RELEASE OF KENNEDY-KHRUSHCHEV EXCHANGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77-00389R000100090020-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: December 14, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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Copies to: SECRET Attachments December 14, 1972
S
J MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HENRY A. KISSINGER
M THE WHITE HOUSE
S/S
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..S/S--A Subject: Release of Kennedy-Khrushchev
P Exchanges
A for OPR/RS
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RF Professor Barton Bernstein of Stanford
University has made numerous requests, dating back to
January 1971, for copies of documents related to the
Kennedy-Khrushchev exchanges during the Cuban Missile
-crisis of October 1962. Of the ten documents in-
volved, five have already been declassified. The
Department reviewed the remaining five documents,
and on April 15, 1971 requested White House concurrence
in their release. On April 23, 1971, however,
Mrs. Davis notified the Department that it had been
decided that the documents should not be released.
The Department has reviewed these documents
again in the light of Executive Order 11.652 and we
continue to believe that their declassification
would not be damaging to the national security. The
widespread knowledge of this series, the historical
significance of this period, as well as the fact
that some of these documents have already been pub- ~.
lisped, provide additional justification for releasing
the remaining documents..
Accordingly, the Department requests that the
NSC Staff review its previous negative decision.
Should release be authorized, we recommend that
the documents be published in the Department of State
Bulletin in order to avoid charges of playing favorites
in the academic community.
Theodore L. 21iot, . Jr.
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
Departrent?s Memorandum dated 4/15/71
2. NEC Memorandum dated 4/23/71
3. Lis t of Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges
4. Docwne t.s
Approved For Release 2002/09/05 : CIA-RDP77-00389R000100090020-5