JFK Assassination Records

JFK Assassination Records - 2018 Additional Documents Release

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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

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 Release Files

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
51	180-10147-10179	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-05-01A				117	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
52	180-10147-10180	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-05-01B				119	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
53	180-10147-10181	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-05-01C				116	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
54	180-10147-10182	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-05-01D				116	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
55	180-10147-10185	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-08-02		CIA		23	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
56	198-10004-10076	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.		123	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 6. Indexed collection of CIA, DOD, DOS, and NSC reports.
57	198-10007-10013	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA	17		CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of Cuba.
58	198-10007-10009	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	9	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Draft paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities.
59	198-10007-10008	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	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	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 8. Transmittal of report from Tidwell to Califano re: Cuban arms shipments into British Guiana.
60	198-10007-10007	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/22/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COMMITTEE MEMBERS	V.H. KRULAK	CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	8	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	COMMITTEE MEMBERS
61	198-10007-10006	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	9	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities. Similar to 198-10007-10005 with marginalia.
62	198-10007-10005	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	7	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities.
63	198-10007-10002	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	02/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GENERAL KRULAK	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	CUBA AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION	139	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	GENERAL KRULAK
64	198-10007-10001	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/13/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SERVICE, OSD, JOINT STAFF	V.H. KRULAK	CUBA, THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - FIRST DRAFT	14	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	SERVICE, OSD, JOINT STAFF
65	198-10006-10014	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CIA INTELLIGENCE ANNEX	5	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Intelligence report outlining travel to and the movement of propaganda from Cuba.
66	198-10006-10011	04/26/2018	Redact		03/07/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CALIFANO, JOSEPH	ZUMWALT, E.R.	INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: MOVEMENT OF SUBVERSIVES	27	OASD		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 12. ISA comments on the Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban subversives.
67	198-10006-10010	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE AMONG OAS COUNTRIES	7		CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper of unknown origin on the possibility of sharing intelligence among OAS members to combat Cuban subversion.
68	198-10006-10009	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	10	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
69	198-10006-10008	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COORD. CTE. ON CUBAN AFFAIRS	KRULAK, V.H.	THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	12	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
70	198-10006-10007	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/12/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			KRULAK, V.H.	FIRST DRAFT: CUBA - MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	12	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of Krulak Committee paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
71	198-10006-10006	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/13/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		JCS	CALIFANO, JOSEPH	INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA	13	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
72	198-10006-10005	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS (FIRST WORKING DRAFT)	21	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
73	198-10006-10004	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	02/15/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	10	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
74	198-10006-10003	04/26/2018	Redact		11/09/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			HURWITCH	US INTERVENTION IN CUBA FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF CASTRO	10	DOS		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Interagency staff study on post-Castro Cuba.
75	198-10006-10000	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	12/09/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DCI	FITZGERALD/COOPER	CONSIDERATIONS FOR US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA AND LATIN AMERICA	13	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 1. Memo for DCI regarding U.S. policy toward Cuba.
76	198-10005-10018	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					123	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of Communist subversives in Latin America.
77	198-10005-10017	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	04/10/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT	6	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft copy of Cuba Project Progress Report, 4-11 April 1962, regarding clandestine resistance groups in Cuba.
78	198-10005-10015	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	02/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	CYRUS R. VANCE	UTILIZATION OF ALPHA 66 IN OPERATIONS	3	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft Memo regarding Alpha 66 for Deputy Secretary of Defense from Cyrus Vance prepared by ACSI, but not used.
79	198-10005-10014	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	08/02/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GEN LANSDALE	COL PATCHELL		4	OSD	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 1. Newspaper clipping regarding Gerald Patrick Hemming and the training of anti-Castro Cubans with attached cover memos and copy of extract from dossier on Hemming.
80	198-10004-10208	04/26/2018	Redact		04/18/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				MILITARY CONTINGENCY PLANNING	2	JCS		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 9. Plans approved by the JCS for use at NSC Standing Group meeting, 23 April 1963.
81	198-10004-10207	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	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	03/16/2018	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.
82	194-10010-10395	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
83	180-10147-10190	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-10-04				1	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/12/2018	Box 34
84	180-10147-10192	04/26/2018	Redact		03/00/1979 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-10-06			STAFF REPORT ON THE EVOLUTION AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE CIA-SPONSORED ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACIES AGAINST FIDEL CASTRO	149	HSCA		03/20/2018	Box 34
85	180-10147-10193	04/26/2018	Redact		12/11/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	61-12-01		CIA		329	HSCA		03/20/2018	Box 35 Document Withdrawal Notice Pending Coordination
86	180-10147-10332	04/26/2018	Redact		00/00/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	233I.096			INTERVIEW WITH JAMES J. ANGELTON	2	HSCA		03/20/2018
87	180-10147-10359	04/26/2018	Redact		00/00/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RG233I.096		ANGLETON, JAMES J.		2	HSCA		03/20/2018
88	194-10001-10423	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
89	194-10006-10330	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
90	194-10008-10068	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
91	194-10008-10069	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
92	194-10008-10070	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
93	194-10008-10117	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
94	194-10008-10120	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT								03/22/2018
95	195-10005-10027	04/26/2018	Redact	OSD	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				KEY PRESIDENTIAL DOSMENTS ON CUBA	238		MCNAMARA PAPERS	03/12/2018	McNamara Papers. Paper outlining key Presidential DOSments on Cuba. Attached are multiple associated memos, papers and articles.
96	198-10004-10053	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/25/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	ICCCA: EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSION ACTIVITIES	27	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano, Box 6, Folder 10. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter, and Elwood concerning a proposal for shared intelligence among OAS member DOSs.
97	197-10002-10196	04/26/2018	Redact	USA	11/23/1996 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				REVIEW, 22 NOVEMBER 1963	13	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER	03/16/2018
98	197-10002-10190	04/26/2018	Redact	USA	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CIA TDCS-3/566,35	3	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER	03/12/2018
99	197-10002-10187	04/26/2018	Redact	USA	11/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CIA TDCS-3/566,31	1	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER	03/16/2018
100	197-10002-10186	04/26/2018	Redact	USA	11/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CIA TDCS-3/566,3	2	CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER	03/16/2018

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