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).

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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	Pages Released
53301	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.
53302	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
53303	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
53304	198-10007-10018	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/30/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	V.H.KRULAK	FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION	9	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Memo from Krulak to the ICCCA re: the First Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion.
53305	198-10007-10019	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	05/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	V.H.KRULAK	OVERVIEW PAPER ON CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION	13	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 17. Memo from Krulak to the ICCCA re: Overview Paper on Castro-Communist Subversion.
53306	198-10007-10028	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MR. VANCE		CUBA: THE MOVEMENT OF SUBVERSIVES AND SUBVERSIVE TRAINEES	19	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Report entitled, "Cuba: the Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees.
53307	198-10007-10098	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	03/07/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CYRUS VANCE	V.H. KRULAK	CUBA	28	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/12/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 12. Memo from Krulak to Vance enclosingthe Second Working Draft of "Cuba: The Movement of Subversives and Subversive Trainees."
53308	198-10009-10086	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	05/07/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DIRECTOR, JOINT STAFF	HAROLD K. JOHNSON	MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR, JOINT STAFF	16	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers. Memo from Johnson to Director, Joint Staff re: attached ICCCA memo and paper concerning and action plan for Cuban subversion including impeding the movement of subversives and subversive trainees.
53309	202-10002-10104	04/26/2018	Redact		00/00/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	3360 (7 FEB 62)			NORTHWOODS	197	JCS		03/20/2018	JCS Central Files 1962, Box 29. JCS Record Case, Code Name Northwoods, containing JCS Papers related to JCS recommendation to invade Cuba and pretexts to justify US military intervention.
53310	202-10002-10121	04/26/2018	Redact	JCS	08/18/1966 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHAIRMAN, JCS	GEN. GOODPASTER	MILITARY PERSONNEL DETAILED TO THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY	14	JCS	WHEELER PAPERS	03/16/2018	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.
53311	202-10002-10131	04/26/2018	Redact		10/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHAIRMAN, JCS	V.H. KRULAK	COVERT ACTIONS AGAINST CUBA	13	JCS		02/14/2018	Taylor Papers, Box 7, Number 5. Memo from Krulak to Chairman, JCS enclosing memo re: Covert Actions Against Cuba.
53312	202-10002-10131	04/26/2018	Redact		10/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHAIRMAN, JCS	V.H. KRULAK	COVERT ACTIONS AGAINST CUBA	13	JCS		02/14/2018	Taylor Papers, Box 7, Number 5. Memo from Krulak to Chairman, JCS enclosing memo re: Covert Actions Against Cuba.
53313	180-10117-10031	04/26/2018	Redact		08/07/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	015096	PURDY, ANDY	LEVINE, LOWELL J.		4	LEVINE, LOWELL J., D.D.S.	#N/A	02/07/2018	MLK material withdrawn, pp.71-74, 125-156.Duplicate in folder 2/3. Box 280.	4
53314	124-10178-10220	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	04/03/1989 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	175-DL-109-3	DETECTIVE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT	HULBERT, A.		2	METROPOLITAN POLICE	LO	11/17/2017
53315	124-10173-10081	07/24/2017	In Part	FBI	05/20/1974 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	105-82555-5713	MI-5				MI-5	HQ	05/23/2017	INC LTR
53316	124-90122-10028	10/26/2017	In Part	FBI	06/05/1967 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-3395-1A13	ALL MEMBERS	DEPUGH, ROBERT B.		9	MINUTEMEN	NO	09/19/2017	LET, INC 2 ENV, 3 STICKERS	9
53317	180-10117-10032	04/26/2018	Redact		08/03/1976 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	015097			EUGENE MICHAEL CARRAFA	141	MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF POLICE		02/07/2018	Tabbed FBI 295-1. File 6-32. Box 295.	141
53318	198-10005-10018	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					123	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of Communist subversives in Latin America.
53319	198-10009-10099	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	02/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					153	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	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.
53320	198-10008-10091	04/26/2018	Release	ARMY	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA REPRESENTATIVES	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.		12	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	01/05/2017	Califano Papers, Box 5, Folder 6. Memo No. 55 from Joseph Califano with enclosures from the British Embassy, Havana.	12
53321	198-10008-10095	04/26/2018	Release	ARMY	07/29/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DIRECTOR, JOINT STAFF	J.D. ALGER		23	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	01/05/2017	JCS Central File 1963, Box 3. British government papers regarding Cuba.	23
53322	198-10008-10096	04/26/2018	Release	ARMY	11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	01/05/2017		4
53323	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.
53324	198-10009-10099	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	02/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					153	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	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.
