Document 180-10131-10325, released in the 2025 JFK files, contains firsthand commentary from Soviet officials responding to U.S. inquiries about Lee Harvey Oswald’s time in the USSR. The verdict from Moscow was firm: Oswald was isolated, distrusted, and ultimately...
Document 180-10144-10240, part of the 2025 JFK file release, provides an inside look at how Soviet officials reacted in real time to President Kennedy’s assassination. Instead of gloating, they were terrified. Soviet sources feared that Lee Harvey Oswald’s ties...
In the days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Soviet officials scrambled to issue reassurances that they had no hand in the killing. Document 180-10144-10240, released in the 2025 JFK files, captures this moment of Cold War panic. The Soviet...