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	Title	Num Pages	Originator	Record Series	Review Date	Comments	Pages Released
53801	104-10418-10033	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/1944 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY (OLTMANS BIO)	56	CIA	JFK	03/16/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-1 : 20040324-1064517 :	56
53802	104-10418-10034	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	02/01/1972 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE	FBI	WILLEM LEONARD OLTMANS	8	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.08.13.10:35:31:216128 : File Original, full text documnt is 14 pages on 5x8 cards.	8
53803	104-10418-10039	04/26/2018	Redact		01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		IZVEKOV	6	CIA		03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.08.13.12:38:25:890128 : Iden sheet of document only in folder, no document.
53804	104-10418-10046	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	04/01/1976 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE	DIRECTOR	CABLE: REF ADVISED - - OLTMANS.	2	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.08.13.13:00:51:043128 :	2
53805	104-10418-10048	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/1971 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		FILE NOTES : OLTMANS	5	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.08.13.13:26:18:700128 :	5
53806	104-10418-10101	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	03/05/1968 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		CABLE: APPRECIATE STATION CONCERN BUT BELIEVE THERE LITTLE EFFECTIVE ACTION WE CAN TAKE WHICH WOULD NOT BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE	1	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 20040324-1064521 :	1
53807	104-10418-10102	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	08/01/1971 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		WILLEM LEONARD OLTMANS CLAIMED HE HAD BEEN INVITED BY NSC TO DISCUSS SE ASIAN AFFAIRS.	4	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.08.20.12:16:42:543129 :	4
53808	104-10418-10105	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/15/1973 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		VALDIMIR KUZNETSOV, FIRST SECRETARY SOVIET EMBASSY, THE HAGUE	4	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 20040324-1064524 :	4
53809	104-10418-10202	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		YURILY IVANOVICH NOSENKO(INFORMATION ON IDENTIFICATION AND BACKGROUND)	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F161 : 1998.11.29.09:07:48:500107 : DOCUMENT BEARS A FAINT "SECRET" STAMP ON FIRST PAGE	3
53810	104-10418-10230	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	11/09/1977 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE	DIRECTOR	CABLE: REPORTING THAT WILLEM OLTMANS MADE APPOINTMENT MEET WITH CUBAN AMBASSADOR	2	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.11.29.10:16:31:340107 :	2
53811	104-10418-10243	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	02/27/1968 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		NOTE-DUTCH PRESS GENERALLY FAVORABLE TOWARDS GARRISON INTERVIEW.	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F163-II : 1998.11.29.11:06:19:250107 :	3
53812	104-10418-10280	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	12/10/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		SUMMARY OF OSWALD CASE PREPARED FOR BREIFING PURPOSES	19	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F165 : 1998.11.30.12:29:47:356129 : A DUPLICATE OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS RELEASED BY THE ARRB UNDER 104-10018-10040 (OSW3, V6).	19
53813	104-10418-10439	04/26/2018	Redact		01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		FIELD DISTRIBUTION - BD #5847	2	CIA		03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F170-II : 1998.12.02.08:03:02:716128 :
53814	104-10418-10439	04/26/2018	Redact		01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		FIELD DISTRIBUTION - BD #5847	2	CIA		03/12/2018	JFK-RH09 : F170-II : 1998.12.02.08:03:02:716128 :
53815	104-10419-10006	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		NOTES ON VARIOUS OSWALD-RELATED DOCUMENTS.	14	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH10 : F191 : 1998.08.24.08:36:59:716129 :	14
53816	104-10419-10007	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	06/13/1969 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		HANDWRITTEN NOTES ON CIA AND FBI DOCUMENTS.	6	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH10 : F191 : 1998.08.24.08:39:01:826129 :	6
53817	104-10419-10009	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	11/03/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES, VOL III (11/27 - 12/2/63).	7	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH10 : F191 : 1998.08.24.08:42:13:716129 :	7
53818	104-10419-10011	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	12/22/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		HANDWRITTEN NOTES REGARDING OLGA FERRER TAKEN FROM A MEMO TO THE DCI DATED 2 DEC 1963.	2	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH10 : F191 : 1998.08.24.09:37:57:763129 :	2
53819	104-10419-10318	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	03/25/1967 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		FBI AND LOUISVILLE INTERVIEW OF CARL JOHN STANLEY RE ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PRES KENNEDY	10	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH10 : F187 : 1998.12.05.10:20:34:030109 : SPEED LTR IS DUPE: 104-10051-10142 JFK 5, F13; FBI REPORT IS DUP OF 104-10300-10406, OSW-SF, F6.	10
53820	104-10422-10019	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		RESPONSES TO THE CABLES LISTED UNDER QUESTION "WHAT REPORTING WAS THERE FROM THE FIELD IN RESPONSE TO HEADQUARTERS' REQUIREMENTS?	6	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F199 : 1998.08.17.12:20:05:733129 : CORRECTED TO 6 PAGES VICE 7.	6
53821	104-10422-10022	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		WHAT COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS WERE ISSUED TO THE FIELD WITH REGARD TO KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION?	6	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F199 : 1998.08.17.12:32:33:200129 :	6
53822	104-10422-10024	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		FROM A REVIEW OF THE AGENCY'S FILE ON LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE AGENCY AND ITS FIELD STATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MEXICO CITY AND MIAIMI, WERE NOT UNMINDFUL OF THE POSSIBLITY THAT OSWALD DID NOT ACT ALONE.	73	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F199 : 1998.08.17.12:50:17:763129 : CORRECTED TO 73 PAGES VICE 74.	73
53823	104-10422-10026	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY: GILBERTO NOLASCO ALVARADO UGARTE	20	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F201 : 1998.08.17.13:01:14:670129 :	20
53824	104-10422-10040	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	10/15/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET: REQUEST FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CENTER FOR A REVIEW OF ALL DOCUMENTS HELD IN THE WARREN COMMISSION RECORDS	1	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.05:58:51:373129 :	1
