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CIA Book Dispatch No. 4726: Warren Commission Testimony — Selected Extracts

This six-page document is a CIA Counterintelligence/Research & Analysis (CI/R&A) 'book dispatch' (No. 4726), originated by Chief CI/R&A Raymond G. Rocca on 23 December 1964 and dispatched in February 1965. Addressed to Chiefs of all Stations, it transmits attached extracts of testimony given before the Warren Commission by U.S. intelligence and security officials, with pertinent portions side-lined. The cover note frames the material in the context of the Warren Commission's report on the assassination of President Kennedy, emphasizing the CIA's responsibility to support the Secret Service in protecting the Chief Executive, particularly during presidential travel abroad. It highlights themes of interagency operational cooperation, acquisition and dissemination of information, consultation, and coordination that normally do not enter the public domain. The bulk of the document consists of routing/record sheets and extensive distribution lists spanning CIA divisions (AF, EE, FE, NE, WE, WH) and dozens of overseas stations, plus headquarters components. The file was released by the National Archives on 18 March 2025 as part of the 2025 JFK records release.

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Description

A 1964 CIA internal book dispatch (No. 4726) from the Counterintelligence Research & Analysis staff circulating selected extracts of Warren Commission testimony by U.S. intelligence and security officials to all CIA stations and headquarters components. Released by NARA in the 2025 JFK Assassination Records disclosure.

Claims

  • The CIA held responsibility, overseas and at headquarters, to render every possible support to the Secret Service in protecting the President, especially during foreign travel.

    85%
  • The Warren Commission's proceedings produced testimony on interagency operational cooperation and information dissemination not normally in the public domain.

    85%
  • Extracts of Warren Commission testimony by U.S. intelligence and security officials were circulated to CIA station chiefs worldwide for reading by senior officers.

    90%

Events

  1. Dec 22, 1964

    Origination of Book Dispatch No. 4726

    Chief CI/R&A Raymond G. Rocca originates the dispatch circulating Warren Commission testimony extracts.

  2. Jan 31, 1965

    Dispatch of document

    Book Dispatch No. 4726 typed 23 Dec 1964 and dispatched in February 1965.

  3. Mar 17, 2025

    NARA 2025 release

    Document released by the National Archives as part of the 2025 JFK Assassination Records release.

Dates mentioned

1964-12-231965-022025-03-181976-09

Keywords

Entities

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l, The Warren Commission's Report on the assassination of
President Kennedy focused attention on the magnitude of the problem.
involved in the protection of the Chief Executive. As you know, it is
our responsibility, overseas and in headquarters, to render every
support possible to the Secret Service in the conduct of its statutory
responsibilities in the United States, and especially when the President
travels abroad,

2. The circumstances confronting the Warren Commission
produced discussion and testimony on various aspects of the problem
of Presidential protection and on interagency operational cooperation,
which normally do not find their way into the public domain. These
include the acquisition and dissemination of information, consultation,
coordination, and operational interchanges, I believe you will be
interested in the attached extracts of testimony given before the Warren
Commission by U.S, intelligence and security officials. Pertinent
Fortions have been side lined. I commend these materials for reading

by all officers in positions of senior responsibility in headquarters and
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FE Division

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Honolulu
Kuala Lumpur:
Manila —~
Melbourne
Okinawa -
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Seoul
Taipei
Tokyo
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Karachi
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Kuwait

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WE Division

Brussels
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Caracas
Georgetown
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La Paz -~
Lima —
Managua e~
Mexico City
Montevideo .~
Panama City ~
Paramaribo -~
Port-au-Prince -~
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Originated by: Chief, CI/R&A, Ext, 7468/23 December 1964

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