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
54301	176-10037-10120	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4			03/16/2018
54302	176-10037-10194	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/16/2018
54303	176-10037-10196	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					2			03/16/2018
54304	176-10037-10440	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/16/2018
54305	176-10037-10454	04/26/2018	4/17/2018		[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					3			03/16/2018
54306	177-10001-10019	04/26/2018	Redact	LBJ	11/27/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		FBI	CIA		6	CIA	NSF, INTELLIGENCE FILE, OSWALD, LEE HARVEY, BOX 9	03/16/2018	DOC. #27, CIA, E.O. 12356, Sec. 1.3(a)(4)
54307	177-10001-10030	04/26/2018	Redact	LBJ	11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		BUNDY, MCGEORGE	CIA		2	CIA	NSF, INTELLIGENCE FILE, OSWALD, LEE HARVEY, BOX 9	03/16/2018	DOC. #30, CIA, E.O. 12356, Sec. 1.3(a)(4)
54308	177-10001-10033	04/26/2018	Redact		11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			CIA		2	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #26, E.O. 12958. Sec. 1.5(c)
54309	177-10002-10093	04/26/2018	Redact		11/25/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				WORLD REACTION TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY	9	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #29
54310	177-10002-10096	04/26/2018	Redact		11/25/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	11	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #3
54311	177-10002-10097	04/26/2018	Redact		11/26/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	11	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #4
54312	177-10002-10098	04/26/2018	Redact		11/27/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	16	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #5
54313	177-10002-10099	04/26/2018	Redact		00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					4	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #5A
54314	177-10002-10101	04/26/2018	Redact		11/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	14	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #6
54315	177-10002-10102	04/26/2018	Redact		11/30/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	11	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #8
54316	177-10002-10103	04/26/2018	Redact		11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST	15	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #1
54317	177-10002-10105	04/26/2018	Redact		09/13/1968 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				SPECIAL REPORT--WEEKLY REVIEW	11	CIA		03/16/2018	DOC. #57
54318	178-10002-10188	04/26/2018	4/17/2018	ROCKCOM	[PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT							ASSASSINATION FILES	03/16/2018
54319	178-10003-10105	04/26/2018	Redact		08/29/1975 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	7506462 (3)	BUCHEN, PHILIP W.	CHURCH, FRANK		20	SSCIA		03/16/2018	Includes list of 117 quotations proposed for use in Church Committee assassinations report.
54320	178-10004-10053	04/26/2018	Redact		12/10/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	MISC. ROCKEFELLER COM. AND CIA FILES (3)			DCI PRESENTATION TO THE PFIAB, 7 DECEMBER 1962	3	CIA		03/16/2018
54321	178-10004-10056	04/26/2018	Redact		11/14/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	MISC. ROCKEFELLER COM. AND CIA FILES (9)	DIRECTOR, CIA		CIA HANDLING OF THE SOVIET BUILD-UP IN CUBA, 1 JULY-16 OCTOBER 1962	33	CIA		03/16/2018
54322	180-10085-10264	04/26/2018	Redact		05/18/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	008624		FBI		5	HSCA		03/16/2018	157-2. Box 157.
54323	180-10108-10017	04/26/2018	Redact		09/12/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	013021			ANTONIO GUILLERMO ROGRIGUEZ JONES.	161	USSS		03/16/2018	Box 228. Folder 1 of 3. USSS 228-2.
54324	180-10110-10100	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	125-JFK				1	CIA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	03/16/2018	Box 4.
54325	180-10131-10334	04/26/2018	Redact		04/28/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	014732		MANELL, BARBARA MURPHY		107	HSCA		03/16/2018	Box 8
54326	180-10141-10188	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	13-01-06		CIA		2	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 5
54327	180-10141-10196	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	04/25/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	13-04-03		CIA		15	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 5
54328	180-10143-10334	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	29-16-06		CIA		11	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 20 Document Withdrawal Notice Coordination with FBI Pending
54329	180-10145-10434	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	12/05/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	55-07-01		CIA		4	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 31
54330	180-10145-10436	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	12/07/1978 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	55-07-03		CIA		9	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 31
54331	180-10146-10007	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	56-05-2Q		CIA		10	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 32
54332	180-10146-10027	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	56-05-2AK		CIA		6	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 32
54333	180-10146-10034	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	56-05-3A		CIA		26	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 32
54334	180-10146-10044	04/26/2018	Redact	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	56-05-13		CIA		12	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	03/16/2018	Box 32
54335	195-10005-10020	04/26/2018	Redact		07/25/1962 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED)	BRIG. GEN. LANSDALE	MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED)	8	OSD		03/16/2018	McNamara Papers, Box 86 (42), Mongoose (Cuba). Memo from Lansdale to Special Group (Augmented) re: review of Operation Mongoose Phase I actions.
54336	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
54337	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
54338	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
54339	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.
54340	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.
54341	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.
54342	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.
54343	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.
54344	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.
54345	198-10007-10021	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	09/30/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE	CHMN, SUBCMMT ON CUBAN SUBVERSION	REPORT FOR JULY-AUGUST ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO COMBAT CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION	23	ICCCA	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion to the members of the Committee re: Report for July-August on Actions Taken to Combat Castro-Communist Subversion.
54346	198-10007-10023	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	05/09/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MR. VANCE	JAMES K. PATCHELL	SECOND PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE	17	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 19. Memo from Patchell to Vance re: the Second Progress Report of the Sub-committee on Cuban Subversion.
54347	198-10007-10024	04/26/2018	Redact	ARMY	05/07/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	ICCCA: SECOND PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION	17	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 19. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter and Elwood re: the Second Progress Report of the Sub-committee on Cuban Subversion.
54348	198-10007-10025	04/26/2018	Redact		01/12/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			JAMES K. PATCHELL	TRAINING OF CUBAN OFFICERS IN EXILE	12	ARMY		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 12. Note from Patchell re: report on training of Cuban officers in exile.
54349	198-10007-10026	04/26/2018	Redact		03/29/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MR. CALIFANO		BIOGRAPHIC SUMMARIES ON OFFICERS OF THE CUBAN REBEL ARMY IN EXILE AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THEIR TRAINING IN U.S. SERVICE SCHOOLS OR TRAINING CENTERS	4	CIA		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 11. Letter from [withheld] to Califano re: training of Cuban officers in exile.
54350	198-10007-10030	04/26/2018	Redact		03/06/1963 [PDF]	PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				MEETING OF KRULAK COMMITTEE	8	ICCCA		03/16/2018	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 12. Notes from Meeting of the Krulak Committee, 6 March 1963.

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