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  • The Russian Visitor Who Asked One Too Many Questions

    The Russian Visitor Who Asked One Too Many Questions

    Document 206-10001-10003, newly released in the 2025 JFK files, contains a short CIA memo from September 1962 about a Soviet national in Mexico City who raised quiet alarms by asking unusually specific questions about U.S. embassy operations.

    At the time, it seemed trivial. In hindsight, it reads like a scene from a Cold War thriller-just one year before Oswald arrived in the same city.

    📌 He Wasn’t a Spy-But He Asked Like One

    The memo, originating from CIA field staff in Mexico City, describes an unnamed Soviet male-believed to be part of a cultural delegation-who struck up conversation with a local source close to the American embassy.

    According to the source, the man was “amiable, non-threatening, and well-dressed,” but his questions were strangely pointed.

    He wanted to know how often U.S. embassy guards rotated, which staff had cars, and who regularly traveled to and from the consulate.

    “Subject posed questions regarding scheduling of personnel and local American staff mobility. Interest deemed excessive for a visitor of non-official capacity.”

    He claimed to be involved in an exchange program, but never produced identification. His name was not recorded.

    🗺️ Mexico City Wasn’t Just Another Stop

    This report came from the same city that would later become infamous in JFK assassination lore.

    In late September 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald visited both the Cuban and Soviet embassies in Mexico City, sparking decades of speculation about foreign involvement in the assassination.

    This Soviet visitor, documented a year earlier, appears unrelated to Oswald-but his presence proves one thing: U.S. diplomatic staff in Mexico City were already under quiet observation.

    And someone in Moscow seemed interested in how they moved.

    ❓ Another Brick in the Wall of Unasked Questions

    There’s no evidence that the man mentioned in this memo was part of a larger plot.

    But the CIA analyst filing the report makes an unusual comment: “file retained for contextual value in ongoing embassy security review.”

    That implies the Agency saw this as more than just small talk.

    It also implies there may have been other instances of embassy probing, from the Soviets or their allies, that are still buried in the files-or were never written up at all.

    🔍 The Man Was Never Identified

    There is no follow-up. No surveillance. No incident report. The man asked his questions, walked away, and disappeared from the historical record.

    He was likely one of dozens-if not hundreds-of figures moving through Mexico City during the Cold War, quietly testing the edges of the American presence.

    But his questions echo louder now.

    In the context of Oswald’s later visit, the memo in 206-10001-10003 feels like a missed opportunity to detect the patterns before they turned deadly.

    🧩 Another Memo That Means More in Retrospect

    The JFK documents released in 2025 are filled with short, strange memos like this-bits of information that meant little on their own at the time. But stitched together, they form a picture of intelligence services distracted, understaffed, or simply unprepared.

    What did the Russians know about embassy routines? And when did they know it?

    No commission asked that question in 1964. Maybe someone should have.

  • The Soviet Call to “End the Rumors” After Dallas

    The Soviet Call to “End the Rumors” After Dallas

    Document 180-10144-10288, released as part of the 2025 JFK files, captures a fascinating diplomatic moment in the days after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

    Soviet officials urgently communicated with U.S. contacts, not to explain, but to appeal.

    Their message: stop the speculation. The rumors, they feared, could spiral into something far worse than confusion-war.

    🗣️ “Rumors Are Damaging to Peace”

    The memo summarizes a Soviet appeal for calm in the media and political discourse.

    As conspiracy theories swirled and fingers pointed toward Cuba and the USSR, the Soviet embassy reached out discreetly to urge restraint.

    “Such accusations serve only to inflame tensions and threaten peace between our nations.”

    They weren’t denying involvement so much as pleading: don’t let speculation do the damage the assassin already had.

    🧱 A Government on the Defensive

    Soviet officials acknowledged their awareness of Oswald’s brief stay in the USSR, but emphasized again that he acted alone and without support.

    More importantly, they were clearly watching how the story was being spun inside the U.S.-and feared where that might lead.

    Their fear? That the chaos in Dallas could become the justification for a Cold War escalation neither side wanted.

    📉 Moscow’s Political Instincts

    Rather than press for sympathy, the Soviets framed their message around diplomacy. The tone of the memo isn’t apologetic-it’s strategic. The USSR didn’t want to be scapegoated, but more critically, they didn’t want to be provoked into a confrontation sparked by public hysteria.

