[1]‘hod-taaee- 1026-1 10001 “28 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[11]ACTION: EUR/NG (393) “INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGEUR, CIC/O0G, CIC/PRC,
[13]EUDORECORD, EUR/COPS, EUR/DCCI, EBUR/LGL, EUR/NGUK, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD,
[15]ORMS/EUR, RYBAT, FILE, CIC/EUR (2/W)
[17]98 2262774 ASO - ° PAGE 001 IN 2262774
[18]‘TOR: 301620Z JUL 98 LOND 19048
[20]S EC RE T 3016212 JUL 98 STAFF
[22]CITE LONDON 19048
[24]TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.
[26]FOR: LIMITED DISSEM EUR/NG INFO CIC/EUR, EUR/NGUK, EUR/LGL, EUR/COPS:
[27]SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT
[29]SUBJECT: PROPOSED DECLASSIFICATION OF BSS DOCUMENT FOR RELEASE. TO
[30]* <JFK>BOARD
[32]REF: DIRECTOR 908321 98 2225461
[33]TEXT:
[35]1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE ADVISE. NEXT STEPS ON REVIEW/RELEASE
[36]OF BSS DOCUMENT PER PARA 3 IN LIGHT OF BSS’ STRONG OBJECTIONS.
[38]2. REF DOCUMENT DESCRIBING 1963 INTERVIEW BY A BSS OFFICER OF
[39]‘MRS. LILLIAN SLOBODA WAS PASSED TO H1L/5 LIZ HOLEHOUSE MORNING 30.
[40]JULY. IN TWO SUBSEQUENT PHONE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WERE FOLLOWED UP
[41]WITH A TELEX, HOLEHOUSE ADVISED THAT BSS HAD. REVIEWED THE 1963
[42]DOCUMENT (CSCI -3/778, 353) AND THE CASE, AND BSS DOES NOT/NOT CONCUR
[43]*WITH THE RELEASE OF A SANITIZED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT TO THE<JFK>
[44]REVIEW BOARD. TEXT OF BSS TELEX 766 OF 30 JULY OUTLINING BSS‘
[45]OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:
[47]."THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE SECURITY SERVICE BY MRS. SLOBODA,
[48]AS RECORDED IN THE INTERVIEW REPORT, WAS GIVEN TO US IN. CONFIDENCE
[49]AND PASSED TO THE U.S. AUTHORITIES IN CONFIDENCE ALSO. ON THE
[50]GROUNDS OF ITS AGE AND THE PERSONAL NATURE OF ITS CONTENT, WE’ WOULD
[51]NOT .PUBLICLY RELEASE SUCH A REPORT IN THE-UK AND ASK THE U.S.
[52]: AUTHORITIES | ‘TO WITHHOLD IT FROM PUBLIC RELEASE IN THE ‘USA. "
[54]3. PLEASE ADVISE FOR STATION AND BSS INFORMATION WHAT HAPPENS
[55]NEXT WITH DECLASSIFICATION/RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENT. HOLEHOUSE HAS
[56]*ASKED WHETHER, IN FACT, WE CAN DENY RELEASE TO THE<JFK>REVIEW BOARD
[57]GIVEN BSS OBJECTIONS.. WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION
[58]HQS CAN PROVIDE FOR BSS ON THE REVIEW BOARD'S INTEREST IN.SOVIET
[59]DEFECTORS. BSS IS SOMEWHAT PUZZLED BY THE REQUEST TO RELEASE THIS
[60]_*PARTICULAR DOCUMENT. SINCE THERE IS NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO. THE<JFK>
[61]*<ASSASSINATION>OTHER THAN THE TIME FRAME.
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