</s>104-10406-10415 Sectect Committee on Assassinationions U.S. House of Representatives (COD) 844-4444 JFK ACT 331 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIONALS WASHINGTON, D.C. (2015) JFK-89-98 October 27, 1978 CIO #72-3297. CIA HAS NO ORJECTIONTO RELEASE CIA NO NO ORJunctionTO CIO NO.CIO-8297. CIALINFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Admiral Stanfeller, Turner, Director Central Intelligence Agency Washington D. C. 20505 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM IN THIS DECUMENT Dear Admiral Turner: CIA Historical REVIEW Program As you know, in September we conducted public hearings Related to the association of President John P. Kennedy, and in the administration of President Johnson's House of Commons, Kennedy, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, thus, by December, and in this committee will have issues within the scope of its mandate. the committee will also have issues with the scope to its mandate, Who committed the assassinations, did they have help, and how well well do not have investigative agencies perform in response to the assassinations. But, being a Congress committee, left for complete- cion mon. December will be our most important, left to complete- in December will also be ourmost important, right to possible legis- latitude recommendations. In order to have the greatest possible input from the federal agencies in order to the most important that the committee may wish to consider I would like to have to invest in the initiative recommendations. I am going to extend the same invitation appear with or to consider it to the President of the United States. Committee may wish I would take like to invite the other to appear and may 12th, I am asking to extend to the same invite to to judge Webster, the hope to hear the views of the FBI, the 5e- to judge the Department of Justice, and the same investigation cret Service, or the Department for Justice, the CIA, devoting a morning or an afternoon of justice, and date. Because these meetings are intended to provide a con- structural these meetings have been beneficial legislation, the subject matter and focus should be forward to provide an on- wound upon the history of any agency's performance in con- wound, upon the importance of any Agency's performance on those dates nection with the Kennedy or King assassinationations, since by <loc_182><loc_633>December, we will in fact have completed our inquiry into that

Summary  
The text describes a letter dated October 27, 1971, from an unnamed individual to Admiral Turner, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), regarding planned activities by the House Committee on Assassinations. The committee had conducted public hearings in September 1971 related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and the investigation into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. The letter outlines the committee’s intent to address questions about the perpetrators of these assassinations, potential accomplices, and the effectiveness of federal agencies (e.g., FBI, CIA, Department of Justice) in responding to such events. It mentions scheduled meetings on December 11, 1971, with representatives from the FBI, CIA, Department of Justice, and other entities to discuss preventive measures against future assassinations. The committee also seeks input from the President of the United States and aims to provide recommendations for legislative action.  

Key People  
- Admiral Turner (Director of the Central Intelligence Agency)  
- Unnamed individual (sender of the letter)  
- President of the United States (invited to participate in discussions)  
- FBI agents (invited to meetings)  
- CIA officials (invited to meetings)  
- Department of Justice representatives (invited to meetings)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (headquarters of the U.S. House of Representatives and CIA)  
- Likely locations of scheduled meetings on December 11, 1971 (not specified in the text)  

Key Events  
- Public hearings by the House Committee on Assassinations in September 1971 regarding JFK and MLK assassinations  
- Planning for meetings on December 11, 1971, to discuss agency performance and preventive measures against future assassinations  
- Invitation for federal agencies (FBI, CIA, DOJ) and the President to provide input  

Key Organizations  
- U.S. House Committee on Assassinations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Department of Justice  
- Office of the President of the United States

MLK Declassified Files

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