</s>104-10140-10334 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce OLC 78-1641 12 May 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations Deputy Director for Administration Inspector General General Counsel Deputy Secretary for Public Affairs FROM: Acting Legislative Council SUBJECT: House Select Committee on Assassinations 1. On 27 April 1978, I sent you a projection of issues requiring the development of coordinated positions for consideration and decision by top management. In response to my request, each of you designated representatives of a Task Force assembled for this purpose and the Task Force met on 4 May (Attachment A). 2. Attachment B Contains memorandum on sessions with the senior staff of the Assassinations Committee subsequent to the 4 May Task Force meeting, covering Committee complaints and our pre-position bargaining with them on certain key issues, e.g. a. a. Nosenko. Has refused to be video taped; the Committee staff is pondering this decision; The "formal" staff has been slipped from 31 May to 21-22 June. b. The question of whether the claim of sources and methods can extend to information known to a defector before he is recruited or detected. 3. I understand there has been concern over the range of access by Committee staffers to sensitive information. I think you should know 19322

Summary: The text outlines internal CIA communications regarding the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) and its review of CIA documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It discusses coordination between CIA leadership and HSCA task force members, including revised procedures for granting limited access to sensitive information. Key topics include disputes over document scope, requests for specific files (e.g., Mexico City Station records), and debates about the credibility of defectors like Nosenko. The text also references CIA employee James Wilcot's allegation that Lee Harvey Oswald was a CIA agent and notes the Committee’s expanded access to classified materials compared to prior investigations. A meeting agenda is attached, detailing document provision, witness testimony, and final report review procedures.  

Key People: Lyle L. Miller (author), House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) task force members, James Wilcot (CIA employee), Lee Harvey Oswald, Nosenko (Soviet defector), Len McCoy, Bruce Solle, Anne Goodacre, Anne Phillips, James Angleton, Richard Helms, Ray Roca, Admiral Turner.  

Key Locations: CIA headquarters, Mexico City (Station files), Washington D.C. (HSCA hearings).  

Key Events: HSCA task force meetings, review of CIA documents related to JFK assassination, debates over defector credibility, provision of Mexico City Station files, coordination with Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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