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104-10332-10016 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (12/13/1996)

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  WashingkaD.C.20505


13 December 1996


MEMORANDUM FOR:


SUBJECT:


Executive Director
Assassination Records  Review Board

(U)  Identity of Human  Sources


      (We request that this memorandum be returned to CIA
once the Review  Board has completed its deliberations  on the
issues discussed  below.)

     1.   (U)  Issue.  The purpose of this memorandum  is to
relate CIA's concerns  to the Review Board regarding the
release of the  true names of human sources of intelligence
which appear  in the JFK Collection and to present a proposal
on how this problem  could be addressed.

                    I.  Factual Background

     2.   (U)  In general, CIA sources are foreign
nationals, recruited  and living in a foreign country, who
provide information  to the U.S. Government under a promise
of confidentiality.   Their act of passing information  to the
U.S. is generally  against the national interest of their  own
country and would be  considered espionage, which is a
capital offense  in most countries.  Just as in this country
when a spy is caught,  should a CIA source be discovered,  it
would be headline  news, even 30 years after the fact.   The
Review Board will  recall that when former National Security
Agency employee Robert  Lipka was arrested approximately  a
year ago for espionage  he allegedly committed 30 years
earlier, this received  a lot of attention in the United
States.  Lipka is  currently awaiting trial in the U.S.  for
his alleged espionage  activities.

     3.   (U) This month,  the Review Board will be
considering approximately  50-60 true names of human sources
for release.  These  particular sources range from encrypted


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