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The Assassination Records Review Board was established by The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, which was signed into law by President George Bush. The five members of the Board were appointed by President Clinton, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in on April 11, 1994. The law gives the Review Board the mandate and the authority to identify, secure, and make available all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. It is the responsibility of the Board to determine which records are to be made public immediately and which ones will have postponed release dates.
The following information contains the names of our Board members and senior staff:
Board
The Honorable John R. Tunheim; Chair United States District Court Judge, District of Minnesota
Dr. Henry F. Graff; Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University
Dr. Kermit L. Hall; Dean, College of Humanities, and Professor of History and Law at Ohio State University
Dr. William L. Joyce; Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University
Dr. Anna K. Nelson; Adjunct Professor of History at American University
Senior Staff
David Marwell, Executive Director
Jeremy Gunn, General Counsel & Associate Director for Research and Analysis
Tom Samoluk, Associate Director for Communications
Tracy Shycoff, Associate Director for Administration
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President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection is housed at
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ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD INDEX OF LISTINGS
January
5, 1996 Review Board Meeting
January
31, 1996 Review Board Meeting
March
19, 1996 Review Board Meeting .
Letter
from the Chairman, John Tunheim April 23, 1996 on future relations with
the CIA and FBI.
March
19, 1996 Release Notice Depositions announcement of doctors Boswell and
Humes
Additional
releases from the CIA, FBI, and HSCA Records
Additional
releases from the CIA, FBI, HSCA AND Warren Commission Records
April
16-17, 1996 BOARD VOTES TO RELEASE CIA, FBI, AND HSCA
RECORDS
May 15,
1996 13 DOCUMENTS APPEALED BY FBI
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ASSASSINATION RECORDS ADVISORY APRIL 23, 1996
January 5, 1996
Review Board Meeting
The Assassination Records Review Board released 72 CIA, FBI, House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), and Warren Commission documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Board voted to open 68 of these documents on January 5, 1996. Four HSCA documents released with this group were voted on at the Boardfls November 1995 meeting.
The Review Board released 34 CIA documents, two in full and 32 in part. These documents relate to the CIAfls post-assassination investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Board voted to release 21 of these CIA documents at the January 5th meeting, but reconsidered them at its March 19, 1996 meeting after receiving additional evidence from the CIA. When the issue in these documents was disclosure of the originator of the cable, the Board voted to use the following substitute language "CIA Installation in Northern Europe (or 'South Asia') (followed by a designated number)."
Also released by the Board were six FBI documents in full. These documents relate in part to the Bureau's interest in New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy.
In addition, the Board released 23 HSCA and five Warren Commission documents in full. These documents were previously available but contained redactions based on privacy grounds. Four additional HSCA documents from the Board's November 1995 meeting, which had not previously been processed, are also now available.
The original documents being released have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.
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January 31,
1996 Review Board Meeting
The Assassination Records Review Board released 180 CIA, FBI, House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), and Warren Commission documents it voted on at its January 31, 1996 meeting. The Review Board released 72 CIA documents, three in full and 69 in part.
These documents relate in part to the Agency's post-assassination investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald, including Oswald's trip to Mexico City in the fall of 1963, only weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy. The Board voted to release 28 of these CIA documents at the January 31st meeting, but reconsidered them at its March 19, 1996 meeting after receiving additional evidence from the CIA. When the issue in these documents was disclosure of the originator of the cable, the Board voted to use the following substitute language:CIA Installation in Northern Europe (or "South Asia") (followed by a designated number).
Also released by the Board were 81 FBI documents (including duplicates), 20 in full and 61 in part. These documents relate in part to the FBI's post-assassination investigation of Jack Ruby. Other documents relate to a request made by the White House to the FBI for information about critics of the Warren Commission. These documents were previously available but contained redactions.
The Board had originally voted to release 24 additional FBI documents at the January 31st meeting, but reconsidered the documents at its March 19, 1996 meeting after receiving additional evidence from the FBI. The issues in these documents are the protection of informant names and the protection of confidential relationships. The Board voted to release 21 of these FBI documents on August 1, 1996. The other three documents will be opened in ten years. Notification of the Review Boardfls action on these documents was sent to the President of the United States and the agency on April 2, 1996. The President has 30 days to agree or disagree with the Review Boardfls determinations.
In addition, the Board released 23 HSCA documents in full, with the exception of HSCA staff social security numbers. These documents include interviews with
Secret Service Special Agents in Chicago and Miami regarding the assassination. Other HSCA documents relate to David Ferrie and his attempt to get reinstated as a pilot with Eastern Airlines after his dismissal by the airline following the filing of "corruption of minors" charges against him. These documents have been previously available with certain names redacted for privacy reasons.
