</s>104-10092-10202 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 CLASSIF.D. MESSAGE TO : DIRECTOR FROM : MEXICO CITY ACTION: C1, C1/CPS, W1, 7, RFP, VR RETURN TO CIA

**John F. Kennedy**

* Born May 29, 1917
* Elected President of the United States in 1960
* Assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas

**Assassination Investigation**

* Warren Commission (also known as the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy) established to investigate the assassination
* Commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren and comprising six members: Allen W. Dulles, John J. McCloy, Richard Russell Jr., Hale Boggs, Gerald Ford, and John E. Cooper

**Lee Harvey Oswald**

* Identified as the primary suspect in the assassination of President Kennedy
* Employed at the Texas School Book Depository building from which shots were fired
* Fired from employment at Fairchild Aircraft factory due to poor performance
* Had connections to the Soviet Union and had attempted to defect to Cuba

**CIA Involvement**

* CIA officer George Joannides involved in the investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald's activities
* CIA had previously investigated Oswald's attempts to contact Cuban officials
* Agency had also monitored Oswald's interactions with Soviet officials

**Mexico City Connection**

* Lee Harvey Oswald visited Mexico City on September 25, 1963, and met with Sylvia Duran, a Mexican national who was involved with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC)
* Oswald attempted to obtain a visa to travel to Cuba but was denied
* CIA had been monitoring Oswald's activities in Mexico City

**Investigations and Findings**

* Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) later found that there was a "probable" conspiracy involving government agencies, including the CIA and FBI
* HSCA also found that there were inconsistencies in the testimony of key witnesses, including George Joannides

JFK Declassified Files

104-10092-10202.pdf

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