</s>104-10095-10066 ACT JK ACT RELEASE TRANSMITTAL SLIP DATE TO: IG ROOM NO. 2334 BUILDING Hq. REMARKS: APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1953 CIA HISTORICAL KETEW PHOGRAH Hare Slott Committen Fete FROM: O.L.C. 928 ROOM No. 7D35 BUILDINGS Hq FORM NO. 241 REPLACES FORM S.C WHICH MAY BE USED. (C)

Summary: The document is a formal communication from George Bush, then Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA), to Thomas N. Downing, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, regarding the status of CIA records related to the JFK and MLK Jr. assassinations. It confirms that no documents connected to these investigations will be destroyed after the expiration of a moratorium on record destruction, which ended on December 10, 1976. The CIA assures that materials subject to ongoing legal cases, Freedom of Information Act requests, or review by investigative bodies (including the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) will remain preserved. The document references the Senate Select Committee's oversight of CIA records and mentions plans to publish record disposition schedules in the Federal Register.  

Key People: George Bush (CIA Deputy Director), Thomas N. Downing (Chairman, House Select Committee on Assassinations), Richard Sprague (Chief Counsel, House Select Committee on Assassinations)  
Key Locations: Washington, D.C.; CIA Headquarters; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence  
Key Events: Expiration of the moratorium on CIA record destruction (December 10, 1976); preservation of records related to JFK and MLK Jr. assassinations; publication of record disposition schedules in the Federal Register  
Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; House Select Committee on Assassinations

MLK Declassified Files

00369329_letter_concerning_the_mor_104-10095-10065.pdf

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