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94TH CO:l'GRESS } 2d Scssion SEXATE { REPORT No. 94-755 jI THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSASSINATION 0]' PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: PERFORMANCE OF THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BOOK V FINAL REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES UNITED STATES SENATE ApRIL 23 (under authority of the order of APRIL 14),1976 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 72-059 WASHINGTON : 1976 For sale b~' the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $1.40 Stock Number 052-071-00487-4 SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman JOHN G. TOWER, Texas, Vice Chairman PHILIP A. HART, Michigan WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky ROBERT MORGAN, North Carolina GARY HART, Colorado HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland RICHARD SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania WILLIAM G. MILLER, Staff Director FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, Jr., Chief Crmmel CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, Crmn3C1 to the Minority AUDREY HATRY, Clerk of the Committee Ill) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL On behalf of the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Opemtions with Respert to Intelligenee Activities, and pursuant to the mandate of Senate Resolution 21, I am transmitting herewitlh to the Senate the \-01111ne of the Committee's Final Report entitled, "The Investigation of the Assassination of President ,John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intel1igence Agencies." I want to express the deep appreciation of the Committee to Senator Hichard S. Schweiker and Senator Gary Hart for their excellent work on this phase of the Select Committee's investigation. FRAxK CHl7RClI, Ohairman. (nIl KOTE On ~Iay :W, 1976, the Select Committee voted to release the section of its final Report entitled. "The Investigation of the Assassination of President .John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies." Senators Church, Bakel', Philip Hart, Mondale, Huddleston, Morgan, Gary Halt, Mathias, and Schweiker voted to release this Heport. Senators Towel', and Goldwater voted against the release of this report. This Report has been reviewed and declassified by the appropriate executive agencies. After the Committee's original draft of this report was completed, copies of it were made available to the executive agencies. These agencies submitted comments to the Comrhittee on security and factnal aspects of the draft report. On the basis of these comments. the Committee and staff conferred with representatives of the agencies to detennine which sections of the Report should be redrafted to protect sensitive intelligence sources and methods. These sections of the original draft were thrn revised to reflect the agencies concel'lls while retaining the original thmst of the Repoli. Xames of individuals ,verI' deleted when, in the Committee's judgement, disclosure of their identities would either endanger their safety 01' eon:-;titute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. Consequently, footnote citations to testimony and documents occasionally contain only (1(~3{'l'iptions of an individuaFs position. (IV) CONTENTS Page Letter of TransmittaL__________ iii I. SU.MMARY AND FINDINGS____________________________________ 1 A. The Scope afthe Committee's Investigation_________________ 1 B. -Summary 2 C. Findings 6 II. BACKGROUND FOR THE WARREN CO:\DIIS'SION INVIDSTIGATION: CUBA AND THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES__________ 9 III. THE UNITED ,STATES GOVERNME]\""T RESPONSE TO THE ASSASSI:\ATION: NOVEMBER 22, 1963 TO JANUARY 1, 1964__ 23 A. The CIA Response_______________________________________ 23 B. The FBI Response________________________________________ 32 IV. THE INTELUGENCE AGENCIES AND THE WARREN COM:\IISSION: JAXlJARY TO 'SEPTIDMBER 1964_______________________ 45 A. ThseioRnelationship between the FBI and the Warren Commis- 46 B. ThesioRnelationship between the CIA and the Warren Commis- 57 C. lJnpursued Leads_________________________________________ 60 D. Knowledge of Plots to Assassinate Castro__________________ 67 V. DEYELOP:\IENTS AFTER THE WARREX COM1\USSION 77 A. 1965: Termination of the A:\fLASH Operation______________ 77 B. 1967: Allegations of Cuban Invoh'ement in the Assassination_ 80 APPENDIX A: The FBI and the Oswald Security Case_________________ 87 APPENDIX B: The FBI and the Destruction of the Oswald Note________ 95 APPENDIX C: Ohronology 99 (v)
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