CIA Memo Links Covert Officer to Group Interacting With Oswald Before JFK Killing

Contact Your Elected Officials

A newly released memo confirms CIA officer George Joannides used the covert identity, Howard Gebler, while handling the anti-Castro group tied to Oswald.

A newly released CIA memo reveals that George Joannides, an undercover officer specializing in psychological warfare, used the alias โ€œHoward Geblerโ€ while managing an exile group opposed to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. The group also interacted with Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963โ€”contradicting decades of CIA denials about Joannidesโ€™s role in events leading up to President John F. Kennedyโ€™s assassination.

For years, the CIA maintained that it had no ties to the Cuban Student Directorate (DRE), an anti-communist group that clashed publicly with Oswald in 1963 and played a pivotal role in publicizing his pro-Castro sympathies after Kennedyโ€™s slaying.

However, a CIA memo dated Jan. 17, 1963, released this week under the JFK Records Act, shows that Joannides was issued false identification under the name โ€œHoward Gebler.โ€ The memo notes that CIAโ€™s Miami station, known as JM/WAVE, requested alias documentation for Joannides, including a fake driverโ€™s license.

Former DRE members testified in the 1970s that their CIA contact in 1963 was known only as โ€œHoward.โ€ For decades, the agency denied knowing who โ€œHowardโ€ was or that any officer had been assigned to manage the DRE during that period.

Other declassified CIA personnel records, summarized in written testimony by former congressional investigator Dan Hardway, suggest that Joannides served as the agencyโ€™s case officer for the DRE, overseeing โ€œall aspects of political action and psychological warfareโ€ and controlling about $25,000 per month in covert funding for the groupโ€™s propaganda efforts.

โ€œIn 1978, I did not do any research into Joannides, or his activities in 1963, because, while working for the HSCA in 1977-1978, I was not informed that he had had any involvement with any aspect of the Kennedy case, and I had no basis to even suspect that he had,โ€ said Hardway, who served as a staff investigator and researcher for the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), focusing on potential CIA connections to Oswald and anti-Castro groups.

In his testimony, Hardway cited a sworn statement from Robert Blakey, the HSCAโ€™s chief counsel, indicating that Joannides actively obstructed the committeeโ€™s work by withholding files and limiting investigatorsโ€™ access to critical records related to anti-Castro operations and Oswaldโ€™s activities.

โ€œJoannides lied to me about who he was and what he knew about the DRE and his role with it. CIA lied to me about knowing who Joannides was and what he knew about the DRE and his role in it. That, too, must be a part of this record,โ€ Blakeyโ€™s statement says.

By Tom Ozimek

Read Full Article on TheEpochTimes.com

The Epoch Times
The Epoch Timeshttps://www.theepochtimes.com/
Tired of biased news? The Epoch Times is truthful, factual news that other media outlets don't report. No spin. No agenda. Just honest journalism like it used to be.

Democrats Exhibit the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE)

โ€œThe Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their competence, while those with high ability underestimate their competence.

250 Countdown

Those 56 intrepid men who signed put their very lives, honor and fortunes on the line. There was no auto-quill to accommodate their signatures.ย 

How the Senate Parliamentarian Changed the OBBB

An unelected bureaucrat does a important job in the U.S. Senate. Elizabeth MacDonough enforces senate rules on Trumpโ€™s โ€œOne Big Beautiful Billโ€.

Bioterror Roundup: CDC Director Nominee Is a Monster + New mRNA Pregnancy Studies

Bioterror Propaganda Roundup: The latest updates on the โ€œnew...

The Sacred Honor of the 56

Today we're celebrating the sacred honor of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Trump Signs Major Disaster Declaration Over Texas Flooding

President Trump signed major disaster declaration for Kerr County, TX, following floods leaving dozens dead and FEMA has been activated to respond.

Rescuers Search for 11 Missing Girls After Devastating Texas Floods Killed at Least 67

Days after catastrophic flash floods in central Texas, rescuers are still searching for potential survivors, including 27 girls who went missing from camp.

Storm Chantal Makes Landfall in Carolinas, Weakens to Tropical Depression

Chantal weakened into a tropical depression, and tropical storm warnings previously issued for parts of North and South Carolina were discontinued.

IBA President Says Imane Khelif Should Return Olympic Gold Medal

IBA president urged Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to return tgold medal won at 2024 Paris Olympics to the rightful winner, amid gender-eligibility row.

Trump Signs Tariff Letters to 12 Nations Ahead of Looming Deadline

President Trump has signed letters that will be sent to around a dozen nations ahead of next weekโ€™s deadline to reach a trade agreement..

Trump Says US Will Hold Talks With China on Possible TikTok Deal Next Week

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that U.S. officials would begin talks with China about a potential TikTok deal next week.

Trump Indicates Legislation for Hiring Illegal Aliens on Farms

Trump to allow illegal immigrants who work on farms to continue working to prevent unnecessary disruptions to farming across the country.

US Keeps Pressure on Chinese Goods Amid Vietnam Trade Deal

Transshippingโ€”rerouting goods through a third country to disguise the origin of the productsโ€”is a focal point of trade negotiations with Asian markets.
spot_img

Related Articles