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The House Select Committee on Assassinations reviewed the forensic, acoustic, medical, and intelligence record surrounding the Kennedy and King assassinations. Its final report concluded that President Kennedy was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy" and recommended further investigation by the Department of Justice; its working files were transferred to the National Archives in the 1990s.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passes House Resolution 1540 establishing the House Select Committee on Assassinations to re-examine the Kennedy and King assassinations.
Testifies under oath; denies any involvement in the Kennedy assassination.
Testifies under court-ordered grant of immunity at a public HSCA hearing; characterizes his role in the Castro plots primarily as that of an interpreter.
Meets with HSCA investigators in Washington about Mexico City station operations during the Oswald visits.
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“HSCA · From: HSCA · To: DOJ · INC FOLDER, LET, MEMO · Release: Redact”
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The NAS/Ramsey Panel review rejecting the HSCA acoustic conclusion.
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The HSCA announces a tentative acoustic finding, based on an analysis of a Dallas Police Department dictabelt recording, suggesting a fourth shot was fired. This becomes the primary basis for its "probable conspiracy" conclusion.
The HSCA publishes its Final Report, concluding that President Kennedy was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy." The report concludes that Carlos Marcello and Santo Trafficante Jr. had the motive, means, and opportunity to be involved, while finding no direct evidence of participation. Twelve volumes of appendices follow.
The National Academy of Sciences (Committee on Ballistic Acoustics, chaired by Norman Ramsey) issues a report concluding that the acoustic evidence does not support the HSCA's finding of a second gunman.
“ARRB · From: OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL · To: CIA SECURITY OFFICER, HSCA · JFK-RH03 : F0056 : 20040520-1091776 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: SA/DDCI · To: BRECKINRIDGE. PRINC COORD HSCA, OLC · JFK-M-13 : F4 : 20040323-1063365 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: SHEPANEK, NORBERT A., PCS/LOC, CIA · To: BRECKENRIDGE, SCOTT, HSCA · JFK9 : F60 : 1993.07.12.13:48:14:500580 : PAGE 1 IS A TRANSMITTAL SLIP TO RUSS HOLMES DATED 11 JULY 1978 FROM PCS/LOC. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: SDB, CIA · To: RECORD · JFK59 : F12 : 1993.08.07.10:48:19:310063 : MEMO RE RESPONSE TO HSCA INTERROGATORIES OF 28 AUGUST. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: OLC · To: HSCA · JFK-RH18 : F4 : 1998.12.16.07:54:50:216120 : DISPATCH (WITHOUT ITS ATTACHMENT) IS ATTACHED TO THE TWO FORMS. DUPLICATE OF 104-10185-10083. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: SHEPANEK, NORBERT, PCS/LOC · To: BRECKINRIDGE, SCOTT, HSCA/OLC · JFK11 : F4 : 1993.07.12.18:29:32:460330 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: OLC · To: HSCA · JFK56 : F5 : 20040225-1049125 : · Release: Redact”
“HSCA · From: WOLFE, JON E. RSB · To: CHIEF, RECORDS SYSTEMS BRANCH, RMD · JFK-RH04 : F102 : 1998.08.12.09:09:22:700128 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: BRECKINRIDGE. PRINC. COORD., HSCA · To: MULTIPLE ADDRESSEES · JFK-M-12 : F5 : 20040323-1063350 : · Release: Redact”
DOJ declines to reopen investigation, citing the NAS findings.