</s>104-10059-10086 JFK 7/1/19/07 CIT OFFER RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE IN FULL 1997 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: DONALD P. Grogk SA/DO/0/0 1/1-97 ATTENTION: Norbert A. Shepank FRO4: Robert A. Bartaux Chief, Information Processing Group SUBJECT: House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) Request (C) SUJECT: House Select Committee on Assassinations' REFERENCES: A. House Select Counciltee on Assassinsions' Letter dated 19 January 1978 B. SA/DO /0/00 Letter dated 31 January 1978 1. (S) An intensive search of the files and indices of this Directorate has surfaced CIA information concerning James Earl Ray covering the period 1967 through 1968, which was far far away from November 1977 in response to OLC 77-4958 dated 11 November 1977, however, the response to reveled no indication of any information concerning Ray for the year 1966. 2. (U) James Earl Ray was the Subject of OCC requests 76-54303 14 October 1976 to 76-66-76-66 dated 23 November 1976, OLC. dated 14 October 1975 and November 1977. and FOIA request 76-382 dated July 1976. 3. (5) Attached are copies of DCD information pertaining to F. Lee Grisman which refers to DCF information pertaining to F ., and a desk card from C1 Staff relating to Larry Craffard. 1968. A desk card to an article in the 21st August 1966. this card refers to an official Czechoslovak Communist cancelled by the official Czechsovak Communist party newsletter. The attached copies are the best reproduction/death of 13 witnesses who were too too much, in which Crawford's name appears. The Attached copies are in the best reproductions available. 4. (51) In addition, this search revealed no indication of any Information pertaining to the other individuals listed in your request for the period 1966 through 1990. APPROVED FOR RELEASE-1993 CIA-HISTORICIAL REVIEW PROGRAM SENSITIVE P. 3264

Summary  
The document details a CIA search for information on James Earl Ray (1967–1968) in response to House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) requests. It notes no records of Ray’s activities in 1966 and references OCC, OLC, and FOIA requests related to his case. Attached materials include DCD information on F. Lee Grisman, a desk card referencing an article from August 1966 linked to Czechoslovak Communist party cancellations, and reproductions of witness records. The search also found no information on other individuals listed in the HSCA request for 1966–1990. Charles Siragusa is mentioned as an OSS agent (1944–1945) and a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency employee in Rome, Italy, during the early 1940s.  

Key People  
- James Earl Ray  
- F. Lee Grisman  
- Larry Craffard  
- Charles Siragusa  

Key Locations  
- New York City, New York  
- Rome, Italy  
- Czechoslovakia  

Key Events  
- CIA search for James Earl Ray (1967–1968)  
- HSCA requests for information on assassination-related individuals  
- OCC, OLC, and FOIA requests related to Ray’s case  
- Reference to an article in August 1966 linked to Czechoslovak Communist party cancellations  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Office of Counterintelligence Surveillance (OCC)  
- Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)  
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency  
- Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

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