The Review Board also released four Warren Commission documents in full which had previously been available in redacted form with certain information closed on privacy grounds.
In other Board-related activities, documents from the HSCA Security Classified files series, which both the Department of State and the Department of Defense agreed to release at the Board's request, are now available. The Department of Defense released three documents and the Department of State released 30 documents, some of which pertain in part to the HSCA's 1978 trip to Cuba to interview Castro. Many of these documents have been previously available in redacted form.
The original documents being released have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.
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March 19, 1996 Review Board Meeting
The Assassination Records Review Board voted on March 19, 1996 to release 271 CIA, FBI and House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) documents.
The Review Board voted to release 135 CIA documents, 24 in full and 111 in part. These documents relate primarily to the CIAfls international investigation to find out anything it could about Oswald, or persons and events allegedly having something to do with him, during the days and weeks following the assassination. The Board voted that some information relating to intelligence sources and methods and true names should not be released at this time.
Other Board action included votes to release 130 FBI documents, 27 in full and 103 in part. These documents relate in part to the Bureau's investigation of the incident involving Sylvia Odio in the fall of 1963, before the assassination. Other documents detail the FBI's post-assassination investigation of Jack Ruby. The Board voted that informant names and symbol numbers should not be released at this time.
The Board voted to release six HSCA documents, five in full and one in part. Included in this group are four documents that relate to Secret Service protection of the President.
In addition to the 21 CIA documents from the January 5 and 28 CIA documents from the January 31, 1996 meetings reconsidered by the Board, (referred to above), two other CIA documents were reconsidered. The Board reconsidered a CIA document originally voted on at the November 14, 1995 meeting. The issue is protection of information about an individual. The other CIA document reconsidered by the Board was from the December 13, 1995 meeting. As with other CIA documents originally considered at Board meetings of January 5th and January 31st, the issue is disclosure of the originator of a cable. The Board voted to use substitute language in these documents.
Notification of the Review Board's action on these documents was sent to the President of the United States and the agencies on April 2, 1996. The President has 30 days to agree or disagree with the Review Board's determinations.
Agencies to Release Additional Records Based on Review Board Release Standards In other Board activities, 886 additional documents will now be open in full by the CIA and the FBI, as well as records from the files of the HSCA. These records are being released based on the standards of release established by the Review Board during its earlier review of other records. They did not require Board votes because they are being released in their entirety by the agencies. The CIA has released 405 documents, the FBI will release 410 documents, and 71 HSCA records will now be available in full, 55 of which are organized crime-related documents obtained from the Metro-Dade County Police Department.
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April 23, 1996
Dear Interested Parties:
The Assassination Records Review Board has voted to release more than 1,300 JFK assassination records, in full or in part, since June 1995. In addition, the CIA and the FBI are releasing more than 1,200 additional documents on their own based on the standards set by the Review Board. As a result, a significant body of previously withheld information has been made available to the American public.
Each time the Review Board makes a decision, it weighs the public's interest in the record, the statutory presumption favoring release, and the specific grounds for which a record might continue to be postponed under the JFK Act. The Board is making unprecedented decisions about disclosing information that has always been kept secret by the intelligence community. There is no comparable effort in American history involving an independent board deciding what should be made available to the public.
I want to take this opportunity to inform you of the action taken by the Review Board on a small number of CIA documents. The Board recently reconsidered 51 documents that we had originally voted to release in part (28 from the January 31, 1996 meeting, 21 from the January 5, 1996 meeting, 1 from the December 13, 1995 meeting, and 1 from the November 14, 1995 meeting). The CIA presented additional evidence to the Board on these documents. Based on this additional evidence, the Board voted to reconsider these documents at its March 19, 1996 meeting. The various issues in these documents were: disclosure of the originators of cables, the release of cryptonyms, the protection of the names of CIA employees or information about other individuals. In all of these documents, the Board voted to use its authority under the JFK Act to use substitute language, while protecting the actual text of that part of the document. These documents are now publicly available at the National Archives. In the past, the use of substitute language by the Board has proven to be an effective means to balance the need to protect certain intelligence information and the responsibility to disclose as much information as possible.
There is also a small number of FBI documents on which I wanted to provide an update. The Board recently reconsidered 24 FBI documents it had originally voted on at its January 31, 1996 meeting. After receiving additional information from the FBI, the Board voted on these documents again on March 19,
1996. The issue is the protection of confidential relationships in 21 of the documents. Based on the additional evidence, the Board decided to open these documents on August 1, 1996. The issue in the three other documents was the protection of informants names. Based on the additional evidence, the Board decided to release this information in ten years.