    It was a rare glimpse of real-time, real-world political containment.

    🧩 The Narrative Moscow Couldn’t Control

    The irony of the document is that the Soviets were right. The speculation did take over.

    And for decades, the questions about who really killed Kennedy-and whether Oswald had help-have refused to fade.

    But the Soviets weren’t worried about conspiracy theories.

    They were worried about bombs.

  • The Soviet Tip That Came Too Late

    The Soviet Tip That Came Too Late

    Document 180-10144-10130, released in the 2025 JFK files, reveals a chilling moment from the days after President Kennedy’s assassination: a Soviet source, known to the FBI, claimed Oswald was a patsy-and that the assassination was “not the work of one man.”

    But the memo that recorded this warning was buried in internal files and never seriously pursued.

    Decades later, it reads like a red flag flapping in silence.

    🔍 “Not the Work of One Man”

    The document is a summary of information provided by a Soviet embassy contact who had previously been cooperative with American intelligence.

    In the aftermath of JFK’s murder, he offered a chilling and unsolicited statement: that the Soviet government believed Oswald was being used-and that the killing had signs of a broader plan.

    “They do not believe this was the work of a single individual.”

    That comment came within 72 hours of the assassination.

    But no formal investigation followed. No expanded inquiry. The memo was routed, read-and then forgotten.

    🚫 Ignored Intelligence

    The file shows that U.S. officials didn’t trust the tip-believing it could be Soviet disinformation or a tactic to deflect suspicion.

    But the memo includes no analysis, no cross-referencing, and no follow-up plan.

    In a moment when every lead should’ve mattered, this one was dismissed as a nuisance.

    🧩 A Missed Opportunity-or a Dodged Truth?

    Today, this memo is part of a broader picture: Cold War intelligence agencies that were so busy protecting their narratives that they let potential evidence slip through unchallenged.

    This wasn’t just a missed opportunity.

    It was an early warning buried beneath red tape.

  • The Lost Tapes, Oswald, Embassies, and the Mexico City Cover-Up

    The Lost Tapes, Oswald, Embassies, and the Mexico City Cover-Up

    The 2025 JFK files confirm the CIA had audio of Oswald calling the Soviets. So why were the tapes destroyed-and what did they really capture?

    🚪 A Window of Opportunity (Closed)

    In the weeks before JFK was assassinated, Lee Harvey Oswald traveled to Mexico City, where he visited both the Soviet and Cuban embassies. That alone should have triggered alarm bells. But the 2025 files confirm something far worse:

    The CIA had audio surveillance on Oswald.
    The recordings existed.

    And they were destroyed-conveniently-after the assassination.

    The files now prove: the story we were told about Oswald’s Mexico trip was edited, redacted, and outright falsified.

    📁 CIA Surveillance in Mexico City: Operation LIENVOY

    Mexico City was one of the most heavily surveilled foreign outposts in the CIA’s network during the Cold War.
    Their program, LIENVOY, tapped phone lines inside the Cuban and Soviet embassies.

    The 2025 documents confirm:

    • Oswald called the Soviet embassy multiple times.
    • He spoke with Valeriy Kostikov, a known KGB officer reportedly linked to Department 13-the KGB’s assassination unit.
    • CIA officers recorded and transcribed the calls-including one where Oswald appeared agitated, demanding immediate approval for travel documents.

    🕵️‍♂️ The Destruction of the Tapes

    After JFK’s assassination, the Warren Commission asked the CIA for any tapes of Oswald’s Mexico calls.

    The Agency responded:

    “All tapes are routinely erased after 14 days.”

    But the 2025 files show that this was false.

    • Internal CIA memos indicate that the Oswald tapes were retained weeks after the assassination, despite the official policy.
    • A cable dated December 1963 acknowledges that audio analysis was performed after the assassination, proving the tapes still existed.
    • Another document includes a staff note: “Recommend immediate disposal to limit interagency review.”

    They weren’t “routinely erased.” They were intentionally erased-after Oswald was dead.

    🎧 Who Was Really on the Tape?

