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104-10331-10083 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/11/1996)

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                                               11 January 1996

           Memorandum for the Record

           Subject:  ARRB Meeting  5 January 1996

           Reference: Meeting with David Marwell, Jeremy  Gunn and Mary
                      McAuliffe, 3:00 p.m.,  5 January 1996.

                .1. The Board acted on 35 plus documents (Mary did not -,
           have final count).  They released  the six additional
           stations that we had requested be protected:

                Rome           Madrid         Brussels


                    ard the Hague were released  again.           was
           tabled pending addition  information. London,  Ottawa and
           Paris were also released  in this.set of documents.  In
           addition there are  references to1aon contactand traces
           released in several of the documents.  The.Agency's
           recommendations on digraph and  file numbers were upheld.
           Mary said, beyond  these issues, there were no serious
           problems in this  set of documents.

                2.  I ask how the Board would react to a window
           approach to the issue of releasing stations.   Gunn said
           there appears  to be support for such an approach. However,
           the window would have to be wider  than Nov./Dec. 1963. He
           suggested expanding  the window to cover the Warren
           Commission period  in 1964.  If a document mentions Oswald,
           he expects the Board would  lean toward releasing it
           regardless of  the timeframe.

                3.  Gunn expressed  concerned that our position was
           being eroded by  the lack of a clear understanding of where
           the line is  (i.e. the Agency's failure to appeal) and the
           failure to provide  evidence/best information prior to the
           meeting of the Board.  He  felt that we may see some erosion
           in areas where  the Board had accepted the Agency's
           postponements  (digraphs, file numbers, liaison).  Several
           times, Marwell  and Gunn returned to the issue of providing
           best information/defense upfront.   If the staff is unable to
           answer questions  about why the Agency is protecting or .does
           not know what  a particular item is, the Board takes this as
           a lack of evidence  and leans toward release.

                                                 rry Harrelson

                                         CL By:-
           CC: C/HRG,  Ellie             CL1FEASON:

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