Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir. From January of 1965 to about March of 1965, I was at Langley in the same area, in finance, policing accounts and auditing of special accounts, and I was promoted up to GS-9. Mr. WILCOTT - Destroyed or changed. Mr. GOLDSMITH - During what years did you work for the CIA? These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. The November 14, 1961 date came from Leon, Sexton branch manager in Dallas from 1961 to 1964. [13], (As an aside, CIA officer William Harvey worked for Bobbs-Merrill in the last years of his life as a law editor.[14]). Mr. PREYER - And you did mention the case officer who came in and told you that the money he had drawn out a few weeks earlier was drawn out for Oswald? I went immediately into the clear space on the ground floor and asked where there was a phone. Mr. WILCOTT - I don't understand. Mr. CORNWELL - However, I take it from the fact that, as you describe it, it wasn't always applied, that occasionally you did learn something about the identities of the persons or projects that the cryptonyms referred to; is that correct? Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir, they did not. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, when the officer told you -- strike that. Was there something more to this move than meets the eye? [19] Immediately after Adams and Styles went out the back door, Officer Marion Baker came in through the front door and met Roy Truly. (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.) It achieved commercial success in 1970 with a hit song called "Mr. Bojangles. In 1992, the band was still active, touring the country and recording albums. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you ever bring your allegation to the attention of anyone in the CIA? Mr. WILCOTT - It has been 15 years, and I can't remember specifically who said what, but certainly I am sure that Jerry Fox, for instance, had at least made some mention of it. Mr. SAWYER - What were some other instances? Mr. WILCOTT - Not at this time. Mr. GOLDSMITH - How many people in the CIA? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. Mr. WILCOTT - I don't really have anything and maybe I would just like to say I think it is time we got this thing cleared up; and I think for the good of the country and for good of the people I think it is really time that all of the facts were brought out and the people really get the facts. For instance, in accounting, when we had our audits, for instance, in most of the audits, he would call up somebody -- let's say in China Branch -- and say "I know you were having problems with this, would you like to look it over before the auditors come? This book provides the first useful, in-depth analysis of the 120 phone calls by LBJ in the week following the assassination regarding such items as the Civil Rights Act, demands made by the military and similar political power plays. According to this person, shortly after going to work for Bill Schelly, she & another new employee were subjected to some rather odd questioning when considering they were hired as clerks. ). Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir. Mr. WILCOTT - That is correct. Mr. PREYER - And have you made that available to us? In the mid-1970s, the band employed a ten-piece orchestra to back them up. It was only my personal I found it very, very difficult to talk about these things that I think ought to be talked about, very difficult. Mr. Shelly was Lee Harvey Oswalds supervisor at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy. Apparently, security measures to keep people from talking continued even after they went into retirement or found other occupations. 2 AM, Nov. 23. Then, as time Went on, I began to hear more things in that line. There was a person, Dave, who was a Deputy Chief. Mr. CORNWELL - All you can recall is that, when you. 3 By James Mathis and Martha Wagner Murphy Enlarge A photograph from Warren Commission exhibits shows the open limousine that carried President and Mrs. Kennedy through downtown Dallas. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, I believed it to be a little more than speculation, that the source at least of this kind of talk was, I believe, to be something more serious than speculation. When Joe entered the building, he took a recently installed passenger elevator to the fourth floor. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Would you tell the Committee what the "need-to-know" principle is? The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Espaol Fall 2017, Vol. I talked to reporters from various papers, and I talked to people in other forms of meetings, and to me it is not surprising at all. Did you want to do this or intend to proceed with that line of questioning? Mr. SAWYER - How long were you associated with that? I am sorry. Mr. CORNWELL - What year was that? The stark contrast in the quality of scholarship between the two books was one factor convincing him that there was a huge conspiracy behind the assassination. [26] FBI report of Oswald at the police station, Warren Report, p. 619. He closed his 1989 letter with a lurid metaphor: I will help any wayI just want to be forewarned. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. RX-ZIM. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And would he corroborate your observation that Oswald was an agent? Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, then, really, no purpose would have been served by checking those records? [6] They held a big meeting during which they warned everyone not to discuss the assassination with outsiders. as members of the F.B.I., approached the two new employees at work & took them to an empty room inside the building. The White House has announced that a trove of remaining records concerning the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy will not be released as planned, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It was a guard-type function at the station, which I worked for overtime. Mr. SAWYER - Thank you. