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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Andy Hirschfeld

New JFK assassination files: What was revealed about Oswald and CIA plots?

Part of a file from the CIA, dated February 3, 1968, titled Mexico City Chronology, about Lee Harvey Oswald's time in Mexico and contact with the embassy of the Soviet Union in Mexico City [File: Jon Elswick/AP Photo]

The Trump administration on Tuesday released more than 2,000 files related to the assassination of former United States President John F Kennedy — a case that has fuelled conspiracy theories for more than 60 years.

While there is limited evidence to suggest that the initial explanation surrounding JFK’s death was inaccurate or misleading, the released documents shed light on how the US gathered intelligence during the Cold War. They also detail intelligence reports about Kennedy’s killer.

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