The National Archives and Records Administration announced the release of additional documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Friday and said it was operating in compliance with a memorandum from President Joe Biden.
The drop of new information meets the president’s deadline of June 30 and includes thousands of previously redacted documents. A breakdown of the documents being released and the documents themselves can be viewed here.
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“At the National Archives, we believe in the importance of government transparency and the accessibility of information,” Archivist Colleen Shogan said in a statement.
“The dedicated and detailed work completed by NARA staff and by our partners and stakeholder agencies is an excellent representation of how we can collaborate together to ensure that the maximum amount of information is made available to the American people, while we protect what we must,” she added.
The archives released 2,672 documents for public consumption by the 2023 deadline, including 1965 testimonies from the Warren Commission, which was established by President Lyndon Johnson. The memorandum was signed by Biden in December.
The largest block, which included more than 1,000 documents, was released on Tuesday. But some documents still contain redacted information because of national security concerns.
The memorandum was part of the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, which required the government to release all files related to the Kennedy assassination by late 2017, with the exception of documents that could harm national security.
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. An investigation concluded that the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone. But historians have long questioned the investigation and hoped the documents could reveal more about Oswald’s actions, including who potentially helped.
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A poll taken in December revealed that at least 31% of respondents who believed Oswald did not act alone believed the CIA was involved in planning the late president’s death. This belief has been touted by Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who claimed there was “overwhelming evidence” of the CIA’s involvement in the murder of his uncle.
“There is overwhelming evidence that the CIA was involved in his murder,” Kennedy Jr. said in May. “I think it’s beyond a reasonable doubt at this point.”
