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104-10331-10083 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/11/1996)

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                                              11 January 1996

           Memorandum for the Record

           Subject:  ARRB Meeting 5 January 1996

           Reference: Meeting with David Marwell, Jeremy Gunn and Mary
                      McAuliffe, 3:00 p.m., 5 January 1996.

                .1. The Board acted on 35 plus documents (Mary did not-,
           have final count).  They released the six additional
           stations that we had requested be protected:

                Rome           Madrid         Brussels


                L iIand the Hague were released again.           was
           tabled pending addition information.  London, Ottawa and
           Paris were also released in this.set of documents.  In
           addition there are references to1aon contactand traces
           released in several of the documents.  The.Agency's
           recommendations on digraph and file numbers were upheld.
           Mary said, beyond these issues, there were no serious
           problems in this set of documents.

                2. I ask how the Board would react to a window
           approach to the issue of releasing stations.  Gunn said
           there appears to be support for such an approach. However,
           the window would have to be wider than Nov./Dec. 1963. He
           suggested expanding the window to cover the Warren
           Commission period in 1964.  If a document mentions Oswald,
           he expects the Board would lean toward releasing it
           regardless of the timeframe.

                3.  Gunn expressed concerned that our position was
           being eroded by the lack of a clear understanding of where
           the line is  (i.e. the Agency's failure to appeal) and the
           failure to provide evidence/best information prior to the
           meeting of the Board.  He felt that we may see some erosion
           in areas where the Board had accepted the Agency's
           postponements  (digraphs, file numbers, liaison). Several
           times, Marwell and Gunn returned to the issue of providing
           best information/defense upfront.  If the staff is unable to
           answer questions about why the Agency is protecting or .does
           not know what a particular item is, the Board takes this as
           a lack of evidence and leans toward release.

                                                rry Harrelson

                                         CL By:-
           CC: C/HRG, Ellie              CL1FEASON:

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