LETTER TO CHARLES SAMPSON FROM J. KENNETH MCDONALD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-00569R000100090054-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: July 26, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dr. Charles Sampson
Office of the Historian
Room 3100, State Annex 1
Department of State
2401 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
26 July 1984
Dear Dr. Sampson:
As you know, I have arranged for the historians working on the Vietnam
War volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States series to screen
the documents they order from presidential libraries after we receive them
here. Dr. Louis Smith visited our offices and screened documents that he had
selected at the John F. Kennedy Library, to identify the specific documents
he would like CIA to review and release for this project.
After review, the originating components here have given me a decision on
the Kennedy Library documents that Dr. Smith screened. Of the 33 documents
that Dr. Smith selected for review from this group at hand, I can forward 15
documents for release, while 17 documents have already been forwarded to you
(in response to Dr. Keefer's earlier request) under our covering letter of 3
July 1984. We are still awaiting a decision on one more document in Dr.
Smith's group.
I shall enclose copies of the Kennedy Library manifests that include
these documents
You will note on these enclosed manifests that we have numbered each
document received from the Kennedy Library. Dr. Smith used these numbers
(indicated below in the "HS/JFK Document #" column) in screening these
documents, and for his information the results of our review are summarized
below:
Requester
Rel./Denied
HS/JFK Document #
Smith
released
44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56,
113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120
previously
released
517,
521,
523,
527, 529, 532, 533,
534,
535,
537,
531a, 532a, 622, 635,
655,
656,
657
pending
625
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As usual, the caveats noted in the enclosed "CIA Records Access Policy"
apply concerning CIA review before any material from CIA-originated documents
can be downgraded, declassified or published in any unclassified publication.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Ms. Suzanne K. Forbes,
Classification Review Archivist at the Kennedy Library, and to Dr. James E.
O'Neill, Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries at the National
Archives and Records Service.
With all good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
J. Kenneth McDonald
Chief Historian
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26 July 1984
Ms. Suzanne K. Forbes
Classification Review Archivist
John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point, Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Dear Ms. Forbes:
This is to let you know the results of this Agency's
review of the classified documents that Department of State
historians selected from your records as part of their research
for a Vietnam War Volume in the Foreign Relations of the United
States series. I shall enclose a copy of our letter to Dr.
Sampson, noting those CIA-originated documents that have been
released (at their existing classification), and those that
have been denied, for use in this project.
We appreciate your help.
Yours sincerely,
J. Kenneth McDonald
Chief Historian
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24 July 1984
Dr. James E. O'Neill
Assistant Archivist for
Presidential Libraries
National Archives and
Records Service
Washington, D.C. 20408
Dear Dr. O'Neill:
For your information, I shall attach a copy of my
letter (with enclosure) to Ms. Suzanne K. Forbes,
Classification Review Archivist, John F. Kennedy Library,
concerning the disposition of documents requested by Dr.
Charles Sampson, Department of State.
Yours sincerely,
J. Kenneth McDonald
Chief Historian
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