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104-10330-10070 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (12/13/1996)

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                                    Central Intelligence Agency




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                                                     13 December  1996




             MEMORANDUM FOR:  Executive Director
                              Assassination Records Review  Board

             SUBJECT:         (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



                                                    CL BY:       01 50 4
                                                    CL REASON:   1.5(c)
                                                    DECL ON:    X1
                                                    DRV FM:     HUM  4-82


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