53825	104-10422-10041	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	07/02/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP	1	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:01:06:356129 :	1
53826	104-10422-10051	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		WATCHLIST FOR DELETIONS	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:28:18:936129 :	3
53827	104-10422-10052	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	10/25/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET:FOIA REQUESTS	15	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:31:40:263129 :	15
53828	104-10422-10053	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		THE FINAL PHASE (MOPPING UP) OF THE OSWALD REVIEW: ATTACHED IS OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP AND A REVIEW WORKSHEET	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:33:43:326129 :	3
53829	104-10422-10054	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		OFFICE NOTES RE AN FOIA REQUEST	9	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:35:28:076129 :	9
53830	104-10422-10055	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	11/11/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		LEE HARVEY OSWALD DECLASSIFICAITON EXERCISE	7	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:53:47:123129 :	7
53831	104-10422-10057	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	10/30/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		MEMORANDUM: CHIEF, CI MEETING WITH MR. PAUL WALLACH, CHIEF COUNSEL OF SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.06:58:26:513129 :	3
53832	104-10422-10061	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		LIST OF NOTES REGARDING SAFE 2283 DRAWER 4.	13	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F212 : 1998.08.18.07:25:15:233129 :	13
53833	104-10422-10214	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	12/07/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILES		FORM:MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HQS BY HSCA STAFF MEMBERS/BOOK V-INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION-PERFORMANCE OF THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES (BACKGROUND FILE ON 77 WORKING GROUP STUDY, "COMMENTS ON BOOK V, SSC FINAL REPORT")	52	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH11 : F204 : 1998.12.03.11:27:40:950120 : TWO COPIES (52 PAGES EACH). FILE ORIGINAL IS PREVIOUSLY SANITIZED DOCUMENT	52
53834	104-10423-10003	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		LIST: RICHARD THOMAS GIBSON	8	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH12 : F218 : 1998.08.19.11:32:46:200128 :	8
53835	104-10425-10004	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	08/20/1985 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE	OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL	MEMORANDUM FOR: DOCUMENT RELATING TO ZRRIFLE (U)	27	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F235 : 1998.08.19.08:41:37:733128 :	27
53836	104-10425-10075	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		CARD INDEX TO HSCA REQUESTS	209	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F236 : 20040330-1068662 :	209
53837	104-10425-10076	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	03/19/1979 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		(EST PUB DATE) SIGNATURE SHEETS: CIA MATERIAL REQUESTED AND SEEN BY THE HSCA	166	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F239-V1 : 20040330-1068709 :	166
53838	104-10425-10077	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	04/16/1981 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		(EST PUB DATE) SIGNATURE SHEETS: CIA MATERIAL REQUESTED AND SEEN BY THE HSCA	150	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F239-V2 : 20040330-1068821 :	150
53839	104-10425-10080	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		SIGNATURE SHEETS:MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HQS BY HSCA STAFF MEMBERS	152	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F239-V5 : 1998.12.09.10:51:40:560128 : CORRECTED TO 152 PAGES VICE 150.	152
53840	104-10425-10082	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		SIGNATURE SHEETS:MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HQS BY HSCA STAFF MEMBERS	59	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH13 : F239-V6 : 1998.12.09.11:18:06:780128 :	59
53841	104-10427-10052	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	06/16/1989 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED MATERIAL	5	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH14 : F20 : 1998.12.10.08:14:52:856128 : NOT BELIEVED RELEVANT (NBR)	5
53842	104-10428-10013	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	10/04/1971 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		REPORT ON VISIT OF FOREIGN SCIENTISTS	2	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F14 : 1998.08.21.11:00:17:403129 :	2
53843	104-10428-10014	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	06/07/1968 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES		ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET	2	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F14 : 20040330-1069403 :	2
53844	104-10428-10017	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE OF THE CUBAN AND SOVIET DIPLOMATIC	7	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F19 : 1998.08.21.11:09:30:466129 : CORRECTED TO 7 PAGES VICE 6.	7
53845	104-10428-10019	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	09/29/1976 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		PROBABLE COMPROMISE OF INFORMATION FURNISHED TO THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE	9	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F23 : 1998.08.21.11:15:38:030129 :	9
53846	104-10428-10135	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		REPORT:LEADS INVESTIGATED BY CIA/DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENTS	30	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F04 : 1998.12.16.12:37:13:123129 : TWO COPIES. PAGE 27 IS MISSING FROM FILE ORIGINAL. DATE IS FOR FIRST ENTRY PAGE 1. CORRECTED TO 30 PAGES.	30
53847	104-10428-10151	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES		MEXICO CITY CHRONOLOGY	135	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F07 : 1998.12.16.13:47:43:043105 : DUP OF 104-10436-10048, 104-10015-10008, 104-10522-10085, due to size did not reproduce or scan in, refer to above documents.	135
53848	104-10428-10203	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	07/14/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORKING FILES		BACKGROUND DATA ON "ANGELO"	4	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F21 : 20040330-1069406 :	4
53849	104-10428-10204	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	07/14/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		REPORT ON "LEON OSWALD"	81	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH16 : F21 : 1998.12.16.21:23:48:483115 :	81
53850	104-10429-10000	04/26/2018	Redact	CIA	01/01/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE		MEMO AND NOTES FORWARDING COPY OF CHURCH COMMITTE BOOK V, FINAL REPORT	3	CIA	JFK	03/12/2018	JFK-RH17 : F13 : 1998.08.21.11:56:45:700129 :	3

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