JFK ASSASSINATION - THE DOUBTS LINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01365R000300070004-6
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 23, 1973
• Content Type: NSPR

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NEW YORK, Nov. 22 - Thanks-
giving Day, by ironic coincidence
marks the 10th anniversary of the
assassination of President John
Kennedy.
Never for a moment since that
tragic day in Dallas has contro-
versy let up over the circumstan-
ces of his death. Despite a presti-
gious government-appointed Com-
mission, headed by Supreme Court
Justice Earl Warren, which heard
dozens of witnesses over a period
of months, examined tons of evi-
dence and finally brought out a
massivo report, doubt has per-
sisted to this day as to who actual-
ly killed President Kennedy, and
why.
The Commission concluded that
there was one assassin, Lee flar-
vey Oswald, that he acted alone,
and that his action had no political
significance.
But contradictions and omis-
sions in the report, and the repu-
tations of the FBI, the CIA, the
Dallas police and federal officials
were tarnished or destroyed.
The event spawned a torrent of
books and articles all over the
world. It gave birth to TV pro-
grams, and theater and film pro-
1o
ail it t
l fQ v e
ductions, the latest being "Exec-
utive Action" which puts forward
the theory that Kennedy was
killed because of the change in his
policies toward the Cold War.
Kennedy's speech at American
University in Washing toil, a few
months before his death, had
called for an end to the cold war
based upon an acceptance of co-
existence.
Oswald's background
According to this theory, Os-
wald had been groomed by the
CIA as a Soviet agent. (Oswald
actually lived in the Soviet Union
for a short while and brought back
a Russian wife) and he was set up
as a "friend" of Castro Cuba as
part of the assassination conspir-
acy.
In any case, Oswald's own as-
sassination, in full view on tele-
vision, by Jack Ruby, the night-
club owner, destroyed the key
link in the chain of evidence that
could have settled the question.
Oswald's death left doubt linger-
ing to this day.
But Kennedy's assassination.
had another significance that
owed nothing to conspiracies or
lone killers. It came in a context
of political turmoil, national doubt
end insecurity. It reflected the
class oppression and demonstra-
ted its effect on every area of
American life. For the first time
in the history of the. U.S. in the
midst of a barbaric war, of burned
cities and murdered Blacks, In-
dians, and Chicanos - of further
assassination soon to come - the
American Dream was turning into
the American nightmare for mil-
lions.
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