</s>104-10146-10029 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 Dec. 78 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. It is a privilege to appear before you in these hearings. I believe, as I think you do, that exhaustive and adjective 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 past fifteen years. You have asked me to speak to the future, and how the 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 has something less than a perfect picture of the Agency. So I would like to speak briefly about the Agency, It must be remembered that CIA was created following World War II, at the beginning of what came to be known as 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 22439

Summary: The document is a speech delivered by an individual representing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to a congressional committee discussing the agency’s potential role in investigating future assassinations of major public figures. It outlines CIA’s responsibilities, limitations, and operational methods, referencing past events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The speaker emphasizes CIA’s focus on foreign intelligence, its reliance on secrecy for operational security, and the challenges of balancing transparency with national security. While the text mentions the assassination of President Kennedy and CIA’s involvement in related investigations, it does not contain specific information about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., its investigation, or any direct references to MLK.  

Key People: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel, members of the congressional committee, President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald (referenced as a suspect in JFK’s assassination).  

Key Locations: United States, Soviet Union, Cuba, Mexico.  

Key Events: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, CIA’s involvement in intelligence alerts and investigations, discussions on operational security and source protection.  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Congress, foreign governments’ security agencies.

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