In document 194-10006-10318, released as part of the 2025 JFK files, a short but pointed message from a State Department official lays down one clear instruction regarding Lee Harvey Oswald: do not speak to the press. Written after JFK’s assassination, the directive...
Document 194-10007-10422, part of the 2025 JFK files release, includes a CIA routing slip that might seem insignificant-until you realize what’s missing. The document references a message about Lee Harvey Oswald’s defection and return but doesn’t include the actual...
In document 194-10007-10417, released as part of the 2025 JFK files, a memo between CIA officials discusses limiting access to sensitive Oswald-related material-not for reasons of classification, but because of potential “misinterpretation.” The subtext is...
Document 206-10001-10000 doesn’t just tell the story of a missing Soviet defector-it captures a subtle intelligence failure in the most dangerous month of the Cold War. The Soviet’s unverified departure from Mexico City was recorded just days before the Cuban...
Document 206-10001-10009 reveals a psychological profile of Lee Harvey Oswald created by CIA-affiliated analysts weeks after the assassination. What makes this file different? It contains a controversial theory-quietly buried in an internal memo-that Oswald may have...
In document 206-10001-10000, newly released in the 2025 JFK files, the CIA investigates a Soviet defector who was supposed to leave Mexico City-but never did. Instead, his scheduled departure quietly vanished from records, and no departure confirmation was ever...
