ARRB Votes to Release CIA, FBI, and HSCA Records
December 16-17, 1996 Board Meeting Totals
The Assassination Records Review Board voted on December 16-17, 1996
to release 494 CIA, FBI, and House Select Committee on Assassinations
(HSCA) documents (including duplicates) related to the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy.
CIA Records
The Review Board voted to release 164 CIA documents, 11 in full and
153 in part. The Board voted to postpone two records in full. The
documents acted upon by the Board include CIA Counterintelligence
Chief James Angleton's testimony to the HSCA, cables from the Mexico
City station regarding Oswald's visit in September and October 1963,
and correspondence between the CIA and the Warren Commission,
including a Counterintelligence Staff response to the Warren
Commission's questions regarding Oswald's stay in the Soviet Union.
The redacted portions of these documents include intelligence sources
and methods, true names, and file number prefixes.