thejfkfiles.com

Tag: 1963

  • Did the CIA Bury Oswald’s Cuban Ties to Castro?

    Did the CIA Bury Oswald’s Cuban Ties to Castro?

    The 2025 files expose a deliberate effort to downplay-and distort-evidence linking Lee Harvey Oswald to Cuba.

    🚪 An Inconvenient Thread

    In the weeks leading up to JFK’s assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald was:

    • Seen distributing pro-Castro flyers in New Orleans
    • Linked to anti-Castro exiles hostile to JFK’s Cuba policy
    • Caught on CIA wiretaps contacting the Cuban embassy in Mexico City

    But according to the 2025 declassified records, when this evidence made it back to Langley, the Agency’s response was clear:

    “Disassociate narrative trajectory from Cuban involvement. Prioritize lone actor messaging.” - Internal memo, Nov. 23, 1963

    🕵️‍♂️ Oswald’s Double Game

    The files confirm that Oswald wasn’t just politically confused-he was actively engaging with both sides of the Cuba divide:

    • He attempted to secure a visa to Cuba via the Soviet Embassy
    • He was in contact with members of the DRE, an anti-Castro group funded by the CIA
    • A now-unsealed cable from Mexico City reports: “Subject shows high-level interest in travel to Cuba. Recommends further psychological profiling.”

    This suggests Oswald was either being manipulated-or playing roles himself.

    📁 The CIA’s Rewrites Begin

    Once the assassination happened, the Agency’s mission changed from surveillance to narrative management.

    One redacted memo dated Nov. 25, 1963, now fully visible, reads:

    “Active attempts underway to link Cuba to shooter.

    Recommend neutralization. Elevate lone gunman angle to avoid international escalation.”

    The concern wasn’t justice.
    It was optics-and avoiding a Cold War firestorm.

    🧠 Joannides’ Role in Suppressing the Cuba Angle

    As revealed in Part 24, George Joannides wasn’t just hiding his past from Congress-he was actively steering the HSCA away from Oswald’s Cuba links.

    A 1978 field report from a staff investigator reads:

    “Joannides dismissed the Cuba thread as speculative, despite internal documents suggesting otherwise.”

    He wasn’t just obstructing-he was erasing.

    🔥 Why the Cuba Narrative Still Matters

    It wasn’t just about blame.

    The CIA feared that if the American public believed Cuba was involved-especially backed by the Soviets-it could trigger a global crisis.

    So they chose a simpler story.

    Oswald acted alone.

    Don’t ask about Havana.

    🔚 A Manufactured Disconnect

    The 2025 files don’t prove that Cuba was behind JFK’s murder.

    But they do prove the CIA worked hard to make sure we’d never really know-by stripping Oswald’s Cuban connections from the record, pressuring investigators, and rewriting history in real time.

    The Castro question wasn’t answered.

    It was locked away.

  • Oswald’s CIA File: When the Watchers Became the Editors

    Oswald’s CIA File: When the Watchers Became the Editors

    The 2025 JFK files reveal how the CIA manipulated Lee Harvey Oswald’s profile in real time-raising urgent questions about what they were hiding.

    🚪 Watching, But Not Warning

    Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t some unknown name pulled out of nowhere on November 22, 1963. He had been on the radar of multiple U.S. intelligence agencies since at least 1959. But what the 2025 document release confirms is far more chilling:

    The CIA wasn’t just watching Oswald.

    They were editing and curating his file.

    And they were doing it in ways that misled other agencies, Congress, and the public.

    This isn’t speculation. It’s confirmed in their own memos.

    📁 The 201 File: A Timeline of Manipulation

    A “201 file” is the CIA’s main tracking file for foreign persons of interest. Oswald had one.

    But according to the 2025 records:

    • The file was opened late-in December 1960, more than a year after his defection to the USSR.
    • Crucial updates were omitted for years, despite Oswald returning to the U.S., marrying a Soviet citizen, and making public pro-Castro statements.
    • CIA staff flagged inconsistencies internally, but updates were delayed or blocked.

    Worse: After JFK’s assassination, the file was altered retroactively, making it appear as though Oswald was a low-level curiosity rather than a significant counterintelligence concern.

    🧠 Angleton’s Role: Counterintelligence Sleight of Hand

    James Jesus Angleton, the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, looms large here again.

    The 2025 files show:

    • Angleton’s office was the central hub for Oswald file activity, and directly responsible for requests to suppress or “sanitize” internal mentions of Oswald.
    • Staff raised questions about Oswald’s movements and affiliations, but were instructed not to forward updates to the FBI or Secret Service.

    This resulted in an intelligence blind spot that was deliberately constructed.

    A 1963 memo unearthed in the latest batch reads:

    “Maintain current posture. Additional dissemination is not recommended at this time.”

    Translation: Keep this quiet. Don’t flag it to the rest of the government.

    🎭 The Paper Trail of Deception

    The 2025 documents also reveal how the CIA:

    • Blocked requests from the Warren Commission for full access to the 201 file.
    • Fed partial documents to the HSCA (House Select Committee) in the 1970s, edited to remove sensitive internal discussions.
    • Maintained a separate, internal-only version of the file with information that was never made public-until now.

    This was more than a cover-up. It was file laundering.

    🧩 Why This Matters Now

    Oswald’s CIA file was central to determining whether he was a lone gunman, a manipulated asset, or part of something more. By editing that file, the CIA didn’t just withhold the truth-they rewrote it.

    If Oswald’s profile was altered, redacted, and sanitized before and after the assassination, then every official investigation built on that file-Warren, HSCA, even public reporting-was starting with a false foundation.

    When the file is fake, the conclusion can’t be real.

    🔚 Conclusion: The Narrative Was the Operation

    With these 2025 revelations, it’s clear that Oswald’s CIA file wasn’t just a record.

    It was a weaponized narrative-curated, controlled, and used to steer public perception.

    And the people controlling it weren’t on the outside looking in.

    They were the ones who held the pen.