</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

**People:**

* John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
* Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President Kennedy
* Howard Hunt, CIA officer
* Mark Lane, author investigating CIA connections to JFK's assassination
* Dick Greene, mentioned in relation to Mark Lane's investigation
* Dan Rather, journalist interviewing Les Midgley
* Les Midgley, CIA officer being interviewed by Dan Rather
* Allen Dulles, former CIA Director and Chairman of the Warren Commission
* Richard Helms, CIA Director at the time of the interview

**Dates:**

* 25-31 December 1963 (referring to the assassination investigation)
* September 1975 (date of the conversation between Dan Rather and Les Midgley)

**Locations:**

* Soviet Union (where Lee Harvey Oswald worked)
* CIA headquarters
* FBI offices (mentioned in relation to Mark Lane's investigation)

**Events:**

* Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
* Investigation into CIA connections to JFK's assassination
* Interview between Dan Rather and Les Midgley discussing CIA records and connections to Oswald

**Investigations:**

* Warren Commission investigation into JFK's assassination
* Rockefeller Commission investigation into CIA activities, including its connection to the assassination
* FBI investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald's activities

**Findings:**

* No CIA connection with Oswald beyond what was already known
* No indication of a CIA cover-up or involvement in the assassination
* CIA had no records of contact with Oswald during his time in the Soviet Union or afterwards

RFK Declassified Files

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