LETTER TO SUZANNE K. FORBES FROM J. KENNETH MCDONALD

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May 21, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 21 May 1982 Ms. Suzanne K. Forbes Classification Review Archivist John F. Kennedy Library Morrissey Boulevard Columbia Point on Dorchester Bay Boston, MA 02125 As you requested, I am enclosing a copy of my recent letter to NSA, releasing to them the State Department's TOP SECRET EYES ONLY document "The Cuban Crisis, 1962" by Frank Sieverts. I do want to thank you for alerting me to the "Inter- agency Agreement on Access for Official Agency Historians" of 20 February 1980, and for sending me a copy of it. As you suggested, I called NARS and talked with Ms Koucky, who explained and sent copies of the agreement and its proposed revisions. With all good wishes, Dist: O-Addressee w/att --1-HS/Chrono 2-File Yours sincerely, J. Kenneth McDonald Chief, History Staff Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 19 May 1982 Chief,. Cryptologic Archives and History (T-54) National. Security Agency Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 20755 Deai Enclosed you will find a State Department TOP SECRET EYES ONLY doc " Sieverts that selected in their research at the John F. Kennedy Library in September 1981. Although this is a State Department- originated document, the Kennedy Library sent it here for review, since it appears to be partly based on CIA infor- mation. Moreover, we understand that since both NSA and the State Department are signatories to the "Interagency Agreement on Access for Official Agency Historians" of 20 February 1980, this document needs no State Department review for the Kennedy Library to release it to NSA. Since CIA is not a signatory to this agreement we have had it reviewed here, and can now release it for your use in NSA's U.S. Cryptologic History program.. This document, which is the last item from your September. 4, 1981 Kennedy Library List, is subject to the usual caveats noted in "CIA Policy Concerning Presidential Libraries" (rev. 12 July 1977). Yours sincerely, J. Kenneth McDonald Chief, History Staff Dist: O-Addressee w/att 1-S.Forbes, JFK Lib. --HS/Chrono 2-File This letter is UNCLASSIFIED when separated from the TOP SECRET enclosure. TC),P M: C:RET I TS#810475 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD WASHINGTON, D C. 20505 IC/82/3420 7 May 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Kenneth McDonald Chief, History Staff FROM: Walter Elder Executive Secretary SUBJECT: State Department Paper, "The Cuban Crisis, 1962" 1. There's precious little "CIA information" in the 54 page extract, and I fail to see what use the NSA historians plan to make of this, especially since there's no discernible NSA information. 2. As a quondam historian with a special interest in the Cuban missile crisis, may I say that Mr. Siavert's account reflects his own role in this incident, a peripheral participant. 3. In any event, if the NSA guys want it, I see no reason to withhold it. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 7 MAY 1982 4 May 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR: Walter Elder NFIB FROM SUBJECT State Department paper, "The Cuban Crisis, 1962" by Frank Sieverts (54 pp of 198+ pp) Chief, History Staff letter of 15 September 1980 (copy enclosed) Chief, Cryptologic Archives and History, becurity Agency asked that two NSA historians, be given access to CIA- originated documents at e John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, for use in the U. S. Cryptologic History Program. 2. Among the documents that Messrs. selected is the enclosed TOP SECRET EYES ONLY paper, "The Cuban Crisis, 1962." Although this is a State Department- originated document, the Kennedy Library has sent it here for review, since it is based on CIA information. Moreover, since both NSA and the State Department are signatories to the "Inter- agency Agreement on Access for Official Agency Historians" of 20 February 1980 (copy enclosed), this document needs no State Department review for the Kennedy Library to release it to NSA. CIA, however, is not a signatory to this agreement, and the Kennedy Library has therefore submitted this document to be reviewed here for possible release to the NSA History Program. 3. In these circumstances I would be grateful if you would review this document from your ecumenical vantage point, to determine whether it can be released to these NSA historians. The document should then be returned to us here (DCI/HS, 316 Ames Bldg.). 4. Messrs.l are familiar with the caveats in CIA's policy concerning access and review that must be observed before any released material can be downgraded, declassified or published. Enclosures: As stated This memo is UNCLASSIFIED when separated from the enclosures. TOP SECRETI Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 W 0 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Serial:M6-066-60 15 Septedvr 1980 SUBJEOP: Permission to Review Files at John F. Kennedy Library TO: CIA Histnr j A`.f.'IN: 203 Key Building Washington, DC 20505 1. The National Security Agency has an active U.S. Cryptologic History Program. One of its responsibilities is to locate and identify those records relating to U.S. cryptology, particularly those which document the usage of intelligence derived frets cryptologic activities. We would therefore like to request permission of the Central Intelligence Agency to research Central Intelligence Agency files, at the John F. Kennedy Library for the purpose of identifying records of the National Security Agency which may be in these files. 