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Declassified JFK Files Highlight CIA Surveillance of Oswald and Cold War Covert Operations

The newly released documents offer no evidence contradicting the lone gunman theory but reveal extensive CIA activities and raise questions about agency oversight.

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Tran Le Xuan was the wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu, chief adviser to his brother Ngo Dinh Diem after he became president of South Vietnam in 1955. President Diem never married, and Madame Nhu unofficially was the first lady.
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Overview

  • The US National Archives released over 77,000 pages of JFK assassination-related documents, fulfilling an executive order by former President Donald Trump.
  • No new evidence challenges the official conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in President Kennedy's assassination, according to experts.
  • The files reveal that the CIA closely monitored Oswald's activities, including meetings with Cuban and Soviet operatives, months before the assassination.
  • Unredacted details expose Cold War-era CIA operations, such as covert support to anti-communist political parties and involvement in foreign assassinations like that of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
  • Privacy concerns have been raised after the release disclosed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers of former government employees.