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as potential threats to Kennedy and his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson.
Of cials described one such person this way: “Subject participated in pickets against JFK in 1961. Al-
legedly trained in guerrilla tactics & sabotage. Considered very dangerous by those who know him. Has visited USA & Cuba. Considered armed and dangerous.”
Some suspicions missed the mark badly.
One document describes a person who sent a letter to Johnson in December 1963 stating “you’re doomed.” The document says: “Interviewed 1/23/64; friendly. Said letter was a joke. Not dangerous. At- tending 5th grade.”
The collection also discloses a Sept. 14, 1962, meeting of a group of Kennedy’s senior aides, including brother Robert, the attorney general, as they discussed a range of options against Castro’s communist government.
The meeting was told the CIA would look into the possibility of sabotaging airplane parts that were to be shipped to Cuba from Canada. McGeorge Bundy, JFK’s national security adviser, cautioned that sensitive ideas like sabotage would have to be considered in more detail on a case-by-case basis.
Much of Thursday passed with nothing from the White House or National Archives except silence, leav- ing unclear how the government would comply with a law requiring the records to come out by the end of the day — unless Trump was persuaded by intelligence agencies to hold some back.
White House of cials said the FBI and CIA made the most requests within the government to withhold some information.
Trump ordered agencies that have proposed withholding material related to the assassination to report to the archivist by next March 12 on which speci c information meets the standard for continued secrecy. That standard includes details that could cause “harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement or conduct of foreign relations,” Trump wrote in his order. The archivist will have two weeks to tell Trump whether those recommendations validate keeping the withheld information a secret
after April 26.
The full record will still be kept from the public for at least six months — and longer if agencies make a
persuasive enough case for continued secrecy.
The collection includes more than 3,100 records — comprising hundreds of thousands of pages — that
have never been seen by the public. About 30,000 documents were released previously — with redactions. Whatever details are released, they’re not expected to give a de nitive answer to a question that still
lingers for some: Whether anyone other than Oswald was involved in the assassination.
The Warren Commission in 1964 concluded that Oswald had been the lone gunman, and another con- gressional probe in 1979 found no evidence to support the theory that the CIA had been involved. But
other interpretations, some more creative than others, have persisted. ___
https://interactives.ap.org/jfk-documents/
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Associated Press writers Alanna Durkin Richer in Boston and Laurie Kellman in Washington contributed
to this report.
AP Explains: Some JFK documents remain under wraps for now By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — The public is getting a look at thousands of secret government les related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but hundreds of other documents will remain under wraps for now.
The government was required by Thursday to release the nal batch of les related to Kennedy’s as- sassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. But President Donald Trump delayed the release of some of the les, citing security concerns.
Experts say the publication of the last trove of evidence could help allay suspicions of a conspiracy — at