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104-10004-10213 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (7/9/1964)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch70037 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10004-10213  2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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9 July 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT     :Discussion with Warren Commission Staff Member
REFERENCE: Letter from J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel of the
President's Commission, to Mr. Richard Helms
dated 3 July 1964
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i-Wi tr.e approvaf of C/SR and the DD?, I met with Mr. W.
David Slawson of the staff of the President's C::m>mission on the
Assassination of President Kennedy at 1400 hours on ±ris date in
the Commissio.'s offices at 200 Maryland Avenue, N. E., Washington,
D.C. The purpose of this meeting was to disuiss apparent inconsistencies
in material provided the Commission by CIA ard by the Department of
State which were called to our attention in a leter from the General
Counsel of the Commission to Mr. Helms, dated 3 July 1964.
2. By way of introduction, Mr. Slawson aid that in the portion of the
Commission's report that he was writing, he would have to deal with the
question of whether or not the OSWALDs' departure from the USSR - and
the circumstances (i.e. timing) of that departure - xere unusual or
suspicious in any way. He expressed his belief that they probably were
not and cited Soviet relaxation in such matters in tLe post-Stalin era.
However, he warted to be sure in his own mir t±at our information was
not in conflict with that which the Commission had received from State
since all of that information would remain in the records of the
Commission.
3. After stating my belief that.there was no real disagreement or
inconsistency between the information from CLA and that from State, I
expressed the view that the matter resolved itself into three questions:
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