JFK Assassination Records - 2023 Additional Documents Release
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply with President Biden’s Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, requiring disclosure of releasable records by June 30, 2023. NARA worked in concert with agencies to jointly review the remaining redactions in 3,648 documents in compliance with the President's directive. Between April and June 2023, NARA posted 2,672 documents containing newly released information. Documents released in December 2022 are not being posted again if the redactions have not changed.
- August 24, 2023: 21 documents
- June 27, 2023: 1,103 documents
- June 13, 2023: 290 documents
- May 11, 2023: 502 documents
- April 27, 2023: 355 documents
- April 13, 2023: 422 documents
Accessing the Release Files
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JFK Table
| Row Num | Record Num | NARA Release Date | Formerly Withheld | Doc Date | Doc Type | File Num | To Name | From Name | Title | Num Pages | Originator | Record Series | Review Date | Comments | Pages Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177-10001-10305 | 08/24/2023 | Redact | 03/27/1963 [PDF] | REPORT | CIA | 44 | CIA | VP SECURITY FILE, CUBA, MISC. PAPERS, 5/61 & 11-12/62, BOX 9 | 05/07/2021 | DOC. #2 | 45 | |||
| 2 | 157-10005-10360 | 08/24/2023 | Redact | 03/29/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | DIRECTOR, FBI | SAC, MIAMI | MILITARY AND NAVAL MATTERS - CUBA | 11 | FBI | MEMORANDUM | 05/07/2021 | BOX 377 | 3 | |
| 3 | 202-10002-10124 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 06/26/1965 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | CYRUS R. VANCE | CUBAN AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE | 27 | OSD | JCS CENTRAL FILES | 06/15/2023 | JCS Central File, Box 3, 4 of 15. Memo from Vance to SecArm, SecNav, SecAir, CJCS, and ASD(ISA) re: Cuban Affairs in the Dept. of Defense. ICCCA report on Possible Retaliatory Actions by the Castro Government. | 18 | |
| 4 | 198-10009-10099 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 02/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 153 | MULTIPLE | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 1, Folder 9. Multiple papers re: classified/secret Congressional testimony concerning Cuban subversion in Latin America, Cuban military buildup, Soviet military weapons in Cuba, etc. | 154 | ||||
| 5 | 198-10008-10119 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 10/14/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CAPT. ZUMWALT ET AL | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | ICCCA: ACTIONS TAKEN DURING JULY-AUGUST 1963 IN CURBING CUBAN SUBVERSION | 20 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 25. Memo No. 71 from Joseph Califano with attached report of Subcommittee on Subversion. | 21 | |
| 6 | 198-10007-10022 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 07/18/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ICCCA | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | ICCCA: REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER SUBVERSION | 17 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Califano to ICCCA re: the Report on the Status of Implementation of Actions Designed to Counter Subversion. Also appears in Califano Box 6, Folder 11. | 18 | |
| 7 | 198-10007-10021 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 09/30/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE | CHMN, SUBCMMT ON CUBAN SUBVERSION | REPORT FOR JULY-AUGUST ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO COMBAT CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION | 23 | ICCCA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion to the members of the Committee re: Report for July-August on Actions Taken to Combat Castro-Communist Subversion. | 24 | |
| 8 | 198-10007-10013 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA | 17 | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of Cuba. | 18 | ||||
| 9 | 198-10005-10017 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 04/10/1962 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT | 6 | CIA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft copy of Cuba Project Progress Report, 4-11 April 1962, regarding clandestine resistance groups in Cuba. | 7 | |||
| 10 | 198-10004-10207 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 01/10/1964 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MR. JOHN H. CRIMMINS | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: REPORT ON THE STATUS OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER SUBVERSION | 62 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 06/15/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 10. Army memo from Joseph Califano to Mr. Crimmins on status of actions to counter Cuban subversion in Latin America with other related documents. | 63 | |
| 11 | 202-10002-10121 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 08/18/1966 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CHAIRMAN, JCS | GEN. GOODPASTER | MILITARY PERSONNEL DETAILED TO THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 14 | JCS | WHEELER PAPERS | 04/06/2023 | Wheeler Papers, Box 14. Memorandum for CJCS regarding numbers of military personnel on detail to the CIA and DOD policy letter governing assignment of military personnel to CIA. | 31 | |
