</s>104-10400-10017 CARLUCCI's statement before the HSCA, 11 December 1978 (Public Hearing] CA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, ELEASE IN FULL 1998 It is a privilege to appear before you in these hearings. I believe, as I think you do, that exhaustive and objective investigations of the tragic assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King can make a contribution to history and resolve the nagging doubts that have been created and kept alive over the JFK A past fifteen years. We in CIA have tried to be fully 9-18-98 APPORTIVE. You have asked me to speak to the future, and how the RELEAS Government should act in the event of a future assassination of a major public figure. For CIA's role in such an eventu- ality. I should speak against the background of what CIA is, and what its responsibilities and capabilities are. This seems appropriate, for despite all the publicity over the past few years, the public still the something less than a perfect picture of the Agency. It must be remembered that CIA has created following World War II, at the beginning that CIA was created following the Cold War. In addition to its role of collection and analysis of intelligence, CIA was tasked immediately to perform a range of activities for which there was no real precedent and for which no clear terms of reference were available. This was part of an unprecedented period of CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR DECLASIFICATIONAND/OR/ RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT

Summary  
This document is a statement by John Carlucci before the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) on December 11, 1978, discussing the CIA's role in investigating assassinations of major public figures. Carlucci outlines CIA's responsibilities, emphasizing its focus on foreign intelligence and clandestine operations rather than domestic law enforcement. He references the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a historical case where CIA provided information on Lee Harvey Oswald’s activities, including his travel from the Soviet Union and contacts with Cuban officials. The document notes that CIA’s involvement in such inquiries is limited to international intelligence gathering and does not include direct participation in domestic investigations unless there are international implications. Carlucci stresses the importance of maintaining secrecy to protect sources and methods, which complicates transparency in assassination inquiries. He concludes by advocating for flexibility in future responses rather than rigid protocols for handling such events.  

Key People  
- John Carlucci (CIA Director at the time)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (assassin of President John F. Kennedy; referenced as a subject of CIA investigation)  

Key Locations  
- United States (context for domestic assassination inquiries)  
- Soviet Union, Cuba, Mexico (locations tied to Oswald’s activities)  

Key Events  
- Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1963)  
- HSCA hearings (1978)  
- CIA's involvement in intelligence gathering related to Oswald  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (mentioned as a potential collaborator in domestic investigations)

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