Thousands of unedited government JFK assassination files released

The White House has ordered the merchandise of thousands of documents connected the execution of US President John F Kennedy successful afloat for the archetypal time.

With the work of immoderate 13,173 files online, the White House said much than 97% of records successful the postulation were present publically available.

No immense revelations are expected from the papers, but historians anticipation to larn much astir the alleged assassin.

Kennedy was changeable during a sojourn to Dallas, Texas, connected 22 November 1963.

A 1992 instrumentality required the authorities to merchandise each documents connected the assassination by October 2017.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden issued an enforcement bid authorising the latest disclosure.

But helium said immoderate files volition beryllium kept nether wraps until June 2023 to support against imaginable "identifiable harm".

A US enquiry successful 1964 recovered that Kennedy was killed by American Lee Harvey Oswald, who had antecedently lived successful the Soviet Union, and that helium acted alone.

JFK's decease spawned decades of conspiracy theories, but connected Thursday the CIA said the US spy bureau had "never engaged" Oswald, and did not withhold accusation astir him from US investigators.

Long-time JFK academics and theorists person hoped the latest merchandise would uncover much accusation astir Oswald's activities successful Mexico City, wherever helium met with a Soviet KGB serviceman successful October 1963.

In its latest statement, the CIA said that each accusation held by the bureau relating to his travel to Mexico City had antecedently been released, adding: "There is nary caller accusation connected this taxable successful the 2022 release."

The White House said the merchandise of the files would supply the nationalist with greater knowing of the probe into the assassination.

President Biden wrote successful his order: "Pursuant to my direction, agencies person undertaken a broad effort to reappraisal the afloat acceptable of astir 16,000 records that had antecedently been released successful redacted signifier and determined that much than 70 percent of those records whitethorn present beryllium released successful full.

"This important disclosure reflects my Administration's committedness to transparency and volition supply the American nationalist with greater penetration and knowing of the Government's probe into this tragic lawsuit successful American history."

The Trump medication released thousands of pages implicit the people of his presidency, but withheld others connected the ground of nationalist security, contempt the 1992 instrumentality forcing the merchandise each the accusation by 2017.

In October 2021, Mr Biden released astir 1,500 documents, but said helium was keeping others sealed to "protect against identifiable harm to the subject defence, quality operations, instrumentality enforcement, oregon the behaviour of overseas relations".

In the latest release, Mr Biden said that national agencies "have identified a constricted fig of records containing accusation for continued postponement of nationalist disclosure".

The 1964 Warren Commission enquiry concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. He was killed successful the basement of the Dallas constabulary office 2 days aft his arrest.