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.
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