ARRB Updates

DOCUMENTS FROM MARCH 19TH MEETING SENT TO NATIONAL ARCHIVES

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.

ASSASSINATION RECORDS ADVISORY
May 15, 1996
CONTACT: TOM SAMOLUK
(202) 724-0088, EXT. 227

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.

The 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 Review Board has until October 1, 1997 to fulfill its mandate.

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ASSASSINATION RECORDS ADVISORY
May 10, 1996
CONTACT: TOM SAMOLUK
(202) 724-0088, EXT. 227

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:

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. 1 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 docum ent is scheduled to be released or re-reviewed.

FBI Documents: Open in Full
124-10002-10377; 6; 0; n/a
124-10005-10028; 7; 0; n/a
124-10005-10346; 28; 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
124-10023-10308; 1; 0; n/a
124-10027-10166; 21; 0; n/a
124-10027-10414; 2; 0; n/a
124-10028-10009; 1; 0; n/a
124-10035-10097; 4; 0; n/a
124-10035-10187; 11; 0; n/a
124-10035-10198; 6; 0; n/a
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
124-10088-10039; 11; 0; n/a
124-10091-10003; 3; 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
124-10235-10409; 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
124-10172-10101; 1; 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
124-10240-10494; 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
124-10052-10054; 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
124-10059-10010; 2; 0; n/a
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
124-10245-10214; 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

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 1 1400.1 and 1 1400.8 of the Guidance for Interpretation and Implementation of the JFK Act. 36 C.F.R. 1 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 further 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

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