JFK Assassination Records

JFK Assassination Records - 2018 Additional Documents Release

Have a question about JFK Assassination Records?

Ask it on HistoryHub!

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.

first
previous
…
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
…
next
last

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
53751	194-10001-10431	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/22/2018
53752	194-10001-10432	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/23/2018
53753	194-10002-10223	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/24/2018
53754	194-10003-10259	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/25/2018
53755	194-10003-10260	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/26/2018
53756	194-10003-10388	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/27/2018
53757	194-10003-10407	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/28/2018
53758	194-10003-10408	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/29/2018
53759	194-10003-10411	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/30/2018
53760	194-10003-10413	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	03/31/2018
53761	194-10003-10417	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/01/2018
53762	194-10003-10419	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/02/2018
53763	194-10003-10420	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/03/2018
53764	194-10003-10421	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/04/2018
53765	194-10003-10422	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/05/2018
53766	194-10008-10121	04/26/2018	0	04/17/2018 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							#N/A	04/06/2018
53767	195-10005-10029	04/26/2018	Redact	01/21/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMY	ACSI	IDEAS ON HOW TO HARM THE CASTRO/COMMUNIST REGIME	33	ARMY	#N/A	03/12/2018	OSD Files. Discussion of possible actions to harm the Castro regime and possible repercussions of such actions.	33
53768	197-10002-10170	04/26/2018	Redact	11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DA, ASST CHIEF OF STAFF, INTEL		INPUT FOR INVESTIGATION INTO JFK DEATH	3	US ARMY ATTACHE, SAN JOSE COSTA RICA	#N/A	07/07/2017		3
53769	198-10001-10009	04/26/2018		#N/A [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
53770	198-10001-10011	04/26/2018	Redact	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SECRETARY OF DEFENSE		APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS: MR. MCNAMARA AND MR. MCCONE	12	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	#N/A	08/19/2015	BRIEFING PAPERS/NOTES PREPARED BY STAFF FOR SECRETARY MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY TO STENNIS COMMITTEE	12
53771	198-10007-10000	04/26/2018	Redact	02/01/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CINCLANT	JOINT STAFF	COVER AND DECEPTION PLAN	69	JCS	#N/A	03/09/2018	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 1. JCS directive to CINCLANT re: plans for disruption of the Cuban sugar harvest.	69
53772	202-10001-10058	04/26/2018	Redact	01/24/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 59			APPRAISAL...	8	ARMY	#N/A	02/24/2016	Requires review from CIA, DOS, OSD, Army.	8
53773	202-10001-10167	04/26/2018	Redact	08/07/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 168				10	OSD	#N/A	02/24/2016	Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA and DOS.	10
53774	202-10001-10185	04/26/2018	Redact	05/17/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 186			OPERATION MONGOOSE PRIORITY OPERATIONS SCHEDULE 21 MAY-30 JUNE 1962	12	OSD	#N/A	02/24/2016	Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA and DOS.	12
53775	202-10001-10188	04/26/2018	Redact	08/16/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 189			MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE SPECIAL GROUP ON MONGOOSE 16 AUG 62	1	OSD	#N/A	02/24/2016	Bracketed portions withheld by Joint Staff. Reviewed by OSD, CIA and DOS.	1
53776	202-10001-10189	04/26/2018	Redact	03/13/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 190			CONSOLIDATED STATUS REPORT CARIBBEAN SURVEY GROUP 4 JAN - 9 MAR	4	OSD	#N/A	02/24/2016	Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA DOS.	4
53777	202-10001-10208	04/26/2018	Redact	02/20/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 209			THE CUBA PROJECT	26	OSD	#N/A	02/24/2016	Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA and DOS	26
53778	202-10001-10210	04/26/2018	Redact	02/20/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DOC 211			THE CUBA PROJECT	26	OSD	#N/A	03/09/2018	Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA, DOS.	26
53779	202-10002-10024	04/26/2018	Redact	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE MOVEMENT OF SUBVERSIVES AND SUBVERSIVE TRAINEES	49	SUBCOMMITTEE ON CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION	#N/A	02/24/2016	Taylor Papers, Box 7. Package of papers compiled by the Subcommittee on Castro-Communist Subversion related to effort to prevent Cuban subversion in Latin America.	49
