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This thread holds the National Archives release of the JFK Assassination Records, declassified in full under Executive Order 14176 in 2025 and 2026.

Every post below is one record: the original PDF exactly as the National Archives released it, an image of its first page, and a description of what the document is. The records are almost all scans of typescript with no text layer, so each one was read page by page to write its description.

2,483 documents, dated 1935-02 to 1998-11-24. They are posted in date order, so the thread opens with the oldest material in the collection and works forward; undated records are at the end.

Use the thread search to find a name, a place or an agency; the descriptions, the names and the subject terms are all searchable.

223 records of internal office paperwork were left out: payroll and personnel forms, timesheets, security clearance lists and course rosters. They carry no investigative content.

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This one-page handwritten traffic violation record concerns David Reed Fromer and is dated February 1935. It records a stop-sign violation and the absence of a current operator's license, followed by a disposition listing fines.

Record number (RIF): 194-10004-10159
Agency: USA | Document date: 1935-02 | Original classification: Unclassified
Names in this document: David Reed Fromer
Subjects: David Reed Fromer, traffic violation, stop sign, operator's license

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This is a Chinese Communist Party political essay dated May 1941, titled "Reform Our Study," with the text continuing under the heading "Rectify the Party's Style of Work." The pages discuss Marxism-Leninism, the study of China's history and current conditions, subjective and Marxist-Leninist attitudes, and the Party's approach to intellectuals and education. The shown pages are numbered 61 through 63, and the record continues.

Record number (RIF): 124-10273-10289_redacted_part_2_of_3
Agency: FBI | Document date: 1941-05 | Pages: 18 | Original classification: Unclassified
Names in this document: Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin
Subjects: Chinese Communist Party, Marxism-Leninism, China, party study

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This unsigned Office of Strategic Services letter, dated November 14, 1942, is addressed to Colonel William J. Donovan. It discusses Mrs. Luce's activities and contacts in the Middle East, including an interview with General Auchinleck, and the handling of papers sent to London and Washington. The letter comments on discrepancies between official military reports and recently published British accounts, and the record continues beyond the page shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10174-10071
Agency: Office of Strategic Services | Document date: 1942-11-14 | Pages: 416 | Original classification: Not Marked
Names in this document: Mrs. Luce, Colonel William J. Donovan, General Auchinleck
Subjects: Claire Booth Luce, Office of Strategic Services, North Africa, Middle East

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The file includes a page identifying a Department of State memorandum dated 20 December 1948 concerning the Front Nationale in France. The next shown document is a Secret Office of Strategic Services report dated 29 August 1944 on resistance and labor organizations in Normandy and civilian attitudes, based on information from the French Army. It describes the Conseil de la Resistance in Cherbourg, the Communist, Liberation, and Front Nationale groups, and local attitudes toward the Allies. The record continues beyond the pages shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10193-10163
Agency: Office of Strategic Services | Document date: 1944-08-29 | Pages: 59 | Original classification: Secret
Names in this document: Mr. Phillips
Subjects: France, Front Nationale, Resistance, Normandy, Labor organizations, Civilian attitudes

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This Secret Office of Strategic Services report, dated February 23, 1945, summarizes information about Neumann obtained from two members of the air-ground forces resources and technical staff. It discusses Neumann's background, military service, political views, personality, and family relationships, and states that the case was considered closed at the time of reporting. The record continues beyond the page shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10170-10109
Agency: Office of Strategic Services | Document date: 1945-02-23 | Pages: 76 | Original classification: Secret
Names in this document: Neumann
Subjects: Neumann, Germany, military personnel, air-ground forces

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A CIA letter to J. Edgar Hoover dated 4 August 1947 discusses policy matters raised by William Z. Foster and provides information from meetings and reports concerning communist organizations in Europe. The pages include an enclosed report dated 15 May 1947 on Foster's travel to Paris and meetings with communist delegates, including observations about the British Communist Party Congress. The record continues beyond the pages shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10074-10007
Agency: CIA | Document date: 1947-08-04 | Pages: 4 | Original classification: Secret
Names in this document: William Z. Foster, J. Edgar Hoover, Tia Buck, Dolores Ibarruri, Nina Popova, Andre Marty
Subjects: William Z. Foster, Communist Party, Paris, British Communist Party Congress, France

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This one-page memorandum, dated August 5, 1947, is signed by Robert H. Cunningham, Chief of the Security Branch, CIG, and addressed to the Chief of that branch. It reviews Lucien E. Conein's file against recent instructions and requests a current history statement so appropriate security checks can be initiated.

Record number (RIF): 104-10113-10181
Agency: CIG | Document date: 1947-08-05 | Pages: 1 | Original classification: Unclassified
Names in this document: Lucien E. Conein, Robert H. Cunningham
Subjects: Lucien E. Conein, security checks, personnel records

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This record contains collected documents concerning Ross L. Crozier, including cash receipts for services rendered dated January 31, 1951, and April 30, 1953. The first page is an immigration and occupation index card for Argentina C. Crozier, noting her admission to the United States in 1960 and related filing details. The 79-page record continues beyond the pages shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10215-10215
Agency: CIA | Document date: 1948-01-01 | Pages: 79 | Original classification: Not Marked
Names in this document: Argentina C. Crozier, Ross L. Crozier
Subjects: Ross L. Crozier, Argentina C. Crozier, immigration, occupation records, cash receipts

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This Secret air gram, dated November 10, 1948, was sent by the Air Attache in Mexico City to the Department of the Air Force. It reports that a source identified David Phillips as owning 200 grams of uranium held at a Mexico City bank, and says Phillips had reportedly sought to sell uranium to Japan during World War II and had been blacklisted in Mexico. The report also says the Soviet military attache in Mexico was negotiating to buy the uranium. A handwritten note states that the person named was not believed to be identical with David Atlee Phillips, and the record continues beyond the pages shown.

Record number (RIF): 104-10177-10134
Agency: CIA | Document date: 1948-11-10 | Pages: 142 | Original classification: Secret
Names in this document: David Phillips, David Atlee Phillips
Subjects: David Phillips, David Atlee Phillips, uranium, Mexico, Soviet Union, Japan