36 CFR § 1290.5 - Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety.

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title: "36 CFR § 1290.5 - Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1290.5"
section_name: "Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "JFK ASSASSINATION RECORDS"
part_number: "1290"
part_name: "GUIDANCE FOR INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992 (JFK ACT)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 2107."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 33349, June 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 65 FR 39550, June 27, 2000."
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# 1290.5 Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirety.

An assassination record shall be released in its entirety except for portions specifically postponed pursuant to the grounds for postponement of public disclosure of records established in § 2107.6 of the JFK Act, and no portion of any assassination record shall be withheld from public disclosure solely on grounds of non-relevance unless, in the Review Board's sole discretion, release of part of a record is sufficient to comply with the intent and purposes of the JFK Act.