CIA Dispatch on Presidential Protection, Warren Era (1964)

DISPATCH — SECRET (S-E-C-R-E-T)
TO: Chiefs of all Stations
FROM: Chief, KUDOVE
SUBJECT: Warren Commission Testimony - Selected Excerpts
ACTION REQUIRED / REFERENCES: FYI
Processing: No indexing required.

1. 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 portions have been side lined. I commend these materials for reading by all officers in positions of senior responsibility in headquarters and overseas.

Document Number 988-927 BD. For FOIA Review on SEP 1976.
Signed: FLETCHER M. KNIGHT
Date typed: 23 December 1964. Date dispatched: 2 February 1965.
Dispatch symbol and number: Book Dispatch No. 4726. Headquarters file number: 100-300-12.
Originating office/officer: CI/R&A — Raymond G. Rocca. Releasing: DDP.

Routing and Record Sheet — Document Number 988-927 BD (SEP 1976). Chiefs: AF, EE, FE, NE, WE, WH; DDP; CI/R&A; RID.

Distribution for Book Dispatch No. 4726:
AF Division — Leopoldville (reviewed in the AF Division).
EE Division — Frankfurt, Vienna (reviewed in the EE Division).
FE Division — Hong Kong, Saigon, Vientiane (reviewed in the FE Division).