ONI - ARRB Documents Re: Pike

MEMORANDUM FOR THE J.F.KENNEDY ASSASSINATIONS RECORDS COLLECTION REVIEW BOARD

From: LCDR FLorance T. Pike
Sub: HOTLINE CALL AND IG INVESTIGATION; J.F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATIONS RECORDS COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS

1. Purpose: On Monday, 27 October 1997,...(Command IG) and his assistant....informed me that a hotline call was placed with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) alleging in part that offical travel I conducted in July and August of this year was fraudulent...

2. Background: I was assigned by the Command (ONI-OCB3) via its Reserve Directorate (ONI-R) as action officer to identify and search all records pertaining to the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, 44 U.S.G.C. Sec 2107 (reference d). As directed by the General Counsel of the Navy....

[Note: "The purpose of the Hotline Program is to identify and eliminate fraud, waste, and inefficiencies in the operation of the Navy."]

3. On-site visits. After properly submitting travel requests via the chain of command and after their approval, LCDRs Paul H. Doolittle and F. Terri Pike surveyed record centers in the Pacific Southwest (Laguna Niguel), Pacific Northwest (Seatle) and Northeast (Boston) in July and August, to date, no additional records have been located..."

3. As you know, it was my responsibility to identify all records required under 44 U.S.C. 2107. I felt a personal commitment to ensure this effort was conducted "with vigor" and as thoroughly as possible...."

1. Executive Summary. This statement serves three purposes....(1)In response to questions raised by ONI-IG....,(2)It serves as a notice as to the facts and circumstances surrounding the hotline call itself...(3) Finally, it outlines my course of action to date in dealing with the pattern of increasingly adverse actions taken against me since I first reported mismanagement, abuse of authority, and discriminatory practices under the cognizance of the Reserve Directorate at the Command (ONI-R)....

iii. Kennedy Assassination. As part of the reviews of at least three independent commissions, the ONI has been asked to forward documents covering a broad scope of issues related to the death of President John F. Kennedy. To date, under my methodology 19 separate files have been identified. This project is not complete. ONI has not identified where all its records are stored and under what record groups. Nor has ONI explained the destruction of records which should have been maintained during this period.

d. Following his removal, CAPT Pelaez continued to communicate with and attempted to direct the team members assigned to College Park - despite repeated direction from the JAG that he was no longer required. As provided in a written statement to the IG. LCDR Glass reported that CAPT Pelaez threatened to have me explain any travel I have conducted with this project. A hotline call regarding my travel and attendance soon followed.

e. Prior to the hotline call, the analysis I performed and my leadership were regarded as outstanding, providing a level of insight heretofore unseen within the DON...

5. Actions to date.
a. In its questioning to date, the ONI IG has narrowly focused on my travel requirements and has declared that the taskings of the EO and the Kennedy review did not include the requirement for searchers for all records regardless of physical location, just those available locally....