JFK Assassination Records

JFK Assassination Records - 2017-2018 Additional Documents Release

2017-2018 Additional Documents Release

The National Archives is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The vast majority of the Collection (88%) has been open in full and released to the public since the late 1990s. The records at issue are documents previously identified as assassination records, but withheld in full or withheld in part. Learn more about the process on the JFK Assassination Records Processing Project - 2017 Update web page.

These releases include FBI, CIA, and other agency documents (both formerly withheld in part and formerly withheld in full) identified by the Assassination Records Review Board as assassination records. The releases to date are as follows:

July 24, 2017: 3,810 documents (read press release)
October 26, 2017: 2,891 documents (read press release)
November 3, 2017: 676 documents (read press release)
November 9, 2017: 13,213 documents (read press release)
November 17, 2017: 10,744 documents (read press release)
December 15, 2017: 3,539 documents * (read press release)
April 26, 2018: 18,731 documents * (read press release)

* Note: There are instances where multiple record identification numbers are associated with the same pdf. This is due to the fact that the files were scanned in batches.

About the JFK Records

Accessing the Records

The table below displays metadata about all the released documents. You can also download the spreadsheet as an Excel file (4.7MB).

To view or download a specific document, follow the link in the "Doc Date" column. The files are sorted by NARA Release Date, with the most recent files appearing first. The previous withholding status (i.e., formerly withheld in part or formerly withheld in full) is identified in the “Formerly Withheld Status” column.

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Row Num	Record Num	NARA Release Date	Formerly Withheld	Agency	Doc Date	Doc Type	File Num	To Name	From Name	Title	Num Pages	Originator	Record Series	Review Date	Comments
1101	176-10030-10085	04/26/2018	Redact		07/11/1970 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				ORAL HISTORY WITH EDWARD LANSDALE BY DENNIS O'BRIEN	123	CITIZEN		03/16/2018	Pages 3-21 and 28-34 talk about the Bay of Pigs. Pages 96 and 98 have been sanitized.
1102	176-10030-10168	04/26/2018	Redact		07/11/1970 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD G. LANSDALE	124			03/16/2018	sanitized version
1103	176-10030-10168	04/26/2018	Redact		07/11/1970 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD G. LANSDALE	124			03/16/2018	sanitized version
1104	176-10030-10261	04/26/2018	Redact		05/12/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD	6		RICHARD GOODWIN PAPERS	03/16/2018	From the Papers of Richard Goodwin: Subjects, Cuba, Covert Action, Box 4, Item 3a
1105	176-10030-10261	04/26/2018	Redact		05/12/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD	6		RICHARD GOODWIN PAPERS	03/16/2018	From the Papers of Richard Goodwin: Subjects, Cuba, Covert Action, Box 4, Item 3a
1106	176-10030-10422	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					16			03/12/2018
1107	176-10031-10069	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					7			03/12/2018
1108	176-10033-10145	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					16			03/12/2018
1109	176-10033-10151	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					6			03/12/2018
1110	176-10033-10152	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					8			03/12/2018
1111	176-10033-10160	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1112	176-10036-10001	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					6			03/12/2018
1113	176-10036-10002	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					10			03/12/2018
1114	176-10036-10005	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1115	176-10036-10006	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1116	176-10036-10007	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1117	176-10036-10008	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1118	176-10036-10009	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1119	176-10036-10010	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1120	176-10036-10011	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1121	176-10036-10012	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1122	176-10036-10013	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1123	176-10036-10014	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1124	176-10036-10015	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					12			03/12/2018
1125	176-10036-10016	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1126	176-10036-10017	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1127	176-10036-10018	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1128	176-10036-10019	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1129	176-10036-10021	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1130	176-10036-10022	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1131	176-10036-10023	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1132	176-10036-10024	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1133	176-10036-10025	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1134	176-10036-10026	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1135	176-10036-10027	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1136	176-10036-10028	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					6			03/12/2018
1137	176-10036-10036	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			01/27/2018
1138	176-10036-10046	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1139	176-10036-10047	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1140	176-10036-10048	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1141	176-10036-10049	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/12/2018
1142	176-10036-10050	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					5			03/12/2018
1143	176-10036-10051	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/12/2018
1144	176-10036-10052	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1145	176-10036-10053	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/12/2018
1146	124-10370-10011	04/26/2018	Redact	FBI	12/24/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-F6	HQ	BH		417	FBI	HQ	03/12/2018	INC FOLDER, LHM, MEMO, LET, DOSMENT, NEWS ARTICLES, TTY, R/S, NEWS RELEASE, FD-302, S/S, CABLEGRAM, INSERT, ABSTRACT, NOTE, REPORT, TRANSLATION, PAMPHLET
1147	124-10370-10011	04/26/2018	Redact	FBI	12/24/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-F6	HQ	BH		417	FBI	HQ	03/12/2018	INC FOLDER, LHM, MEMO, LET, DOSMENT, NEWS ARTICLES, TTY, R/S, NEWS RELEASE, FD-302, S/S, CABLEGRAM, INSERT, ABSTRACT, NOTE, REPORT, TRANSLATION, PAMPHLET
1148	124-10370-10016	04/26/2018	Redact	FBI	06/25/1976 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-G6	DL	HQ		350	FBI	HQ	03/12/2018	INC FOLDER, NEWS RELEASE, NEWS ARTICLE, MEMO, TTY, LAB RPT, LAT RPT, A/T, LHM, LET, R/S, S/S, FD-302, EXHIBIT, ADDENDUM, PRESS RELEASE, INSERT, NOTE
1149	124-10371-10015	04/26/2018	Redact	FBI	07/18/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-B	HQ	NIS		61	NIS	HQ	03/12/2018	INC FOLDER, INDEX, S/S, LET, ENV, REPORTS, RAP SHEET, LHM, MEMO, NOTES, DESPATCH, A/T, TELEGRAM, DATA REPORT, AIRGRAM
1150	124-10371-10193	04/26/2018	Redact	FBI	01/10/1977 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-S2	DOJ	HSCA		25	HSCA	HQ	03/12/2018	INC FOLDER, LET, MEMO

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Bulk Download of PDF and WAV files

You can access individual files by browsing the webpage above and selecting the link in the "Doc Date" column. You may also download the Excel spreadsheet above, which includes links to all of the files. If you need copies of all PDF and WAV files, you can request a compressed bulk download by emailing bulkdownload@nara.gov with “JFK Bulk Download” in the subject line.

Other Releases

Recent record releases are linked below (see agency postponement documentation for more information).

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