More records on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy have been released by the National Archives.
According to the National Archives, they are “processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply with President Joe Biden’s Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, requiring disclosure of releasable records by December 15, 2022.”
They have posted the records online to “comply with the requirements.”
National Archives Releases New Group of JFK Assassination Documents https://t.co/0tBHUGaX28
— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) December 15, 2022
However, while President Joe Biden authorized the release of the records, he will still keep some materials from the public until June 30, 2023, as ABC News reported.
“I agree that continued postponement of public disclosure of such information is warranted to protect against an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure,” Biden said in a memo issued Thursday.
Last year, the National Archives released close to 1,500 records related to Kennedy’s assassination.
Included in the documents were CIA memos examining Lee Harvey Oswald’s previously disclosed trips to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City prior to the death of Kennedy, as ABC News reported.
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, by Oswald.
“Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza,” according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Bullets then “struck the president’s neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy,” as the website explains.
After being taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00 p.m.
On November 24, Oswald was expected to be taken from police headquarters to the county jail.
“Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a man aim a pistol and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner. Oswald died two hours later at Parkland Hospital,” the website states.