53780	202-10002-10125	04/26/2018	Redact	06/20/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GENERAL TAYLOR	DAVE	REPORT ON DELIBERATIONS OF THE US ON SOUTHEAST ASIA (1953-1954)	60	JCS	#N/A	03/09/2018	Taylor Papers, Box 12. Multiple memos and cables re: U.S. policy in Southeast Asia in the 50's and 60's.	60
53781	202-10002-10126	04/26/2018	Redact	03/21/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SECRETARY, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF	A.P. GRAY, JR.	JCS 2304/171 - ACTION IN CUBA	15	JCS	#N/A	03/09/2018	JCS Central Files, Box 4. Memo from LTC Gray to Secretary, JCS re: Action in Cuba.	15
53782	202-10002-10129	04/26/2018	Redact	03/09/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	NND 941071		PRESIDENT KENNEDY		17	THE WHITE HOUSE	#N/A	03/09/2018	NARA RG 218, Box 6 of 8. Memo from the President re: authorization granted at 9 March 1961 meeting. Report on the concept for the recapture of the Plaine des Jarres.	17
53783	202-10002-10134	04/26/2018	Withheld	09/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					13	US ARMY / BRITISH GOVERNMENT	#N/A	02/28/1998	JCS Central File 1963, Box 3. British and Canadian government papers regarding Cuba.	13
53784	202-10002-10162	04/26/2018	Redact	12/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		JCS	C. M. MOUNT, JR.	MEMORANDUM FOR THE JCS - SOUTHEAST ASIA SITUATION REPORT	59	JCS	#N/A	03/01/2018	NARA RG 218 JCS. Memo from Mount, Jr. to JCS re: attached Southeast Asia Situation Report Number 52-63. Also attached are 51-63, 50-63 and 49-63.	59
53785	202-10002-10184	04/26/2018	Redact	02/18/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MULTIPLE	MAXWELL D. TAYLOR	EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM	3	CJCS	#N/A	03/09/2018	RG 218 JCS "NND 941071 BOX 3/8." Memo from Taylor to LeMay, Wheeler, McDonald, Greene re: attached evaluation of the situation in South Vietnam.	3
53786	No RIF - 250 pp. Report to PFIAB/Cuban arms	04/26/2018		#N/A [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
53787	178-10004-10196	04/26/2018	Release	01/13/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	SSC--TRUJILLO ASSASSINATION, CUBA, CHILE			#N/A	7	DOS	GENERAL SUBJECT FILE	10/23/2017	DOC. #31	7
53788	177-10002-10095	04/26/2018	Release	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GOLDSMITH, MICHAEL	CANNING, THOMAS N.		11	CIA	NSF, INTELLIGENCE FILE, CODEWORD MATERIAL, VOL. 1, BOX 6	04/11/2018	List of repairs and modifications to presidential limousine. Box 156.	11
53789	177-10002-10083	04/26/2018	Release	01/30/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			FONZI, GAETON.		1	WH	PAPERS OF BROMLEY SMITH, 1963-DECEMBER 1964, BOX 1	08/18/2017	Box 297. FBI tabbed 297-1.	1
53790	111-10004-10001	04/26/2018	Release	07/18/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	171-61				2	USN	INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ACCESSION NUMBER 373-65A3099	10/20/2017	Califano Papers, Box 1, Folder 20. Letter from British Embassy, Havana on the Cuban fishing industry with an article regarding proposed Cuban fishing port. Summary of article prepared by British Embassy.	2
53791	202-10002-10133	04/26/2018	Release	08/01/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					25	US ARMY / BRITISH GOVERNMENT	JCS CENTRAL FILE 1963	01/05/2017		25
53792	119-10003-10003	04/26/2018	Redact	04/03/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	39-141-122	DIRECTOR, INR	J. EDGAR HOOVER	MEMORANDUM	1	FBI
53793	119-10003-10212	04/26/2018	Redact	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	39-141-122		0	FBI REPORTS	12	FBI
53794	124-10172-10080	04/26/2018	Redact	07/23/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	105-82555-1ST NR 4550	DIRECTOR, FBI	SAC, NY		1	FBI
53795	124-10173-10381	04/26/2018	Redact	03/09/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CR 65-645-8918	DIRECTOR, FBI	BAXTRUM, GEORGE P. JR.		10	FBI			45 OF 55 PAGES NAR
53796	124-10173-10384	04/26/2018	Redact	04/06/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	SEE TITLE	DIRECTOR, FBI	SAC, WMFO	CR 65-4269-2-115	2	FBI			31 OF 33 PAGES NAR
53797	124-10191-10056	04/26/2018	Redact	07/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	62-116395-1505		DIRECTOR, FBI		4	FBI			EBF, 85 OF 89 PAGES NAR
53798	124-10224-10066	04/26/2018	Redact	03/09/1964 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	105-128259-10	DIRECTOR, FBI	SAC, SA		3	FBI			INC NOTE
53799	124-10243-10246	04/26/2018	Redact	03/26/1981 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	89-43-PIC	DIRECTOR, FBI	SAC, DL		511	FBI			INC INDEX CARD
53800	124-10299-10021	04/26/2018	Redact	10/27/1967 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CR 65-68043-238	DIRECTOR, FBI	LEG, LO		22	FBI			INC 4 LTR, NOTE, ENV

first
previous
…
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
…
next
last

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.

Top