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104-10331-10309 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (02/20/1995)

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12022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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John F. Pereira @ DA
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02120195 11:33:42 AM
IdAids

As you may remember the Board, ie, David Marwell, took issue on several counts with the Id Aids and the disks that we
recently provided. Their concerns, 4 in number, and my recommendations to remedy those concerns are listed below. Some of their
concerns can be relieved, some may not. The larger issue is the amount of resources that may be needed to make the kinds of
adjustments they require. Initially we are talking about the 11 Oswald boxes. The remainder of the file will be harder to adjust because
of the large amount of documentslldAids, because the file is not in its original form (3rd Agency, HSCA) and because the audit is not
completed (IdAids matched to documents in file). There is also the lurking possibility that to provide the missing data we may be forced to
access the file data manually.

Concern 1: Classification Status
The original classification status of the do
IdAid. This issue is not a new one, it has been discussed before with
the Id Aid reflects the ftatus of the IdAid
all are
Unclassified. The data is in our file, howe
field at input there may be instances whe

Recommendation: Haveya iiuery for
if there are a lot of blanks and, if the num
change. If the numbers are not right, ie, h
field, we need to regroup.
Concern 2: Non Matching Hard Copy IdAid and Digit
Mr. Marwell produced 2 versions of the s
hard copy IdAid collection we provided an
provided. I have talked toynde bout thi
program and firmly believes it to be impos
same record. I will talk t Jim n Tuesda
error. I will also call NARA and ask them
comparison. My searches have produced

cument was not provided on the
NARA. ifedata recorded on
and/or the version of the-document currently at NARA- namely
ver, since it was not a required  d       L     -
re the field is blank.
blanks in the field to determine
bers are right, make the program
arge number of blanks in this
alId Aid
ame index record - 1 from the
d one from the disks we
s and she has checked the
sible-to have 2 versions of the
iy but I view this as a human
to. pull this record for
no duplicates.

Recommendation: Talk to Mr. Marwell again to find out exactly how he
found the duplicate record and if more were discovered. Depending on
his reply I would suggest that this be categorized as a human error.
Concern 3: Referred  Documents having a classification status
In his manipulation of the disk data Mr. Marwell discovered numerous
instances where a document was marked for referrallcoordination and
also carried a classification status, eg, RIF, §, DIF. He reasons that if
a document is referred it should carry a P for Pending in the
r  cl  ation status field. nyjde'nforms me that the program inserts a
Re        arking when the document originator is anything but CIA. This
marking was not inserted by the in exers but by the program. The theory
being that if the document was not CIA it waslis coordinated. It was also
reasoned that iflwhen the document had completed its coordination run it
was provided to NARA with an appropriate IdAid. The original August
release included IdAids for those documents pending coordination - the
IdAids appropriately stamped with Pending Coordination - but no
documents were attached. The difficulty here is a difference in

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