JFK Assassination Records — 2017–2018 Release
23,950 documentsFiles disclosed in 2017 and 2018 from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, merged onto a single archives.gov landing page.
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- 104-10001-10042 — COMMO LOGS ON TRANSMITTAL TIMES OF CABLES KEPT ONLY 9 DAYS; IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND TRANSMITTAL TIME OF OUT TELETYPE 74678 (1 OCT 63).PDF ↗
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- 104-10003-10064 — DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV AND MR. DREW PEARSON RE LEE HARVEY OSWALD - MEMO TO WARREN COMMISSIONPDF ↗
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- 104-10003-10085 — SPANISH WEEKLY "SP" AND THE O'BRIEN ARTICLE, "LA POLICIA DE DALLAS MATO A KENNEDY" ("THE DALLAS POLICE KILLED KENNEDY")PDF ↗
- 104-10003-10100 — ROUTING AND RECORD SHEETPDF ↗
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- 104-10004-10201 — PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATION BY SOVIET EMBASSY IN STOCKHOLM.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10202 — REPORT ON OSWALD'S STAY IN MEXICOPDF ↗
- 104-10004-10203 — VISA PROCESSING TIME SOUGHTPDF ↗
- 104-10004-10208 — HOTEL TORNI REGISTRY SHOWS OSWALD REGISTERED ON 1 OCT.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10213 — SR/CI DISCUSSION WITH SLAWSON 9 JULY ON QUESTIONS OF SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIAN WIVES OF AMERICANS AND VISA PROCEDURES.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10214 — REQUEST FOLLOWING FOR WARREN COMMISSION: TIME OF OSWALDS ARRIVAL TO HELSINKI; WORKING HOURS AT SOVIET CONSULATE.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10248 — CAPT. JOHN E. DONOVAN REPORTS THAT HE KNEW AND WORKED WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD FOR NINE MONTHS.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10256 — INFORMATION ON LEE HARVEY OSWALD AT 7 ON 24 NOVEMBER 1963.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10257 — LEE HARVEY OSWALD, SUSPECTED ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY.PDF ↗
- 104-10004-10258 — CONTACT OF LEE OSWALD WITH A MEMBER OF SOVIET KGB ASSASSINATION DEPARTMENT.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10004 — ITEM PREPARED FOR THE WARREN COMMISSION BY SR/CI/RESEARCH ENTITLED "APPARENT INCONSISTENCIES IN MATERIAL FURNISHED THE COMMISSION BY CIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DOS" SEE XAAZ-2246 FOR CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10011 — COVER SHEET TO DBA-82119PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10014 — SOVIET HUNTING SOCIETIESPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10016 — SOVIET HUNTING CLUBSPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10020 — RESETTLEMENT OF US DEFECTORS IN THE USSRPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10033 — ITEM PREPARED FOR THE WARREN COMMISION BY SR/CI/RESEARCH ENTITLED "GEOGRAPHIC-DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON MINSK."PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10037 — ITEM PREPARED FOR THE WARREN COMMISSION BY SR/CI/RESEARCH ENTITLED "CERTAIN QUESTIONS POSED BY THE DOS DEPARTMENT FILES."PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10053 — HANDWRITING IDENTIFICATION (22,28-X)--WRITING IN LOWER LEFT OF OSWALD'S CUBAN VISA APPLICATION MAY BE THAT OF SYLVIA DURAN. DEFINITELY NOT OSWALD.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10058 — PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF OSWALD'S CUBAN VISA APPLICATIONPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10059 — PHOTOS W/NEGATIVES OF OSWALD'S CUBAN VISA APPLICATIONPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10093 — DISCUSSIONS OF OSWALD CASE IN USSR WITH FELIX DMITREYEVICH KARASEV AND VIKTOR VLADIMIROVICH TARATUNKIN ON 14 SEPT. RESERVATIONS AS TO WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO OSWALD DURING STAY IN USSR.