For those interested in the story of the ARC releases in 2017-18, I have a new article on the subject at Max Holland’s website Washington Decoded, based on some recent NARA FOIA releases. I also attempt, perhaps foolishly, to predict what new releases might come out during President Trump’s second term.…
WPRs in the “wrong file”
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Given the large number of files and documents the HSCA requested from the FBI and CIA, one might expect that there would be some confusion and problems in retrieving the right one. Today’s note note looks at one such file that still has a couple of whole page redactions (WPRs), as well as numerous shorter redactions on pages which are present in the file.…
New Bradford article on MFF
The Mary Ferrell Foundation has posted a new overview of releases and redactions in the JFK Assassination Records Collection (JFKARC) as of 2025. As always, author Rex Bradford is well worth reading. I will have a response to Rex’s article in a few days.…
WPRs and Silvia Duran’s 201 file
Today’s note continues our series on whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These redactions were extensive in the 2017-2018 releases, but have been mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!
The note today discusses whole page redactions in a single document referenced in the “201 file” for Silvia Duran, a file which I recently discussed here.…
More mixed up docs
Today’s post is about two mixed up docs in Sylvia Duran’s 201 file. This is definitely a NARA problem, hopefully one that will get straightened out when they repost these ARC records online.
The Sylvia Duran 201 file
A CIA 201 file is a collection of “biographical” material relating to someone the CIA is trying to keep track of.…
New FBI docs at MFF
Heads up! More FBI docs have been added to the Mary Ferrell Foundation collection. These docs were previously unavailable online. They date from early in the investigation and offer much interesting detail and atmosphere, well worth a look!
The Dallas Field Office file
The new additions to the MFF collection are from FBI casefile 89-43, compiled by the FBI’s Dallas field office.…
New CIA docs at MFF
More ARC docs are up on the MFF website, straight from the vaults of the AARC. The latest additions: over 160 CIA records, including some very interesting docs on Cuban matters.
What’s in the docs?
The new docs at MFF are in two sets: 84 records from CIA’s Latin American Division (JFK-Work Files), and 85 miscellaneous records, mostly from the hard copy JFK records in the HSCA-CIA segregated collection, as well as three docs from the HSCA-CIA staff records, and a handful from the CIA microfilm docs.…
New HSCA docs at MFF
The Mary Ferrell Foundation continues to dig out ARC records from its vaults. The latest find is a box of HSCA docs which fill some gaps and add a deposition from Bruce Solie.
HSCA-CIA boxes
This set of docs comes from several boxes in the HSCA-CIA segregated collection. Like the recent release of several sections of the HSCA-FBI liaison file, the box sat uncatalogued in the AARC vaults for who knows how long, but MFF is finally digging this stuff out and putting it on line.…
A minor note on a 2022 release
The 2022 release of 104-10101-10102 is CIA cable DIR 86037.
(https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2022/104-10101-10102.pdf)
In 2017-2018, however, 104-10101-10102 is CIA cable DIR 86129.
(e.g. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2018/104-10101-10102.pdf)
So something went wrong here. DIR 86037 has ELSEWHERE been released as 104-10290-10029. For example, in 2022!
(https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2022/104-10290-10029.pdf)
SUMMING UP: the regular RIF for DIR 86037 is 104-10290-10029.…
The FBI-Church Committee liaison file
This note discusses the FBI-Church Committee liaison file, FBI file number 62-116395. The liaison file uses “SSC” as its abbreviation for the Church Committee, since their official title was the “Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities.” In the discussion below, I will therefore use SSC to refer to the Committee.
The SSC conducted a major inquiry into the United States intelligence community from 1975-1976.…