The U.S. government has released more than 13,000 files relating to the assassination of late President John F. Kennedy (JFK), including versions of documents that were previously released but with more words unredacted.
The U.S. National Archives on Dec. 15 released 13,173 files online, under the direction of President Joe Biden.
The files include an unredacted Dec. 13, 1963, CIA report (pdf) that reveals the CIA had help from Mexican authorities when they intercepted a call from Lee Harvey Oswald placed earlier that year from Mexico City to the Soviet Embassy in the city.
“This piece of information was produced from a telephone tap center which we operate jointly with the office of the President of Mexico,” the document states. The text beyond “center” had been redacted….