MEMORANDUM:ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963, DALLAS, TEXAS
Originator: CIA
From: BRANIGAN, W.A.
To: SULLIVAN, W.C.
Document date: 1967-04-04 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM

: BRANIGAN, W.A.

TO : SULLIVAN, W.C.

TITLE : MEMORANDUM: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD

KENNEDY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963, DALLAS, TEXAS

DATE: 04/04/67

PAGES

4

SUBJECTS

: NOSENKO, YURI

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SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

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The purpose of this memorandun

is,

to recommend that

we disseminate information from our [Shamrock, informant bearing

on the assassination of the late President Kennedy®

cong

S

Shamrock is the sensitive Soyiet source who contacted

the central Intelligence Agency (CIA) L-16-67 and volunteered

to furnish information. He is being

handled by representatives

of CIA and Special Agents of our New York Officed

(Shamrocid has recently reported certain details

concerning soviet reaction to the assassination of President

Kennedy. [Shanrock) reported the Soviets had the KGB (Committee

for State Security) make an extensive study of the assassin-

ation and, as a result of this study, the KGB concluded that

President Kennedy was kliled by representatives of a group of loe

monopolists, characterized as the military-industrial complex

in the United States.

The KGB felt that President Kennedy

had

tried to limit the activities of this group of monopolists

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Shamrock further reported that the Soviets felt

that President Kennedy's death was a great loss, not only

for

he United States and the, Soviet Union, but Io1

the whole

world.

According to Shamrock, the Soviets felt that they

could trust President Kegnedy and could deal with him on a'

cooperative basis. Shamrock further stated that the Soviets

mourned President Kennedy's death,

a situation which Shamrock

• considered very unique inasmuch as

the person being mourned

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was a leader of another country.

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The information furnished by Shamrock is very similar

to that previously furnished to us by furi Nosenko a Soviet

wits

defector whose bona fides has not been established.

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Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan

RE:

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

62-109060

We feel we should disseminate this data since

we have previously disseminated the information we received

from Yuri Nosenko regarding the assassination even though

we recognized some of the data was not subject to proof,

particularly, that occurring within the soviet Union.

•We feel that by documenting Shamrockas a "confidential

informant, contact with whom has been insufficient to

establish his reliability," we will alert other agencies

that the information has not been established as true.

We have received information from numerous other

sources that the Soviets did mourn the death of President

Kennedy and that Soviet leaders felt they could work with

President Kennedy.

ACTION:

§If you approve, we will disseminate the data furnished

by the Shamrock informant as set out herein to the Department,

to Secret Service, to State Department and to Central

Intelligence Agency.

Rel

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The purpose of this memorandur_is to recommend that!

we disseminate information from our

informant bearing

on

the assassination of the late President kennedy.

s= 'is the sensitive Soviet source who contacted

the Central Intelligence Arency (CIA).

and volunteered

to furnish information.

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has recently reported certain details

concerning soxiet reaction to the assassination of President

Kennedy•

reported the Soviets had the KGB (Committee

for State Security) make an extensive study of the assassin-

ation and, as

President

monopolists,

characterized as the military-industrial complex

in the United States.

The KGB felt that President Kennedy

• had

tried to limit the activities of this group of monopolists

and therefore they planned his a,

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further reported that the soviets felt

that President Kennedy's death was a great loss, not only

for

o the United States and the Soviet Union, but for

the whole

world. According to

the Soviets felt that they

could trust President Kennedy and could deal with him on a

cooperative basis..

further stated that the Soviets

shanroek

mourned President Kennedy's death, a situation which Shamrock

considered very unique inasmuch as the person being nourned

was a leader of another country.

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The information furnished by

is very simila:

to that previously furnished to us by

a Soviet

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1='.

SECRET;

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Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan

RE:

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

62-109060

We feel we should disseminate this data since

we have previously disseminated the information we received

we

regarding the assassination even though

recognized some of the data was not subject to proof,

particularly, that occurring within the Soviet Union.

We feel that

by documenting

as a "confidential

informant, contact with whom has been insufficient to

establish his reliability," we will alert other agencies

that the information has not been established as true.

We have received information from numerous other

sources that the Soviets did mourn

the death of President

Kennedy and that Soviet leaders felt they could work with

President Kennedy.

ACTION:

If you approve, we will disseminate the data furnish

by the

informant as set out herein to the Department,

to secret Service, to State Department and to Central

Intelligence Agency

SEGMETI

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