</s>104-1032-102774 16 CIA HISTORIBAL REVIEW PROGRAM, 25-3212/2 RELEASE IN FULL/ 6 September 1975 1999 ACTA MORANDUM OF CONVERSATION: Dan Rather and Les Midgley 1999 3 September 1975 0-01-97 RELEASE Mr. Rather said that CIA CB is working up a series of programs entitled "The Assassinations, dealing with the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, assassination of President Kenny, Robert Kenny, are King, and the Attempt on Gov. Wallace. He said about assassinsations of the President Kennedy's assassination, and he said that they was responsible CIA connection with Oswald. I said that it seems also, on its face, incredible that CIA had not had union contact with an an-Marine who worked in the Soviet between an interview with him and making him an agent, but wanted to make sure he had covered all the bets. He referred work of Mark Lane in this field and I referred to Dick Greene to Mark Lane on the subject of CIA connections with the Kennedy death. We went over a variety of matters, but I essentially firmed it up at the end by saying that that had no contact with Oswald either during his Russian period or afterwards, that CIA's only records of Oswald came from our becoming that CIA was only records no basis for a conclusion (and information was available to the Warren Commission, that there is absolutely no basis to the Howard Hunt Visited information that was currently that Howard Hunt visited the CIA's communications to the CIA's headquarters. Meckin indications that the contrary) that Howard Hunter visited traveler that CIA was interviewed was indeed a different individual that Oswald, despite the coincidence of the dates and was given to the Soviet Union. I ended by saying I was prepared to give the interview under. I could say I information available within the Agency, although I had no personal knowledge of the matter. I Said I could not the Agency as it had been carefully examined from 1963 on, especially by Mr. Belin in the Rockefeller Commission investigations due to his personal interest in the matter, Mr. MidgLEY referred to his fact that some additional information is coming out from the FBI, and I pointed out

Summary: The document is a memorandum of a conversation between Dan Rather and Les Midgley regarding CIA's involvement in assassination investigations, specifically focusing on the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Governor Wallace, and others. Rather discusses CIA's "The Assassinations" program, noting that the agency had no contact with Lee Harvey Oswald during his time in the Soviet Union or afterward. Midgley references Howard Hunt's alleged visits to CIA headquarters, clarifying that the individual involved was different from Oswald despite overlapping dates. The conversation addresses the Rockefeller Commission's investigation, which did not have a charter to examine FBI activities, and mentions Allen Dulles' comments on intelligence agents and FBI involvement. Concerns are raised about false allegations against CIA, with Midgley noting no evidence linking such claims to concealed information. The discussion also touches on CIA's lack of access to FBI sources regarding Oswald and the absence of records indicating military or defibriging programs involving him.  

Key People: Dan Rather, Les Midgley, Allen Dulles, J. Edgar Hoover, Mark Lane, Dick Greene, Howard Hunt, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Governor Wallace, W. E. Colby, Rockefeller Commission  

Key Locations: CIA headquarters, Soviet Union, Washington D.C., unspecified locations related to FBI and military operations  

Key Events: Discussions about CIA's lack of contact with Lee Harvey Oswald, Howard Hunt's alleged visits to CIA, Rockefeller Commission investigation limitations, debates over FBI-CIA collaboration, false allegations against CIA, absence of records on Oswald's military or defibriging program participation  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Rockefeller Commission, Joint Defibriging Program with the military

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