JFK Assassination Records - 2017-2018 Additional Documents Release
2017-2018 Additional Documents Release
The National Archives is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The vast majority of the Collection (88%) has been open in full and released to the public since the late 1990s. The records at issue are documents previously identified as assassination records, but withheld in full or withheld in part. Learn more about the process on the JFK Assassination Records Processing Project - 2017 Update web page.
These releases include FBI, CIA, and other agency documents (both formerly withheld in part and formerly withheld in full) identified by the Assassination Records Review Board as assassination records. The releases to date are as follows:
- July 24, 2017: 3,810 documents (read press release)
- October 26, 2017: 2,891 documents (read press release)
- November 3, 2017: 676 documents (read press release)
- November 9, 2017: 13,213 documents (read press release)
- November 17, 2017: 10,744 documents (read press release)
- December 15, 2017: 3,539 documents * (read press release)
- April 26, 2018: 18,731 documents * (read press release)
* Note: There are instances where multiple record identification numbers are associated with the same pdf. This is due to the fact that the files were scanned in batches.
Accessing the Records
The table below displays metadata about all the released documents. You can also download the spreadsheet as an Excel file (4.7MB).
To view or download a specific document, follow the link in the "Doc Date" column. The files are sorted by NARA Release Date, with the most recent files appearing first. The previous withholding status (i.e., formerly withheld in part or formerly withheld in full) is identified in the “Formerly Withheld Status” column.
JFK Table
| Row Num | Record Num | NARA Release Date | Formerly Withheld | Agency | Doc Date | Doc Type | File Num | To Name | From Name | Title | Num Pages | Originator | Record Series | Review Date | Comments | Pages Released |
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| Row Num | Record Num | NARA Release Date | Formerly Withheld | Agency | Doc Date | Doc Type | File Num | To Name | From Name | Title | Num Pages | Originator | Record Series | Review Date | Comments | Pages Released |
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| 54301 | 180-10147-10182 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-05-01D | 116 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 34 | ||||
| 54302 | 180-10147-10185 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-08-02 | CIA | 23 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 34 | |||
| 54303 | 180-10147-10188 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-10-02 | COMPILATION OF CONCLUSIONS AND OTHER RHETORIC FROM MEXICO CITY REPORT | 4 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 34 | |||
| 54304 | 180-10147-10190 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | HSCA | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-10-04 | 1 | HSCA | CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION | 03/12/2018 | Box 34 | ||||
| 54305 | 180-10147-10192 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 03/00/1979 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-10-06 | STAFF REPORT ON THE EVOLUTION AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE CIA-SPONSORED ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACIES AGAINST FIDEL CASTRO | 149 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Box 34 | |||||
| 54306 | 180-10147-10193 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 12/11/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 61-12-01 | CIA | 329 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | Box 35 Document Withdrawal Notice Pending Coordination | |||||
| 54307 | 180-10147-10332 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 00/00/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 233I.096 | INTERVIEW WITH JAMES J. ANGELTON | 2 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | ||||||
| 54308 | 180-10147-10359 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 00/00/1978 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | RG233I.096 | ANGLETON, JAMES J. | 2 | HSCA | 03/20/2018 | ||||||
| 54309 | 194-10001-10423 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54310 | 194-10006-10330 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54311 | 194-10008-10068 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54312 | 194-10008-10069 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54313 | 194-10008-10070 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54314 | 194-10008-10117 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54315 | 194-10008-10120 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54316 | 194-10010-10395 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54317 | 194-10010-10397 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | INSCOM/CSF | 11/10/1960 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Finnigan, John F D | Agent Report | 1 | 11/01/2017 | 1 | |||||
| 54318 | 194-10010-10420 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | ||||||||||
| 54319 | 194-10012-10037 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | INSCOM/CSF | 10/16/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | Albro, R. D | Cuban Operations | 2 | 11/01/2017 | 2 | |||||
| 54320 | 194-10013-10361 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | INSCOM/CSF | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | |||||||||
| 54321 | 194-10013-10362 | 04/26/2018 | 4/17/2018 | INSCOM/CSF | [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 03/22/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
| 54322 | 195-10005-10020 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 07/25/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) | BRIG. GEN. LANSDALE | MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) | 8 | OSD | 03/16/2018 | McNamara Papers, Box 86 (42), Mongoose (Cuba). Memo from Lansdale to Special Group (Augmented) re: review of Operation Mongoose Phase I actions. | ||||
| 54323 | 195-10005-10022 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | OSD | 11/00/1961 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | COVERT ANNEX | 20 | JCS | MCNAMARA PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | McNamara Papers, Box 86. General Taylor's Vietnam Trip, Nov. 61. Covert annex re: situation in Vietnam. Issues discussed include: combatting communist insurgency, covert intelligence collection, etc. | ||||
| 54324 | 195-10005-10023 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | OSD | 07/23/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, MONGOOSE | BENJAMIN T. HARRIS | END OF PHASE I | 12 | OSD | MCNAMARA PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | McNamara Papers, Box 86 (42), Mongoose. Memo from Harris to Chief of Operations re: accomplishments of Operation Mongoose Phase I, estimate of potential for intelligence collection and military operations, etc. | ||
| 54325 | 195-10005-10027 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | OSD | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | KEY PRESIDENTIAL DOSMENTS ON CUBA | 238 | MCNAMARA PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | McNamara Papers. Paper outlining key Presidential DOSments on Cuba. Attached are multiple associated memos, papers and articles. | |||||
| 54326 | 197-10002-10186 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | USA | 11/28/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA TDCS-3/566,3 | 2 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER | 03/16/2018 | |||||
| 54327 | 197-10002-10187 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | USA | 11/28/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA TDCS-3/566,31 | 1 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER | 03/16/2018 | |||||
