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The Archives has released nearly 1,500 new documents on JFK's assassination

They contain memos from meetings with informants, mostly of interest to historians and researchers. No evidence is expected that would put in doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman.

The National Archives has released the latest trove of government documents relating to President John F. Kennedy's assassination just over 58 years ago.

Nearly 1,500 newly released documents are available. They contain many memos from FBI and other officials' meetings with informants, mostly of interest to historians and researchers. But no evidence is expected to emerge that would put in doubt the conclusion of the Warren Commission's report that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in Dallas in November 1963.

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