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.

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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	Pages Released
2701	157-10004-10257	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/24/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7041	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	SURVEILLANCE OF KOSTIKOV		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2702	157-10004-10258	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/24/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7044	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONS AT SOVIET EMBASSY		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2703	157-10004-10259	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/24/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7049	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	ALEKSANDR GEORGIYOVICH SIDOROV		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2704	157-10004-10260	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/24/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7048	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	SOVIET CULTURAL OFFICER KUZNETSOV		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2705	157-10004-10261	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/24/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7047	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	SURVEILLANCE ON KAZANTSEV, KONSTANTINOV AND SHCHUCHKIN		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2706	157-10004-10262	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/27/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	IN #55880		DIRECTOR, CIA	TRAVEL INFORMATION ON ERWIN HERZOG		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2707	157-10004-10263	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7024	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	KOSTIKOV TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF MEXICO		CIA	CABLE	06/08/2017
2708	157-10004-10264	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7034	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	CONVERSATION IN SOVIET EMBASSY		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2709	157-10004-10265	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	10/09/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 6453	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	SOVIET EMBASSY (CONVERSATION)_		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2710	157-10004-10266	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE MEXI 7050	MEXICO CITY	DIRECTOR, CIA	DIPLOMATIC COURIERS TRAVEL TO CUBA		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2711	157-10004-10268	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE DIR 84885	DIRECTOR, CIA	MEXICO CITY	KOSTIKOV TRAVEL INFORMATION		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2712	157-10004-10269	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE DIR 84837	DIRECTOR	MEXICO CITY	REQUEST TRAVEL INFORMATION ON KOSTIKOV		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2713	157-10004-10272	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	1922572	DIRECTOR, CIA		JOHN MEYER		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2714	157-10004-10288	07/24/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/23/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	CITE DIR 84914	DIRECTOR	MEXICO CITY	REQUEST FOR TRANSCRIPTS OF OSWALD'S CONVERSATIONS		CIA	CABLE	06/09/2017
2715	157-10004-10241	10/26/2017	In Part	SSCIA	04/06/1964 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	109-12-210	DIRECTOR, FBI	SAC, MIAMI	FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - CUBA	9	FBI	CABLE	09/25/2017		10
2716	157-10004-10244	10/26/2017	In Part	SSCIA	11/27/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT	87602	DIRECTOR, FBI	DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)	KOSTIKOV, VALARIY VLADIMIROVICH	12	CIA	CABLE	09/25/2017		12
2717	198-10005-10016	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SECRETARY OF DEFENSE		ARMY CONTACTS WITH CUBAN ACTIVIST GROUPS	2	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	08/01/2015	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Fact Sheet regarding Army contacts with Cuban exile groups, including Alpha 66, prepared for the Secretary of Defense.	3
2718	198-10007-10020	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	04/01/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ATTORNEY GENERAL	ROBERT A. HURWITCH	ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT PIN-PRICK RAIDS AGAINST CUBA	4	STATE	CALIFANO PAPERS	08/18/2017	Califano Papers, Box 24, Folder 10. Memo for the Attorney General from Hurwitch re: actions and recommendations to prevent pin-prick raids against Cuba.	5
2719	198-10007-10076	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	12/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MR	M. DAVIS	CLOSE-IN SURVEILLANCE OF CUBA	13	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	03/22/2017	Califano Papers. Memo enclosing documents re: close-in surveillance of Cuba.	14
2720	198-10007-10101	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				MCNAMARA TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE	165	OSD	CALIFANO PAPERS	08/18/2017	Califano Papers, Box 1, Folder 10. Taylor and McNamara testimony before the Senate; Edwin M. Martin's "Statement on Subversion in Latin America."	166
2721	198-10007-10135	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF	CYRUS R. VANCE	PROVISION OF SUITABLE RADAR EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPORARY INSTALLATION AT THE BREAKWATER ENTRANCE TO THE PORT OF COLON, PANAMA	23	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	08/18/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 1. Memo from Vance to CJCS re: Radar Installation; Report entitled "Possible Further Unilateral and Bilateral Actions to Increase Pressure on Cuba (Short of Use of Force)."	23
2722	198-10009-10084	10/26/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		NSC'S STANDING GROUP		MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL'S STANDING GROUP	19		CALIFANO PAPERS	04/27/2017	Califano Papers. Memo for NSC Standing Group re: threat of Cuban hemispheric subversion and an associated action plan. Attached memos concerning economic restrictions, exile problems and military training and planning.	20
2723	198-10004-10053	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/25/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	ICCCA: EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSION ACTIVITIES	27	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano, Box 6, Folder 10. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter, and Elwood concerning a proposal for shared intelligence among OAS member states.
