About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

104-10336-10015 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (10/29/1996)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch85870 and id is 1 raw text is: 1'104-10336-10015 2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 0u FYI Assassination Records Review Board 600 E Street NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 - Fax: (202) 724-0457 CIA HAS NO O&JEToN TO October 29, 1996 DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT . Mr. Donald E. Welzenbach 830 Mississippi Avenue Davenport, Iowa 52803 Dear Mr. Wetzenbach: I am writing you on behalf of the Assassination Records Review Board, an independent Federal Agency established pursuant to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994). The Review Board, whose members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, is charged with the responsibility of collecting records and information related to the assassination of President Kennedy. Review Board members and staff are required by law to possess Top Secret, SCI clearances. The Review Board is not seeking to reach any conclusions regarding the assassination, but is primarily concerned with identifying, clarifying, locating, and making available assassination records. I am enclosing some explanatory material about the Review Board and its mandate. Also enclosed is an excerpt from the book Skunk Works, by Ben Rich and Leo Janos, which refers to Lockheed's preparation of four sets of falsified U-2 technical manuals at the request of Richard Bissell of the CIA. It is our understanding that while working as a CIA historian, you wrote the first history of the U-2 for that agency. We would like very much to discuss this subject with you, and believe that your past in-depth knowledge of the U-2 may assist the ARRB in our attempts to clarify the historical record in this area. I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of this letter to Mr. John Pereira, of the Historical Review Group, Center for the Study-of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 20505. To the extent that you feel discussing this subject with the Review Board would constitute disclosure of any information that is still classified, we would be happy to initiate a discussion between you and the appropriate officials at the CIA to address any concerns you may have. Sometime in the near future a member of the Review Board staff will be calling you to establish a mutually agreeable time for a telephonic interview to discuss certain aspects of the U-2 program. Should you wish to call us first in response to this letter, please ask BoARo MEMBERs: John R. Tunheim, Chair - Henry F. Graff - Kermit L. Hall - William L. Joyce - Anna K. Nelson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David G. Marwell

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most