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EX-CIA
AGENT
CLAIMS
HE BOUGHT
RIFLES
FOR KENNEDY
KILLING
By
DAN
cc1:
NEW
YORK,
NOV
19,
REUTER
- A
KAN
CLhIKING
T~
HAVE BEEN
LINKED
TO
TEE
U.S.
CENTRAL
!NTELL!GENCE
AGENCY
SAYS
IN
A
NEW
SOOK
TEAT
EE
20UG2T
AND
CUSTOKISED
FOUR
RIFLES
HE
SAYS
WERE USED
:SY
THE
CIA
AND
THE
}'.AFIA
TO
KILL
?RES!DEKT
JOHN
F.
I:ENHEDY.
IN
?!~ST
EhND
KNO~~EDGE:
HOW
I
PbR~IC!PATED
IN
THE
C!A-MAFIA
KURDER
OF
PRESIDENT
KENNED!,::
ROBERT
MORROW
C~~!MS
THAT UNDER
ORDERS,
WHILE
ON
CONTRACT
TO
TnE
CIA,
HE
BOUG~T
FOUR
7.35
KM
MANNLICHER
RIFLES
AND
SUPPLIED
SEVERAL
CIA
HIT
MEN
W!TE
"SOPHISTICATED
ELECTRONIC
EQUI?MENT
TO HELP
KILL
THE
PRESIDENT.
IN A
LECTURE
AT
NEW
YORK
UNIVERSITY
ON
THURSDAY,
MO~ROW
SAID
HE
WAS
NOT
AWARE
AT
THE
TIME
THAT THE
EQUIPMENT
HE
SUPPLIED
WbS
'!' 0
BE
l!
SE
D
TC
KI
LL
I:
EN
NED
Y .
I THOUGHT THEY WERE TO BE USED
AGAINST
A HEAD OF
STATE
IK
CENTRAL
A~ER!CA,::
HE
ShID.
ALTHOUGH
~WO
WEEKS
BEFORE
THE NOVEMBER
22,
1963
SHOOTING
EE
HEARD A RUMOrR THAT A KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION
WAS
IN
THE WORKS
AT
THE
CIA,
HE
SAID
HE
DISREGARDED
IT
UNT!L
HE
SAW
ONE
OF
THE
RIFLES
HE
HAD
3CUGHT
SHOWN
O~
TELEVISION
THE
NIGHT
OF THE
SHOOTING.
I
DIDN:T
PAY
ANY
ATTENT!ON
UNTIL
THE
RIFLE
WAS
SHOWN
ON
TEE
AIR
THAT
NIGHT,::
HE
SAIC,
REFERRING
TO
BROADCASTS
OF LOCAL
DALLAS
POLICE
HOLDING
UP
A
R~FLE
REPORTEDLY
SEIZED
?ROY.
LEE
HARVEY OSWALD.
THEN !
WENT
INTO
A
STATE
OF
?ANIC,
I
WENT
TO
MY
(CIA)
ChSE
OF?ICER
AN;J HE
SAID
:SHUT
UP.:::
MORRO~:S
CLAIMS
ARE
?ART
OF A LONG
LINE
OF
CONSPIRACY
THEORIES
ABOUT
KENNEDY:S
ASSASSINATION
AND
THE
EARL
WARREN
COMMISSION
TEAT
INVESTIGATED
IT,
THESE
THEORIES
CLAIM
KENNEDY
WAS
KILLED
BY
SEVERAL
ASSASSINS,
SOME CONNECTED TO THE
CIA,
SUCH
THEORIES
WERE THE
SUBJECT
OF
OLIVER
STONE:S
FILM
JFK,::
WEICH
FOCUSED
ON
ATTE~PTS
BY
THE LATE
NE~
ORLEANS
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY,
JIM
GARRISON,
TO
CONVICT
A
NEW
ORLEANS
BUSINESSMAN
AS
A
CONSPIRATOR
!N
KEHNEDY:S
DEATH,
A
CIA
SPOKESMAN
CONTACTED
ON
THURSDA!
SAID:
THERE
IS
NO
RECORD
THAT ROBERT
D.
MORROW
WAS
EVER A CONTRACT AGENT OF THE
CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY.::
BUT
MORROW
CLAIMED
THE AGENCY
WAS
USING
A
LINGUISTIC
TRICK
TO
AVOID
NAMING
HIM.
I
WAS
A CONTRACT
EMPLOYEE,
NOT
AN
AGENT,
AND
I
WAS
PAID
BY
THE
U.S.
ARMY,::
HE
SAID.
MORROW
REFERRED
TO OSWALD, LONG THOUGHT TO BE
KENNEDY:S
UNCLASSIFIED
