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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

36Records
1959–2007Date range
17Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1959

Gerry Patrick HemmingJanuary 1959

Atsugi Naval Air Station · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

1961

Gerry Patrick Hemming1961

New Orleans · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Interpen group of experienced soldiers are involved in training members of the anti-Castro groups funded by the CIA in Florida in the early 1960s

1963

James Patrick Hosty, Jr18 October 1963

Mexico City · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

James Jesus AngletonNovember 1963

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Angleton's counterintelligence staff handles CIA liaison with assassination investigators.

Ray RoccaNovember 1963

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Rocca acts as a CIA counterintelligence contact for assassination records.

John WhittenNovember 1963

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Whitten initially handles CIA investigative work after Kennedy's assassination.

James Jesus Angleton1963

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Another important role is the ability to disseminate disinformation to foreign intelligence services in an effort to create for them a false picture of reality

James Jesus Angleton1963

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The primary role of Counterintelligence is to protect agents from a foreign intelligence organization from uncovering CIA assets and operations.

1964

James Jesus AngletonMarch 1964

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA cover-up

James Jesus Angleton1964

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

but did not use his information in its publications

Peter Deriabin1964

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Nosenko is detained during contested CIA assessments of his defector claims.

Allen Welsh Dulles1964

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Dulles serves on the Warren Commission after leaving CIA leadership.

1967

Ray RoccaSeptember 1967

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA monitors and responds to Jim Garrison's New Orleans investigation.

1969

Everette Howard HuntJanuary 1969

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later records link Shaw to CIA Domestic Contacts Service reporting.

Peter MaheuJanuary 1969

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later records link Shaw to CIA Domestic Contacts Service reporting.

Clay LaVerne ShawJanuary 1969

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA monitors and responds to Jim Garrison's New Orleans investigation.

Clay LaVerne ShawJanuary 1969

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later records link Shaw to CIA Domestic Contacts Service reporting.

Clay LaVerne ShawJanuary 1969

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The nature of this project is still classified; what little information there is suggests that those cleared for the project may possibly have been "unwitting," and that it may have been related to gathering information from businessmen

1974

Frank Sturgis1974

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In a Time article Sturgis claims that the Watergate burglars had been instructed to find a particular document in the Democratic Party offices.

1975

Richard HlmsJanuary 1975

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The CIA was worried about the prosecution of Clay Shaw - CIA Director Helms assistant Victor Marchetti revealed in the 1975 that Helms held meetings where he would ask "are we giving them all the help we can?"

Victor MarchettiJanuary 1975

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The CIA was worried about the prosecution of Clay Shaw - CIA Director Helms assistant Victor Marchetti revealed in the 1975 that Helms held meetings where he would ask "are we giving them all the help we can?"

Frank Sturgis20 June 1975

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In an interview with New York Daily News reporter Paul Meskil Sturgis stated, I was a spy.

Frank Sturgis1975

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The 1975 Rockefeller Commission report found that "Frank Sturgis was not an employee or agent of the CIA either in 1963 or at any other time

1977

George de Mohrenschildt29 March 1977

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

1978

Gerry Patrick HemmingAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy

Gerry Patrick HemmingAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

Everette Howard HuntAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy

Everette Howard HuntAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

Victor MarchettiAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy

Victor MarchettiAugust 1978

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

1985

Richard HelmsJanuary 1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

Everette Howard HuntJanuary 1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

Mark LaneJanuary 1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

Gordon LiddyJanuary 1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

Victor MarchettiJanuary 1985

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.

2007

Everette Howard Hunt5 April 2007

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

In the issue of Rolling Stone, St.

Names involved

Allen Welsh DullesClay LaVerne ShawEverette Howard HuntFrank SturgisGeorge de MohrenschildtGerry Patrick HemmingGordon LiddyJames Jesus AngletonJames Patrick Hosty, JrJohn WhittenMark LanePeter DeriabinPeter MaheuRay RoccaRichard HelmsRichard HlmsVictor Marchetti

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