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104-10103-10360 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (8/30/1977)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch10106 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10103-10360 110-1 S 0 AUG 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM : S. D. Breckinridge Deputy Inspector General SUBJECT : Comments on Book V, SSC Final Report, The Investigation of the Assassination of President Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies 1. Forwarded herewith is the report of a review that Mr. Knoche requested last fall. The undersigned was designated as chairman or coordinator of an Agency working group that was to conduct the study. It proved a more ambitious undertaking than had been anticipated. The extensive files of CI Staff on the Warren Commission inquiry into President Kennedy's assassination were reviewed in detail, as were the very large file holdings of LA Division on its Cuban operations during the period preceding and following the death of President Kennedy. The most pains- taking review and analysis was required, and the files proved to be so extensive that the research became a major task. The files of the Office of Security and the Office of the Inspector General presented a less formidable problem. 2. The attached report, with its annexes, is the formal result of the effort. If the attachments seem bulky, it is noted that additional bac k-up materials are being held for theb record in the event of future inquiry. These papers .represent the result of a conscientious and painstaking effort,-eonducted with high standards of review and testing kept foremost in mind. We believe that there is little likelihood of oversight.or omission in coverage; the work was so extensive and carefully done that we feel there is small chance of surprises remaining in CIA files on this subject. 3. In brief, we found that many of the presentations of Book V of the Final Report of the Senate Select Committee were based on incomplete information or distorted perceptions. While the record of CIA was not perfect, the performance at the time, under the understanding of the period, seems reasonable. The fact remains that evidence of a Castro conspiracy to assassinate President Keqnedy still has not been discovered. The Warren Commission and DNot Reproi-i

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