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
53901	178-10002-10185	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	01/17/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(G) CIA CORRES--ASSASSINATIONS (2)	INSPECTOR GENERAL	MURRAY, WILLIAM J.	QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES	2	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Attachments: 1781000210186, 187, 188.
53902	178-10002-10188	12/15/2017	9	ROCKCOM	07/22/1960 [PDF]	CABLE	A-I(G) CIA CORRES--ASSASSINATIONS (2)	DIRECTOR		CABLE HAVANA 5396	2	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000210185.
53903	178-10002-10214	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	05/17/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-III(A) MISCELLANEOUS	THE FILE	BELIN, DAVID	INTERVIEW WITH JAMES P. O'CONNELL	19	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000210213.
53904	178-10002-10215	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	04/16/1975 [PDF]	DEPOSITION	DEPOSITION OF (A CIA EMPLOYEE)				8	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Selected pages from deposition. Full document is number 1781000210091.
53905	178-10002-10261	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	05/21/1975 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS	FILE	CARGILL, MASON	DOCUMENTS FROM DPD FILES RE CUBAN OPERATIONS, 1959-61	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017
53906	178-10002-10265	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	05/15/1975 [PDF]	LIST	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS	FILE	CARGILL, MASON	PERSONS...WHO MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED RE CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLANS	3	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Unmarked but may contain unreleasable names.
53907	178-10002-10266	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	05/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS				4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATIONS FILES	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000210265. Handwritten list of names and addresses related to anti-Castro plots.
53908	178-10002-10279	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	04/16/1975 [PDF]	DEPOSITION	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS			DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM STURBITTS	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	11/30/2017	Selected pages from deposition. Full document is number 1781000210091.
53909	178-10002-10297	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	06/24/1966 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(K) MISC.--ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS	DDCI	DIRECTOR OF SECURITY	MAHEU, ROBERT A.	6	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017
53910	178-10002-10330	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	05/15/1975 [PDF]	NOTES	A-I(I) INTERVIEWS RE ASSASSINATIONS	THE RECORD	GRAY, MARVIN L. JR.	CONVERSATION WITH L. FLETCHER PROUTY	2	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000210331. Gray's handwritten notes of interview prior to arrival of court reporter. Unmarked by may contain classified info.
53911	178-10002-10363	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	03/06/1975 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	O-R (I-AA) HUNT, E. HOWARD INTERVIEWED 3/4/75	FILE	OLSEN, ROBERT	INTERVIEW 3/4/75 WITH E.HOWARD HUNT AND HIS DAUGHTER, LISA HUNT	6	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	0LSEN-ROETHE FILES	11/30/2017
53912	178-10002-10364	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	03/04/1975 [PDF]	NOTES	O-R I-AA) HUNT, E. HOWARD INTERVIEWED 3/4/75			E. HOWARD HUNT, CF 3-4-75	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILES	11/30/2017	Handwritten notes. Unmarked but transcribed version is classified.
53913	178-10002-10368	12/15/2017	In Full	ROCKCOM	04/22/1975 [PDF]	NOTES	O-R (I-OO) STURGIS, FRANK			TCW STURGIS 4-22-75	2	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILE	11/30/2017	Notes of conversation with Sturgis.
53914	178-10002-10369	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	00/00/1975 [PDF]	NOTES	O-R (I-OO) STURGIS, FRANK			C.I.A. PERSONNEL	1	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILE	11/30/2017
53915	178-10002-10469	12/15/2017	9	ROCKCOM	07/10/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (5)	DCI	HARVEY, WILLIAM K.		1	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017	re intelligence source
53916	178-10002-10479	12/15/2017	In Full	ROCKCOM	01/19/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (7)			19 JANUARY 1962	5	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017
53917	178-10002-10480	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	04/23/1963 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (7)		KIRKPATRICK, LYMAN	FROM MOR OF PFIAB MEETING WITH DCI MC CONE, 23 APRIL 1963	4	PFIAB	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017	Excerpt from memorandum, plus route slip.
