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104-10126-10010 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/16/1978)

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                                     CONFIDENTIAL



                                                            LO[C 44'78- 0/1 z

                                         16 November 1978


              -MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

              SUBJECT       HSCA Access to Mexico City History


                    1.  HSCA requested access to some 200 pages of the
               three-volume history of Mexico City - about a third of
               the material.  The substantive content runs the gamut from
               the history of Mexico University through detailed operation-
               al support capabilities and high level political connect-
               ions and activities.  It is an impressive accumulation of
               operational activity - classical sources and methods, as
               well as detailed revelations about past events.

                    2.  We pointed out that the agreement between Chairman
               Stokes and DDCI Carlucci directly faced the issue of the
               irrelevancy of the vast majority of the history, and the
               sensitivity of it.  The HSCA position had been that it had
               to verify this, and the access given to senior levels was
               to satisfy this. Now  it was being requested in connection
               with depositions, which would serve to get this material
               into a Committee transcript.  Since some two-thirds of the
               station's history (the work covers 194? through 1969) pre-
               ceded the visit of Oswald to Mexico in 1963 and assassination
               of the President, that clearly had nothing to do with the
               Committee's charter.  I added that Mr. Carlucci is out of
               town, and will not be back until some time Sunday, so I
               could not go back to him. The request was  so far beyond the
               agreement, that I felt I could not modify it. Cornwell  then
               asked that I speak to the Director.

                   3.  I saw the Director at about noon, and summarized
              the agreement and the dilemma, also going over the above.
              He stated that I could offer access to one senior staff
              member (in addition to Blakey and Cornwell)on the condition
              that material from the history not be used in depositions.

                   4.  I spoke with Cornwell, giving him the message.  He
              said that they may wish to use some of the material.  I
              replied that the history is based on other sources; those
              related to the portion that is within the Committee's charter




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