The other members of the Board and I have made it clear to the FBI and the CIA that for the Review Board to be effective and make informed decisions, consistent with the provisions of the JFK Act, evidence supporting the postponement of the release of information must be provided in a timely manner. Both the FBI and the CIA have pledged that they will provide relevant information in a more timely fashion in the future, so the Review Board will not be put in the position of having to reconsider documents.
Please be assured that we are committed to keeping you informed about our actions and some of the difficult issues with which we are dealing. We continue to work hard to achieve the proper balance intended by the United States Congress between the statutory presumption favoring disclosure and the protection of intelligence sources and methods, when appropriate.
Sincerely,
John R. Tunheim
Chairman
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Federal Register notice
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4/12/96
JFK ASSASSINATION
RECORDS REVIEW BOARD RELEASES FILES OF JIM GARRISON AND CLAY SHAW DEFENSE
ATTORNEY
The Assassination Records Review Board announced today the release of records from the private files of former New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison and from the files of Edward Wegmann, a member of Clay Shaws defense team. Garrison conducted an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the late 1960's. Shaw was tried by Garrison and acquitted in 1969 on the charge of conspiring to kill the President.
These are the first private records that the Board has made a part of the JFK Collection, said the Honorable John R. Tunheim, Chair of the Review Board. The Garrison investigation into the Kennedy assassination is an important part of the history of this case. As a result of the generosity of both the Garrison and Wegmann families, the public will be able to gain further insight into the investigation from two very different views. I hope their contributions will serve as a model for others who possess records that should be part of the JFK Collection and available to the public.
Last year, as part of its effort to make the JFK Collection as complete as possible, the Review Board focused attention on potential sources of assassination records in New Orleans. The Board conducted a public hearing in New Orleans in June 1995.
After being approached by the Review Board, the late Jim Garrisons family agreed to donate a collection of records on the assassination of President Kennedy that Garrison had kept at his residence. The collection includes records from his assassination investigation and prosecution of Clay Shaw, as well as other files on individuals or subjects that Garrison thought were connected to the assassination. There are approximately 15,000 pages in the Garrison collection.
The family of the late Edward Wegmann, who was a member of the legal team which defended Clay Shaw at his 1969 assassination conspiracy trial, agreed to donate Mr. Wegmanns files to the JFK Collection. Some of the documents in the Wegmann collection came from the office files of District Attorney Garrison. William Gurvich, an investigator for Garrison, made copies of many internal memoranda and witness interviews from the District Attorneys files when he left the office after becoming disenchanted with Garrison and the investigation. He turned the documents over to Shaws attorneys. There are approximately 6,000 pages in the Wegmann collection.
The original documents being released today have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.
Copies of selected documents from both the Garrison and Wegmann collections are available from the Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington DC 20530; telephone number: (202) 724-0088.
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Depositions have been taken of doctors Boswell and Humes, both of whom were cooperative. The depositions were taken under oath, and lasted a full day. The depositions were taken at the National Archives and the original autopsy photographs and x-rays were used and the doctors were questioned about the autopsy material. As is standard deposition practice, the doctors have been given the opportunity to review their transcripts to correct any errors that they notice. They then sign and date the corrected transcripts before a notary. Doctor Humes has completed his review. (His corrections were minor and of no substantive import.) We are continuing to pursue leads regarding the medical evidence. Once our work on the medical evidence is complete, we will be sending to the Archives: (a) the (uncorrected) transcript, (b) the corrected transcript, and (c) the original tape recording of the deposition. I believe that all students of the Kennedy assassination will find items of interest in the depositions.
DOCUMENTS FROM MARCH 19TH MEETING SENT TO NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Introduction
The Assassination Records Review Board has released to the National Archives 362 CIA, FBI and House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Review Board voted to release these documents on March 19, 1996.
CIA Records
The Review Board released 205 CIA documents, 24 in full and 181 in part. (The total number of CIA documents voted on by the Board was incorrectly reported to be 135 in an advisory dated April 23, 1996.)
The CIA documents being released relate primarily to the CIAs international investigation to find out anything it could about Oswald, or persons and events allegedly having something to do with him, during the days and weeks following the assassination. The Board voted that some information relating to intelligence sources and methods and true names should not be released at this time.
Nine of these documents were reconsidered at subsequent Board meetings after the CIA provided additional information to support postponements. The number of postponements changed from the original notice in the Federal Register.
After the Boards March 19th meeting, the CIA opened in full three documents that originally contained postponements. Two documents from this meeting were incorrectly noticed in the Federal Register. The correct information is now reflected in the Record Information Forms that accompany the documents.
