In a 2025 file dump, a long-rumored but never-before-seen memo was unearthed - a personal note sent to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover just four days before JFK was killed.
It came from inside Dallas. It named Oswald. And it was never acted on.
𧞠âA Troubling Letter - Unverified but Specificâ
The document is a one-page memo labeled “DALLAS CORRESPONDENCE, NOV 18, 1963.”
It summarizes a handwritten letter received by Hooverâs office from a âconcerned ex-agent in the Dallas field office,â warning of:
âA man named Oswald, agitated, recently seen with known Cuban sympathizers. May attempt high-profile disruption if motorcade route is unchanged.â
The warning included a physical description, address, and mention of a recent trip to Mexico City.
đď¸ Where the Letter Went
According to the routing log, the memo was marked “non-critical” by Hooverâs executive assistant and filed under âmiscellaneous chatter.â
The letter was never passed to the Secret Service.
It was never forwarded to Dallas PD.
It was never even scanned.
Instead, it was stamped âDO NOT REPRODUCEâ and sealed in a restricted internal archive - unlisted until the 2025 review board accidentally uncovered it.
đ§ââď¸ Who Wrote It?
The sender remains redacted in the 2025 release - but a misfiled HR document in the same folder gives a clue.
It mentions a retired agent named James C. Brandt, who left the FBI in 1962 after internal friction with Dallas station leadership.
He had worked Latin American assignments.
He had once surveilled Oswaldâs movements in New Orleans.
He knew the name.
And he tried to say something.
đłď¸ The Letter That Couldâve Changed Everything
This wasnât a random tip.
It was direct.
Detailed.
And days ahead of the motorcade.
Why wasnât it passed on?
Because, as the 2025 margin note reads:
âSubjectâs credibility was internally debated. HQ decision was to sit tight unless follow-up emerged.â
None did.
Because Brandt was never contacted again.
𧨠They Were Warned. They Filed It Anyway.
There was a letter.
It named Oswald.
It described the threat.
It wasnât lost.
It was buried.