WARREN REMARK LEAVES ROUGH SPOT IN DETAILED REPORT ON ASSASSINATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600160008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 29, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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I'M E REPORT DOES ANSWER one question upon
which there had been considerable public specula.,
tion after the chief justice had made.his remark. It)
was rumored then that Lee Oswald could have been.
a. "double agent" In the employ of our own Central;
Intelligence Agency or -some bther highly sensitive,
branch of our government, and that he was on the'.
federal government payroll at the time of the assassi j
nation.
Quite obyicusly, if Information of this nature had
been secured and verified, its publication would have"
disastrous repercussions throughout the entire fed-
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BUT FOR AN OFF-THE-CUFF and probably :much-, era government structure. e , e commission re-
` port clearly states that federal officials had testified
regretted remark by the Chief Justice of the Su- that neither the FBI nor tahe CIA "had used Oswald
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preme Court a few months ago, it seems quite likely in any capacity." If this be fitY;4 nd there is no
that the bulky and highly-detailed report of the War- reason to doubt it, then that particular speculation
ren Commission on the assassination of the late 1'resi- ;i would hardly have justified the Warren statement to
dent John F. Kennedy'will answer nearly all the nag- reporters.
ging doubts that have surrounded this tragic affair +~ That leaves one other field of speculation open.
The report, Itself, represents an extremely fine That would be that he was in the employ of a foreign
piece of investigative work, and leaves little question governilient, notably Russia, and that revelation of f
but that both the assassination of President Kennedy such a connection could have a disastrous effect on
and the assassin's subsequent murder by Jack Rub present Soviet-American relationships.
were individual acts motivated by personal reasons The report does go into considerable detail explaining Os-
rather than by any organized conspiracy. . wald's sojourn .in Russia, and it states no evidence had been =
The evidence gathered by the Warren Commission y compiled Involving any foreign government in Oswald's ap
during 10 months of effort and with the full coopera- parent lone wolf decision to assassinate President Kennedy.
?tiori "of dozens of federal and ' local investigative But here agave if there was no evidence along these lines why,:;
would a man as knowledgable as Chief Justice Warren, and who
agencies proves beyond almost any shadow of doubt
that Lee Oswald was the man responsible for P.i~esi- was chairman of the investigating committee, feel compelled
dent Kennedy's murder. to make a public statement indicating certain evidence might'
have to be withheld from publication for many years?
The conclusion that Lee Oswald acted alone ASO -i' Outside of this notable exception, we think the report
seems well borne out, by the evidence presented in tle ? fully, clarifies most of the other questions that have lingered in
report, but when it is recalled that Chief Justice ~s ~. the public mind about this tragic affair. More than that, wo?
+ believe the criticism of the press, the Dallas police depart-;, ten told reporters last February that some of the eve-,.+
dente' eon piled In this case quite possibly might not ? rent, the FBI and the Secret Service in the report was cer?
,be released "in my lifetime or yours," speculation will tainly justifiable criticism, which can serve a valuable put
still remain that part of the complete story hasn't' r pose in the, future.
yet been 'told. 'That purpose will be achieved, however, only if, occupants
of the White House display a greater degree of cooperation?
The chief justice, to our knowledge, : has never' with those who have been assigned to guard then. President
completely clarified exactly what he meant by his :re- Johnson, for instance, has been exhibiting what' we feel Is a`
mark. Nor does that part of the report 'already - highly dangerous degree of almost complete disregard for the
Teased to the public indicate any information of such ;x security measures the Secret Service has put into effect to
confidential nature and import had been uncovcr. d protect his person. While it may be true that a president of
by the Commission to warrant its being locked atv;a the people must mingle with the people he serves, this does not
to be revealed only. to some future generation of `i' Justify' any president throwing security precautions to the winds
Aniericarts.: and exposing himself to any would-be assassin in a fashion
that' gives his security guards an. extreme case of jitters.
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any light on why. is remark sh Id have been made e certainly hope the Warren ' Commission's recommendations'
a foi? tiglitening presi&-heal ~cc?sri`v *111 be carried