FBI Records
Other Board action included the release of 154 FBI documents, 27 in full and 103 in part. The FBI documents from this meeting relate in part to the Bureaus investigation of the incident involving Sylvia Odio in the fall of 1963, before the assassination. Other documents detail the FBIs post-assassination investigation of Jack Ruby. The Board voted that informant names and symbol numbers should not be released at this time. This total includes 24 documents originally voted on by the Board at the January 31st meeting, but reconsidered at the March 19th meeting.
The FBI has appealed to the President the Boards decisions to release information contained in 37 of these documents (including duplicates). Under the Boards determinations seven of these documents would have been available immediately, with certain symbol numbers redacted. The other 30 documents involved in the appeal would have been available on August 1, 1996. The appeal is pending. The Board voted to release 9 other documents on August 1, 1996. The FBI did not appeal the determinations on these documents.
HSCA Records
The Board also released three HSCA documents, two in full and one in part. Included in this group are documents that relate to Secret Service protection of the President. The Board rescinded its determination on three other Secret Service documents from the HSCA files to give the Secret Service 60 days (until June 24, 1996) to provide evidence to support their proposed postponements.
Other Records Being Released
Based on the standards of release established by the Review Board during its earlier review of records, 71 HSCA records have been released in full. Many of the records are organized crime-related documents obtained by the HSCA from the Metro-Dade County Police Department.Original Documents At National Archives The original CIA, FBI, and HSCA documents being released have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.-end-
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BOARD
RELEASES ADDITIONAL CIA, FBI, AND HSCA
RECORDS
The Assassination Records Review Board today released 127 additional CIA, FBI and House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The Review Board released 57 CIA documents, 23 in full and 34 in part. These documents relate to the CIAs broad post-assassination investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald, as well as Oswald's trip to Mexico City in the fall of 1963, only weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy.
The Board also released 47 FBI documents, 25 in full and 22 in part. These documents relate in part to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee's reaction to the assassination of President Kennedy. Other documents relate to Oswald's trip to Mexico City.
In addition, the Board released 23 HSCA documents in full which relate primarily to David Ferrie's attempt to get reinstated as a pilot with Eastern Airlines after his dismissal by the airline following the filing of 's corruption of minors charges against him. The Review Board voted to release these documents on December 12 and 13, 1995.
The original documents being released have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland. Requests for copies of these documents should be made to the National Archives.
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ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD VOTES TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL
CIA, FBI, HSCA AND WARREN COMMISSION RECORDS
The Assassination Records Review Board voted on January 30 and 31, 1996 to release 207 additional CIA, FBI, House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), and Warren Commission documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The Review Board voted to release 72 CIA documents, 17 in full and 55 in part. These documents relate in part to the Agency's post-assassination investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald, including Oswald's trip to Mexico City in the fall of 1963, only weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy.
The Board also voted to release 108 FBI documents (including duplicates), 42 in full and 66 in part. These documents relate in part to the FBI's post-assassination investigation of Jack Ruby. Other documents relate to a request made by the White House to the FBI for information about critics of the Warren Commission. These documents were previously available but contained redactions.
In addition, the Board voted to release 23 HSCA documents in full, with the exception of HSCA staff social security numbers. These documents include interviews with Secret Service Special Agents in Chicago and Miami regarding the assassination. Other HSCA documents relate to David Ferrie and his attempt to get reinstated as a pilot with Eastern Airlines after his dismissal by the airline following the filing of corruption of minors charges against him. These documents have been previously available with certain names redacted for privacy reasons.
The Review Board also voted to release 4 Warren Commission documents. These Warren Commission documents are the last documents generated by the Commission itself that remain to be released in full to the public.
Notification of the Review Board's action on these documents was sent to the President of the United States and the agencies on February 14, 1996. The President has 30 days to agree or disagree with the Review Board's determinations.
In other Board-related activities, both the Department of State and the Department of Defense have, at the Board's request, agreed to release documents from the HSCA Security Classified files series. The Department of Defense released 3 documents and the Department of State released 30 documents, some of which pertain in part to the HSCA's 1978 trip to Cuba to interview Castro. Many of these documents have been previously available in redacted form.
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JFK ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD DECISIONS ON 13 DOCUMENTS APPEALED BY FBI
The Assassination Records Review Board announced today that, pursuant to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, the FBI has appealed to the President the recent decisions of the Board to release information contained in 13 documents.
The information contained in the redacted portions of the documents has to do with intelligence sources and methods. The Review Board found that public interest in the information outweighed the evidence that the FBI offered in support of postponing release of the information.
Redacted versions of the 13 FBI documents (and duplicates) are currently available to the public at the National Archives. The Review Board voted on these documents at its March 19, 1996 meeting. Under the Board determinations, two documents would be released immediately, with certain source symbol numbers redacted; ten documents would be released in full on August 1, 1996, and one document would be released on August 1, 1996, with a redacted source symbol number. The Review Board will file a brief with the President in support of its position on these documents.