53918	178-10003-10001	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	09/20/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (9)			MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD, SPECIAL GROUP MEETING 20 SEPTEMBER 1962	1	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017
53919	178-10003-10016	12/15/2017	In Full	ROCKCOM	08/30/1962 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (10)			MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE SPECIAL GROUP, 30 AUGUST 1962	4	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017
53920	178-10004-10396	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	03/18/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	B-W VII-K	FILE	WEIDNER, JOHN	INTERVIEW WITH JOHN STEIN	8	ROCK	BAKER-WEIDNER FILES	11/30/2017	Includes "Advice and Waiver" statement.
53921	178-10004-10416	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	01/13/1975 [PDF]	REPORT	COLBY STATEMENT--APPENDICES			THE MIAMI STATION	7	CIA	TESTIMONY SERIES	11/30/2017	Appendix J to Statement of William Colby to Rockefeller Commission, 13 January 1975.
53922	178-10004-10420	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	06/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES INVENTORY			INVENTORY OF ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION FILES	263	ROCK		11/30/2017	Inventory of files showing file codes and contents of codes.
53923	178-10004-10055	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	08/21/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	MISC. ROCKEFELLER COM. AND CIA FILES (4)			A CHRONOLOGY OF UNEVALUATED REPORTS ON RECENT SOVIET MIL. AID TO CUBA	7	CIA	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS	11/30/2017
53924	178-10003-10048	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	09/08/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (11)	RECORD	CARTER, MARSHALL S.	MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD	2	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	11/30/2017	re Cuban operations
53925	178-10002-10103	12/15/2017	In Part	ROCKCOM	03/17/1975 [PDF]	TESTIMONY	CLIFFORD, CLARK M. MARCH 17, 1975			TESTIMONY OF CLARK M. CLIFFORD	8	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	TESTIMONY	11/30/2017	Excerpts from Clifford's testimony, pages 1588,1589,1593-95, 1599.
53926	178-10002-10086	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	00/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	S-M (II-J)			WILLIAM STURBITTS	14	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	SCHWARZER-MANFREDI FILES	03/12/2018	Notes made during testimony. Attached materials may or may not be related.
53927	178-10002-10089	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	03/19/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	S-M (III-I) HELMS DOCUMENT INSPECTION	THE RECORD	MANFREDI, GEORGE	EXAMINATION OF A PORTION OF THE RECORDS OF RICHARD HELMS	11	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	SCHWARZER-MANFREDI FILES	03/12/2018	See page 7 in particular.
53928	178-10002-10091	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/16/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	S-M (IV-W)			DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM C. STURBITTS	113	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	SCHWARZER-MANFREDI FILES	03/12/2018	Unknown whether name is releasable.
53929	178-10002-10092	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/23/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	S-M (IV-DD) RICHARD HELMS			DEPOSITION OF RICHARD MCGARRAH HELMS (SELECTED PAGES)	44	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	SCHWARZER-MANFREDI FILES	03/12/2018	Selected section from much longer deposition.
53930	178-10002-10093	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/24/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	S-M (IV-EE) RICHARD HELMS (3 OF 3)			DEPOSITION OF RICHARD HELMS	35	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	SCHWARZER-MANFREDI FILES	03/12/2018	Pages 371-403, plus cover and contents page, of longer deposition.
53931	178-10002-10158	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	03/09/1960 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(G) CIA CORRES.--ASSASSINATIONS (1)	FOR THE RECORD	UNSIGNED	FIRST MEETING OF BRANCH 4 TASK FORCE, 9 MARCH 196	3	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Minutes of meeting.
53932	178-10002-10166	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	06/06/1961 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(G) CIA CORRES--ASSASSINATIONS (1)			CABLE 897	1	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Attached to 1781000210166.