53325	181-10002-10005	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/05/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DIRECTORS NLT, NLE, NLK, NLJ	NL		1	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017		2
53326	181-10002-10017	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/05/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		BLAKE, JOHN F.	RHOADS, JAMES B.		1	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017		2
53327	181-10002-10022	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COOKE, DAVID O.	RHOADS, JAMES B.		2	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017		3
53328	181-10002-10033	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		LANSDALE, RICHARD	RHOADS, JAMES B.		2	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017		3
53329	181-10002-10036	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SCOWCROFT, LT. GEN. BRENT	RHOADS, JAMES B.		2	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017		3
53330	181-10002-10056	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	02/25/1976 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		WILDEROTTER, JAMES A.	JACOBS, RICHARD A.		1	NARA	NL READING FILES 1975-76	10/13/2017	Copies of enclosures not attached.	2
53331	181-10002-10094	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					15	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS & REFERENCE SERVICE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Handwritten and typed notes re SSCIA requests to Presidential Libraries.	15
53332	181-10002-10113	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	08/19/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		WILDEROTTER, JAMES A.	REED, DANIEL J.		9	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Attachments include classified document receipts, memo from William Moss for the record 8/4/93; route slip; letter David Aaron to James Rhoads 7/29/75; letter Aaron to Wilderotter 7/29/75; 2pp. of document lists.	10
53333	181-10002-10125	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	07/18/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SCHWARZ, FREDERICK A. O.	O'NEILL, JAMES E.		4	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Attached letter Schwarz to Rhoads 7/15/75 1p.; letter Schwarz to Rhoads7/14/75 2pp.	5
53334	181-10002-10126	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	07/18/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NLK	REED, DANIEL J.		4	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Attached route slip, 1 p.; attached letter from D. O. Cooke to James B. Rhoads 7/8/75 2pp.	5
53335	181-10002-10137	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHURCH, FRANK	RHOADS, JAMES B.		5	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Attached letter Church to Rhoads 6/17/75 1p. with attached list of National Security Files requested from the Kennedy Library, 2pp. and acommunications control form, lp.	6
53336	181-10002-10141	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		LEIGH, MONROE	RHOADS, JAMES B.		2	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	Copies of enclosures not attached.	3
53337	181-10002-10142	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COOKE, DAVID O.	RHOADS, JAMES B.		2	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE FILES]	10/13/2017	Copies of enclosures not attached.	3
53338	181-10002-10211	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	05/18/1976 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DAVIS, JEANNE	JACOBS, RICHARD A.		30	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	1p. letter w/attached document list (8 pp); 1 memo NLJ to NL 5/7/76; 4 document receipts; document reproduction request (10 pp); document receipts 6 pp.	31
53339	181-10002-10213	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	05/12/1976 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		FOR THE RECORD	JACOBS, RICHARD A.		9	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	1 p. memo w/attached handwritten note (1p) route slips; letter Miller to Rhoads 4/23/76; draft letter Rhoads to Miller 4/16/76; route slips; letter Miller to Rhoads 4/13/76 1p.	9
53340	181-10002-10219	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NL	JOHNSON AND KENNEDY LIBRARIES		21	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017		22
53341	181-10002-10221	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NL	KENNEDY LIBRARY		6	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017		7
53342	181-10002-10224	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NL	KENNEDY LIBRARY		4	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017		6
53343	181-10002-10225	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	07/08/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NL	KENNEDY LIBRARY		2	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE FILES]	10/13/2017		3
53344	181-10002-10245	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	06/04/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		RHOADS, JAMES B.	JACOBS, RICHARD A.		8	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	1p. route slip w/attached route slip,; letter Rhoads to CIA 6/5/75 w/attached list of Presidential Library contacts; CIA to Rhoads 5/20/75 lp, 2 copies; memo Jacobs to Library Directors 6/5/75 1p, 2 copies.to Rhoads 5/2	9
53345	181-10002-10248	10/26/2017	In Part	NARA	05/20/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GRAY, MARVIN	JACOBS, RICHARD A.		10	NARA	NL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES [ACCESS AND REFERENCE CASE FILES]	10/13/2017	1p. letter w/attached memo Rossman to Jacobs 5/15/75 1p; list of Johnson Library files 8pp.	11
53346	124-10368-10134	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	06/03/1993 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62C-HQ-1029205-54X	HQ	NARA		4	NARA	HQ	11/17/2017	INC R/S
53347	124-10368-10267	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	05/25/1995 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62C-HQ-1029205-862	HQ	NARA		1	NARA	HQ	11/17/2017
53348	124-10372-10083	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	08/22/1995 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62C-HQ-1029205-909	HQ	NARA		2	NARA	HQ	11/17/2017	INC SF 258
53349	124-10375-10074	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	07/10/1996 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62C-HQ-1029205-1322	HQ	NARA		1	NARA	HQ	11/17/2017
53350	124-10367-10014	11/17/2017	In Part	FBI	09/27/1962 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	134-10900-NR	HQ	NASA		3	NASA	HQ	11/17/2017	REFERRED TO NASA, INC MEMO

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