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. They lingered in front of my apartment for nearly an hour, pointing their pistols at my window and shouting in a very threatening manner. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir, I did. I believe it was more in a speculative realm. As you can well imagine, she was quite confused because the job was low-paying and involved minor duties. that I had at my gate, and I did that with cryptonyms from time to time for something -- we would want to check back into their accounting for something. [12] Wilcotts 3/22/78 HSCA deposition, pp. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, actually even prior to the Kennedy, assassination, my wife and I both became disturbed about the stories that we kept hearing about things, control of newspapers and so on. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Why has it been difficult? Mar 26, 2017, 6:30:52 PM to The dubious allegations of James Wilcott, a former CIA finance officer who testified before the HSCA in executive session, are still repeated by theorists promoting. The CIA and the JFK Assassination. Mr. WILCOTT - Did you vote for President Kennedy? Mr. GOLDSMITH - How many people made this reference to Oswald being an agent of the CIA? [30] In that same article Rose writes that Shelly was one of the building employees who identified Oswald for the police when he was brought in to the station. Mr. SCHAAP - Do you mean, how many people who were in the CIA or how many people in the general population? He was still there when Garner retired in 1986. There are photos of him getting into a police car along with Bonnie Ray Williams and Daniel Arce. I will ask if you will stand and be sworn. [7] The Bergins house appeared to be under surveillance and their telephone line seemed to have been tapped. For many years he assisted organizations that helped veterans, monitored the nuclear power industry, and worked to ensure basic human rights. Mr. SAWYER - Who is the public safety commissioner? [18], Less than a minute after the assassination, two Scott Foresman employees, Victoria Adams and Sandra Styles, who were on the fourth floor, ran down the stairs to the first floor. I remember hearing about some CIA people who had somehow helped the right-wing Minute Men in Texas to get arms, originally intended for the invasion. Among the Dallas individuals and companies engaged in supplying arms to Cuban exiles and the Minute Men might have been the ones occupying the building at 411 Elm Street. [12], A suggestion of smuggling activities within the TSBD comes in the form of boxes too large to be practical containers of books. Spaulding Jones, former branch manager of MacMillan, said they moved in around 1957 or 1958. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Why would anyone have shared this particular information with you? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Mr. Wilcott, how long were these advance books retained? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. Which he was allegedly working for. Mr. WILCOTT - They were maintained on a thirty-day basis, and then they were closed off at the end of the month. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Would your Counsel identify himself for the recorder? Mae Brussell showed copies of this document to the editors of Globe. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, it is your testimony that, once you left the XXXXXXXX station, people, both at headquarters, in Langley, and at the Miami Station, made references to Oswald being an agent, is that correct? Mr. GOLDSMITH - And who is Jerry Fox? The first contact I had with any reporter or any newspaper people or any media people was with Glad Day Press. Mr. WILCOTT - Not really files; it was my book. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. This man said that a large wooden box, 36 x 48 x 60 inches, was used to import arms into the building, one with a false bottom. This was making payments and keeping pay records. According to an FBI report dated November 22, 1963, warehouse manager Roy Truly said, The Texas School Book Depository has occupied the building at 411 Elm Street for only a few months. [10] Larry Ray Harris at the age of 44 died in an automobile accident on October 5, 1996. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. WILCOTT - Very much. A huge cast of suspects. Please try your request again later. the day we would list all of the advances that were made in an advance book. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Mr. WILCOTT - I think it must have been two or three omths (sic) after the assassination. Perhaps that is why I was so unprepared during that brief step into the looking glass.. The building is a large, one-story, concrete tilt-up, ideal for storing and moving huge quantities of material goods with forklifts and palettes. The Warren Commission did all they could to delay the arrival time on the first floor by Adams and Styles in order to remove the two girls from the stairs when Oswald would have likely been on them. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Drawing your attention to the period immediately after the assassination of President Kennedy, at that time, did you come across any information concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's relationship with the CIA? He also claimed he had disbursed cash funds for Oswald or The Oswald Project. After his interview and testimony he was claims he was harassed by the federal government and put under surveillance. Mr. GOLDSMITH - You have indicated that you were not inclined to go to the Warren Commission because you were concerned about their security? Mr. WILCOTT - They were extremely vulgar and I don't think that I should give the full context of them. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Is the answer to that "yes"? She died in 1969. Mr. CORNWELL - Do you recall whether or not you used that in the process of looking through the 30-day book you described? Near the two freight elevators were Shelley and co-worker Billy Lovelady. It has every one that I can remember. Three of the seven boxes appear in a photograph in his book. Mr. WILCOTT - Jerry Fox was a Case Officer for his branch the Soviet Russia Branch, XXXXXXXXXX Station, who purchased information from the Soviets. Mr. WILCOTT - XXXXXXXXXXXX George Breen, Ed Luck, and. As far as that they actually said, they said they were having trouble with Oswald and that there was dissatisfaction with Oswald after he came back from the Soviet Union, and the would say things like "Well, you know this was the way to get rid of him -- to get him involved in this assassination thing and put the blame on Cuba as a pretext for another invasion or another attack against Cuba. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. As many JFK researchers know, James Wilcott was a CIA accountant from May 1957 through April 1966. Mr. WILCOTT - It was a book that I had. About four or five years after the assassination, she said, Scott Foresman and another publisher called Southwestern decided to sever ties with the Texas School Book Depository. Mr. PREYER - And Miami, was that comparable in size? The CIA then told him a story of how someone could be thrown out of a plane without a parachute and the CIA would protect them. He kept his pocket calendars from his years of employment, and he noted when the grocery company moved out of the building to a new facility in another part of Dallas. Mr. WILCOTT - Usually I threw them away at the end of the day or once in a while I would put it in -- I had a little folder where I kept personal things and it is possible I could have out it in there, but certainly it would have bee destroyed when I left. Mr. WILCOTT - My boss, Frank O'Connor said that this was told him by the public safety commissioner and that the FBI had told the public safety commissioner. In April of 1966, I resigned from the CIA. Mr. WILCOTT - The response was, among quote a few people "Oh, well, I am sure he was." Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Mr. DODD - And this would have been, now, shortly after the assassination? According to his testimony to the Warren Commission, after graduating from high school, he worked in defense plants a little bit during the war and started working at the Texas School Book Depository.[15] The short amount of time between his graduation in late May 1945 and the end of World War II on September 2 plus his employment in defense plants seems to conflict with his claim that he joined an intelligence service and became an officer. His information was that he had been unwitt. Mr. WILCOTT - Dozens, literally dozens. Mr. WILCOTT - No, I don't. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. Here, by your own testimony, you were supportive of the President, and certainly the most significant tragedy, I think, probably in the last 15 years or 20 years was the assassination of President Kennedy, and you are told by some who worked for the Agency that Oswald was a CIA agent and you already were dissatisfied with the actions of the Agency and you are told this in 1964 and yet it takes four, years, or two years, after you had left the Agency, recognizing the tremendous import and significance of that, and I am terribly confused as to why you decided to keep that information to yourself and to your wife. Mr. WILCOTT - The basis for that is discussions that I had with people at the XXXXX Station. (2009), James W. Douglass explains this in detail, including the James Wilcott story. He was not questioned by the Warren Commission. Two weeks later when I made a follow-up call, Kellner said that his partner Frank Morrow vaguely remembered the letter, but could not provide any additional information. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. Mr. DODD - You liked him? Mr. WILCOTT - No. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes sir. Also in this investigative report is information and connections on prime suspects : CIA Agent William King Harvey, CIA Agent George Joannides , CIA Agent David Altee Phillips and the confessions of CIA agent David Sanchez Morals and E Howard Hunt. His first day on the job was October 29, 1945. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY . Mr. WILCOTT - They would have summaries of some sort. I then proceeded to write an article called The Glaze Letters for the May 1999 issue of Jerry Roses JFK assassination research journal called The Fourth Decade. or C.I.A. Mr. GOLDSMITH - To your knowledge, would any records at CIA Headquarters document that Oswald was a CIA agent? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. I don't recall its origins with clarity, but I think it was given to me by a professor at Southern Methodist University here in Dallas. Mr. PREYER - That was shop talk, speculation, I gather; people were saying that the CIA is somehow connected with it. CIA finance officer James Wilcott said, Several different individuals or firms in Dallas had been involved in one way or another with acting as cut-outs for arms shipments to Cuban exiles for the invasion. As far as I know, the unknown Dallas author who interviewed has not published his book. (Its address, I later learned, was 11310 Gemini Lane.) Mr. WILCOTT - At least -- there was at least six or seven people, specifically, who said that they either knew or believed Oswald to be an agent of the CIA. Mr. WILCOTT - Gordon Finch. Mr. WILCOTT - Very briefly it did, yes, in what was finally published. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And were you dismissed by the agency or did you resign? Mr. CORNWELL - Perhaps I can rephrase the question and get more pointedly what I need without running into the problem that you see. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - enshrined on the lobby floor of the entrance to CIA headquarters. Which seems to be an odd premise, especially since, as Jerry Rose pointed out in his article, Important to Hold that Man there were at least 14 people missing from the building at the time; and they would not return until 1:30 PM. Retired TSBD vice president Ochus Campbell said the move took place about five years prior to the assassination. Hurt initially doubted that such a large container could be moved into the building inconspicuously. