HSCA Record Number 180-10089-10060  Agency File Number 008514
     Originator-Marshall, Burke
     From:
     To:
     Date:     5/18/78
     Pages:    3
     Subjects: JFK autopsy
               Marshall, Burke
               Leads and information
               Use of autopsy material
               Missing autopsy material

     Release Date:  10/22/93

     Contents: Outside Contact Report (handwritten) with Burke
               Marshall by Mark Flanagan.  Document follows in
               full.







































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                      OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT
                                 
                                 
                                 DATE  5/18/78  TIME  2:00 - 3:30
                                                                 
I.   Identifying Information:

     NAME  Burke Marshall          TELEPHONE
     ADDRESS  Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn.

     TYPE OF CONTACT:         Telephone
                        x     Person

II.  Summary of Contact:

     Prof. Blakey and I spoke to Marshall re:
     1)   approval of autopsy sketches
     2)   missing materials
     Marshall gave approval fro reproduction of the tracings of the autopsy photos so long as the tracings are cropped to eliminate any personal features of the President, only show the details of     evidentiary significance, and are black and white.  In addition, Marshall gave approval for reproduction of close-ups of the autopsy photographs that will display the two inshoot wounds, the brain-like substance adhered to the hair on the lower, rear portion of the head, and the tracheotomy incision.

III. Recommended Follow-up (if any):  [blank]

                        /s/ Mark Flanagan
                                 
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                      OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT
                                 
                                 
                                 DATE  5/18/78  TIME  2:00 - 3:30
                                                                 
I.   Identifying Information:

     NAME  Burke Marshall          TELEPHONE
     ADDRESS  Yale Law School

     TYPE OF CONTACT:         Telephone
                        x     Person

II.  Summary of Contact:

     These photos are to be closely cropped to only show the wound and are to be reproduced only in      black and white.

     Marshall stated that he doe s not know what happened to the missing materials or who last had    custody.  His informed judgment is that RFK obtained and disposed of these materials himself,   without informing anyone else.  He said that RFK was concer ned that these materials would be placed on display in future years in an institution such as the Smithsonian and consequently wished to dispose of them and eliminate such a possibility.  Marshall reiterated that he does not feel anyone besides RFK would have known what happened to the materials.  Marshall said he feels certain that obtaining or locating these materials is no longer possible.

III. Recommended Follow-up (if any):

                        /s/ Mark Flanagan
                                 
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