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104-10331-10338 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (2/26/1997)

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                                       Secret


                                                    26 February 1997

            Memorandum For:  John Pereira
                             Chief, Historical Review Group

            From:            Barry Harrelson
                             JFK Project Officer

            Subject:         (U) CIA Employees Names in JFK Records


            Background

                 (AIOU) In March 1996, the ARRB agreed to protect the
            names of all Agency staff employees that appear in JFK
            documents untilMay  1997.  The agreement reflected the
            Board's recognition of the need to facilitate the document
            review, and that it would take time for the Agency to
            collect evidence to defend individual names. Attached are
            Jeremy Gunn's memo summarizing,'the Board's approach to the
            release of CIA employee names and the DO's response.  Both
            memos assume a name-by-name approach and set categories and
            specific requirements for the release or protection of an
            individual.  Also attached is an analysis of the AkRB and DO
            approaches.

                 (AIOU) I do not know how prepared the DO is, but I
            suspect that there is still a significant amount of work to
            be done prior to the Board's May meeting.  I understand that
            many  former employees have not responded to the DO's letter
            and that most of the responses have been negative.  Even if
            the DO is able to complete the research on all employees
            protected to date, it is unlikely that they will be able to
            develop the type of evidence required by the Board to
            protect most individuals.  Under the name-by-name approach,
            we can expect a majority of the names to be released.

            Issue

                 (AIOU) There is considerable concern among HRG
            reviewers that the continued release of hundreds of Agency
            employees' true names has the potential to do unacceptable
            harm to US national security.  The harm from release of a
            large number of names lies in the fact that it cannot be
            measured.  This is due to the ripple effect that would occur
            among assets in many places and with many liaison services.
            It undermines the basic concept of cover for a claudestine
            service.

                                          CL By:,    611637'
                                          CL Reason: 1.5 (c)
                                          DECL On:   X1
                                          DRV From:  PER 9-87;COV 1.1-86


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