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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 17
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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SECRET WARREN COMMISSION DOCUMENTS
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From garb@ix.netcom.comMon Sep 16 10:57:12 1996
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 03:13:03 -0700
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From: Garby Leon <garb@ix.netcom.com>
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To: jfk-research@webcom.com
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Subject: Garrison's list: WC Documents still withheld
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Dear Everyone -- Sept. 15, 1996
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In preparation for the ARRB hearing in Los Angeles this Tuesday, I was
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looking through my recent correspondence with both the ARRB and the
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National Archives at College Park.
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Earlier this year, I sent both agencies a list of Warren Commission
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documents -- referred to below as "CD's" -- which Jim Garrison, in his
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book "On the Trail of the Assassins" and in his extensive interview in
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Playboy, cited specifically as being of great interest to him in his
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investigations. Garrison complained that these Warren Commission
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documents had been withheld and kept 'secret', and were unavailable to
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him.
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Garrison reasonably complained that these were Warren Commission
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documents -- part of the official inquiry into the assassination -- so
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why were they unavailable? I thought he had a pretty good point.
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Curious about what was known on this topic, I sent a query about the
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status of the Garrison CD citations to the earlier Lisa Pease/Joe Riley
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JFK list (R.I.P.!), but only received vague, contradictory answers.
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Typically: "Uh, I think those are out already, or maybe some of
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them..." etc.
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It seemed no one was really sure which documents had been released and
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which weren't. For reference, here's the Garrison list:
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JIM GARRISON'S LIST OF WARREN COMMISSION
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DOCUMENTS WHICH HE SOUGHT AND WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN:
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>CD 212 - relating to Ruth Paine
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>CD 218 - relating to Michael Paine
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>CD 258 - relating to Michael Paine
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>CD 508 - relating to Michael Paine's sister
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>CD 600 through CD 629, regarding relatives of Michael Paine.
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>
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>Also: the Income Tax returns of Ruth and Michael Paine (classified
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>'secret' Garrison says in his book On the Trail of the Assassins)
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>
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>(Files relating to Oswald):
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>
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>CD 321 - Chronology of Oswald in USSR (Secret)
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>CD 347 - Activity of Oswald in Mexico City (Secret)
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>CD 384 - Activity of Oswald in Mexico City
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>CD 528 - re: Allegation Oswald interviewed by CIA in Mexico City
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>CD 631 - re: CIA dissemination of information on Oswald
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>CD 674 - Info given to the Secret Service but not yet to the Warren
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>Commission (Secret)
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>CD 692 - Reproduction of CIA official dossier on Oswald
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>CD 698 - Reports of travel and activities of Oswald & Marina
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>CD 871 - Photos of Oswald in Russia (Secret)
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>CD 931 - Oswald's access to information about the U-2 (Secret)
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>CD 943, "Allegations of Pfc. Eugene Dinkin re Assassination Plot"; and
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>CD 971, "Telephone Calls to U.S. Embassy, Canberra, Australia, re
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>Planned Assassination."
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>CD 1054, "Information on Jack Ruby and Associates";
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>CD 1216 - Memo from Helms entitled "Lee Harvey Oswald" (Secret)
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>CD 1222 - Statements by George de Mohrenschildt re: assassination
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>(Secret)
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>CD 1273 - Memo from Helms re: apparent inconsistencies in info
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>provided by CIA (Secret)
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>CD 1551, "Conversations Between Cuban President and Ambassador";
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I wrote to the ARRB, which referred me to the National Archives, which,
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after some delay, sent me the following response:
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National Archives at College Park
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8601 Adelphi Road
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College Park Maryland 20740-6001
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April 9, 1996
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Dear Mr. Leon,
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This is in response to your e-mailed request for information regarding
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the status of Warren Commission Documents (CDs).
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Of the 51 documents you listed in your letter, three (CDs 384, 698, and
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1551) are still withheld pending review by another agency, and 10 (CDs
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601, 612, 624, 627, 629, 674, 871, 943, 971, and 1216) are released in
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part, with information redacted on some pages. All of the other 38 CDs
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listed in your letter have been released in full. Please contact us if
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you would like to receive a quote for the cost of reproducing these
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documents and the 10 partially released documents.
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The income tax forms of Ruth and Michael Paine, CDs 713 and 848, have
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been withheld for privacy and are referred to the Internal Revenue
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Service for review. These documents are not security classified, as
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would be suggested by the description of them as "secret" in the book
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to which you referred. ("On the Trail of the Assassins," btw).
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(SNIP -- query on RIF #'s of ARRB released documents)
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Please contact us if we may be of further assistance.
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Sincerely,
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Martha Wagner Murphy
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Archivist
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Textual Reference Division
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Interesting....
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So, to recapitulate, the three CD's still secret are:
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>CD 384 - Activity of Oswald in Mexico City
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>CD 698 - Reports of travel and activities of Oswald & Marina
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>CD 1551, "Conversations Between Cuban President and Ambassador";
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Of the 10 CD's which are available only in redacted form, five are
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about Michael Paine, i.e., 601, 612, 624, 627, and 629.
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>CD 600 through CD 629, regarding relatives of Michael Paine
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The other five are:
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>CD 674 - Info given to the Secret Service but not yet to the Warren
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>Commission (Secret)
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>CD 871 - Photos of Oswald in Russia (Secret)
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>CD 943, "Allegations of Pfc. Eugene Dinkin re Assassination Plot"; and
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CD 971, "Telephone Calls to U.S. Embassy, Canberra, Australia, re
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>Planned Assassination."
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>CD 1216 - Memo from Helms entitled "Lee Harvey Oswald" (Secret)
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But they're fudging a bit, because the Paine's tax information, are
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also 'referred' to the IRS, hence unavailable. I was amused at how
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testy the archivist's response was to my quote from Garrison...
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In sum, 15 of the 51 Warren Commission items which Garrison wanted to
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see are still secret, or redacted.
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That's roughly 30% secrecy maintained, a third of a century later.
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A question I have: has the ARRB reviewed the 'redactions' these
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documents are 'released' with?
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Finally, if I have the opportunity, I intend to ask the ARRB board
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members if Garrison's wish-list will be fulfilled -- or not.
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This would seem only the very most basic starting point for the release
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of government documents, pursuant to the ARRB's mandate. And, a good
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benchmark for testing how good the USG's word is on their promise to
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fulfill the intent of the law.
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Best to all --
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Garb Leon
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____________________________________________________________
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O, what a fall there was, my countrymen!
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Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
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Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
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(Shakespeare, Julius Caesar)
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I question America.
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Is this America?
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-- Fannie Lou Hamer
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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