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SECRET
MHFNO: 96-3598980 SENSIND: EO PAGE:
/ / * E-O * SECRET FRP: , , ,
STAFF
CONF: EA[= INFO: DCEA/OPE, EYESONLY, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, C/EA,
DDO, EA/XO (4/P)
96 .3598980 ASO PAGE,001
TOT: 231431Z MAR 96 DIRECTOR 700784
SECRET
STAFF 231431Z DIRECTOR 700784
TO: IMMEDIATE
FROM: LIMIT C/EC INFO CHIEF/EA, DCEA/OPE, EA/XO
SLUGS: WNINTEL
SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REF: NONE
TEXT:
1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE PROVIDE EXPEDITED
COMMENTS.
2. ON 22 MARCH WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PRESIDENTIALLY
*APPOINTED<JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD.HAS DECLARED ITS
INTENTION TO RELEASE THE FACT IN
THE EARLY 1960'S. APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME CORRESPONDENCE OR
CABLE TRAFFIC FROM THE EARLY 1960'S ON THE SUBJECT THAT INCLUDES
ON THE DISTRIBUTION LINE. WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE
ACTUAL TRAFFIC BUT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH PROVIDING COMMENTS ON
HOW THIS ACTION WOULD AFFECT CURRENT
RELATIONSHIPS AMERICAN RELATIONS, ETC. GIVEN
THE PRESS SCR Y THERE IS NO DOUBT IN
OUR MIND.THAT-SUCH A RELEASE WILL BE NOTICED BY THE[
MEDIA.
3. PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ARGUMENTS IN AS COMPLETE A MANNER AS
POSSIBLE. WE RECOMMEND THAT QUOTES FROM AMBASSADOR R
SUPPORTINGL Z POSITION, SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. ACCORDING
TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED US, THE ADDO HAS ADDRESSED THE BOARD
TWICE, MOST RECENTLY LAST MONDAY WHEN HEBRIEFED THEM ON WHY WE
CANNOT REVEAL OUR INSTALLATIONS
]EVEN 30 YEARS AGO. THE BOARD ACCEPTED OUR ARGUMENTS
BUT REJECTED [ ]ONCE THE BOARD
OVERRULES US, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO APPEAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
4. ONCE WE HAVE [ ]ARGUMENTS IN HAND WE WILL PREPARE
THE NECESSARY MEMORANDUMS TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION. FOR THE SAKE
OF STRUCTURE, WE ASK THAT YOU ORGANIZE YOUR ARGUMENTS ALONG
SUBTITLED THEMES SUCH AS IN PARA 2 ABOVE, INCLUDING THE RECENT
PRESS ATTENTION ON CIA.ACTIVITIES AND THE HISTORICAL REFUSAL OF
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