This note covers one final case of multiple pdfs posted at NARA under one record number. Like the other cases discussed in the previous two notes (available here and here), this note involves CIA info in FBI records. Unlike the previous notes, this time I go into problems in the 2022 CIA document index which I have tried to use to explain things.…
Category Archives: Record issues
More on “duplicate” records in December 2022
This note continues the previous note, which looked at “duplicate” records in the December 2022 releases. This odd type of releasing has occurred more than once in the ARC, and is worth a closer look for people who obsess over the mechanics of ARC declassification methods.
For everyone else, this is hardcore inside baseball, and you should probably skip this note.…
A look back at December 2022: “Duplicate” records
This is another very technical post, don’t bother with it unless you are obsessive over matching up numbers and pages in JFK ARC releases. This is my least favorite ARC subject by far, but if you want to understand the ARC review and release process in detail, it is something you can’t skip over.…
A flip flop zombie from 2023
Zombie redactions have been a topic on this blog several times. Check the search box for the various references. As defined more than once, “A zombie redaction is a redaction in copy X of a document which has already been released in copy Y of the same document, available in some other file or folder or microfilm reel.”…
Reconstructing the J Walton Moore OS file
This note discusses how I was able to put together again virtually all of a lengthy CIA file using both the latest releases from the ARC and bits and scraps of an ancient file from 1993.
The file
The file I am discussing in this note is the CIA Office of Security file for J Walton Moore, who for many years was the head of CIA’s field office in Dallas, including the period when Lee Oswald was a Dallas resident.…
WPRs in the Posada files
Today’s note continues to look at whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These were a feature of the 2017-2018 releases, but have been mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!
For those who missed the first installment of this series, including an explanation of WPRs, see here.…
WPRs in the “Tichborn” files
[Revised 9-2-2023]
Today’s note continues to look at whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These were a feature of the 2017-2018 releases, but have been mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!
For those who missed the first installment of this series, including an explanation of WPRs, see here.…
WPRs in NCFE files from the JFKARC
Today’s note continues to look at whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These were numerous in the 2017-2018 releases, then mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!
For those who missed the first installment of this series, including an explanation of WPRs, see here.…
WIROGUE unleashed! Whole page redactions going fast
[revised 7/11/2023]
This note begins a survey of remaining CIA records with whole page redactions. Most of these records are multivolume files, and are worth a look if you are interested in the JFKARC as a historical resource. They are by no stretch of the imagination JFK related, so put away your index cards if that’s all you’re interested in.…
The October cables
Lee Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy, traveled to Mexico City at the end of September, 1963. During his stay there, he visited both the Cuban and Soviet Union embassies. Prior to one of these visits, he called the Soviet Embassy, identifying himself as Lee Oswald. This call was monitored by a teltap center, jointly operated by the Mexican and United States governments, and became the subject of several cables between CIA headquarters and its Mexico City station in October 1963, a month before the assassination of President Kennedy.…