CIA • 1978
BOOK SAYS HOOVER TRIED TO COVER UP DOUBTS ABOUT SOVIET DEFECTOR
14 14-10404-10378 ok Says Hoover Tried to Cover ou United Press International The CIA strongly suspected that a Russian spy who defected in 1964 was a phony sent to cover up Lee Harvey Oswald's links to Soviet intelligence, according to a new book on the Kennedy assassin's life. It claims the CIA's suspicions were effectively smothered by J. Edgar Hoover, who allegedly feared the Russian might disgrace the FBI by testifying that Oswald, in truth, had been an unwatched Soviet agent...
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- Jun 6, 2025
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- Jun 12, 2025
- Publication
- Feb 20, 1978
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Document #
00364622
Case #
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Document Type
SPECIALCOLLECTION
Collection
Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Release Decision
RIFPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
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Pages
1 pages
File Size
113 KB