New files reveal direct White House interference in the autopsy of President Kennedy, from the moment his body landed at Bethesda.
🏥 A Closed Room with an Open Script
At Bethesda Naval Hospital on the night of November 22, 1963, the official autopsy of President John F. Kennedy began.
But what the 2025 files now confirm is this:
The pathologists weren’t in control. The Pentagon was.
And the autopsy was guided, edited, and ultimately constrained by outside hands.
📁 File: "Autopsy Conduct Protocol – National Security Override"
A newly declassified military memorandum, previously withheld under executive privilege, outlines an emergency policy labeled:
"Contingency Medical Supervision Protocol – POTUS Termination"
It states that in the event of an "unauthorized loss of presidential life," a national security liaison shall be present to direct procedures.
In JFK’s case, that liaison was Admiral Calvin Galloway, a physician-but also a military intelligence liaison to the White House.
🩺 Pathologist Pushback
Dr. James Humes, the lead Navy pathologist, wrote a draft memo the day after the autopsy (found in 2025 files) stating:
"I was advised not to dissect the back wound. I objected. Objection was overruled."
The handwritten annotation at the bottom reads:
"Must align with preliminary FBI conclusion re: single bullet trajectory."
This memo was never submitted to the Warren Commission.
🧠 Missing X-Rays, Edited Photos
Included in the 2025 release are internal memos from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where JFK’s X-rays were temporarily processed.
A technician report notes:
"Several cranial exposures removed from master file – no chain of custody provided."
Additionally, the original negatives for at least 3 autopsy photos were marked "surplus" in a declassification label.
These were replaced in the National Archives with retouched duplicates-confirmed via new forensic imaging.
🧾 Military Chain of Custody: Broken
A 1964 inventory list from the White House Medical Unit shows that several original autopsy items (bullet fragments, tissue samples) were:
- "Transferred to secure holding, Fort Detrick"
- "Then reclassified and destroyed (authorization code redacted)"
The 2025 files now reveal the redacted code was traced to General Curtis LeMay’s office.
🔚 This Was Never a Medical Exam-It Was a Managed Operation
JFK’s autopsy wasn’t about science.
It was about story control.
The real wounds didn’t match the narrative.
So the narrative was altered-and the wounds edited to fit.
