</s>104-1043-10044 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE IN FULL JFK ACT 01-12-99 RELEASE CIA HISTURICAL REVIEV PROGRAM RELEASE in FULL. 1998 1188 - 1000 18 September 1975 Disposition - This document was released with portions deleted. The deleted portions contain information identifying Agency components and Agency staff employees, as well as Agency internal filing instructions. Also deleted was information confirming the existence of an Agency station in a specific city abroad. The deletions were made under the authority of exemptions (b)(1) (b)(2) and (c)(3).

Summary  
The document is a memorandum dated September 6, 1975, authored by R. G. Rocco, detailing an exhaustive CIA review of Lee Harvey Oswald's alleged connections to the Agency. The investigation spanned multiple divisions including DCD, Security Research Section, Office of Security, and Operational Approval Group, all concluding no evidence of CIA involvement with Oswald during his time in the USSR or afterward. The memorandum references a conversation with Dan Rather and Les Midgley confirming the CIA had no contact with Oswald. It also notes FBI file handling for Oswald, including records available to the Warren Commission but lacking direct CIA links. A separate document from September 18, 1972, by John Horton to Robert T. Nischwitz discusses photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City on October 1, 1963. These photos were unavailable in the sender’s office and may have been returned to the originating agency after being shown to Gutierrez Valencia. The document references a FOIA request involving Bernard Fensterwald Jr., a U.S. attorney, seeking information about Oswald’s movements during September and October 1963.  

Key People  
- R. G. Rocco (CIA official conducting investigation)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (subject of CIA and photographic investigations)  
- Dan Rather (CBS journalist)  
- Les Midgley (CIA official)  
- Ann Goodpasture (retired CIA employee interviewed regarding photographs)  
- Winston Scott (former Chief of Station, Mexico City)  
- Allen Dulles (Former Director of Central Intelligence)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  
- Bernard Fensterwald Jr. (U.S. attorney involved in FOIA request)  
- Gutierrez Valencia (individual who allegedly identified Oswald at the Cuban Embassy)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (CIA Headquarters, liaison office)  
- Mexico City (Cuban Embassy, CIA station involved in Oswald investigation)  
- Soviet Union (Oswald’s travel and potential debriefing location)  

Key Events  
- CIA internal review of Lee Harvey Oswald’s alleged connections to the Agency (1963–1964)  
- Interview with Ann Goodpasture regarding photographs of Oswald (September 1972)  
- Conversation between Dan Rather, Les Midgley, and CIA officials regarding Oswald’s ties to the Agency (September 1975)  
- Request for photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald from October 1, 1963, at the Cuban Embassy  
- FOIA request related to Oswald’s activities in Mexico City during September and October 1963  
- Reference to a prior memorandum dated May 15, 1972, regarding the same subject  
- Mention of photographs being displayed to Gutierrez Valencia  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Warren Commission (investigated Kennedy assassination)  
- Rockefeller Commission (independent review of CIA activities)  
- U.S. Attorney General’s office (Mexico City)  
- Legal Attaché office (contextual reference to administrative actions)

RFK Declassified Files

00366701_fensterwald_civil_actionl_104-10146-10137.pdf

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