</s>104-10135-10448 ACT CLO RECORD COPY JFK ACT Regustater 11/6-A OLC 77-5614/1 RELEASE 21 December 1977 77-0182/1 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Comments on House Select Committee on Assassinations Letter dated 15 December 1977 (U) (C) Subject letter cites various instances which the House Select Committe on Assasinations Chief Counsel and Director, G. Robert Blakey, considers as unreasonable delays and responding to Select Committee requests. These items and our comments follow: ITEM: Notes of 30 November 1977 review of 1967 IG Report were not received by the Select Committee until 7 December 1977. A. written request from the Select Committee received. Comment: B. 30 November 1977 notes were reviewed by OS 5 December 1977, Delay of I and I December 1977 due to OS/Shepp Task Force commitment. IG and DDO also reviewed notes. C. Notes sent 6 December by regular courier and should have been delivered to Select Committee on December. D. Elapsed time: 5 working days. ITEM : Tabs B and C of file on Roselli, 5 which Tab A was reviewed on 3 November 1977, still not available. Comment: A. Tab A (08 file) reviewed on 3 November. B. Formal tasking for review (OLC, OIG, PA, SA/DO/O) (OGC) - 21 November 1977. C. 13 December 1977." Tab C (COGC, OLC, IG, PA file) sanitized D. Tab C (CCG, OLG, 28 November 1977." APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1953 CIA HISTORICAL-REVIEW PROGRAM CIM-IMPRESSED BY: C.V.A.656532. #17142

Summary:  
This memorandum for the record from December 1977 addresses delays in providing information to the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) regarding various investigative items. It details responses to the committee’s requests for documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and other matters. Specific points include:  
- The notes from a November 30, 1977 review of a 1967 Inspector General (IG) Report were delayed due to OS/Shepp Task Force commitments, with the notes sent via courier on December 6, arriving at the committee by December 7.  
- Tabs B and C of a file on Roselli were not available to the committee by December 13, as they required review and sanitization by multiple offices (OLC, OIG, PA, SA/DO/O, OGC), with notification to the committee on December 16.  
- Warren Commission documents were expected at CIA by December 9 but were physically retrieved from archives on December 8, copied overnight, and tabbed by December 9. A formal written request from the committee was received on December 12.  
- The FBI Counter-Revolutionary Handbook was couriered to CIA on December 9 but became available to the committee only on December 15 after review by CIA’s DDO.  
- A November 11, 1977 request from the Select Committee regarding Martin Luther King Jr./James Earl Ray was not completed until December 16, with material received from SA/DO/O on December 13 and notification to the committee on December 16.  

Key People:  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- G. Robert Blakey (Chief Counsel and Director of HSCA)  
- OLC (Office of Legal Counsel)  
- SA/DO/O (Special Agent/Division of Operations, Office)  
- DDO (Director of Operations)  
- Chris Hopkins (DDO staff)  
- Rodger S. Gabrielson (distribution note)  

Key Locations:  
- CIA Headquarters  
- Archives (document retrieval location)  
- Washington, D.C. (implied through context of federal agencies)  

Key Events:  
- Delayed delivery of IG Report notes to HSCA due to task force commitments.  
- Sanitization and review processes for Roselli file tabs by multiple offices.  
- Retrieval and copying of Warren Commission documents from archives.  
- Handling of FBI Counter-Revolutionary Handbook by CIA.  
- Completion of MLK/James Earl Ray request after internal review and sanitization.  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)  
- Inspector General (IG)  
- Office of the Special Agent/Division of Operations (SA/DO/O)  
- Office of the General Counsel (OGC)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

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