CIA OPERATIONS CENTER NEWS SERVICE: OPEN SOURCE ARTICLES CONCERNING CIA'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00369120
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2025
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2025
• Publication Date: May 21, 1976

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The committee tool: the action at a clo3ed meetine called to discuss the re:hilts of, i:s special inquiry into the shortcornines of the Inf.. the Central Innelieence Agency and other got-el-II- _racht aezecies that helped investieVe the murder. As chairman of a two- member. subcommittee that Lock up the controversial is- sue. Sen. Gary W. Hart (1)- Colo.) told -eporters tuit he had seen .no evidence to in- validate the. Warren Com- mission's finding that Lee Harvey Oswald was Kenne- dy's lone assassin. But he added that "the re- maining question. which the Warren Commission did not answer, was why'"' "lt's in that area." hart said. that I think the lin- gering doubts remain:' - The other subeommittee member. Sen. Richard S. Sche.-eiker frePaO. predicted that the committee would release a fairly detailed and. he Idnted, troubling report later this month on fafture.; of the oriental iir:e.itieltion of the Presieeet's death mot nagging issues that need to be- pursued. Schweiker indicated I:en he was not persteeded that Oswald acted aleee ur erC:1 that Oswald fired any of the bullets that day in Dallas. -I have always questioned the Warren Commission ending about whe ehl it and inr-v it was e�',11�-" roPh:�tet-s- ':-Ty si.e months on ties sub- stri. The ....one abent o �Our of hue:Ile:6. reek-Intended that the new ire-le:re- he IIII-710:ta!,:ea by the permanent Senate intel- ligence me.e.n.ieht. cornmettee the Sieee. is censiderine es- tahli O!iree Meenweiie, documents je;t made public by the CIA in re_ponze to a freedom-of- . infcrmation lawsuit showed that C.I.A efficials were talk- ing oE assassinating Cuban Premier Fidel Castro and his closest advisers in early Narrh of 1963, apparently just a few days before se- cret. planning for a Cuban invasion was approved by the Eisenhower adrainistra-. tiome ' � Some critics of the War- ren Commission's work have su-7.e.sted that Kennedy's 1963 murder may have been in retaliation for the CiA's reported sponsorship of plots to kill Castro: - Others have centended that. the assos:.-ination could be traced to anti-Castro Cu- ban exiles bitter at Kennedy for the failure of tile Bay of Pigs invasion and for 'fits secret 'gestures toward _rap- prochement with the Cuban premier just before he was haled. In a 1975 memo: drafted for the Reckefeller commis- iorio a presidentialiy ap- pointed panel that. lool-te:: Into CIA abuses. and __made public last month. CIA coun- teriatelligence officials said they still .felt, as they did in 1954. that the Warren Com- mission report should have given more credence to the possibility of a foreien con- spiracy in lieht of promisino . leads that were rot pursued. The Senate intellieence committee's investigation of CIA-sperisered � essassielarien plots showed that the .scheming aeainst Castro cortinued - after Kerznedy'e death. Even on Nov. 22, 1953. the day Kennedy was shot la Diiiias. a hieh-rankine CiA official was meetine in Paris Wel: a secret eeent who wee a Castro -intimate to Offer him a pen rigged with a poi- son hypodermic needle for use on the Cuban premier. The heavily censored CIA assasE.:ination documents mac: rublie .c..e-terdav tee e oil e '� ot.11�1- temptcd ceuos \vet; �aritehs t The clocurnerte were re- - � leased by Rehert Doros-aefe . of the non-profit Center for National Security :udie as 3 parr of a free;ineeef-infor- .. mation project jointly spon- sored with the American ' Civil Liberties Union. The records w-ere all made available last eear -to the Rockefeller Commission and then to the Senate cone:nit-- tee. presumably with fewer deletions. - One six-pige duct-rine-at. deted May 13, 1951, titled _ ''CIA Covert Activities. Do- minican Republic." had. ev- erything excised from it ex- cept part oE one paragraph. : It peted out that rne CIA ' p' in senelied "internal- oopo- - sftiee le.eders" smith three rel. revolvers. three care � hines and aceompanyine am- � mueition as pm-sr:nal de- lease -.veapons attendant to their projected efforts to � veuteiiize Trtzillo." � - ke-nrdre to .nethoritative � sources. the CIA told. the White House in that same May 13, 196/, report that it .� also had some subrnachine guns and grenades in. Ciu- dad Trujillo which.could be; provided to the anti-Trujillo group if the go-ahead were given. The spy agency, however, deletrd this from the doett- . meet it eave Borosage. . ACLU national staft coun- sel John H. F. Shattuck said yesterday that he would con- tinue pressing in. court for more details. - Ile said he would 'suspend' judgrrient." as to v:hether the Boc'eefeller Commission get still more cieeureents that have yet to he acknowledged in any fashion. - According to the records released yesterday, Cas.tio's aeza3sination was mentioned as early as March 9. during a meeting of the CIA's -.Branch Task. Force." Presiding was Col. J. C. King. the chief of the Western Hemisphere Divi- sion within the CIA's Direc- torate of Plans. told the meeting that then-CIA Director . Alan poiiey eeeer' to the 7:h.:heed Seettohe Ceeteers O ;ht committee." which su- pervised covert operatic-es_ - The heavily censored memorandum for the record added: -Col. 