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[17]15 January 1998-
[19]MEMORANDUM FOR: John Pereira @ DCI
[20]Fred Wickham @ DO
[21]Lee-Strickland @ DA
[22]FROM: oe y J. Barry Harrelson
[23]JFK Project Officer
[25]SUBJECT: " ARRB 22 January Meeting - Agenda
[26]REFERENCE:
[28]1. The following items are on the ARRB meeting agenda for 22 January 1998:
[30](S) _A.. Reconsideration of the (State Caver,| The ARRB staff has advised that briefings by senior CIA andlor State officials are
[31]not required. However, the Agency @iid State ate welcome to make a presentation if it will add to the information being presented in the
[32]“evidence memorandum". The evidence memorandum must be at ARRB no later than Tuesday 20 January. Mr. Gunn has suggested
[33]we may want to have individuals standing by for questions. The current plan is for Lee Strickland and me to be available at 600 E. St.
[35]NW. to answer any questions. .
[37](AlUO) 8B. Office of Personnel Files in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend to the Board that
[38]personnel files be declared NBR {Not Believed Relevant) and their release postponed until 2017. The Agency position is that the privacy
[39]of each individual clearly outweighs the public interest, most of the information in these files has no relevance to the assassination story,
[40]and any related information exist elsewhere in the collection. At ARRB staff request HAP is preparing five OP files for review by Board
[41]members. The ARRB staff will prepare a memorandum for public release describing the files; their memo will be coordinated with the
[42]Agency prior to release. ‘ ;
[44](AIQU) —_‘C. Non-related files{documents in the Sequestered Collection (Microfilm). The ARRB staff will recommend that the files
[45]and documents (approximately 35,000 pages) designated non-related by CIA during the 1994 review of the microfilm be declared NBR
[46]and released in 2017. If the recommendation is accepted by the Board, the ARRB staff will prepare an unclassified description of the
[47]records for public release. This too will be coordinated with the Agency prior to release.
[49]D. Other possible items:
[51](AIUO) i. ARRB Request # CIA 1 -- The ARRB staff may request that the DO documents at issue in this request be
[52]declared Assassination Records to be released in full or sanitized form.
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[60](8) ii. Crypt {INLUCK -- ARRB staff did not find our evidence memo on this crypt persuasive. They are expected to
[62]recommend that the Board reaffirm its decision to release.
[64](AIUO) — iti, 1967 IG report on “Castro Assassination Plots" -- ARRB has requested that an updated version be released to NARA by
[65]the end of January. Any disagreements between the Agency and ARRB staff may be added to the agenda. HRP and
[66]DO reviewers are currently re-reviewing the report.
[68](U) 2. If you have any questions about any of these items please call me.
[69]ce: (Eileen Wukitcit @ DO
[70]Becky Rant @ DA .
[71]{linda Ciprianf @ DCI.
[73]- Sent on 15 January 1998 at 05:24:34 PM
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