</s>104-10124-10169 -CONFIDENTIAL 18 JUL 1978 RELE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1963 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM FROM: Bruce L. Solie Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT: McLENDON, Gordon Barton #69488 1. This memorandum identifies those Office of Security files which were reviewed by house Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) staff members in conjunction with the HSCa's investigation into the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. Under procedures established with the HSCA, certain items in information were not reviewed by the HScA staff members. These items were placed in envelopes, sealed, appropriately identified, and put back into the security file prior to HSCAs and put and back into any personnel reviewing these files should maintain the personal reviewing these so that interested parties may know each envelope below reviewed by HSCa staff members, and was not 3. In some instances, the above files contain material marked in the lower right-hand corner with a green circular dot. This mark should alert office of Security personnel to dot. The time of the HCSA should be placed in the file (s). This material should not be removed from the file (S). This time of this HSCAs should not been seen by an HSCAS staffer(s). file. 4. Attached to this memorandum is a review sheet which identifies the name of the hSCA reviewer(s) and the date of his review. 5. Questions regarding the above procedure and/or the HSCAS's review should be directed to the Security Analysis Group. Bruce L . Solie Attachment CONFIDENTIAL

Summary  
This memorandum, dated 18 July 1978, details procedures followed by the Office of Security regarding files reviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) during its investigation into the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It outlines that certain items within security files were not reviewed by HSCA staff members and were instead sealed in envelopes, marked with a green circular dot, and returned to their original files. The time of review was noted in the file but should not be visible to HSCA staffers. An attached review sheet lists the names of reviewers and dates of reviews. Questions about procedures or reviews are directed to the Security Analysis Group.  

Key People  
- Bruce L. Solie (Chief, Security Analysis Group)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) staff members  

Key Locations  
- Office of Security (undisclosed location)  

Key Events  
- Review of security files by HSCA staff members in conjunction with investigations into JFK and MLK Jr. deaths  
- Sealing of specific items in envelopes and returning them to original files  
- Marking of materials with a green circular dot to indicate non-review status  
- Documentation of reviewer names and dates on an attached review sheet  

Key Organizations  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Office of Security  
- CIA Historical Review Program

MLK Declassified Files

00461016_memorandummclendon_gordo_104-10124-10169.pdf

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