Secret documents that have long remained classified contain shocking information: the Soviet Union may have financed the assassination of the 35th US President, John F. Kennedy, in 1963. According to the materials, the CIA tried to block the declassification of the document, which talks about the role of the USSR in preparing the assassination, writes IZ.
Key evidence in the case is a phone call made to the US embassy in Canberra. A person claiming to be a Polish driver from the Soviet embassy claimed that “the Soviet government financed the assassination of Kennedy” and that a reward of $100,000 had been promised for the assassination.
Despite the sensational nature of the claim, Australian authorities deemed the caller “mentally unstable” and were unable to identify him. However, the CIA and Australia opposed the publication of the document in 1968, further fueling conspiracy theories.
The declassified materials contain other interesting details. For example, there is a transcript of the interrogation of a CIA officer who analyzed discrepancies in data on marriages between US citizens and residents of the USSR. This may be related to Lee Harvey Oswald, the man officially found guilty of Kennedy's assassination. Oswald lived in the Soviet Union for several years and returned to the United States shortly before the tragedy, which gave reason to assume his connection with the Soviet intelligence services.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy was one of the most high-profile events of the 20th century, spawning a host of conspiracy theories. Some have linked the crime to famous Hollywood stars such as Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. The case also involves Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald before he could testify.
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