| 12 | 198-10007-10008 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 02/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MR. CALIFANO | WILLIAM A. TIDWELL | ALLEGED CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO VENEZUELA VIA BRITISH GUIANA | 3 | CIA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 04/06/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 8. Transmittal of report from Tidwell to Califano re: Cuban arms shipments into British Guiana. | 4 | |
| 13 | 157-10004-10279 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 10/10/1973 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INSPECTOR GENERAL | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS | CCS RELATIONS WITH ROBERT A. MAHEU AND ASSOCIATES (RAMA) | 2 | CIA | MEMORANDUM | 04/12/2023 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 198-10007-10002 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 02/14/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | GENERAL KRULAK | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | CUBA AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION | 139 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 04/06/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 1. Transmittal of report entitled Cuba as a Base for Subversion" from Califano to Krulak." | 137 | |
| 15 | 197-10002-10187 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 11/28/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA TDCS-3/566,031 | 1 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER | 04/06/2023 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | 157-10011-10001 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS | 370 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS | 04/06/2023 | Box 132, Book 2 of 5, Index Cards, June/July 1975 | 28 | |||
| 17 | 157-10011-10011 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS, JUNE & JULY 1975 | 516 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS, JUNE & JULY 1975 | 04/06/2023 | Box 138, Book 1 of 2, Index Cards, June/July 1975 | 70 | |||
| 18 | 157-10011-10014 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS | 483 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS | 04/06/2023 | Box 141, Book 2 of 3, Index Cards dated June/July 1975 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 157-10011-10053 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 07/11/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM K. HARVEY | 101 | SSCIA | TRANSCRIPT | 04/06/2023 | SSCI Box 246, Folder 1 (R-486) | 5 | |||
| 20 | 157-10011-10069 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 05/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | BELIN, DAVID W. | KNOCHE, E. H. | BACKGROUND MATERIAL RE: CIA ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO BAY OF PIGS | 21 | CIA | LETTER W/ATTACHMENT | 04/06/2023 | SSCI Box 287, Folder 9 | 20 | |
| 21 | 176-10036-10024 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 03/17/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Cabinet Oppostion to Congo Government | 2 | National Security Files | 04/06/2023 | 2 | |||||
| 22 | 176-10036-10025 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 03/26/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Draft Cabinet List | 4 | CIA | National Security Files | 04/06/2023 | 4 | ||||
| 23 | 176-10036-10053 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 05/21/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Central Intelligence Agency Information Report | 2 | CIA | National Security Files | 04/06/2023 | 3 | ||||
| 24 | 176-10036-10153 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 09/27/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | The Nature of the Buddhist Conflict | 6 | CIA | National Security Files | 04/06/2023 | 7 | ||||
| 25 | 176-10036-10155 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 10/12/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Saigon | Rusk | Deptel 570 | 3 | DOS | National Security Files | 04/06/2023 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 176-10037-10194 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 03/11/1964 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | John F. Kennedy Document Control Record | 1 | NIJFK | National Security File: Rober W. Komer | 03/31/2023 | 2 | ||||
| 27 | 176-10037-10197 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 03/12/1964 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | John F. Kennedy Document Control Record | 1 | NIJFK | National Security File: Rober W. Komer | 03/31/2023 | 2 | ||||
| 28 | 177-10002-10099 | 05/11/2023 | Redact | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 4 | CIA | NSF, INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS, 11/23/63-12/5/63, BOX 1 | 04/06/2023 | DOC. #5A | 6 | ||||
| 29 | 157-10011-10029 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 01/15/1976 [PDF] | PAPER,TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | SENATOR HART AND SEN. SCHWEIKER | SELECT COMMITTEE STAFF | CIA BRIEFING ON (ALLEGED) SOVIET/CUBAN ASSASSINATIONS | 16 | SSCIA | MEMORANDUM | 03/08/2023 | SSCI Box 352, 2155 | 2 | |
| 30 | 157-10011-10119 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 10/28/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | BADER, WILLIAM | ELDER, WALTER, REVIEW STAFF | JEFFREY KAYDEN'S REVIEW OF A SECURITY FILE | 15 | CIA | LETTER & ATTACHMENTS | 03/08/2023 | SSCI Box 221, Folder 10 | 16 | |
| 31 | 176-10036-10109 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 07/08/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA Information Telegram | 2 | CIA | National Security Files | 03/08/2023 | 3 | ||||
| 32 | 176-10036-10174 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Rusk | Lodge | 4 | DOS | National Security Files | 03/08/2023 | 5 | |||
