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.
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.
JFK Table
| 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 | Pages Released |
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| 49501 | 178-10003-10399 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | CAR/HARDY | 00/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE | LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM. | 5 | CIA | SUBJECT FILE | 03/12/2018 | List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files. | |||
| 49502 | 178-10003-10400 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | CAR/HARDY | 00/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE | LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM. | 5 | CIA | SUBJECT FILE | 03/12/2018 | List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files. | |||
| 49503 | 178-10003-10401 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | CAR/HARDY | 00/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE | APRIL 21, 1975--FOLLOWING SENT | 15 | WH | SUBJECT FILE | 03/12/2018 | Unmarked but may contain classified information. Same as 1781000310396 but with different annotations. | |||
| 49504 | 178-10004-10053 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 12/10/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MISC. ROCKEFELLER COM. AND CIA FILES (3) | DCI PRESENTATION TO THE PFIAB, 7 DECEMBER 1962 | 3 | CIA | 03/16/2018 | ||||||
| 49505 | 178-10004-10056 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 11/14/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MISC. ROCKEFELLER COM. AND CIA FILES (9) | DIRECTOR, CIA | CIA HANDLING OF THE SOVIET BUILD-UP IN CUBA, 1 JULY-16 OCTOBER 1962 | 33 | CIA | 03/16/2018 | |||||
| 49506 | 178-10004-10072 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | WILDEROTTE | 04/23/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | TESTIMONY (3) | DEPOSITION OF RICHARD MC GARRAH HELMS, APRIL 23, 1975, 2 OF 2 | 34 | ROCK | TESTIMONY SERIES | 03/12/2018 | Some pages are missing. Not as complete as 1781000210092. | |||
| 49507 | 178-10004-10112 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | CHENEY | 05/23/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INTELLIGENCE--COLBY TESTIMONY/SSCIA 5/23/75 | TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM COLBY, MAY 23, 1975 | 118 | SCIA | GENERAL SUBJECT FILE | 03/12/2018 | ||||
| 49508 | 178-10004-10213 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | MCFARLANE | 05/23/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | COLBY TESTIMONY BEFORE SSC, 5/23/75 | TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM COLBY, MAY 23, 1975 | 118 | SSCIA | MISCELLANEOUS | 03/12/2018 | Attached to 1781000410212. Page 1 of 118-page document copied only. For complete document see ID #1781000410112. | |||
| 49509 | 178-10004-10416 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ROCKCOM | 01/13/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | COLBY DOSMENT--APPENDICES | THE MIAMI STATION | 7 | CIA | TESTIMONY SERIES | 03/12/2018 | Appendix J to DOSment of William Colby to Rockefeller Commission, 13 January 1975. | |||
| 49510 | 178-10004-10420 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ROCKCOM | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES INVENTORY | INVENTORY OF ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES | 263 | ROCK | 03/12/2018 | Inventory of files showing file codes and contents of codes. | ||||
| 49511 | 179-20001-10304 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 05/08/1967 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 32 | CIA | 03/20/2018 | MEMORANDUM WITH 28 ENCLOSURES. BOX 65 | |||||||
| 49512 | 179-40005-10040 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | WC | 01/15/1964 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 1 | CIA | 23: PUB 3 | 03/12/2018 | ALSO IDENTIFIED AS REPORT NO. CS-3/569,958; FOUR COPIES. BOX C02 | |||||
| 49513 | 180-10083-10181 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 09/01/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 011343 | 3 | VITATE, GUY | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 205. | ||||
| 49514 | 180-10092-10219 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | HSCA | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | ||||||||
| 49515 | 180-10093-10010 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | HSCA | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | ||||||||
| 49516 | 180-10107-10127 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 11/02/1977 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 003012 | 4 | HSCA | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | CIA tabbed Box CIA 71-1. Box 71. | ||||
| 49517 | 180-10108-10017 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 09/12/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 013021 | ANTONIO GUILLERMO ROGRIGUEZ JONES. | 161 | USSS | 03/16/2018 | Box 228. Folder 1 of 3. USSS 228-2. | |||||
| 49518 | 180-10110-10074 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 05/02/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 074-JFK | 3 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 3. | ||||
| 49519 | 180-10110-10083 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 089-JFK | 2 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 4. | ||||
| 49520 | 180-10110-10100 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 125-JFK | 1 | CIA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/16/2018 | Box 4. | ||||
| 49521 | 180-10110-10101 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 125-JFK | 35 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 4. | ||||