| 54328 | 197-10002-10190 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | USA | 00/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA TDCS-3/566,35 | 3 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER | 03/12/2018 | |||||
| 54329 | 197-10002-10196 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | USA | 11/23/1996 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | REVIEW, 22 NOVEMBER 1963 | 13 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | HEADQUARTERS FILES, PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER | 03/16/2018 | |||||
| 54330 | 198-10004-10053 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/25/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | ICCCA | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | ICCCA: EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSION ACTIVITIES | 27 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano, Box 6, Folder 10. Memo from Califano to Wheeler, Zumwalt, Abrams, Wendt, Carpenter, and Elwood concerning a proposal for shared intelligence among OAS member DOSs. | ||
| 54331 | 198-10004-10076 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 00/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | 123 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 6. Indexed collection of CIA, DOD, DOS, and NSC reports. | ||||
| 54332 | 198-10004-10207 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 01/10/1964 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MR. JOHN H. CRIMMINS | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: REPORT ON THE STATUS OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER SUBVERSION | 62 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 10. Army memo from Joseph Califano to Mr. Crimmins on status of actions to counter Cuban subversion in Latin America with other related documents. | ||
| 54333 | 198-10004-10208 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 04/18/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | MILITARY CONTINGENCY PLANNING | 2 | JCS | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 9. Plans approved by the JCS for use at NSC Standing Group meeting, 23 April 1963. | ||||||
| 54334 | 198-10005-10014 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 08/02/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | GEN LANSDALE | COL PATCHELL | 4 | OSD | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 1. Newspaper clipping regarding Gerald Patrick Hemming and the training of anti-Castro Cubans with attached cover memos and copy of extract from dossier on Hemming. | |||
| 54335 | 198-10005-10015 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 02/28/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CYRUS R. VANCE | UTILIZATION OF ALPHA 66 IN OPERATIONS | 3 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft Memo regarding Alpha 66 for Deputy Secretary of Defense from Cyrus Vance prepared by ACSI, but not used. | ||
| 54336 | 198-10005-10017 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 04/10/1962 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT | 6 | CIA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Draft copy of Cuba Project Progress Report, 4-11 April 1962, regarding clandestine resistance groups in Cuba. | ||||
| 54337 | 198-10005-10018 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | 123 | MULTIPLE | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of Communist subversives in Latin America. | |||||
| 54338 | 198-10006-10000 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 12/09/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | DCI | FITZGERALD/COOPER | CONSIDERATIONS FOR US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA AND LATIN AMERICA | 13 | CIA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 1. Memo for DCI regarding U.S. policy toward Cuba. | ||
| 54339 | 198-10006-10003 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 11/09/1961 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | HURWITCH | US INTERVENTION IN CUBA FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF CASTRO | 10 | DOS | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 2. Interagency staff study on post-Castro Cuba. | |||||
| 54340 | 198-10006-10004 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 02/15/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS | 10 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it. | ||||
| 54341 | 198-10006-10005 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS (FIRST WORKING DRAFT) | 21 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of JCS study on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it. | ||||
| 54342 | 198-10006-10006 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/13/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | JCS | CALIFANO, JOSEPH | INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA | 13 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the dissemination of Cuban propaganda and possible US moves to counter it. | ||
| 54343 | 198-10006-10007 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/12/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | KRULAK, V.H. | FIRST DRAFT: CUBA - MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS | 12 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Draft of Krulak Committee paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda. | |||
| 54344 | 198-10006-10008 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/14/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | COORD. CTE. ON CUBAN AFFAIRS | KRULAK, V.H. | THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS | 12 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Memo transmitting the Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda. | ||
| 54345 | 198-10006-10009 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA - THE MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDA MATERIALS | 10 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 11. Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban propaganda. | ||||
| 54346 | 198-10006-10010 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 00/00/0000 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CUBA - EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE AMONG OAS COUNTRIES | 7 | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 10. Paper of unknown origin on the possibility of sharing intelligence among OAS members to combat Cuban subversion. | |||||
| 54347 | 198-10006-10011 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | 03/07/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CALIFANO, JOSEPH | ZUMWALT, E.R. | INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN AFFAIRS: MOVEMENT OF SUBVERSIVES | 27 | OASD | 03/16/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 3, Folder 12. ISA comments on the Krulak Committee's paper on the movement of Cuban subversives. | ||||
| 54348 | 198-10006-10014 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 00/00/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CIA INTELLIGENCE ANNEX | 5 | CIA | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Intelligence report outlining travel to and the movement of propaganda from Cuba. | ||||
| 54349 | 198-10007-10001 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 03/13/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | SERVICE, OSD, JOINT STAFF | V.H. KRULAK | CUBA, THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - FIRST DRAFT | 14 | JCS | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | SERVICE, OSD, JOINT STAFF | ||
| 54350 | 198-10007-10002 | 04/26/2018 | Redact | ARMY | 02/14/1963 [PDF] | PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | GENERAL KRULAK | JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. | CUBA AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION | 139 | ARMY | CALIFANO PAPERS | 03/12/2018 | GENERAL KRULAK |
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