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104-10331-10201 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (09/29/1998)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch79175 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10331-10201  2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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-CL BY: 427
CL REASON: Section 1.5 C
DECL ON: X1
DRv FRM: HUM 4-82
From the Desk of Lee S. Strickland
Chief, Information Review Group / CIA
NOTE FOR:   Donald R. Cryer@DO
FROM:       Lee S. Strickland
OFFICE:     OIM
DATE:       09/29/98 11:39:08 AM
SUBJECT:    URGENT: Points for DDO Decision re JFK Board
Don,
As you know, OIM has been working with the JFK Board to ensure that all critical DO equities are
protected despite the Board's penchant to release everything even remotely related to the JFK
assassination. However, in the last few days of the Board's tenure, their demands have become more
strident and we need your approval on the following strategies for negotiations today.
1. The Walt Elder document.. This is a summa of the Agency'
in Washington with Iden substituted for the words  and the name of  The detaiIs
lftinthe document reveal that it was a  inWashingto  We believe we may be able to have the
Board defer release if we provide an oral, classified briefing on the facts to the 5 cleared Board members
- as we have on several other occasions this year on other matters. If you approve this classified briefing,
we would also advise the Board that if they do not agree to defer, we will, without question, recommend an
appeal to the President.
2. The Mexico City Station History. Largely agreed, the sticking pdints are a few segments
which contain the root part of the relevant crypt (LICASA) and other details which reflect that our asset
wa            and that we got lots of good stuff, etc.) We ask your concurrence to compromise on the
base of the crypt (CASA) since it reveals nothing more than has already been released BUT stand fast
and firm on the details of the source nd the goodness of the take and tell the Board -- nicely of course --
that they may release CASA but we will again go to tPresident on the remainder.
3. The Administrative Traffic. Surely one of their more ridiculous demands. However, they
have the authority and the precedent since the FBI gave them tons of such material. They want every
scrap of paper which documents the Agency's processing of the Board's requests. It could cover, for
example, all of my and your e-mail which concerns the Board. We would like to say no and seek their
agreement by addressing only the 57 cables which concern our (and the Board's interaction)(with the
n their requests AND the 5 underlying declarations that were completed recently and
which formed the basis for the ExDir's public declaration. Each of these documents would be properly
redacted before release. This is a prudent compromise in my view since it well preserves the CIA's

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