With the recent transfer of an additional 16, 679 pages to the National Archives, the FBI has now placed more than 641, 000 pages of records into The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.
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ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD VOTES TO RELEASE CIA, FBI, AND HSCA RECORDS
April 16-17, 1996 Board Meeting Totals
The Assassination Records Review Board voted on April 16 and 17, 1996 to release an additional 193 FBI, CIA, and House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
FBI Records
The Board voted to release 158 FBI documents (including duplicates) in full. These documents relate to the Bureaus broad post-assassination investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald, including the FBIs investigation into the incident involving Sylvia Odio.
CIA Records
The Review Board also voted to release 33 CIA documents, 14 in full and 19 in part. These documents consist of various records from Oswalds 201" file.
HSCA Records
In addition, the Board voted to release 2 HSCA documents in full, which were duplicates of documents previously opened.
Notification to the President and Agencies
Notification of the Review Boards action on the above documents was sent to the President of the United States and the agencies on May 1, 1996. The President has 30 days to agree or disagree with the Review Boards determinations.
Secret Service Records
As part of the mandate of the Assassination Records Review Board to identify assassination records, the Board designated Secret Service records from the files of Chief James Rowley as assassination records. These records include Secret Service comments on the William Manchester book manuscript. The Board will now review these documents for inclusion in the JFK Assassination Records Collection.
Other Board-Related Activities
In other board-related activities, after consultation with the appropriate federal agencies and in compliance with the JFK Act, 119 additional FBI and HSCA records are being released in full. The FBI is releasing 89 documents, and 30 HSCA documents will be available by consent release.
Federal Register notice:
ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD
AGENCY: Assassination Records Review Board
ACTION: Notice of Formal Determinations, Designation of Assassination Records, and Reconsiderations
SUMMARY: The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on April 16 - 17, 1996, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (Supp. V 1994) (JFK Act). By issuing this notice, the Review Board complies with the section of the JFK Act that requires the Review Board to publish the results of its decisions on a document-by-document basis in the Federal Register within 14 days of the date of the decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. Jeremy Gunn, General Counsel and Associate Director for Research and Analysis, Assassination Records Review Board, Second Floor, Washington, D.C. 20530, (202) 724-0088, fax (202) 724-0457.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice complies with the requirements of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44 U.S.C. Æ 2107.9(c)(4)(A) (1992). On April 16 - 17, 1996, the Review Board made formal determinations on records it reviewed under the JFK Act. These determinations are listed below. The assassination records are identified by the record identification number assigned in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection database maintained by the National Archives. For each document, the number of releases of previously redacted information immediately follows the record identification number, followed in turn by the number of postponements sustained, and, where appropriate, the date the document is scheduled to be released or re-reviewed.
FBI Documents: Open in Full
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124-10035-10209; 1; 0; n/a
