</s>104-10428-10221 JFK ACT RELEASE IN FULL 1998 01/14-99 6 September 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 to CBS is a working up of a series with the assassinations that the CBSsessions, dealing with the assassination of the Assistant Commissioner, Wallace. He said they assassinators the Assistant Secretary, the Governor. Wallace, who said that they are particularly concerned that they have he said that about are particularly concerning on the Cov. They have the same amount of sems also, on its face, incredible that CIA had had had the CIA had not been able to do so. He had had onion and returned, He said he realized that Cia had not between him on his face. He realized that CIA did not have to the work of Mark Lane in the field of CIA correspondence but to the Work of Mark Lane on the subject of CIA conferred to between him he had covered all the bets. He referred with the Kennedy death. We went over a variety of matters, but I essentially firmed it up at the time of his coverage. that Cia's only records of his Russian period had no contact, that CIA's only recorded his own CIA had no contract, information was made available to the Warren Commission, that CIA was only recorded in the Washington D.C. City, which some indications to the contrary; that Howard Hunt visited Mexico at the CIA was interviewed to the Warren Commission. some indications that the CIA had to continue that Hunt visited individual than Oswald, despite the coincidence of things. Mexico at Cia was interviewed was indeed a different individual than Oswald, despite that the coincidence was not being was prepared to give these answers under each of the different was prepared by the CIA. I said that I could, based on individual knowledge that the matter I said I said not in no informational knowledge of the matter. I would not not believe that any room in the Rockefeller Commission on, especially that Mr. Belin in the Rockweller Commission especially by Mr. Berlin in the Rochester Commission. Mr. Midgly referred to the fact that some additional information is coming out from the FBI, and I pointed out CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASEIN FULL

Summary  
This document contains a conversation between Dan Rather and Les Midgley on 3 September 1975 discussing CBS’s planned series on assassinations, including references to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) and related investigations. Midgley notes that CBS is working on programs addressing JFK’s assassination and the role of figures like James Earl Ray (assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.) and George Wallace (Governor of Alabama). The discussion includes CIA involvement in JFK’s case, with Midgley stating that the CIA had no records of contact during Lee Harvey Oswald’s Russian period. It also references Mark Lane’s work on CIA connections to assassination conspiracies and the Rockefeller Commission’s investigation into CIA activities. Midgley mentions FBI findings and Allen Dulles’ comments on intelligence agency oversight, while noting J. Edgar Hoover’s stance on FBI independence. The conversation touches on potential contradictions in CIA records regarding Howard Hunt’s visits to Mexico and Oswald’s alleged ties to intelligence agencies.  

Key People  
- Dan Rather (CBS journalist)  
- Les Midgley (CIA official)  
- Allen Dulles (former CIA Director)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  
- Mark Lane (author and conspiracy theorist)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (assassin of JFK)  
- George Wallace (Governor of Alabama, victim of assassination attempt)  
- Howard Hunt (CIA operative linked to JFK assassination)  

Key Locations  
- Washington D.C.  
- Mexico  

Key Events  
- Discussions about CIA’s role in JFK assassination investigation  
- Reference to Warren Commission findings and limitations  
- Rockefeller Commission’s inquiry into CIA activities  
- FBI’s involvement in tracking Lee Harvey Oswald  
- Debate over CIA records regarding Howard Hunt and Oswald  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Rockefeller Commission  
- CBS News (media outlet producing investigative series)

RFK Declassified Files

00543465_memo_of_conversation_dan_104-10129-10417.pdf

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