JFK DOCUMENTS RELEASED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CONSIDER THEMSELVES J-F-K ASSASSINATION RESEARCHERS. VIRTUALLY NONE OF THEM EXPECT A SMOKING GUN OUT OF THE LATEST RELEASED SECRET FILES. BUT THEY DO HOPE TO FIND INTERESTING LEADS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS ON THE PRESIDENT KENNEDY KILLING ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY. MANY PAPERS REMAIN CLASSIFIED, AMONG THEM, TEN-THOUSAND C-I-A DOCUMENTS. ONE OF THOSE IS A MARCH SIXTH, 1967, MEMO FROM THEN-F-B-I DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL NICHOLAS KATZENBACH. IT'S DESCRIBED ONLY AS REGARDING ``C-I-A MAFIA CONNECTIONS.'' ANOTHER REPORT LISTED BUT NOT RELEASED IS A MAY 1961 REPORT IN C-I-A FILES ON THE ``C-I-A, CUBA AND MAFIA.'' THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE RELEASED COVER SUCH SUBJECTS AS POSSIBLE SOVIET INVOLVEMENT, GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ASSASSINATION, AND CLAIMS BY LEE HARVEY OSWALD THAT HE WOULD SOMEDAY ``KILL THE PRESIDENT.''