</s>104-10145-10193 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 100% JFK ACT CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROOF RELEASE Dear The Agency's records indicate that you have been RELEASE contacted by representatives of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in conjunction with the Committee's invention of Attorneys (HSA) in the President John F. Kennedy and the Martin Luther King. As part of the Agency's effort to be fully responsible to the parties involved in investigation, you were authorized to disclose classified information, to Committee representatives. This was possible because of arrangements worked out between the Agency and the Committee whereby the Committee would obtain the Committee around the Committee and handle it properly once it was acquired. The Committee has indicated that it plans to hold public hearings in conjunction this month to investigate. These hearings are to commence this month and stretch. over the next several months. The Agency, of course, has no way to knowing public hearings. appeared no way of knowing public hearingings. You are hereby advised that the Agency is agreement with the Committee under which you have Been authorized to disclose classified information to Committee repre- sentatives does not extend to public circumstances. Conssequently, you are not authorized to disclose classi- filed, and you are NOT authorized to discuss classi - may be called to appear. If you are asked to appear in these hearings, and if you have asked a question which would require that you disclose classified information. you are entitled to point out to the Committee that you are already provided consulting the Committee to ensure that the committee will have already provided with the Agency for protecting such material. You are also entitled to point out, if your resource would involved classified information that this should not be reveled to the committee that you're responsible. You should be revised to the Commission that you require prepared to- answer the question in an executive session, and your may request that the Committee convene such a session to hear your response. (1) The Committee Insistes (7)

Summary  
The text outlines a communication from the CIA to an unspecified recipient regarding the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The Agency confirms it has shared classified information with HSCA representatives under prior arrangements, allowing the Committee to handle such material responsibly. It notes that while the Committee plans public hearings starting in the current month and continuing over several months, the CIA does not authorize disclosure of classified information to the public. Recipients are instructed that if called to testify before these hearings, they may request an executive session to address questions involving classified material. The document also provides contact details for the Agency’s security duty officer at (703) 551-6161 for further inquiries.  

Key People  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- CIA (Agency)  
- Security Duty Officer  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (implied by the phone number and Agency reference)  

Key Events  
- Planning of public hearings by HSCA to investigate JFK and MLK assassinations  
- Agreement between HSCA and CIA for sharing classified information under controlled conditions  
- Notification that classified material cannot be disclosed publicly  

Key Organizations  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

MLK Declassified Files

00502259_draft_letter_re_hsca_cont_104-10145-10193.pdf

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