124-10035-10223; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10226; 2; 0; n/a 124-10037-10271; 1; 0; n/a 124-10037-10290; 1; 0; n/a 124-10045-10242; 2; 0; n/a 124-10053-10434; 2; 0; n/a 124-10079-10320; 1; 0; n/a 124-10028-10009; 1; 0; n/a 124-10002-10377; 6; 0; n/a 124-10005-10376; 58; 0; n/a 124-10005-10378; 15; 0; n/a 124-10005-10382; 3; 0; n/a 124-10011-10498; 1; 0; n/a 124-10018-10361; 2; 0; n/a 124-10018-10377; 1; 0; n/a 124-10018-10378; 14; 0; n/a 124-10018-10379; 10; 0; n/a 124-10018-10380; 1; 0; n/a 124-10023-10230; 3; 0; n/a 124-10023-10271; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10187; 11; 0; n/a 124-10035-10097; 4; 0; n/a 124-10023-10308; 1; 0; n/a 124-10027-10414; 2; 0; n/a 124-10027-10166; 21; 0; n/a 124-10088-10039; 11; 0; n/a 124-10091-10003; 3; 0; n/a 124-10035-10198; 6; 0; n/a 124-10132-10038; 6; 0; n/a 124-10155-10025; 2; 0; n/a 124-10162-10156; 4; 0; n/a 124-10167-10113; 2; 0; n/a 124-10170-10343; 14; 0; n/a 124-10170-10350; 1; 0; n/a 124-10175-10175; 1; 0; n/a 124-10177-10255; 6; 0; n/a 124-10187-10034; 2; 0; n/a 124-10234-10174; 10; 0; n/a 124-10172-10101; 1; 0; n/a
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124-10005-10028; 7; 0; n/a
124-10235-10409; 14; 0; n/a 124-10236-10042; 2; 0; n/a 124-10244-10273; 1; 0; n/a 124-10244-10283; 1; 0; n/a 124-10245-10412; 2; 0; n/a 124-10247-10105; 1; 0; n/a 124-10250-10260; 1; 0; n/a 124-10250-10389; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10229; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10230; 7; 0; n/a 124-10035-10231; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10245; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10247; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10251; 4; 0; n/a 124-10035-10276; 3; 0; n/a 124-10035-10278; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10280; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10284; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10289; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10293; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10302; 10; 0; n/a 124-10035-10307; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10311; 1; 0; n/a 124-10035-10324; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10331; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10343; 16; 0; n/a 124-10037-10379; 1; 0; n/a 124-10037-10402; 1; 0; n/a 124-10045-10240; 7; 0; n/a 124-10079-10394; 2; 0; n/a 124-10082-10338; 1; 0; n/a 124-10087-10424; 1; 0; n/a 124-10087-10438; 3; 0; n/a 124-10087-10468; 1; 0; n/a 124-10087-10498; 1; 0; n/a 124-10150-10328; 3; 0; n/a 124-10156-10204; 16; 0; n/a 124-10160-10194; 1; 0; n/a 124-10170-10317; 2; 0; n/a
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124-10061-10066; 2; 0; n/a
124-10062-10467; 1; 0; n/a 124-10073-10001; 8; 0; n/a 124-10080-10123; 21; 0; n/a 124-10083-10073; 4; 0; n/a 124-10086-10388; 2; 0; n/a 124-10094-10030; 5; 0; n/a 124-10101-10149; 4; 0; n/a 124-10106-10224; 2; 0; n/a 124-10124-10207; 1; 0; n/a 124-10145-10248; 1; 0; n/a 124-10145-10264; 1; 0; n/a 124-10156-10025; 3; 0; n/a 124-10156-10144; 1; 0; n/a 124-10156-10232; 14; 0; n/a 124-10156-10241; 6; 0; n/a 124-10158-10043; 1; 0; n/a 124-10158-10237; 9; 0; n/a 124-10176-10498; 16; 0; n/a 124-10179-10025; 8; 0; n/a 124-10231-10095; 1; 0; n/a 124-10232-10307; 2; 0; n/a 124-10234-10185; 6; 0; n/a 124-10235-10156; 8; 0; n/a 124-10172-10216; 2; 0; n/a 124-10172-10360; 1; 0; n/a 124-10176-10191; 2; 0; n/a 124-10227-10281; 1; 0; n/a 124-10227-10332; 2; 0; n/a 124-10234-10183; 2; 0; n/a 124-10235-10370; 1; 0; n/a 124-10240-10241; 1; 0; n/a 124-10240-10490; 10; 0; n/a 124-10052-10054; 2; 0; n/a 124-10052-10063; 2; 0; n/a 124-10055-10007; 9; 0; n/a 124-10055-10196; 1; 0; n/a 124-10057-10140; 14; 0; n/a 124-10058-10076; 4; 0; n/a
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124-10005-10346; 28; 0; n/a
