<p>The National Archives is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The vast majority of the Collection (88%) has been open in full and released to the public since the late 1990s. The records at issue are documents previously identified as assassination records, but withheld in full or withheld in part. <a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/processing-project">Learn more</a></p>
<p>These releases include FBI, CIA, and other agency documents (both formerly withheld in part and formerly withheld in full) identified by the Assassination Records Review Board as assassination records. The releases to date are as follows:</p>
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<li>July 24, 2017: 3,810 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2017/nr17-68">press release</a>)</li>
<li>October 26, 2017: 2,891 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr18-05">press release</a>)</li>
<li>November 3, 2017: 676 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr18-07">press release</a>)</li>
<li>November 9, 2017: 13,213 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr-18-09">press release</a>)</li>
<li>November 17, 2017: 10,744 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr-18-10">press release</a>)</li>
<li>December 15, 2017: 3,539 documents (read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr18-16">press release</a>)<br />
* <em>Please Note: Within records released on December 15th, there are instances where multiple record identification numbers are associated with the same pdf. This is due to the fact that the files were scanned in batches.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Accessing the Release Files</strong></p>
<p>The table below displays metadata about all the released documents. You can also <a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/jfk15e9ac0b568aea94841b3eb61fba6429.xlsx">download the spreadsheet as an Excel file</a> (3.33MB).</p>
<p>To view or download a specific document, follow the link in the "Doc Date" column. The files are sorted by NARA Release Date, with the most recent files appearing first. The previous withholding status (i.e., formerly withheld in part or formerly withheld in full) is identified in the “Formerly Withheld Status” column.</p>