    Another mystery the 2025 documents hint at-but don’t fully resolve-is this:

    Was the voice on the tape even Oswald’s?

    Some CIA staff questioned whether the caller was an impersonator. The 2025 release includes:

    • A report titled “Identity Unconfirmed: Soviet Call Intercept”
    • A voice comparison memo stating “inconclusive” match with known Oswald samples
    • A request to “avoid further dissemination of the anomaly”

    The CIA killed the tapes-and the question-before it could go public.

    🧩 Why This Is a Smoking Gun (Not Just a Glitch)

    Oswald calling the Soviet embassy, speaking to a KGB assassin handler, just weeks before JFK is killed? That should’ve triggered a full-stop security alert.

    But instead:

    • The tapes vanished
    • The transcripts were redacted
    • The embassy logs were altered

    And the CIA told Congress a different version of the story-a version that now lies in tatters, thanks to the 2025 disclosures.

    🔚 One Tape Could’ve Changed Everything

    If the tapes had been preserved-if they’d reached the Warren Commission, or Congress, or the public-we might have had proof of intent, proof of a wider network, or proof that Oswald wasn’t acting alone.

    Instead, we got nothing.

    Because when the most crucial piece of evidence disappears, what’s left is not just a mystery.

    It’s a message.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Tapes, Embassies, and Espionage: Oswald’s Mexico City Mystery

    Tapes, Embassies, and Espionage: Oswald’s Mexico City Mystery

    The 2025 JFK files confirm the CIA was listening when Oswald visited the Cuban and Soviet embassies weeks before the assassination. So why did they pretend they weren’t?

    🚪 A Deadly Detour

    In late September 1963-less than two months before JFK’s assassination-Lee Harvey Oswald traveled to Mexico City, a move that’s long puzzled investigators, historians, and intelligence analysts alike.

    Why was he there?

    Who did he meet?

    And why did the CIA act like it didn’t matter?

    Thanks to newly declassified documents from 2025, we now have clarity on a few chilling facts:

    ✅ The CIA had Oswald under audio and visual surveillance.
    ✅ His voice was recorded during calls to Soviet and Cuban officials.
    ✅ They knew exactly who he met-and pretended otherwise.

    This wasn’t a case of missed intelligence.

    This was intelligence that was buried.

    🕵️‍♂️ The Revelation: Oswald Was Recorded in Mexico City

    One of the most significant takeaways from the March 2025 document dump is a set of CIA cables confirming intercepts of Oswald’s phone calls and movements while he was in Mexico City.

    During his trip:

    • Oswald visited both the Cuban and Soviet embassies.
    • He made at least two phone calls to the Soviet compound, reportedly attempting to secure a visa to Cuba via Moscow.
    • He spoke to Valeriy Kostikov, a KGB officer believed to be involved in Department 13-the KGB’s assassination division.

    That last point? It’s been discussed for decades. But now, with these files, it’s no longer just rumor-it’s on paper.

    🎙️ The Tapes and the Cover Story

    Here’s where things get strange.

    The CIA had multiple surveillance operations in Mexico City, including wiretaps on embassy phones. These intercepts were tagged and analyzed-yet when the Warren Commission began asking questions in 1964, CIA officials told them the tapes had been erased or “recycled.”

    But the new 2025 files show:

    • Transcripts of Oswald’s actual phone calls were still in CIA archives after the assassination.
    • A memo shows that CIA officers discussed Oswald’s voice print and compared it to other recordings.
    • Multiple internal warnings were sent from Mexico City station to Langley, flagging the contact with Kostikov as highly sensitive.

    So why the erasure narrative?

    🧾 Because admitting they had the tapes would also admit they were closely monitoring a man who would go on to kill the president.

    🧠 Why This Trip Mattered So Much

    Oswald’s trip to Mexico was more than a casual detour. It was a dangerous cocktail of Cold War tension:

    • He was trying to get into Cuba, potentially as a sympathizer or operative.
    • He reached out to Soviet intelligence, specifically an assassination-linked officer.
    • He made contact with multiple embassy officials, who likely reported on him to their home governments.

    The CIA knew all of this before Dallas-and chose silence.

    🧩 A Narrative That Keeps Shifting

    For decades, the official U.S. position was:

    “We didn’t know enough about Oswald. He wasn’t on our radar.”

