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104-10067-10373 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (2/8/1979)

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                                                   8 February 1979



           MEMORANDUM FOR:  Director of Central Intelligence

           VIA           :  Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
                            Legislative Counsel
           FROM          :  S. D. Breckinridge
                            Principal Coordinator, HSCA.
           SUBJECT       :  House Select Committee on Assassinations References to
                            Overseas CIA Stations  (U)

                1.  Action Requested:' That you approve one of the.options set forth
           in paragrph  11. (U)

                2.  Background: CIA's participation in the investigation of
           President Kennedy's assassination was limited by the pattern of Lee Harvey
           Oswald's life. He served in the Marine Corps in Japan, although he did not
           come to the attention of the CIA at that time. He travelled to the-Soviet
           Union in 1959, returning to the United States in 1962. He did not come
           to CIA's attention until his defection was reported by the U. S. Embassy
           in Moscow.  He.travelled to.Mexico City in late September 1963, returning
           to the United States in early October after a five-day stay. CIA detected
           his presence and reported it at that time as a routine CI report because
           he contacted the Soviet Embassy. (C)

                3. -False allegations by a disaffected CIA employee claiming CIA-Oswald
           ties in Japan consumed some of the Committee's time and attention. They
           -discredited his testimony, but in the process of discussing it, they talk
           about the thinas he said, includina hi-, duties, in Tokyo.[
                                                          We would endeavor to have
           The Committee sanitize and downplay this sect ion of its report simply
           because of the discredited nature of the witness's testimony. If this is
           unsuccessful, unclassified publication may become an issue. (C)
                4.  Oswald's entry to the Soviet Union, with a visa given by the
           Soviet Consul In Helsinki, leads to HSCA discussion in its report of
                                                   and the file held on the Consul,
           'no was KGB. We believe this can be remedied by sanitization; if not,
           it could become an issue if HSCA insists on publication. (S)




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