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	Title	Num Pages	Originator	Record Series	Review Date	Comments
6251	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.
6252	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.
6253	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.
6254	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.
6255	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.
6256	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.
6257	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
6258	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
6259	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
6260	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
6261	178-10003-10090	12/15/2017	In Part	KISS/SCOW	09/06/1962 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	7506462 (2)	RECORD	MINUTES OF MEETING OF SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) ON MONGOOSE, 9/6/62	5	NSC	CHURCH COM.	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000310069. Unmarked but probably TOP SECRET.
6262	178-10003-10188	12/15/2017	In Full	KISS/SCOW	04/19/1966 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	7603341		SD 10721 (VECIANA)	1	DOD	CHURCH COM.	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000310184.
6263	178-10003-10311	12/15/2017	In Part	DUVAL78-67	03/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA HISTORIES		CIA "HISTORIES": BREAKDOWN OF CERTAIN ITEMS REQUESTED...	7	CIA	ACCESSION 78-67 (UNPROCESSED)	11/30/2017	No author or date given, presumably Church Committee document request.
6264	178-10003-10394	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	00/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE		LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM.	5	CIA	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017
6265	178-10003-10396	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	10/23/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE			15	WH	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000310395. Unmarked but may contain classified information. Document partially handwritten.
6266	178-10003-10397	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	00/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE			24	ROCK	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017	Annotated excerpts of the index to the Rockefeller Commission files.
6267	178-10003-10399	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	00/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE		LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM.	5	CIA	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017	List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files.
6268	178-10003-10400	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	00/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE		LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. COM.	5	CIA	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017	List has annotations showing file locations in Rockefeller Commission files.
6269	178-10003-10401	12/15/2017	In Part	CAR/HARDY	00/00/1975 [PDF]	LIST	CIA, FOIA SUIT/BOROSAGE		APRIL 21, 1975--FOLLOWING SENT	15	WH	SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017	Unmarked but may contain classified information. Same as 1781000310396 but with different annotations.
6270	178-10004-10072	12/15/2017	In Full	WILDEROTTE	04/23/1975 [PDF]	DEPOSITION	TESTIMONY (3)		DEPOSITION OF RICHARD MC GARRAH HELMS, APRIL 23, 1975, 2 OF 2	34	ROCK	TESTIMONY SERIES	11/30/2017	Some pages are missing. Not as complete as 1781000210092.
6271	178-10004-10112	12/15/2017	In Part	CHENEY	05/23/1975 [PDF]	TESTIMONY	INTELLIGENCE--COLBY TESTIMONY/SSCIA 5/23/75		TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM COLBY, MAY 23, 1975	118	SCIA	GENERAL SUBJECT FILE	11/30/2017
6272	178-10004-10213	12/15/2017	In Part	MCFARLANE	05/23/1975 [PDF]	TESTIMONY	COLBY TESTIMONY BEFORE SSC, 5/23/75		TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM COLBY, MAY 23, 1975	118	SSCIA	MISCELLANEOUS	11/30/2017	Attached to 1781000410212. Page 1 of 118-page document copied only. For complete document see ID #1781000410112.
6273	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.
6274	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.
6275	179-40005-10040	12/15/2017	In Part	WC	01/15/1964 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				1	CIA	23: PUB 3	11/30/2017	ALSO IDENTIFIED AS REPORT NO. CS-3/569,958; FOUR COPIES. BOX C02
6276	180-10083-10181	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	09/01/1978 [PDF]	OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT	011343			3	VITATE, GUY	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 205.
6277	180-10089-10471	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	03/21/1978 [PDF]	OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT	006497			1	HSCA	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 125.
6278	180-10092-10219	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	NOTES	002470			5	CIA	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 60.
6279	180-10107-10127	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	11/02/1977 [PDF]	MEMORANDUM	003012			4	HSCA	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	CIA tabbed Box CIA 71-1. Box 71.
6280	180-10110-10074	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	05/02/1978 [PDF]	OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT	074-JFK			3	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 3.
6281	180-10110-10083	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT	089-JFK			2	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 4.
6282	180-10110-10100	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	REPORT	125-JFK			1	CIA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 4.
6283	180-10110-10101	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	REPORT	125-JFK			35	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 4.
6284	180-10110-10118	12/15/2017	In Full	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	LIST	147-JFK		DOCUMENTS LIST	13	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6285	180-10110-10121	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	06/02/1978 [PDF]	SUMMARY	151-JFK			7	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6286	180-10110-10122	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	06/03/1978 [PDF]	SUMMARY	152-JFK			6	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6287	180-10110-10123	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	SUMMARY	153-JFK			3	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6288	180-10110-10124	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	08/22/1978 [PDF]	SUMMARY	155-JFK			2	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6289	180-10110-10125	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	SUMMARY	156-JFK			1	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6290	180-10110-10145	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	09/26/1978 [PDF]	OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT	JFK-171			3	HSCA	SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES	11/30/2017	Box 5.
6291	180-10110-10485	12/15/2017	In Full	HSCA	00/00/1978 [PDF]	REGISTER				650	HSCA	CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT CONTROL FILES	11/30/2017	Box 1.
6292	180-10112-10390	12/15/2017	In Full	HSCA	05/13/1975 [PDF]	SUMMARY	013526		MEMO OF CONVESTION BETWEEN GEORGE GAUDET ADN BERNARD FESTERWALD	2	HSCA	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	BOX 236.
6293	180-10112-10466	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	06/25/1976 [PDF]	NOTES	015106			25	CIA	NUMBERED FILES	11/30/2017	NOTES FROM 6-25-76 - 9/21/77. BOX 296.
6294	180-10140-10187	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	06/13/1978 [PDF]	SUMMARY	07-21-01	GOLDSMITH, MICKEY		5	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 1
6295	180-10141-10134	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	10/06/1978 [PDF]	FORM	12-04-12			1	CIA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 4
6296	180-10141-10416	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	CALENDAR	19-44-01D			1	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 8
6297	180-10142-10008	12/15/2017	In Full	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	NOTES	22-11-06			19	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 10
6298	180-10142-10073	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	REPORT	23-02-06		HSCA PROCEDURAL WRITE-UP: MEXICO TRIP 2	12	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 11
6299	180-10142-10084	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	REPORT	23-05-06		HSCA PROCEDURAL WRITE-UP: MEXICO TRIP 2	3	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 12
6300	180-10142-10154	12/15/2017	In Part	HSCA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	TRANSCRIPT	23-15-30			4	HSCA	CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION	11/30/2017	Box 12

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