 1996 briefing. They are provided to the Review Board
[16]for background purposes only. We request that the memorandum
[17]and its attachments be returned to CIA once the Review Board
[18]has completed its deliberations on these issues.
[20]2. Please note that the author of the memorandum is
[21]under cover and her name is classified.
[23]“Sohn F. Pereira _
[24]Chief, Historical Review Group
[26]This memorandum is. unclassified
[27]when separated from attachments
[29]SECRET
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[33]. OCC-96-086
[34]19 NOV 1996
[35]MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira
[36]Historical Review Group
[37]FROM: itinda A. Jasper.
[38]Deputy Chief, Office of Central Cover
[39]SUBJECT: Response to Questions Posed by the John F..
[41]Kennedy Assassination Review Board
[43]1. During the OCC briefing of the John F. Kennedy
[44]Assassination Review Board on 16 October 1996, members of the
[45]Board asked three questions to which OCC said it would respond
[46]after additional research. Following are the questions and the
[47]responses:
[49]a. How many real businesses or contrived facilities in the
[50]commercial cover program are connected to the publications
[51]industry? Response: A few real businesses are loosely connected
[52]with the publications industry, and the names of a few contrived
[53]facilities could be perceived as being associated. / -
[55]b. [How many companies participated in the commercial cover?
[56](program in the 1960s, and how many participate today? | Response:
[57]Approximately 500 companies participated in the commercial cover
[58]program_in the 1960s, and circa 1,800 are currently in the
[60]program.)
[62]ALL PORTIONS OF CL BY (05235504
[63]THIS DOCUMENT ARE REASON 1.5(c)
[64]CLASSIFIED SECRET DECL X1; 12 November 2021
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[71]SUBJECT: Response to Questions Posed by the John F. Kennedy
[72]Assassination Review Board
[74]c. Could a copy of the secrecy agreement which is signed by
[75]{Company officials participating in the commercial cover program
[76]be made available, and has it changed since the 1960S? Response?
[77]Attached is a copy of the secrecy agreement used from 1955 to
[78]1988 and a copy of the agreement used from 1988 to the present.
[79]The only difference is an addendum on the reverse which was added
[80]in 1991 pursuant to the Treasury, Postal Service and General
[81]Government Appropriations Act of 1991.
[83]2. This memorandum and its attachments are for background
[84]information only and must be returned to the Central Intelligence
[85]Agency after review by the John F. Kennedy Assassination Review
[86]Board.
[88]Poo
[89]: Abra Jacebn
[91]Attachment:
[92]as stated
[94]cc: Fredrick Wickham, IMS
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[99]“ oo, os SECRET
[101]SUBJECT: Response to Questions Posed by the John
[102]Assassination Review Board
[104]DC/OCC (lh/ALJaspéer, 32435 18Nov96 file:jfkboard)
[105]Distribution:
[106]Orig & 1 - Addressee
[107]- DC/OCC (Liasper)
[108]- His. Review Board (BHarrelson)
[109]- OCC/EXO (#Mathias)
[110]- OGC (Ciprinai)
[112]a)
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[116]SECRET
[118]F. Kennedy
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[129]SECRECY AGREEMENT
[131]1. I acknowledge the fact that because of the confidential
[132]relationship between myself and the U.S. Government, I will be the
[133]recipient of information which, in itself, or by the implications
[134]to be drawn therefrom, will be such that its unlawful disclosure
[135]or loose handling may adversely affect the interest and the security
[136]of the United States. I realize that the methods of collecting
[137]and of using this information, as well as the identity of persons
[138]involved, are as secret as the substantive information itself and,
[139]therefore » must be treated by me with an equal degree of secrecy.
[141]Waals
[143]2. I shall always recognize that the U.S. Government has the
[144]sole interest in all information which I or my organization may
[145]possess, compile or acquire pursuant to thie understanding. No
[146]advantage or gain will be sought by me as a result of the added
[147]significance or value such information may have » due to the Govern-
[148]ment's interest in it.
[150]3. I solemly pledge my word that I will never divulge, publish,
[151]nor reveal either by word, conduct, or by any other means such informa-
[152]tion or .\mowledge, as indicated above, unless specifically authorized
[153]to do so, by the U.S. Government.
[155]4. Nothing in this understanding is to be taken as imposing any
[156]restriction upon the normal business practices of myself or my organi-
[157]zation: i.e., information normally possessed by us or gathered in the
[158]regular course of business will continue to be utilized in accordance
[159]with our normal practices. —
[161]SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE:
[163]/REPRESENTAAVE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT .
[165]ORGANIZATION
[167]FORM NO.
[168]1 APR SS 611
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[172].
[174]vee OTT
[176]SECRECY AGREEMENT
[178]|. Lacknowledge the fact that because of the confidential relationship between myself
[179]and the U.S. Government, | will be the recipient of information which, in itself, or by the im-
[180]plications to be drawn therefrom, will be such that its unlawful disclosure or loose handling
[181]may adversely affect the interest and the security of the United States. I realize that the
[182]methods of collecting and of using this information, as well as the identity of persons involved,
[183]are as secret as the substantive information itself and, therefore, must be treated by me with
[184]an equal degree of secrecy.
[186]2. I shall always recognize that the U.S. Government has the sole interest in all informa-
[187]tion which | or my organization ‘may possess, compile or acquire pursuant to this understan-
[188]ding. No advantage or gain will be sought by me as a result of the added significance or value
[189]such information may have, due to the Government's interest in it.
[191]3. Isolemnly pledge my word that I will never divulge, publish, nor reveal either by word,
[192]conduct, or by any other means such information or knowledge, as indicated above, unless
[193]specifically authorized to do so, by the U.S. Government.
[195]4. Nothing in this understanding is to be taken as imposing any restriction upon the nor-
[196]mal business practices of myself or my organization: i.e., information normally possessed by us
[197]or gathered in the regular course of business will continue to be utilized in accordance with our
[198]normal practices.
[200]SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE
[202]REPRESENTATIVE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT
[204]ORGANIZATION
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[210]ADDENDUM
[212]Pursuant to the Treasury, Postal Service and General
[213]Government Appropriations Act of 1991, the following language
[214]shall be incorporated into and considered a part of the
[215]attached nondisclosure agreement:
[217]“"These restrictions are consistent with and do not
[218]supersede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee
[219]obligations rights or liabilities created by Executive Order
[221]-12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing
[223]disclosures to Congress); section:1034 of title 10, United
[224]States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower-
[225]Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of
[226]the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States
[227]Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing
[228]disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health
[229]or safety threats); the In-:. ~ance Identities Protection Act
[231]- of 1982 (SO USC 421 et seq.) (gc. -- discicsuiss 1st cela
[233]expose confidential Government agents), and the statutes waicn
[234]protect against disclosure that may compromise the national
[235]security, including section. 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of
[236]title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the
[237]Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (S50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).
[238]The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions
[239]and liabilities created by said Executive Order and listed
[240]statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and are
[241]controlling.”