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  • The French Connection The CIA Tracked Then Deleted

    The French Connection The CIA Tracked Then Deleted

    Among the 2025 document releases is a confidential CIA cable marked “URGENT – PARIS STATION” dated December 2, 1963. The content?

    A lead on a man using the alias “Michel Roux” - described as a French national believed to be trafficking sensitive communications between Cuba and Mexico in the weeks leading up to President Kennedy’s assassination.

    🇫🇷 Who Was Michel Roux?

    The cable reveals a cross-agency surveillance request sent from Langley to CIA’s Paris Station, following a tip from the Office of Security (OS) and Western Hemisphere (WH) Division. Roux was described as:

    “Previously flagged asset-handler type, likely ex-Deuxième Bureau, now freelance. Suspected conduit for restricted telegraphy.”

    According to the document, Roux had entered Mexico via Madrid just days before November 22, 1963.

    Surveillance reports indicated he was in contact with “known commercial radiogram firms operating unofficial Havana-Mexico circuits.”

    🔄 Why Did Langley Want Him Shadowed?

    The cable states Roux was believed to be physically transporting coded summaries of communications between Cuban intelligence agents and a “non-state handler” in Mexico City.

    One line jumps off the page:

    “Roux contact circle includes [REDACTED], previously considered for utilization under HT/LINGUAL but dropped for political reasons.”

    HT/LINGUAL was a top-secret program that intercepted mail destined for the Soviet Union - one of the CIA’s most sensitive domestic espionage efforts at the time.

    ✂️ Then the File Went Quiet

    In the margin of the same cable is a chilling scribble:

    “Do not escalate. Handler advised to close loop and seal. Notify OTS to suppress contact verification.”

    That was the last time “Michel Roux” appears in any known CIA file - until now.

    There are no follow-ups.
    No arrest records.
    No final report.

    The 2025 release is the only surviving record.

    🧩 What Was He Carrying?

    The cable references one suspected packet “containing six leaf-style encrypts” carried by Roux and transferred to an unnamed courier in Lisbon.

    It also warns that the content may have included material referencing Dallas, but provides no specifics.

    It does mention one crucial detail:

    “Field note implies inclusion of Kennedy itinerary fragment. Poss. ref to Houston segment removed.”

    That sentence alone hints at a wider net than previously thought.

    🧨 A Foreign Intelligence Link They Buried In Europe

    This isn’t a theory. It’s a CIA-authored cable.

    And it suggests that in the days before JFK’s assassination, a French freelance intelligence officer:

    📌 Was moving between Madrid and Mexico City
    📌 Had Cuban contacts
    📌 Was carrying intercepts tied to Kennedy’s travel
    📌 Was scrubbed from agency follow-ups - and buried

  • 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.