    But the Mexico City files-especially the intercepts and surveillance data-prove otherwise. The CIA had eyes (and ears) on him, flagged his behavior, and intentionally obfuscated the record.

    Even internally, some agents were alarmed. One document released in 2025 quotes a CIA analyst writing:

    “Why was the Mexico Station not ordered to report the contact with Kostikov to the Secret Service or FBI immediately?”

    No one ever answered that question.

    🔚 A Trip That Should Have Changed Everything

    Oswald’s visit to Mexico City wasn’t some rogue vacation. It was a red-flagged, wiretapped, and highly scrutinized trip that should have changed the course of history-but instead became part of a cover-up.

    The CIA had the intel.

    They had the tapes.

    And now, we have the proof.

  • Oswald and the KGB: What the Soviets Really Thought After JFK Was Killed

    Oswald and the KGB: What the Soviets Really Thought After JFK Was Killed

    A Soviet Panic in Real Time

    After President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, one of the first global reactions didn’t come from the White House, the CIA, or the FBI-it came from the KGB.

    What the newly declassified JFK files from 2025 reveal is stunning:

    The Soviet Union didn’t believe Oswald acted alone.

    In fact, they didn’t even believe he acted on his own at all.

    According to fresh intelligence cables and internal memos, the KGB was immediately suspicious-not just of Oswald, but of a possible U.S.-backed conspiracy designed to trigger war.

    🕵️‍♂️ The Revelation: The USSR Thought It Was a Coup

    Among the most striking documents in the 2025 release is a CIA analysis of KGB chatter and internal Soviet assessments from the days following November 22, 1963.

    Key details include:

    • Soviet officials feared Kennedy’s assassination was an inside job.
    • They considered Oswald’s defection and return “highly suspicious” and believed he might have been manipulated by U.S. intelligence.
    • The USSR went into emergency lockdown mode, fearing the assassination was a pretext for nuclear war.

    One source quoted in the CIA cable said the Soviets considered Oswald “too unstable” to be trusted with such an operation-unless he was being controlled.

    🧠 The Soviet Profile of Oswald

    The KGB’s records (as interpreted by CIA analysts) paint a sharp psychological portrait:

    • They believed Oswald was mentally unbalanced but also too immature and disorganized to act alone in such a high-level operation.
    • They didn’t buy the “lone wolf” theory pushed by the Warren Commission.
    • Soviet analysts openly questioned why Oswald was allowed to return to the U.S. so easily after defecting to the USSR-a red flag even to them.

    “He was either part of a larger plot,” one Soviet officer allegedly said, “or he was being used by someone who was.”

    📉 A Plot to Blame Russia?

    One of the USSR’s biggest fears was that the assassination would be blamed on them-especially given Oswald’s background. He had defected to the Soviet Union in 1959, married a Russian woman, and lived there for years before returning to the U.S.

    When JFK was shot, the Soviets feared the worst:

    Would the U.S. claim this was a Soviet plot? Would that justify war?

    As a result, Soviet intelligence officials scrambled to distance themselves from Oswald. They even monitored Marina Oswald (Lee’s wife) long after she left the USSR, concerned that she too might unknowingly be part of an American operation.

    🧩 Why This Matters Today

    This new information adds an unexpected twist to the JFK narrative. Not only were American agencies opaque and evasive, but our Cold War rivals were just as confused-and terrified.

    If the Soviet Union believed the U.S. intelligence community might have orchestrated a false flag assassination of their own president, that suggests:

    • The lone gunman theory wasn’t widely accepted-even by America’s enemies.
    • Oswald’s ties to Russia weren’t just a Cold War curiosity-they were a potential tripwire for nuclear war.
    • The global fallout from JFK’s murder was almost far more catastrophic than we ever realized.

    🔚 The Assassin Who Terrified the Kremlin

    The 2025 declassified files don’t just tell us what U.S. agencies knew about Lee Harvey Oswald. They tell us what the rest of the world feared-and how close we might have come to a conflict far beyond Dealey Plaza.

    Oswald wasn’t just a man with a rifle in a window.
    To the Soviets, he was a possible pawn in a game they didn’t understand-and couldn’t afford to lose.