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10098 — INTERVIEW OF SUBJECT WHO DENIES VISITING COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE AND LIVING IN CUBA FOR SEVEN YEARS OR VISITING HAITI AS ALLEGED. DENIES HE HAD FORETOLD ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10125 — INTERVIEW RIDDERSTRALE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1964. SAID NEVER VISITED COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE AND NEVER LIVED IN CUBA FOR PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS. NEVER VISITED HAITI.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10148 — FINANCIAL AID FOR FOREIGNERS IN THE USSR.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10166 — REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MINSK.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10196 — TRANSLATIONS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIAL IN EXHIBITS D244-248 AND PORTION OF D250 IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10203 — REQUEST FOR SPR ON PAVEL A. YATSKOV.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10206 — TRANSMITTAL OF SIGNATURE OF SILVIA DURAN.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10220 — LEE HARVEY OSWALD - REVIEW OF CONTROVERSIAL DATA ON DISSIDENT CUBANS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED BY WARREN COMMISSION.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10285 — DISPATCH RE CUBAN EMBASSY TRASH CONTAINING SIGNATURESPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10286 — SOURCE WAS INTERVIEWED ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1964 AND COMMENTED ON SEVEN PHOTOS PROVIDED BY FBIPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10287 — CRANK LETTER CONCERNING WARREN COMMISSION DOCUMENTPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10294 — PERMISSION TO PUBLISH DOCUMENTS ON LEE HARVEY OSWALD EMBTEL 318 AND DEPTEL 23.PDF ↗
- 104-10005-10316 — CASE SUMMARY OF SOVIET ARMY DEFECTOR SGT. JOSEPH DUTKANICZPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10325 — OSCAR RODRIGUEZ MOLINAPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10328 — TRANSMITTAL OF PHOTOGRAPHSPDF ↗
- 104-10005-10342 — VISA APPLICATION-OSWALDPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10012 — PHOTO OF INDIVIDUAL PURPORTED TO BE ANATOL(IY) KHOLODOV WITH ELEONORA ZIGER.PDF ↗
- 104-10006-10014 — REPORT THAT OSWALD ATTENDED PARTY GIVEN BY RUBEN AND SYLVIA DURAN IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 1963.PDF ↗
- 104-10006-10015 — DISTRIBUTION OF WC TESTIMONYPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10026 — INVESTIGATION CONCERNING NOTEBOOK FOUND IN ROOM 2422, SHERATON-DALLAS HOTEL, DALLAS, TEXAS, CONTAINING HANDWRITTEN NOTES IN ENGLISH REGARDING OSWALD AND ASSASSINATION OF JFK.PDF ↗
- 104-10006-10037 — NIKOLAY YAKOVLEVICH AKSENOVPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10096 — NIKOLAI ALEKSANDROVICH AKSENOVPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10097 — NAME CHECK REQUEST - AKSONAVICHPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10176 — NAME CHECK REQUEST - PETRIKOVPDF ↗
- 104-10006-10233 — NAME CHECK REQUEST - SOMOVPDF ↗
About this collection
Documents in the JFK Assassination Records — 2017–2018 Release collection were released by the National Archives as part of ongoing declassification programs. Each file retains its original NARA Record Identification Number so it can be cross-referenced against academic and journalistic citations. Use the pagination below to walk the full 23,950-record list, or jump to any individual document for metadata and an in-browser PDF preview.
Frequently asked questions
What is the JFK 2017–2018 release?
The 2017–2018 release, beginning October 26, 2017, was the statutory disclosure ordered by the 1992 Assassination Records Act. Several hundred records remained partially withheld at the time and were the subject of subsequent disclosure tranches through 2025.
Why did the National Archives merge 2017 and 2018?
archives.gov consolidated the October 2017, April 2018, and summer 2018 releases onto a single landing page (`/research/jfk/release-2017-2018`). BlackVaultDocs keeps the legacy `jfk-release-2017` slug for URL stability.
Why did it take until 2017?
Under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, all records related to the assassination were required to be publicly disclosed by October 26, 2017. Subsequent Presidential orders extended certain redactions, which is why releases continued through 2025.