'King star.en tna, (deleted) unless Fidat and F.aul Castro arid One Guevara ceulci be ehrei- nated in one packan_e_- - which is highly unlikely� this operation can be a lonz drawn-out affair and the- present goy-ere:nerd: will on1.y be overthrown by the :- use of force." Following the 1961 deba- cle at the Bay of Pigs_ Pre-si- dent Kennedy approved an. all-our secret war of saho- teg.?: and proga-eancla a Toni:es t. the Castro-regime under the code narae. 'Operation Mon- goose." whose de facto bass was Attorney Geeezal. Rob- ert F.. Kennedy. Reportiree, on a :'itlongoose- mee.ting" on Oat: 4, 1952. shortie- before the. Cuban missile crisis. thereCLA. Di- rector John :NleCene noted_ that. Robert Kennedy, 25. chair:In...a_ made plain_ h and the President's: "dissatisfaction with bele- of action in the sabotage field?' The documents showed that the legacy a asercesirea- tion ir.volverne-nt continued to pursue the CtA. even al- ter last year's investigations : were starting to brine the= !to the surface_ In early April of 1975, St. few weeks before the final. U.S.. evacuation of South VI- I etnam, for instance. CIA. headquarters here was. eel.- ' Gent*. told of a "potential I coup" being planned-against. , South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in hemes. I,- that the change would brine ; continued American support foe the beleciguered country.. .The CIA reacted with. � deep alarm, fueled by-mem- . ones of the PM coup that � resulted in .the death ci President Ngo Dieh:Diern. -With Diem president and current Allegations egainst our zeeney." then-CIA Di- rector William Eh Colby- Ca- bled Saigon on Ape!' 4. 1975, "it. would be both institu- tional and national disaster if there were any remote � connection between us and. such an event ..... If thins. - get complicated at all,. ad- !: vise and I will rezorn-reerid stroneest effort to facilitate- Ti E s pas- s:lee zed haven." 7 #ft4a / 7-) -61 tit") t/.,A-.1 -VC / p, / L 43- b " � � � � 14 May 1976 ) REFERENCES TO CIA ON TELEy,ISION NEWS 7 , FRIDAY, 14 MAY 1976, 0700-0800 HOURS 1&_-'t,- ,/- ; c--- f.x.- - ..:: A; /--',..4, ,I _ c�_.(,..,j---- -,-J1/4._A-- '2T----f--- CBS News-ocftespondents Fred Graham and Bruce Morton interviewed Senator Richard Schweiker (R Pa.) about his work 'on a Senate subcommittee investigating the assassinatiorif -./: y of President Kennedy. Part of the exchange.... , u 1!) Fred Graham - "Was this deliberate shading of the truth by these investigative agencies (referring to the CIA and FBI as investigative agencies), or was it inefficiency or both?" Senator Schweiker - "Actually it was both, and I think it was significantly both, and dealt with both organizations (CIA and FBI)." .11: 4ft-11 for these organizations to lie?" .44 CZ 'Zs 644" ce4 a __t Fred Graham - "What would have been the motive Senator Schweiker - "Unfortunately we don't know that, but there is no question in my mind that they did, and whether they were ordered to do it or did it for their own personal reasons I don't know and that is what I hope Phase II of our investigation will find out." (10 mins.) On _Nes-, correspondent Ford Rowan reports that Senator Gary Hart (D Colo.), a member of the Senate Committee, says the new evidence does not disprove the Warren Commission's conclusion that Oswald killed Kennedy. (Screenings of the program may be arranged by calling Pictorial Services Branch, x7407.) Simmons t."1/4-- C r� ( �-� '3; ( 4 h4Y-c"-A-J/12'14 ��� CBS News - 14 May Sen. Schweiker, Fred Graham and Bruce Morton_ Gentlemen. _ APPROVED FOR RELEASE1993 Ciri HISTORIC. It REM -PROGRAM Good morning, Hughes. Senator Schweiker, you said before you made the preliminary investigation, that you had a hunch or feeling that when all the facts were known, the Warren Commission report into the Kennedy assassination would collapse like a house of cards. Well, now you've had a chance to look into this preliminarily. Do you still believe that? Yes, I do. In fact, my six months of work on the Committee convinces that My original hunch is now reenforced and. strengthened and I feel that way stronger than ever. Well, can you tell us generally the areas that you've gone into that have given you this impression. With our limited time and resources, we can focus on the role of the CIA and the FBI played in the investigation. Right before we went into it, we had found out, of course, that -- and part of our full Committee did this, that Allen Dulles had been in on the official plots to kill Castro, yet he didn't breathe one word about it to the Warren Commission when he 2 was a member of it. We found out the FBI deStroyed a note in Dallas that was significant in terns of Oswald's relationship. Our full Committee uncovered the fact that J. Edgar Hoover had a:do-not-file procedure for destroying their own embarrassing edocuments and a Hoover affidavit that he filed with the Warren Commission never said to the best of his knowledge and belief, only that his records showed certain things. Our investigation to went further but in/those kind of investigative matters and found some significant new material about deficiencies and defectiveness in the investigation. Well, now when you say deficienCies, was this deliberate shading of the truth by these investigative agencies or was it inefficiency of both? Actually, it was both, and I think it was significantly both- and dealt with both organizations. � ..