| 49522 | 180-10110-10118 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 147-JFK | DOCUMENTS LIST | 13 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | |||
| 49523 | 180-10110-10121 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 06/02/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 151-JFK | 7 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49524 | 180-10110-10122 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 06/03/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 152-JFK | 6 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49525 | 180-10110-10123 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 153-JFK | 3 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49526 | 180-10110-10124 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 08/22/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 155-JFK | 2 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49527 | 180-10110-10125 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 156-JFK | 1 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49528 | 180-10110-10145 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 09/26/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | JFK-171 | 3 | HSCA | SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 5. | ||||
| 49529 | 180-10110-10484 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 00/00/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | LEE HARVEY OSWALD THE CIA AND MEXICO CITY | 393 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Redacted and declassified.Box 1. | ||||||
| 49530 | 180-10110-10485 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 650 | HSCA | CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT CONTROL FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 1. | |||||
| 49531 | 180-10112-10390 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 05/13/1975 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 013526 | MEMO OF CONVESTION BETWEEN GEORGE GAUDET ADN BERNARD FESTERWALD | 2 | HSCA | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | BOX 236. | |||
| 49532 | 180-10112-10466 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | HSCA | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | ||||||||
| 49533 | 180-10140-10187 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 06/13/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 07-21-01 | GOLDSMITH, MICKEY | 5 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 1 | |||
| 49534 | 180-10141-10134 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 10/06/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 12-04-12 | 1 | CIA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 4 | ||||
| 49535 | 180-10141-10291 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 11/15/1974 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 13-29-04 | ANNEX B: THE 21 SYSTEM | 19 | CIA | 03/20/2018 | Box 6 | |||||
| 49536 | 180-10141-10416 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 19-44-01D | 1 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 8 | ||||
| 49537 | 180-10142-10008 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | HSCA | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | ||||||||
| 49538 | 180-10142-10055 | 04/26/2018 | Withheld | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 22-21-01 | 1 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Box 11 Classified typewritter ribbon cartridge in classified NARA file. | ||||||
| 49539 | 180-10142-10073 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 23-02-06 | HSCA PROCEDURAL WRITE-UP: MEXICO TRIP 2 | 12 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 11 | |||
| 49540 | 180-10142-10084 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 23-05-06 | HSCA PROCEDURAL WRITE-UP: MEXICO TRIP 2 | 3 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 12 | |||
| 49541 | 157-10014-10241 | [PDF] | JFK | |||||||||||||
| 49542 | 157-10014-10017 | [PDF] | JFK | |||||||||||||
| 49543 | 180-10089-10471 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 03/21/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 006497 | 1 | HSCA | NUMBERED FILES | 03/12/2018 | Box 125. | 1 | |||
| 49544 | 176-10036-10206 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/09/2018 | ||||||||||
| 49545 | 157-10014-10084 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 05/10/1976 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 11-H-03 | 43 | SSCIA | 03/12/2018 | Box 4 | 43 | |||||
| 49546 | 180-10144-10247 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 08/11/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 30-63-01 | 20 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 24 | ||||
| 49547 | 180-10144-10248 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 30-63-02 | 6 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 24 | ||||
| 49548 | 180-10144-10249 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 30-63-03 | 13 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 24 | ||||
| 49549 | 180-10144-10260 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 31-01A-03 | 233 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Box 24 Notecards containing footnotes for HSCA report "Lee Harvey Oswald, The CIA, and Mexico City" | ||||||
| 49550 | 180-10144-10264 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 31-01B-04 | 261 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Box 25 Notecards containing footnotes for HSCA report "Lee Harvey Oswald, the CIA, and Mexico City" |
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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.
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