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Ex-CIA Agent Claims He Bought Rifles for Kennedy Killing, Slides of Art

HE SAID HE DID NOT COME FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE INFORMATION. BECAUSE BARNES TOLD HIM HE WOULD BE SENT TO PRISON FOR VIOLATING. TEE OAT?. OF SECRECY THAT ALL CIA ...

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UDN=W00(9347)
CLASS=UNCLASS!FIED
LEY04~
REULB
R A
BC-USA-ASSASSINATION
11-19
0618
BC-USA-ASSASS!NAT!O~
20
"'""'
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
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UNCU=.SS!FIED

r.r.r BEGIN MESSAGE UDN=W00(9347) CLASS=UNCLASS!FIED LEY04~ REULB

R A

BC-USA-ASSASSINATION 11-19 0618

BC-USA-ASSASS!NAT!O~

20 "'""'

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 KNOEDGE: 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

UNCLASSIFIED

ASSASSIN,

A PATSY:: IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH HE CLAIMS

LED TO THEN VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER.

HE SAID EE HAD HEARD OSWALD:S NAME MENTIONED BEFORE ~EE

SHOOTING AS A

LOW-LEVEL CIA OPERAT!VE WHO HAD BEEN SENT TO

RUSSIA.~: MORROW CLAIMS IN HIS BOOK THAT HE CUSTOMISED THE RIFLES SO THAT THEY COULD BE DISMANTLED, HIDDEN AND REASSEMBLED QUICKLY. EE ALSO CLAIMS THAT HE SUPPLIED CIA OPERATIVE DAVID FERRIE WITH

Foua RADIO TR~NSCEIVERS THAT WERE NOT DETECTABLE E! AN!

COMMUNICATIONS EQUI?~ENT THEN AVAILABLE ON TEE MARKET.

KORROW SAID HIS CIA CASE OFFICER ASSURED HIM AFTERWARDS TEAT

HE WOULD EE

CLEAN AS A wEISTLE:: AND COULD NOT BE IM?LICATED

IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.

HE SAID HE DID NOT COME FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE INFORMATION

BECAUSE BARNES TOLD HIM HE WOULD BE SENT TO PRISON FOR VIOLATING

TEE OAT?. OF SECRECY THAT ALL CIA AGENTS TAKE.

MORROW, ES, SAID TEERE EAVE ALREADY BEEN TWO ATTEMPTS ON HIS

LIFE SINCE T2E KENNEDY ASSASSINAT!ON ..

BUT EE SAYS HE WAS DETERMINED TO WRITE TEE BOOK IN LIGHT OF

THE FACT THAT THE DANGER TO HIMSELF AND HIS FAKILY HAS ASATED

WITH THE EXPECTED RELEASE OF CONGRESSIONAL FILES ON THE

ASSASSINATION.

MORROW ALS~ CLAIMS THAT U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH HAD FULL

KNOWLEDGE OF THE ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY, THOUGH nE D!D NOT S?ECIFY WHEN 3USH, DIRECTOR OF THE CIA FROM 1976 TO 1977, MIGET HAVE BECOME AWARE. OF IT. GEORGE BUSH KNEW EVERYTHING,:: SAID MORROW. REUTER DC ADS JE REUT22:51 11- NNNN

UNCLASSIFIED