JFK Docs Unveil Conspiracy to Eliminate Castro

A recent release of government files linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy did not shed much light on his death, but it contained a wealth of intriguing revelations.

Among the more than 2,800 declassified documents disclosed by the FBI, there were several captivating details.

One notable inclusion was a 400-page dossier of individuals, including a young fifth-grader, who were under surveillance as potential threats to President Kennedy.

The list encompassed a variety of persons, such as a highly skilled guerrilla warfare expert, a Ku Klux Klan member and illicit alcohol smuggler known for attacking Nat King Cole, and a child from Longview, Washington, who penned a letter to the president ominously stating, “your doomed.”

Following an interview with the boy, an official labeled him as harmless, describing the letter as a jest and clarifying that he was merely a fifth-grade student.

Additionally, a “high-priced Hollywood call girl” informed FBI agents in 1960 that a private investigator had approached her about participating in “s=x parties” involving JFK, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and actor Peter Lawford.

Subsequently, the call girl, in her interaction with investigator Fred Otash, denied any involvement in such activities, leading Otash to disclose that Confidential magazine was seeking scandalous information about Kennedy or Lawford.

Further documents uncovered that agents were on the lookout for a New Orleans stripper named Kitty, supposedly acquainted with Jack Ruby, the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald.

The search was instigated by a burlesque dancer named Candy Kane, yet they discovered that Kitty had taken her own life several months prior to the tragic assassinations.

An informant tipped off the FBI that Congressman Abraham Multer from Brooklyn was implicated in a plot to bring ousted Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista to the United States.

The elaborate scheme entailed Multer, a Miami Beach lawyer, and two Batista supporters sharing a $150,000 bribe, as relayed by an arms dealer to the bureau in a 1960 report.

Despite efforts to subpoena Batista before a congressional panel, the former dictator declined the invitation graciously.

Shortly after JFK's assassination, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover expressed concerns about the emergence of conspiracy theories.

In a memo dated November 24, 1963, following Oswald's death at the hands of Jack Ruby, Hoover emphasized the importance of dispelling doubts about Oswald's culpability.

Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach echoed these sentiments in a subsequent memorandum, stressing the necessity of convincing the public that Oswald acted alone.

Although a deposition transcript raises suspicions by abruptly ending as former CIA Director Richard Helms is questioned about Oswald's possible ties to the CIA, no conclusive evidence is presented.

In another intriguing revelation, a Ku Klux Klan member alleged in 1963 that President Lyndon B. Johnson had been associated with the organization during his early political career in Texas, as documented in a 1964 FBI report.

While the source claimed to possess substantiating proof, no supporting documentation was included.

Furthermore, a disclosed document unveiled the CIA's intention to offer a nominal bounty of 2 cents for Fidel Castro's capture.

The plan involved a leaflet drop over Cuba offering rewards for apprehending or killing known Communists, with higher sums earmarked for other Cuban officials except for Castro, who was assigned a minuscule sum.

Additionally, the agency proposed a substantial payment to Chicago mobster Sam Giancana to eliminate Castro, offering him $150,000 in 1960.

In exchange, Giancana requested the CIA to bug the residence of a Las Vegas performer he suspected of having an affair with his partner.

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy cautioned against employing mobsters as hitmen due to the legal ramifications it could pose in the future.