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  • 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.

  • Final Days, Final Warnings: What the CIA Feared the Week JFK Was Killed

    Final Days, Final Warnings: What the CIA Feared the Week JFK Was Killed

    Newly declassified 2025 records show the CIA was bracing for a political crisis-just not the one that actually came.

    🚪 The Calm Before the Catastrophe?

    In the week leading up to President Kennedy’s assassination, America was focused on Vietnam, Cuba, and Cold War escalation.

    But inside the CIA, things were tense. Not in a “we know a shooting is coming” way-more like something isn’t right and we’re losing control.

    The 2025 JFK files provide a glimpse into the Agency’s state of mind during those final days-and they show a quiet panic setting in.

    🧠 What the CIA Was Watching That Week

    From November 15–22, 1963, CIA cables show increased attention on:

    • Cuban intelligence movements in Mexico and Latin America
    • Reports of Soviet diplomatic agitation in Washington and Havana
    • Rumors of a possible uprising in Cuba from internal exile sources
    • A renewed internal memo discussing “active operations and contingency responses in the event of a leadership change.”

    That last one hits differently now.

    📁 The Memo That Raises Eyebrows

    One document, dated November 19, 1963, is titled:

    “Preparations for Rapid Reassessment of Command Structure in Political Upheaval”

    The memo outlines:

    • A plan to coordinate with the Pentagon in the event of a “decapitation strike” on U.S. leadership (term used in context of nuclear war).
    • Provisions for immediate international narrative control through embedded media assets.
    • Internal codewords and chains of command if the president became “non-communicative.”

    It reads like a pre-scripted response plan for a national shock.

    And it was written three days before Dealey Plaza.

    🕵️‍♂️ Were They Expecting Something?

    Here’s what’s clear from the 2025 records:

    • There was no direct warning about Oswald.
    • There was heightened concern about instability-both foreign and domestic.
    • The CIA had drafted crisis media guidance, especially related to Cuba, in case of a major national event.

    A document from the CIA’s Special Affairs Staff references:

    “Ongoing concern that unexpected leadership void would be wrongly attributed to foreign agents-priority is maintaining Cold War stability.”

    In short: Whatever happened, don’t let the world think Russia or Cuba did it.

    That’s not foresight of an assassination-that’s institutional paranoia.

    🧩 Why This Changes the Atmosphere

    The CIA wasn’t on high alert about Oswald-but they were on edge about something.
    And they were preparing-not to prevent it, but to manage the fallout.

    This suggests:

    • They were either expecting an event (but didn’t know what),
    • Or they were responding to internal signals that something was about to break loose.

    Either way, these were not calm, collected days.
    These were crisis-mode simulations.

    🔚 Conclusion: They Didn’t See It Coming, But They Were Ready

    The 2025 files don’t show a clear “the CIA knew JFK would be shot” scenario.

    But they do show a system ready to contain chaos.

    And when the shots rang out in Dallas, they followed the script almost instantly-blame a lone gunman, protect global perception, and shut down questions.

    So maybe they didn’t expect the assassination.

    But they were damn sure prepared for the aftermath.

  • George Joannides: The CIA Ghost Behind Oswald’s Cuban Connection

    George Joannides: The CIA Ghost Behind Oswald’s Cuban Connection

    The 2025 JFK files confirm that the CIA’s liaison to anti-Castro groups was hiding a direct link to Lee Harvey Oswald-and misled Congress about it.

    🚪 The Handler No One Talked About

    When the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) began investigating JFK’s murder in the late 1970s, the CIA assigned a man named George Joannides to serve as their liaison to the committee.

    What no one knew at the time-what the CIA actively concealed-was that Joannides wasn’t just some bureaucrat.

    He was the officer directly managing a group that had contact with Lee Harvey Oswald months before the assassination.

    And in 2025, we finally got proof that his role was deliberately buried.

    🕵️‍♂️ The Revelation: The DRE, Oswald, and Joannides

    In 1963, Joannides was the CIA case officer handling the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE)-a Cuban exile group funded and directed by U.S. intelligence. This group was involved in anti-Castro propaganda, paramilitary ops, and disinformation campaigns.

    Here’s what the 2025 files confirm:

    • In August 1963, Oswald had a now-infamous street confrontation in New Orleans with members of the DRE.
    • He was handing out pro-Castro “Fair Play for Cuba” pamphlets when a fight broke out.
    • The incident was publicized in local media, and Oswald later appeared on a radio show alongside a DRE member.

    What no one realized at the time:

    The CIA was paying those DRE members.
    And George Joannides was their handler.

    📁 What the CIA Hid

    When Congress reopened the JFK investigation in the 1970s, the CIA could have-and should have-disclosed Joannides’ involvement with the DRE.

    Instead:

    • They brought Joannides out of retirement to act as liaison, without revealing his prior connection.
    • They didn’t tell the HSCA that he had managed the group Oswald clashed with.
    • They refused to turn over internal files on the DRE’s CIA funding and activities.

    The result? Congress was questioning a witness who was actually a key player in the story-and didn’t know it.

    🧩 What the 2025 Files Reveal

    New memos and cables confirm:

    • Joannides’ active role in managing the DRE’s budget, propaganda efforts, and field operations in 1963.
    • His involvement in framing the DRE’s media response to the Oswald encounter.
    • That internal CIA records about Joannides were deliberately withheld from investigators in the ’70s, and again during the 1990s JFK Records Review Board process.

    These weren’t bureaucratic oversights. This was systematic suppression.

    🚨 Why It Matters

    If Oswald’s only connection to Cuban politics was his love of Castro, the official story holds. But these documents show something more complex:

    • He interacted directly with a group run by the CIA-a group that publicly battled him in the press.
    • The CIA then placed the man running that group in charge of shielding information from the government’s investigation.

    And now, with the 2025 documents, that trail is undeniable.

    🔚 Conclusion: The Puppetmaster in the Shadows

    George Joannides isn’t a household name.

    But in the shadows of the JFK assassination, he’s one of the most important players we were never supposed to know about.

    His story raises a brutal question:

    How can we ever trust an investigation when the people controlling the evidence were part of the story themselves?

    The truth wasn’t hidden in plain sight-it was actively buried by the people paid to uncover it.