</s>104-104422-10228- JA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE IN FULL. 1998 DO/02/S.S.O.D. 15.X.11/1.4 6 September 1975 JFK ACT 01-07-99MORANDUM OF CONVERSATION: Dan Rather and Les Midgley RELEASE 3 September 1975 Mr. Rather said that CBS is working up a series of programs entitled, said that President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, assassinations of President Kennedy's assassination, dealing with the Rev. President Kennedy was the president of the United States. He said that they assassinations of President Kenny's assassination was the same they assassination of President Obama's assassination attempt that they had about any possible CIA connection with Oswald. I said that it are particularly concerned that they were the same about seems also, on its face, incredible that CIA had not had the assassination attempt. It was not that it Union and returned. Its face, he said he realized that Oswald. between an interview with him and making him an agent, but wanted to make sure he had covered all the bets. He referred wanted that he had been covered all that he was referred to Dick Gregory's Maranello on this subject and I referred to with the Kennedy death. We went over a variety of matters, but I essentially firmed it up at the end of saying that CIA has had no contact with Oswald either during his Russian period or afterwards, that CIA's only records of Oswald came from our own becoming information was made available to the Warren Hunt which that CIA was absolutely not to basis for a conclusion (and information was also available to Warren Hunt who was responsible for the mission. that there is absolutely no basis for that conclusion (And information was not available to him or to the warren hunt victim. Mexican indications that the contrary) that Howard Hunt visited traveler that CIA was interviewed was indeed a different individual that CIA Oswald, despite the coincidence of the dates was his residence in the Soviet Union. I ended by saying I was responsible for his involvement in the investigation. I did not information available within the Agency although I had no personal knowledge of the matter. I asked I could not the Agency as it had been the information would surface in the Agency was it been been the Agency would surface on, especially by Mr. Belin in the Rockefeller Commission on, investigations due to his personal interest in the matter- Mr. MidgLEY referred to the fact that some additional information is coming out from the FBI, and I pointed out

Summary: The memorandum details a conversation between CBS journalist Dan Rather and Les Midgley on September 3, 1975, discussing CIA involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. Rather notes that CBS is developing programming on JFK’s assassination, including comparisons to other events. Midgley mentions additional FBI information emerging, though the Rockefeller Commission lacked authority to investigate the FBI. The discussion addresses CIA records on Oswald, asserting no contact with him during his time in the Soviet Union or afterward. It references the Warren Commission and clarifies that CIA information was not available to it. Allen Dulles’ comments on intelligence agents being exposed are mentioned, alongside John Helms’ concerns about false allegations against CIA. The text includes speculative remarks about Oswald’s appearance in agency records and military inquiries from 1955.  

Key People: Dan Rather, Les Midgley, Allen Dulles, John Helms, J. Edgar Hoover  
Key Locations: Not specified  
Key Events: Discussions on CIA-Oswald connection, Warren Commission investigation, Rockefeller Commission limitations, FBI involvement, speculation about Oswald’s records  
Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Warren Commission, Rockefeller Commission

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