- What would have been the motive for these organizations to lie? Unfortunately, we don't know that. But there's no question in my mind that they did, and whether they were ordered to do it, or did it for their own personal reasons, I don't know. And that's what I hope phase two of our investi;i1- would find out. 3 who Senator, Gary Hart/was with you on this two-man sub-committee said yesterday, as I understand it, that he thought there were some questions about Oswald's motive, whether he was working for Castro or whatever. But that he didn't really have any doubts that Oswald did it and did it by himself. Are your doubts wider than that? Yes, I would say so_ I would agree with Sen. Hart in that the question of whether Oswald was working .for the pro-Castro or anti-Castro Cubans a key, and I think that if you answer that you'll answer the riddle of the Kennedy assassination. And 50 I agree with that far. But, frankly, I don't see if you have an investigation that you know is defective and you can prove it's defective almost across the board, how you-can conclude the conclusion is right. And that's where my doubts rest. Do you know of any evidence at all that would lead you to believe that Oswald was not the assassin or that he was not the lone assassin? Well, we haven't been able to go that far. We simply went with the intelligence agencies investigations. Our mandate didn't go beyond that. On the other hand, I frankly, So, the answer to that question is no. 4 Well, the answer is no now. But I'would frankly believe that if we pursued some very hot leads that we have ROW that weren't pursued by the Warren Commission, that we well may answer that question. Well, now are you suggesting that this further investigation that your Committee recommended yesterday, is very likely to go beyond an investigation of the investigation, and really become a sort of a re-investigation of the Kennedy Assass\ination? Well, it certainly has to go beyond what we did because we hare some hot leads hanging in the air_. And it's very frustrating after working on it so long to have that particular curtain drawn. So I think naturally they'd have to follow those up, and the answer would be yes, it would go beyond. In other words, the question the investigators would ask was not the original investigation satisfactory, but who killed Kennedy. I think for the first time our subcommittee focused on where to look for the needle in the haystack. Nobody knew that Up to now. I think now we pretty well know where to look, know what to look for, and we know what questions to ask. And from what I can see, the CIA or the FBI never was in that ballpark, S if . Well, Senator, he was right in New York. I just said/there is no evidence as far as you know that anyone other than 'Oswald committed the murder, what's the uproar about? co, I guest I don't understand it; Well, this wasn't what we investigated. Let me ask you this, if an investigation is proved to be deficient, it's basis for a new trial. F,or example, just the fact that the note was destroyed in Dallas would give Lee Harvey Oswald a new trial and he wouldn't be guilty today if he were alive. That note was the one in which Oswald told the FBI agent, ."Quit bothbring my wife or I'll punch you in the nose" or something to that effect, wasn't it? That's correct. But also if they didn't know enough to find we out that/were killing, planning to kill, Castro, and didn't investigate one of the prime motivation areas it would have made the whole investigation an abortion. And so what kind of an investigative conclusion is that when you start on the wrong premise. 6 Where are you going to look for that? You say you know where to look for the needle in the haystack. Where? Well, in the Cuban connection and in the relationship t!. between Oswald and the Cuban. community. And this just wasn't explored by the Warren Commission, to any extent. do Senator, you said you had some hot new leads. When/we find out what those were. I gather you can't tell us what those were. One of the problems with this is that the Committee in making these motions very wisely did include in their motions that anything that would basically hurt further investigation would have to be put aside for the new Committee. So frankly we can't give some of those out till we pursue them. But I 'still think there'll be enough significant new material that will come out to make a good point.