The U.S. has released declassified documents on the Kennedy assassination — new case details
Washington has made public thousands of previously classified documents on the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. The materials reveal new information about Lee Harvey Oswald.
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On Tuesday, U.S. authorities released 80,000 pages of previously classified documents related to the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The archive was made available to the public on the National Archives website.
The materials include details about the connections of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald with the Soviet Union.
One of the documents reports that in July 1963, an unidentified person tried to warn U.S. intelligence agencies about Oswald's intentions.
The declassified papers include CIA and FBI memos, as well as case-related correspondence. A 1968 memorandum contains information about calls made to the U.S. embassy in Australia a few days before the assassination.
Additionally, data from a KGB investigation have been published, ruling out Oswald’s involvement with Soviet intelligence services.
President Donald Trump signed an order for the full release of the documents shortly after taking office. According to him, withholding the information was "against public interest."
It is worth recalling that on November 22, 1963, the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas. The shots were fired at 12:30 p.m. as the motorcade moved along Elm Street.
The Warren Commission concluded that the assassination was carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald, but alternative theories—such as a CIA or Soviet conspiracy—remain popular to this day.
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