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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
9 August 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. onald F. Massey
Mr . Lor ton Palmer
FROM S. D. Breckinridge
Principal Coordinator/HSCA
SUBJECT : 1977 Task Force Report on Book V of
Church Committee Report
1. Attached is one copy each, with copy of correspondence
from me to the Legislative Counsel, concerning release of a
sanitized copy of the 1977 Task Force Report, commenting on
Book V of the Church Committee Final Report. It had been
felt in the past more desirable to not make this available
to our two oversight committees, primarily because the SSCI
is somewhat of a lineal descendant of the Church Committee.
It is noted that HSCA has seen the Report in both sanitized
and unsanitized -versions; it may well be cited in the final
HSCA Report.
2. Given the present environment, with pending criticisms
of CIA's performance in the investigation of the assassination
of President Kennedy, many of the lines of discussion in the
1977 Task Force Report have current relevance. Although portions
of the 1977 Task Force Report have been sanitized, much of the
discussion should be meaningful to our oversight committees,
which may soon be hearing some rather strong assertions of
past derelictions by the Agency in this same field. To the
extent that past criticisms are suspect, it may have a tempering
influence on reactions to current criticisms of a similar nature.
3. It is requested that you review the report for
transmittal to your respective oversight committees (SSCI and
HPSCI). Please note Fred Hitz's reaction to my proposal. I
did not convey to him past reservations on the point, and you
may wish to do so.
S. D. Br eckinr idg e s aio schedule of E.O. 11652
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