Codename LARKSPUR: The Mysterious Operative Erased After November 22

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The 2025 JFK files expose a previously unknown asset-or operative-linked to Oswald, Cuba, and the CIA’s darkest corners.


🚪 A Name in the Static

Tucked away in a stack of declassified intercepts is a name that didn’t appear in any previous investigations: LARKSPUR.

The name shows up in:

  • A CIA cable referencing “active Havana routing via LARKSPUR”
  • An NSA intercept mentioning a “confirmed meeting between [REDACTED] and LARKSPUR, location Mexico City, Nov. 2”

The strange thing?

After Nov. 22, no further references appear.

Anywhere.


📁 Who-or What-Was LARKSPUR?

The 2025 documents offer several possible clues:

  • A partially declassified briefing describes LARKSPUR as “a trusted intermediary with Latin American access points”
  • An earlier memo from 1962 identifies LARKSPUR as “used in Cuban informant operations, not officially on the books”
  • The language consistently places LARKSPUR outside official CIA personnel channels-suggesting a freelance spy, double agent, or cutout

🧠 LARKSPUR and Oswald: The Lost Link?

A Nov. 5, 1963 intercept from Mexico City reads:

“LARKSPUR requests clarification on ‘LEE’s handling protocol’ if contact is re-established.”

Who was “LEE”?

The files don’t say outright-but the Mexico City timeline places Oswald there that week.

What kind of “handling protocol” was needed?

For a lone nut?


🔥 Scrubbed Clean

By Nov. 23, 1963, internal documents begin referencing a “sensitive phaseout” of an unnamed operative. One memo notes:

“Assets under Havana routing to be retired, cover removed. LARKSPUR included.”

A week later, LARKSPUR disappears completely.

There’s no closure. No final cable. No termination record.

Even in internal file inventories, LARKSPUR’s name is struck through by hand.


🕵️‍♂️ Parallel to Other Cutouts

Researchers now speculate LARKSPUR may have functioned similarly to:

  • George Joannides’ DRE contacts
  • David Atlee Phillips’ informant rings in Mexico City
  • Or even James Angleton’s “off-books” CI assets
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But there’s no confirmation.
Only a name-and its sudden erasure.


🔚 Erased, But Not Forgotten

The JFK records dump of 2025 gave us names, faces, and files.

But in the case of LARKSPUR, we got something more disturbing:
A missing piece that someone worked very hard to hide.

Maybe LARKSPUR was the missing thread between Oswald, Cuba, and Langley.

Or maybe they were something even stranger: the one who got too close to the truth.

Disclaimer: All content on this website is based on declassified documents hosted on the National Archives. Where a specific source is not cited, the information has been compiled from a range of related materials, primarily the JFK Assassination Records. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, but if you notice any errors or discrepancies, please let us know by leaving a comment.

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