</s>104-10213-10172 APPROVED FOR RELEASE1994- CAA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 6 September 1975 RELEASE MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION: Dan Rather and Les Midgley 3 September 1975 Mr. Rather said that CBS is working up a series of programs entitled "The Assassinations, dealing with the assassination of the "Assassination" of the Assassinations. He said that the Rev. King, and the Attempt on Gov. Wallace. He Said they assassinated the President of the Civil War. The assassination of the any possible CIA concerned that they had the facts about seems also, on its face, incredible that CIA had not had the assassination of President George H.W. Bush. He had not yet Union and returned. He was realized that the difference between an interview with him and making him an agent, but between an Interview with him in the subject of CIA connections to the work of Mark Lane in this field and I referred to with the Kennedy Death. We went over a variety of matters, but it is essentially firmed at up at the end by saying that CLA had no contact with his only one during his Russian period or afterwards, that CIA's only entry during his assassination in Mexico City, which aware of his visits to the contrary) for that Mexico City. Which that CIA is absolutely no basis for a conclusion (and) that there is absolutely not necessarily that he was a conclusion. (and Mexican indications to the controversy) that Howard Hunt visited Mexico's efforts to the Soviet Union. I ended by the date traveler that CIA has interviewed that was a different of his residence in the Soviet union. I entered by the dates was prepared to give these answers under each other, based on was prepared for giving these answers underneath each. Based on personal knowledge of the matter. I said I could not the Agency as it had been carefully would surface in especially as Mr. Belin in the Rockefeller Commission on, especially as it was in the fact that some additional. Mr. Midgly referred to the fact the fact some additional information is coming out from the FBI, and I pointed out. K-21

Summary  
The text contains a mix of declassified government records related to discussions surrounding various historical assassinations and intelligence agency activities. A conversation between CBS journalist Dan Rather and Les Midgley on 3 September 1975 discusses the "Assassinations" series, which includes coverage of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and other incidents. Midgley notes that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has no documented contact with Lee Harvey Oswald after his return from Russia, though some speculate about potential CIA involvement. The discussion also references the Rockefeller Commission’s investigation into CIA activities and mentions FBI findings. A separate administrative document outlines a search for CIA records related to a CBS broadcast on 30 June 1975, which may have included content about Oswald. Daniel Schorr’s report is referenced, detailing an ex-employee’s claim of a memorandum involving a re-defector who worked at a radio plant in Helsinki, Russia, drawing parallels to Oswald’s background. The text also includes fragmented references to intelligence operations in Somalia and discussions about CIA protocols regarding information disclosure.  

Key People  
- Dan Rather (CBS journalist)  
- Les Midgley (CIA official)  
- Daniel Schorr (CBS News correspondent)  
- William Colby (CIA Director)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (assassin of President John F. Kennedy)  
- Gerald Ford (U.S. Representative)  
- Ex-employee (CIA informant, unnamed)  

Key Locations  
- Mexico City (Oswald’s visit referenced)  
- Minsk (radio factory associated with Oswald)  
- Helsinki, Russia (radio plant linked to re-defector)  
- Somalia (Berbera, mentioned in a CBS report on Soviet military activities)  

Key Events  
- Discussions about the CIA’s lack of documented contact with Lee Harvey Oswald post-Russia  
- Ex-employee’s claim of a memorandum involving a re-defector at a Helsinki radio plant  
- Reference to the Rockefeller Commission’s investigation into CIA activities  
- CBS broadcast on 30 June 1975, potentially including content about Oswald and Soviet intelligence  
- Fragmented mentions of U.S. military operations in Somalia  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Rockefeller Commission  
- CBS News  
- U.S. Department of Defense

RFK Declassified Files

00507302_memo_of_conversation_dan_104-10170-10469.pdf

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