2. In addition to a general survey to ascertain the extent of NSA records in the Central Intelligence Agency files, we are particularly interested in identifying NSA records, if any, which pertain to the Cuban Missile crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and any dunLents related to the Penkovsky case. 3. Listed below is the pertinent information your Agency has requested: a. Time span of research: 1961-1963 b. Names of individuals reviewing the files: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 W - Serial: M6-066--80 c. level of clearances will be forwarded by MSA's Office of Security. d. have been dealing with Mr. William Moss and and Ms. Suzzane Forbes at the Kennedy Library Chief, Cryptologic Archives and History Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 ,,JOI n 1v('I')W'E1y 1jr,-r' 2; 'z I 2 Interagency Agreement on Access for Official Agency Historians To facilitate official governmental historical research projects, and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 1162 and its implementint,~ National Security Council directive, the undersigned agencies agree to reciprocal rights of access, including the acquisition of copies, to classified materials now a part of accessioned Federal records or donated historical materials in the custody of the National Archives and Records Service, provided that- (a) r 7 . ~ is limited, to historians and hi~;t:ox?.c:a1, re-searchers Who are regular employees of signatory agencie:._.s and are engaged in official. research projects; (b) access is limited to materials relevant to the re searcherls official project and classified. at or below the lewea?i of then researchers clearances (access to, Restricted DaA?a limited to those with appropriate clearances); (c:) :materials and inforrriatio:n, derived from such ac ce:.sswill not a be declassified or published without the consent of the agency by .I a Of origin and will not otherwise be c:omprorriisecl. NAME, A? '.NC Y DATE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Addendum In addition., and in accordance with the conditions st-,,ited in (a) through (c) a ov-e, the undersigned agencies agree to :reciprocal rights of access, including the ac.qui.siti.on of copies, to classified a: nateriaa.l: more than ten years o`ld r~+:dvv in th : custody of the agency.. ICY Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDPO1-00569R000100040095-4 . Sanitized Copy Approved dffor Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDPO1-0000569R000100040095-4 NTER #Gg.CJC".~' F~G'~:1 FME ON ACCESS FOR OFFICIAL AGENCY ~ISTORiANS Signatory Agencies Air Force Army Defenise Intelligence Agency Department of Energy (with reservation on naval. nuclear propulsion) yes a yes rps yes National Aeronautics and yes space Administration National Archives and Yes PecorO,s Service National Defense Univer a.ity yes.' Nati.onnal. Seci city Agency yes Navy yes Office of the Secretary yes of Defense State Department yes February 20, ,980 Office of Presidential Libraries 0 yes ' Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDPO1-00569R000100040095-4 cnatr~Lr3rc~c~cxzz Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 8 April 1982 Ms Suzanne K. Forbes Classification Review Archivist Morrissey Boulevard Columbia Point on Dorchester Bay Boston, MA 021.25 Dear Ms Forbes: 1. I am writing about the disposition of the documents that we received from your library, which you sent on 4 September 1981. This-package contained copies of, and notes on, CIA- originated documents (as noted on your enclosed Lists Nos. 1 & 2), which Messrs. selected from your files to use in NSA's US Cryptologic History Program. 2. In returning your Lists Nos. 1 and 2, we have marked those documents that CIA has released in green, and the single document denied in red. Attachment A lists each document and the specific CIA conditions stipulated for its release by the component that reviewed it. We have denied one document; since it is not CIA-originated, we do not have authority to release it. and NSA, 3. I shall enclose a copy of my letter to CHief, Cryptologic Archives and History'D transmitting the released documents for Messrs. use. 4. 1 will also enclose your. 9/4/81 Classified Document Accountability Record duly dated and signed. 5. As usual, I shall forward a copy of this letter to Dr. James O'Neill, Archivist for Presidential Libraries. Yours sincerely, o& l Addressee 1 O'Neill, MARS, W/O 1. RS C: h olio i .e&-K Attachments: as stated J. Kenneth McDonald Chief Historian from attachments Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 vision, 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505 Dr. James E. O'Neill Archivist for Presidential Libraries National Archives & Records Service Washington, DC 20408 8 April 1982 Dear Dr. O'Neill: For your information, I shall enclose copies of my letters to Ms Suzanne K. Forbes, Class; f - 4-ry m Archivist, J. F. Kennedy Library, and Chief, Cryptologic Archives and History Division, National Security Agency, concerning our disposition of copies of documents 7dy Library, reviewed here for Messrs. use in the US Cryptologic History Attachments: as stated DI p_Addre55ee yr/att S.j -CIS ChrOno 2_File Yours sincerely, J. Kenneth McDonald Chief Historian Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 Chief ryp o ogi.c- rc ives History Division National. Security Agency Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755 8 April 1982 1. I am forwarding copies of and notes on, the CIA- originated documents that Messrs. selected at the Kennedy Library for NSA's US Cryptologic History Program. The CIA is releasing these documents undt: the conditions stipulated by each of the components concerned, as noted in Attachment A. A note is also attached to each docu- ment stating the specific CIA conditions for its release. The usual caveats obtain, requiring CIA review and concurrence before the publication of any information based on CIA-originated documents. 2. I regret that we cannot release one document sub- mitted for review; since it is not CIA-originated, we do not have authority to release it. 3. I am sending copies of this letter to Ms Suzanne K. Forbes, Classification Review Archivist, John F. Kennedy Library,.and to Dr. James E. O'Neill, Archivist for Presidential Libraries, MARS. Yours sincerely, enne McDonald Chief Historian Letter UNCLASSIFIED when separated from enclosures and CODEWORD. Enclosures: as stated Dist: 0-4-1 Addressee 1 S. 1'orbes 1 J.E.O'Neil.1, NARS I - HS Chrono 2 - File. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP01-00569R000100040095-4