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104-10330-10060 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (10/15/1996)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch83978 and id is 1 raw text is: '104-10330-10060  2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

                                     SECRET





                                       15 October 1996



       MEMO    UM FOR:  Assassination Records Review
                          Board

       FROM:            John F. Pereira
                        Chief, Historical Review Group

       SUBJECT:         Foreign Government Information
                        Australia



       (We request that this memorandum be returned to CIA once the
       Board has completed its deliberations on the issues discussed
       below.)

            1. (S) Issue:  This memorandum will address CIA's position
       on the review and declassification of foreign government
       information that appears in the JFK collection.  This issue has
       come to CIA's attention because of the recent review by the JFK
       Board of<Z- salian  liTisondocuments.   The Agency believes it is
       important to address this issue at this time because this is the
       first instance that this type of  oreign liasndocument has
       been reviewed by the Board and it is possible that such
       information will appear again in CIA's collection.  This memo
       will, therefore, focus on the larger issue of a United States
       Government (USG) agency's legal obligations in the dissemination -
       and declassification of foreign government informationbut    1-
       1ls -ddress   he secific  issue of the six''Aust$lian  documents
       (documents: 104-10012-10078, 104-10012-10079, 10.4-10012-10080,
       104-4 Q.J2-.10081, 104-1.000-9 102'22, 104-10009-1022.4) .

            2. (S) Conclusion:  CIA does not object to the release of the
       information in these six documents, but is only concerned about
       protecting foreign governm~ent information. Therefore, the Agency
       does not object to the release of the four CIA documents in the
       redacted form proposed by the Board.  With regards to the two
       ustralii  se tter2  the Agency has no authority to unilaterally
       agree to their release in any form.  Pursuant to its legal
       obligations, CIA ordinarily seeks the consent of the foreign
       government prior to declassifying their information. However,
       for reasons described herein, it-is-ot  possiblTto  even seek th
       consent of the Australians at this time,. nor-would it be likely
       ithat the A stralians would give it. Rather than going_ to the  ,
         stralians againstits..betterjudgment  or requesting_ th&

                                                  CL BY:j2224130
                                                  CL REASON: 1.5(d)
                                                  DECL ON: X5
                                                  DRV FM:  LIA 3-82
                                    FCRPT

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