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. He directed me to another man nearer the door, who pointed to an office. Mr. CORNWELL - What group was it? Upon exiting the elevator, he saw a short hallway. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. [20] Before going up the stairs, Truly paused to tell Shelley to guard the stairs and elevators to make sure no one uses them.[21]. Mr. SAWYER - When you refer to Oswald as an agent, you are referring to the extent you have -- as an agent as opposed to a paid informer, in effect? Mr. CORNWELL - You had signed a secrecy oath while you were employed with the Agency? This is more than just an investigative report. Mr. GOLDSMITH - What was their response? 359-360, 386-387. There is a vast literature on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, . Do you believe that there was such a reference to Oswald? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Well, in other words, if you got the information three months after the assassination, Oswald had already been dead for three months, is that right? In 1938, he became a salesman for Scott Foresman. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you discuss this information with Mr. SAWYER - Are there any others that you can specifially identify as coming from the CIA or FBI? Mr. WILCOTT - Most of the people were involved in the civil rights movement or in the antiwar movement in 1968. I was in too much of a hurry to remember what the three men looked like. Mr. CORNWELL - When was that? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Excuse me, please proceed very slowly. There were two depositories in the state of Texas. His desire to tell what he knew overcame his fear at least twice in his life. According to Wilcott, Tokyo time of killing was approx. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And you testified without any reservation? Why would men who had just shown their FBI identification badges suspect that new employees were concealing the fact that they too were connected to an intelligence agency? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. On many occasions he had conversations with CIA personnel concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's employment as a CIA agent. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you prepare such a list? Strange Deaths Of People Who Knew Too Much About The JFK Assassination: 92 Witnesses, Researchers, CIA Agents, Police Officers, Reporters, Girlfriends Who Just Knew Way Too Much! Mr. WILCOTT - That he was a regular employee, receiving a full-time salary for agent work for doing CIA operational work. Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir. Mr. CORNWELL - What did they say along those lines? Henry Hurt, author of Reasonable Doubt, discovered such boxes while investigating the claims of an alleged conspirator. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Mr. Wilcott, did I ask you to prepare a list of CIA Case Officers working at XXXXXXXXX Station in 1963? Mr. WILCOTT - My wife and I came to believe that what CIA was doing couldn't be reconciled to basic principles of democracy or basic principles of humanism. The band started out in 1966 in Long Beach, California, and became known for its unique blend of country western and rock and roll. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, sir, the day after the assassination I don't think that there was any of that kind of talk. It must have been puzzling to Glaze, as it is to us reading his letters, why a government agency would be providing security for a privately-owned company. XXXXXXXXXXXXX. At my request, he sent me a copy. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Do you have anything to add in response to that question? Mary Lea Williams, a receptionist for Allyn & Bacon, said the move occurred two or three years before the assassination. Mr. DODD - I have no further questions. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And will you tell the Committee what that relationship was? Roy Truly, who started working for the book depository in 1934, took a part-time job at the North American Aviation plant in Arlington, Texas during the war years. Mr. CORNWELL - What year was that? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you ever actually Xerox records being destroyed or changed? They told me that I had passed both of those. Mr. CORNWELL - At what point in time did your discussions outside of the Agency first become a matter of publication in a newspaper or magazine or on television? However, while visiting the vacant building in 1983, Hurt saw seven large wooden boxes on the sixth floor, left behind by the TSBD when it moved to a new location in 1970. Mr. GOLDSMITH - What do you mean by the term "agent"? Then in 2009 I read and reviewed James Douglass's masterpiece, JFK and the Unspeakable, and my traumatic memories of 1963 and after came flooding back in full force. About a minute or two later, NBC news reporter Robert MacNeil came in through the front door, amazed to see three calm men. Did you write it down or do anything? Mr. GOLDSMITH - I take it, from your testimony, that in November of 1963, you were stationed in XXXXXXXXXXXXX Station, is that correct? [18] Carolyn Walther, 24H522; Edwards, 24H207; Fischer, 24H208. Mr. GOLDSMITH - What was your response to this revelatic as to what Oswald's cryptonym was? Out of curiosity, he opened this door and saw a large storage area that took over half of the square footage of the fourth floor. Mr. SAWYER - It went through the XXXXXXX station? Adams said, I believe the President has been shot. Neither Shelley nor Lovelady said anything in reply. Mr. GOLDSMITH - What is that opinion? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Referring to that list, would you tell the Committee where you were stationed during your period with the CIA? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Your interest in the work of our Committee is appreciated. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, I did. You may have noticed that at the end of my letter to Alternative Views I carbon-copied to my will. It was intended as a jab at myself lest I get too full of myself rereading it 50 years from now. However, the woman became terrified at the mention of it & said she would deny she ever said it if I tried to publicize the incident. Support JFK Facts Here's how you can help: There was a problem loading your book clubs. He was not questioned by the Warren Commission. (sic) Mr. WILCOTT - That was November of 1977. Mr. GOLDSMITH - At the time that this allegation first came to your attention, did you discuss it with anyone? Mr. PREYER - I believe you have written an article about this, an unpublished article. Present: Representatives Preyer (presiding), Dodd and Sawyer. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, he was. Mr. WILCOTT - That is true. As Rose points out, this is a bit odd also, since most of the building witnesses were taken to the sheriffs office, which was much closer to the TSBD than police headquarters. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. In November 1963, on the Friday before Thanksgiving, President Kennedy was riding in a Lincoln convertible rolling through the streets of Dallas. These companies were part of a complex system involving: (a) the state legislature, which purchased textbooks through a process called adoption, (b) the publishers, who were responsible for maintaining sufficient reserves, (c) the book depositories, which received the books, stored them, and shipped them out as needed to schools around the state. Mr. CORNWELL - How many of them were newspaper or magazine reporters or involved in at least the news business ? I spoke to groups in their homes and I spoke to groups in the Peace and Freedom Party and I was with the Peace and Freedom Party for several years. He refused to let me quote him or use his name in print. Mr. WILCOTT - I resigned. Mr. WILCOTT - Generally so, I would say, at that time. Mr. WILCOTT - It was right at my window, my disbursing cage window. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Can you give the Committee the names of any persons who might corroborate your allegation? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Then, by checking your records, which only went back thirty days, isn't it true that you wouldn't have gotten any information concerning Oswald anyway because Oswald had already been dead for one or two months? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you prepare such a list? This was about, believe -- about October of 1975. Jerry Fox, SR Branch, Soviet Russia Branch -- In 1970, the TSBD and the schoolbook publishers moved out of the old 411 Elm Street building. Mr. CORNWELL - Did they tell you whether or not you passed the polygraphs? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did this Case Officer tell you what Oswald's cryptonym was? Mr. DODD - After the assassination actually occurred? We appreciate that, and if at, any time you think of any further way in which your testimony can be corroborated or the name of any other CIA man or any record or anything of that sort that might be available we hope you will get in touch with us and let us know about it. Mr. PREYER - I would like before we begin to read a written statement concerning the subject of the investigation. Mr. GOLDSMITH - How did this information concerning Oswald first come to your attention? Wilcott lost a good job after leaving the CIA after his employer was told he would soon be under incitement when he wasnt and never was. Mr. SAWYER - Could you tell us what those things consisted of? The Three Barons proves that it is possible (with enough research), to reconstruct the organizational chart of the JFK plot. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Mr. Wilcott, did I ask you to prepare a list indicating the dates that you were employed with the CIA and where you were stationed? Mr. PREYER - Why did you resign from the CIA? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Why did you go back to look at the book? In the decades following that fateful day, former employees of these companies have been reluctant to answer questions. files -- my internal files, prior to the end of the month. During the period, it was unvouchered funds, and my duties were general accounting, and my rate in status was GS-5. Mr. PREYER - Thank you. Mr. WILCOTT - Oh, yes. [8] Jim Marrs, Crossfire (Carroll & Graf. Mr. SAWYER - Do you distinguish between an agent and a paid informant or do you use those terms interchangeably? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, I am sure somewhere. Mr. WILCOTT - No, I am not saying that. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. [16] At the same time, the president of the company, Jack Cason, spent five days a week, Monday through Friday, in uniform at Fort Wolters at Mineral Wells (80 miles west of Dallas). Since a cubic foot of books is about 25 to 30 pounds, a box such as this, when loaded with books, would have weighed around 375 to 450 poundstoo heavy to manage with a handcart. this allegation? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes sir; at Oakland Technical High School, at the invitation of -- the social department asked me if I wanted to speak and I said yes, and so I spoke to two classes at Oakland Technical High School. Mr. PREYER - So that in XXXX, you indicated, six or seven people talked to you and were, as I understood it, rather definite about the Oswald connection? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Try again. [9] Carolyn Arnold statement in Byrd/TSBD Concerns posted by Martin Barkley on May 24, 2000 on the JFK Today website. This we concluded from putting various pieces of information together. Mr. Wilcott, maybe we can expedite this somewhat by asking you this: Do you have any first-hand knowledge or information as to a link between the failed Bay of Pigs operation and the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy? 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