  • The CIA’s Shadow Dance with Oswald: What the 2025 JFK Files Just Revealed

    The CIA’s Shadow Dance with Oswald: What the 2025 JFK Files Just Revealed

    Newly declassified records reveal the CIA had eyes on JFK’s assassin for years-and deliberately misled investigators for decades.

    🚪 Behind the Curtain

    In March 2025, the U.S. government quietly released over 63,000 previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While many files contain bureaucratic footnotes, one revelation rises above the noise-and it could reshape how we view not just JFK’s death, but the institutions that investigated it.

    The Central Intelligence Agency knew far more about Lee Harvey Oswald-long before November 22, 1963-than they ever admitted.
    And thanks to these new files, we now have the receipts.

    📁 The CIA’s Oswald File-Opened in 1959

    The CIA first opened a file on Lee Harvey Oswald in late 1959, when the former Marine defected to the Soviet Union. That alone wasn’t suspicious-tracking defectors was routine. But what’s stunning is how much that file grew over time… and how deliberately the CIA downplayed its importance after the assassination.

    According to newly released internal memos, Oswald was tracked not only through official channels but also by special counterintelligence operations inside the Soviet bloc and Mexico. The files show that:

    • CIA staff flagged Oswald’s behavior as potentially dangerous.
    • His contacts with Soviet officials were closely monitored.
    • His name appeared in communications surveillance logs collected from Mexico City.

    📍 Mexico City-The Red Flag No One Followed

    One of the most alarming details comes from Oswald’s trip to Mexico City in the fall of 1963-just weeks before JFK’s assassination.

    The CIA’s Mexico City station recorded Oswald visiting both the Soviet and Cuban embassies, reportedly trying to secure visas. He met with a KGB officer known to be involved in assassinations, and even made phone calls that were intercepted by CIA wiretaps.

    These weren’t vague tips or rumors.
    The CIA recorded his voice, transcribed his words, and sent cables back to Langley describing him in real time.

    So why wasn’t this passed along to the FBI or Secret Service?

    That question leads us to the people at the top.

    🎭 The Cover-Up-Who Lied and Why?

    The new files focus heavily on three key CIA officials:

    • James Jesus Angleton – Head of CIA Counterintelligence
    • Richard Helms – Then-Deputy Director, later Director
    • George Joannides – CIA liaison to anti-Castro Cuban groups

    All three knew about Oswald before JFK’s assassination. But when questioned-years later-they claimed ignorance.

    🔍 In 1978, during a House Select Committee investigation, Angleton testified under oath that Oswald wasn’t a subject of interest.
    The new files show that was a lie.

    🧾 Internal CIA memos from before 1963 show Angleton’s office receiving updates about Oswald’s defection, marriage to a Russian woman, and return to the U.S.

    George Joannides is even more enigmatic. He managed the Directorate of Plans project that handled Cuban exile groups like the DRE-one of which had direct encounters with Oswald in New Orleans months before the assassination. When Congress asked about Joannides’ role, the CIA intentionally withheld his identity and activities.

    🧠 What This Tells Us About the CIA

    This is not a conspiracy theory. These are declassified, authenticated government records.

    What we now know:

    • The CIA had substantial pre-assassination intelligence on Lee Harvey Oswald.
    • Top CIA officials withheld this information from Congress and the Warren Commission.
    • There was a concerted internal effort to downplay or destroy records tying Oswald to CIA field operations.

    And none of this emerged until over 60 years later.

    🧩 Why It Still Matters

    The core question of the JFK assassination has always been:

    Was Lee Harvey Oswald truly acting alone?

    These new files don’t definitively answer that. But they blow a massive hole in the government’s own narrative.

    If Oswald was being actively monitored-and if high-level CIA officials buried that fact-then it opens the door to new questions:

    • Why wasn’t Oswald stopped?
    • Was he being used as an intelligence asset or bait?
    • Why did so many investigators have to rely on doctored or redacted evidence for decades?

    🔚 The Lie Was Bigger Than the Crime

    What these 2025 files reveal is not a smoking gun-but a smoking firewall. The CIA may not have pulled the trigger, but they obstructed and distorted the path to truth.

    We owe it to history-and to the American public-to keep asking why.