2724	198-10004-10076	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.		123	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 6. Indexed collection of CIA, DOD, DOS, and NSC reports.
2725	198-10004-10207	12/15/2017	In Part	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	11/30/2017	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.
2726	198-10005-10014	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	08/02/1962 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GEN LANSDALE	COL PATCHELL		4	OSD	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 1. Newspaper clipping regarding Gerald Patrick Hemming and the training of anti-Castro Cubans with attached cover memos and copy of extract from dossier on Hemming.
2727	198-10005-10015	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	02/28/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	CYRUS R. VANCE	UTILIZATION OF ALPHA 66 IN OPERATIONS	3	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft Memo regarding Alpha 66 for Deputy Secretary of Defense from Cyrus Vance prepared by ACSI, but not used.
2728	198-10005-10017	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	04/10/1962 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT	6	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft copy of Cuba Project Progress Report, 4-11 April 1962, regarding clandestine resistance groups in Cuba.
2729	198-10005-10018	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT					123	MULTIPLE	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of Communist subversives in Latin America.
2730	198-10006-10000	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	12/09/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		DCI	FITZGERALD/COOPER	CONSIDERATIONS FOR US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA AND LATIN AMERICA	13	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 1. Memo for DCI regarding U.S. policy toward Cuba.
2731	198-10006-10004	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	02/15/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	10	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
2732	198-10006-10005	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS (FIRST WORKING DRAFT)	21	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
2733	198-10006-10006	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/13/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		JCS	CALIFANO, JOSEPH	INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA	13	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it.
2734	198-10006-10007	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/12/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT			KRULAK, V.H.	FIRST DRAFT: CUBA - MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	12	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of Krulak Committee paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
2735	198-10006-10008	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COORD. CTE. ON CUBAN AFFAIRS	KRULAK, V.H.	THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	12	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
2736	198-10006-10009	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS	10	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda.
2737	198-10006-10010	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA - EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE AMONG OAS COUNTRIES	7		CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper of unknown origin on the possibility of sharing intelligence among OAS members to combat Cuban subversion.
2738	198-10006-10014	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CIA INTELLIGENCE ANNEX	5	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Intelligence report outlining travel to and the movement of propaganda from Cuba.
2739	198-10007-10001	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/13/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		SERVICE, OSD, JOINT STAFF	V.H. KRULAK	CUBA, THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - FIRST DRAFT	14	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. First draft of paper on the exchange of intelligence concerning communist subversive activities.
2740	198-10007-10002	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	02/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		GENERAL KRULAK	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	CUBA AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION	139	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 1. Transmittal of report entitled "Cuba as a Base for Subversion" from Califano to Krulak.
2741	198-10007-10005	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	7	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities.
2742	198-10007-10006	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	9	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities. Similar to 198-10007-10005 with marginalia.
2743	198-10007-10007	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/22/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		COMMITTEE MEMBERS	V.H. KRULAK	CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	8	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Memo to members of the JCS Sub-Committee on Cuban Subversion transmitting revised paper on the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities.
2744	198-10007-10008	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	02/00/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		MR. CALIFANO	WILLIAM A. TIDWELL	ALLEGED CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO VENEZUELA VIA BRITISH GUIANA	3	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 8. Transmittal of report from Tidwell to Califano re: Cuban arms shipments into British Guiana.
2745	198-10007-10009	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CUBA: THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	9	CIA	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Draft paper re: the exchange of intelligence concerning Cuban subversive activities.
2746	198-10007-10013	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	00/00/0000 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT				CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA	17		CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of Cuba.
2747	198-10007-10015	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/15/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	E.R. ZUMWALT	ICCCA: EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES	13	OASD	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Memo for Califano from Zumwalt re: second working draft of "Cuba: The Exchange of Intelligence Concerning Communist Subversive Activities."
2748	198-10007-10017	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	04/17/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.	ICCCA: FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION	10	ARMY	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter and Elwood re: the First Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion.
2749	198-10007-10018	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	03/30/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	V.H.KRULAK	FIRST PROGRESS REPORT, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION	9	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 18. Memo from Krulak to the ICCCA re: the First Progress Report of the Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion.
2750	198-10007-10019	12/15/2017	In Part	ARMY	05/14/1963 [PDF]	PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT		ICCCA	V.H.KRULAK	OVERVIEW PAPER ON CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION	13	JCS	CALIFANO PAPERS	11/30/2017	Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 17. Memo from Krulak to the ICCCA re: Overview Paper on Castro-Communist Subversion.

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