124-10245-10214; 6; 0; n/a 124-10246-10258; 1; 0; n/a 124-10246-10266; 3; 0; n/a 124-10247-10367; 14; 0; n/a 124-10247-10422; 1; 0; n/a 124-10248-10386; 8; 0; n/a 124-10249-10213; 6; 0; n/a 124-10249-10236; 2; 0; n/a 124-10250-10113; 2; 0; n/a 124-10260-10030; 2; 0; n/a 124-10260-10033; 2; 0; n/a 124-10086-10201; 2; 0; n/a 124-10106-10278; 3; 0; n/a 124-10158-10320; 2; 0; n/a 124-10163-10130; 3; 0; n/a 124-10172-10021; 1; 0; n/a 124-10172-10038; 2; 0; n/a 124-10173-10015; 2; 0; n/a 124-10231-10000; 1; 0; n/a 124-10246-10257; 1; 0; n/a 124-10247-10123; 2; 0; n/a 124-10249-10197; 2; 0; n/a 124-10256-10386; 1; 0; n/a 124-10240-10494; 1; 0; n/a 124-10242-10079; 1; 0; n/a 124-10242-10290; 4; 0; n/a 124-10242-10303; 1; 0; n/a 124-10244-10013; 2; 0; n/a 124-10260-10043; 2; 0; n/a 124-10272-10426; 1; 0; n/a 124-10002-10342; 2; 0; n/a 124-10003-10245; 3; 0; n/a 124-10006-10108; 2; 0; n/a 124-10035-10347; 6; 0; n/a 124-10037-10131; 7; 0; n/a 124-10040-10156; 2; 0; n/a 124-10043-10214; 16; 0; n/a 124-10059-10010; 2; 0; n/a |
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CIA Documents: Open in Full
104-10002-10132; 8; 0; n/a 104-10007-10034; 9; 0; n/a 104-10009-10020; 3; 0; n/a 104-10010-10066; 10; 0; n/a 104-10010-10207; 1; 0; n/a 104-10010-10412; 1; 0; n/a 104-10010-10413; 10; 0; n/a 104-10013-10162; 14; 0; n/a 104-10013-10164; 13; 0; n/a 104-10013-10214; 12; 0; n/a 104-10013-10231; 6; 0; n/a 104-10013-10304; 11; 0; n/a 104-10013-10312; 23; 0; n/a 104-10021-10048; 15; 0; n/a |
HSCA Documents: Open in Full
180-10086-10437; 1; 0; n/a 180-10086-10438; 1; 0; n/a |
CIA Documents: Postponed in Part
104-10003-10161; 6; 1; 05/1996 104-10004-10063; 8; 10; 05/1996 104-10004-10103; 8; 6; 03/2006 104-10004-10146; 2; 5; 05/1997 104-10004-10214; 2; 3; 10/2017 104-10004-10256; 6; 2; 10/2017 104-10005-10014; 11; 3; 05/1997 104-10005-10016; 10; 1; 05/1997 104-10005-10206; 13; 1; 10/2017 104-10005-10232; 3; 5; 05/1997 104-10006-10015; 1; 2; 10/2017 104-10019-10022; 9; 6; 05/1996 104-10019-10023; 17; 6; 05/1996 104-10020-10003; 17; 3; 04/2006 104-10020-10019; 5; 1; 04/2006 104-10020-10050; 4; 3; 04/2006 104-10021-10004; 28; 11; 05/1996 104-10021-10031; 14; 8; 12/1996 104-10021-10107; 1; 2; 05/1996 |
Additional Releases: After consultation with appropirate Federal Agencies, the
Review Board announces that the following Federal Bureau of Investigation
records are now being opened in full: 124-10001-10473; 124-10005-10444;
124-10027-10206; 124-10027-10481; 124-10045-10314; 124-10055-10104;
124-10058-10005; 124-10058-10006; 124-10058-10255; 124-10058-10424;
124-10062-10325; 124-10063-10128; 124-10063-10147; 124-10063-10187;
124-10063-10256; 124-10063-10267; 124-10063-10440; 124-10063-10442;
124-10063-10463; 124-10063-10464; 124-10065-10091; 124-10065-10099;
124-10065-10106; 124-10065-10130; 124-10065-10215; 124-10065-10248;
124-10067-10193; 124-10068-10202; 124-10068-10362; 124-10068-10374;
124-10068-10376; 124-10068-10414; 124-10069-10444; 124-10069-10454;
124-10069-10461; 124-10071-10288; 124-10073-10326; 124-10073-10457;
124-10074-10227; 124-10074-10230; 124-10074-10231; 124-10074-10297;
124-10075-10093; 124-10075-10103; 124-10075-10157; 124-10075-10227;
124-10075-10293; 124-10077-10192; 124-10078-10486; 124-10087-10006;
124-10087-10007; 124-10087-10385; 124-10099-10277; 124-10099-10279;
124-10099-10282; 124-10126-10039; 124-10126-10040; 124-10156-10433;
124-10159-10425; 124-10163-10403; 124-10169-10040; 124-10174-10092;
124-10175-10040; 124-10179-10392; 124-10182-10053; 124-10227-10122;
124-10234-10336; 124-10240-10288; 124-10244-10427; 124-10246-10084;
124-10248-10126; 124-10248-10151; 124-10249-10435; 124-10249-10444;
124-10263-10065; 124-10263-10073; 124-10270-10136; 124-10270-10167;
124-10270-10277; 124-10270-10359; 124-10273-10400; 124-10273-10403;
124-10273-10407; 124-10273-10438; 124-10273-10448; 124-10273-10455;
124-10275-10069; 124-10275-10150; 124-10275-10163.
After consultation with appropriate state and Federal agencies, the Review Board announces that the following House Select Committee on Assassination records are being opened in full: 180-10065-10361; 180-10066-10441;
180-10070-10266; 180-10071-10155; 180-10075-10043; 180-10075-10273;
180-10076-10482; 180-10077-10414; 180-10078-10320; 180-10078-10412;
180-10081-10340; 180-10081-10341; 180-10081-10342; 180-10085-10159;
180-10086-10269; 180-10089-10028; 180-10091-10170; 180-10092-10468;
180-10093-10015; 180-10094-10289; 180-10094-10309; 180-10095-10073;
180-10096-10047; 180-10096-10173; 180-10101-10090; 180-10102-10452;
180-10105-10054; 180-10110-10073; 180-10110-10094; 180-10147-10268.