53933	178-10002-10169	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(G) CIA CORRES--ASSASSINATIONS (1)	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	UNSIGNED	REVIEW OF ITEMS IN OSWALD FILE RE CASTRO/JFK ASSASSINATION	27	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Attached to 1781000210167 and 168.
53934	178-10002-10185	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	01/17/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(G) CIA CORRES--ASSASSINATIONS (2)	INSPECTOR GENERAL	MURRAY, WILLIAM J.	QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES	2	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Attachments: 1781000210186, 187, 188.
53935	178-10002-10188	04/26/2018	4/17/2018	ROCKCOM	[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							ASSASSINATION FILES	03/16/2018
53936	178-10002-10214	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/17/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-III(A) MISCELLANEOUS	THE FILE	BELIN, DAVID	INTERVIEW WITH JAMES P. O'CONNELL	19	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Attached to 1781000210213.
53937	178-10002-10215	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/16/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	DEPOSITION OF (A CIA EMPLOYEE)				8	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Selected pages from deposition. Full document is number 1781000210091.
53938	178-10002-10261	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/21/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS	FILE	CARGILL, MASON	DOCUMENTS FROM DPD FILES RE CUBAN OPERATIONS, 1959-61	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018
53939	178-10002-10265	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/15/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS	FILE	CARGILL, MASON	PERSONS...WHO MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED RE CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLANS	3	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Unmarked but may contain unreleasable names.
53940	178-10002-10266	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS				4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATIONS FILES	03/12/2018	Attached to 1781000210265. Handwritten list of names and addresses related to anti-Castro plots.
53941	178-10002-10279	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/16/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS			DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM STURBITTS	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILES	03/12/2018	Selected pages from deposition. Full document is number 1781000210091.
53942	178-10002-10297	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	06/24/1966 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(K) MISC.--ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS	DDCI	DIRECTOR OF SECURITY	MAHEU, ROBERT A.	6	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	03/12/2018
53943	178-10002-10330	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	05/15/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	A-I(I) INTERVIEWS RE ASSASSINATIONS	THE RECORD	GRAY, MARVIN L. JR.	CONVERSATION WITH L. FLETCHER PROUTY	2	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	ASSASSINATION FILE	03/12/2018	Attached to 1781000210331. Gray's handwritten notes of interview prior to arrival of court reporter. Unmarked by may contain classified info.
53944	178-10002-10363	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	03/06/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	O-R (I-AA) HUNT, E. HOWARD INTERVIEWED 3/4/75	FILE	OLSEN, ROBERT	INTERVIEW 3/4/75 WITH E.HOWARD HUNT AND HIS DAUGHTER, LISA HUNT	6	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	0LSEN-ROETHE FILES	03/12/2018
53945	178-10002-10364	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	03/04/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	O-R I-AA) HUNT, E. HOWARD INTERVIEWED 3/4/75			E. HOWARD HUNT, CF 3-4-75	4	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILES	03/12/2018	Handwritten notes. Unmarked but transcribed version is classified.
53946	178-10002-10368	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/22/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	O-R (I-OO) STURGIS, FRANK			TCW STURGIS 4-22-75	2	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILE	03/12/2018	Notes of conversation with Sturgis.
53947	178-10002-10369	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	00/00/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	O-R (I-OO) STURGIS, FRANK			C.I.A. PERSONNEL	1	ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION	OLSEN-ROETHE FILE	03/12/2018
53948	178-10002-10469	04/26/2018	4/17/2018	ROCKCOM	[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							ASSASSINATION FILE	03/12/2018
53949	178-10002-10479	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	01/19/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (7)			19 JANUARY 1962	5	CIA	ASSASSINATION FILE	03/12/2018
53950	178-10002-10480	04/26/2018	Redact	ROCKCOM	04/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (7)		KIRKPATRICK, LYMAN	FROM MOR OF PFIAB MEETING WITH DCI MC CONE, 23 APRIL 1963	4	PFIAB	ASSASSINATION FILE	03/12/2018	Excerpt from memorandum, plus route slip.

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