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November 26, 1963: CIA Assets Blame Castro

November 26, 1963: CIA Assets Blame Castro

The first conspiracy theory was promoted by collaborators of the clandestine service

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The first JFK conspiracy theories to reach public print were floated by CIA assets seeking to blame the crime of Dallas on Fidel Castro’s government in Havana.

In a special edition of its monthly publication, the Miami-based Cuban Student Directorate cited Lee Harvey Oswald and Fidel Castro as “the presumed assassins.”

The Directorate was funded by the C…

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