Designation of Assassination Records: The following United States Secret Service records from the files of Chief James Rowley are designated assassination records: Twelve news conference transcripts for the November 21, 1963-November 26, 1963 period; Secret Service comments on William Manchester book manuscript; 6 newsclips, and 80 USSS documents from the following file groups: Protective Research/Investigative; Protective Methods; and General. Also included are 374 public suggestions from the Presidential Protection file and the President-General file. All materials are from the 1963-1964 period. On April 17, 1996, by unanimous vote, the Assassination Records Review Board designated the above listed materials as assassination records pursuant to Sections 7(i)(2)(A) and 9(c)(1)(A) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act (the JFK Act) and Æ 1400.1 and Æ 1400.8 of the Guidance for Interpretation and Implementation of the JFK Act. 36 C.F.R. Æ 1400 (1995). In not designating some USSS Documents, letters from the public, and some material from the Protective Research/Investigative, Protective Methods, and General files as assassination records, the Review Board relied upon the advice of its staff, which conducted a thorough review of additional materials in each of the above listed categories.Notice of Reconsideration: On April 16 - 17, 1996, the CIA provided additional evidence to the Review Board regarding 8 records that previously had been the subject of Review Board determinations. Upon receiving and evaluating this additional evidence, the Review Board voted to sustain postponements as follows:
>From Original Federal Register Notice: 96-8526, 61 FR 15760
Record Number/No. Original Rel./No. Original Postponements/No. Revised Releases/No. Revised Postponements/ Date of Release or re-review
104-10001-10015 3 2
2 3 05/1997
104-10003-10064 3 1 3 3 05/1997
104-10003-10100 6 1 4 3 05/1997
104-10004-10124 4 6 2 8 03/2006
104-10005-10059 1 0 0 1 05/1997
104-10005-10169 4 0 2 2 05/1997
104-10005-10182 4 0 2 2 05/1997
104-10021-10093 1 0 0 1 05/1997
Additional Information: The Review Board, at its March 18-19, 1996 meeting, voted to open in full three assassination records from the HSCA files that the National Archives and Records Administration had referred to the Secret Service. At its April 16-17 meeting, the Review Board voted to suspend the opening of these records for 60 days, in order to allow the Secret Service time to provide evidence in support of certain postponements that the Secret Service wishes to retain under Section 6(3) of the JFK Act. The records affected are: 180-10065-10379; 180-10087-10302; 180-10103-10465.
May 1, 1996
David G. Marwell, Executive Director
JFK ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD DECISIONS ON FOUR DOCUMENTS APPEALED BY FBI
The Assassination Records Review Board announced today that, pursuant to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, the FBI has appealed to the President the recent decisions of the Board to release information contained in four documents.
The information contained in the redacted portions of the documents has to do with intelligence sources and methods. The Review Board found that public interest in the information outweighed the evidence that the FBI offered in support of postponing release of the information. The FBI appealed a fifth document based on privacy grounds, but the Board has subsequently rescinded its determination on the document pending further review of the privacy issues that have been raised.
Redacted versions of the documents (and duplicates) are currently available to the public at the National Archives. The Review Board voted on these documents at its April 17, 1996 meeting.
The FBI has another appeal pending before the President in connection with decisions made by the Review Board at its March 19, 1996 meeting to release information contained in 13 documents.
JFK ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD RELEASES FBI AND CIA DOCUMENTS FROM POST-ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATIONS
The Assassination Records Review Board announced today that it is releasing additional FBI and CIA records that chronicle the agenciesÆ investigations into the assassination of President Kennedy.
These records provide more historical insight into the actions of the FBI and CIA following the assassination,Æ said the Honorable John R. Tunheim, Chair of the Review Board. ÆThe American public deserves to have as complete a picture as possible of this tragic event. The release of previously classified information adds clarity to the picture.Æ
The Board is releasing 141 FBI documents and 33 CIA documents, in full or in part, that cover a range of topics relating to the agenciesÆ responses to the assassination. Included in this release of records are FBI documents from 1964 regarding the public appearances of a well-known Warren Commission critic. The CIA documents are from OswaldÆs Æ201" file that became a catchall for everything the agency collected or created that related to Oswald and the assassination. The documents were voted on by the Board at its April 16-17, 1996 meeting and have been previously available with redactions.
The FBI appealed to the President the decisions of the Board to release information contained in eight other documents (including duplicates) from the April meeting. That appeal is currently pending before the President, along with another FBI appeal involving records the Board voted to release at its March meeting.
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