Overview

• The newly released files include unredacted details about CIA surveillance, Lee Harvey Oswald's activities, and Cold War operations, but no major revelations about the assassination itself.
• Historians and researchers emphasize that analyzing the vast trove of documents will take time, with many hoping for insights into longstanding conspiracy theories.
• Two-thirds of the promised JFK files remain unreleased, drawing criticism from experts and transparency advocates who had expected a full disclosure.
• The files reveal that Lee Harvey Oswald communicated with Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City before the assassination, but the KGB concluded he was not under their control.
• The incomplete release has reignited public interest and conspiracy theories, including allegations of CIA involvement and questions about the official narrative that Oswald acted alone.