Professor Pearcy's Bad History Lesson

[Tom Graves]

They didn't hide anything about Nagell. That is just plain nonsense.

Litwin,

Instead of sharing your knee-jerk reaction, why don't you read the "cover letter" that Solie attached to that thick Nagell file?

He attached exactly the same "cover letter" to lots of files he didn't want the HSCA to have. IIRC, June Cobb's was another.

Here it is:

(Classified "Secret")

23 August 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

FROM: Bruce L. Solie
Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case
#264 170

1. This memorandum identifies those Office of Security files which were reviewed by House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) staff members in conjunction with the HSCA's investigation into the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Under procedures established with the HSCA, certain items of information were not reviewed by HSCA staff members. These items were placed in envelopes, sealed, appropriately identified, and put back into the security file prior to HSCA review. Office of Security personnel reviewing these files should maintain the integrity of each envelope below so that interested parties may know what was and was not reviewed by HSCA staff members.

3. In some instances, the above files contain material marked in the lower right-hand corner with a green circular dot. This mark should alert Office of Security personnel to the fact that this material was located and placed in the file at the time of the HSCA review and was seen by an HSCA staffer(s).
This material should not be removed from-the file.

4. Attached to this memorandum is a review sheet which identifies the name of the HSCA reviewer(s) and the date of his review.

5. Questions regarding the above procedure and/or the HSCA's review should be directed to the Security Analysis Group.

-- Bruce L. Solie

[Fred Litwin]

I read it. I see no indication that the HSCA did not see what it wanted to see. As you know, there was nothing of significance in the Nagell file. The only things the CIA might have wanted to keep from the HSCA is the location of some CIA stations in Europe. Otherwise, there is nothing of interest to anyone.

[Tom Graves]

I read it. I see no indication that the HSCA did not see what it wanted to see. As you know, there was nothing of significance in the Nagell file. The only things the CIA might have wanted to keep from the HSCA is the location of some CIA stations in Europe. Otherwise, there is nothing of interest to anyone.

Dear Fweddie,

I only mentioned Nagell because he's the easiest name for me to remember of all of the people whose Office of Security files probable KGB mole Bruce Leonard Solie hid from the Church Committee and/or the HSCA.

Next time I'll try to think of one whose name won't "push your buttons" into a near apoplectic state.

-- Tom