| 33 | 180-10110-10485 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 00/00/1978 [PDF] | REGISTER | 650 | HSCA | CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT CONTROL FILES | 03/08/2023 | Box 1. | 616 | ||||
| 34 | 198-10007-10017 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 04/17/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ICCCA | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | ICCCA: FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION | 10 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/08/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter and Elwood re: the First Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion. | 11 | |
| 35 | 198-10007-10018 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 03/30/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ICCCA | V.H.KRULAK | FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION | 9 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/08/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Memo from Krulak to the ICCCA re: the First Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion. | 10 | |
| 36 | 198-10009-10087 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 04/17/1963 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ICCCA | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | ICCCA: FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION | 12 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/08/2023 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 11. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter, Elwood re: attached Sub-Committee on Cuban Subversion first progress report which discusses progress in impeding tra | 13 | |
| 37 | 157-10011-10015 | 04/13/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS | 210 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS | 03/08/2023 | Box 141, Book 3 of 3, Index Cards dated June/July 1975NSC reviewed on 2/23/93 -- approves release as excised | 18 | |||
| 38 | 176-10036-10095 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 04/22/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Central Intelligence Agency Information Report | 2 | CIA | National Security Files | 06/15/2023 | 3 | ||||
| 39 | 157-10011-10083 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 04/16/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM C. STURBITTS | 114 | ROCK | TRANSCRIPT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 292, Folder 1 | 115 | |||
| 40 | 157-10011-10066 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 02/24/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | FILE | ROETHE, JAMES N. | FURTHER INFO OBTAINED FROM BREWER, GEORGE | 13 | ROCK | MEMORANDUM | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 286, Folder 11 | 15 | |
| 41 | 157-10011-10048 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 07/30/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | TESTIMONY OF ROBERT MAHEU | 95 | SSCIA | TRANSCRIPT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 252, Folder 5 | 31 | |||
| 42 | 157-10011-10024 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 05/21/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | COLBY, WILLIAM E. | SSCI TRANSCRIPT, TESTIMONY OF DCI WILLIAM COLBY | 113 | SSCIA | TRANSCRIPT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 239, Folder 14 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 157-10011-10018 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 06/11/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | SSCI TRANSCRIPT DATED JUNE 11, 1975, TESTIMONY OF RICHARD M. BISSELL | 135 | SSCIA | TRANSCRIPT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 231, Folder 5, Testimony of Richard Bissell | 14 | |||
| 44 | 157-10011-10085 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 07/09/1970 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MEETING WITH DCS HEADQUARTERS' OFFICERS | 4 | CIA | MEMORANDUM | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 292, Folder 12 | 2 | |||
| 45 | 157-10011-10012 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS, JUNE & JULY 1975 | 502 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS, JUNE & JULY 1975 | 05/19/2023 | Box 138, Book 2 of 2, Index Cards, June/July 1975 | 16 | |||
| 46 | 157-10011-10092 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 03/28/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | FILE | ROETHE, JAMES N. | TESTIMONY OF VICTOR MARCHETTI | 84 | ROCK | TRANSCRIPT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 294, Folder 11 | 7 | |
| 47 | 157-10011-10121 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 04/01/1974 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SECURITY | DEMPSEY, JOHN P., CHIEF, RESEARCH | REPORT | 116 | CIA | REPORT | 06/15/2023 | SSCI Box 221, Folder 10 | 102 | |
| 48 | 157-10011-10171 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 01/16/1976 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | HOWARD HUNT EXAMINATION | 2 | SSCIA | MEMORANDUM W/ATTACHMENT | 05/04/2023 | 3 | ||||
| 49 | 157-10011-10009 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS - BOOK 2 OF 3 FOR JUNE & JULY 1975 | 531 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS - JUNE AND JULY 1975 | 06/15/2023 | Box 140, Book 2 of 3, Index Cards, June/July 1975 | 33 | |||
| 50 | 157-10011-10008 | 06/27/2023 | Redact | 06/00/1975 [PDF] | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | INDEX CARDS | 577 | SSCIA | INDEX CARDS | 06/15/2023 | Box 140, Book 1 of 3, Index Cards, June/July 1975 | 45 |